George Bush is being attacked on the left for swaying and smiling during the Battle Hymn of the Republic being played at the Dallas memorial for the murdered cops. The initial expression on Michelle Obama’s face is priceless, although Bush is able to coax a smile out of her which is a minor miracle. As law prof blogger Ann Althouse opined, the reason that Bush was swaying and smiling is because he actually believes in his religion.
People still obsessed by Bush eight years after he left office might do well to heed this sage advice from William Shatner:
I have to wonder if the folks on the left who are tut-tutting over President
Bush’s smiling and swaying were similarly disapproving over President
Obama grinning and snapping selfies during Nelson Mandela’s funeral.
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He looks like an Evangelical.
I wish everyone would read his comments at the event. True grace, in both the natural and theological sense.