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16 September, 2004
16 September 2004Are Bush's religious beliefs "'as American as apple pie,'" as Father Richard John Neuhaus, arch-conservative editor of the Catholic journal First Things told The Washington Post's Alan Cooperman? You may never know, as Cooperman seems to have found out, and explains in his impressively thorough article on not figuring out the specifics of the President's Christianity. Though not for lack of trying: Cooperman documents the numerous failed attempts of reporters, documenarians and biographers to understand the nuances of Bush's religion -- and why so many voters seem convinced that Bush shares their beliefs without ever really knowing what those beliefs are. Cooperman's analysis is more charitable than we're feeling after reading the article: "Some political analysts think there is a shrewd calculation behind these ambiguities." Ya think?
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