What is in Bush's heart of hearts?

Hi, I just donated for the first time and want to flex my new muscles!

I'm very interested in what fellow DUers think of the pResident's motivations.

pure unadulterated evil?

all his actions point to a pathetically low self-esteem. And that smirk is hiding a lot.

It's hard to describe a cokehead's self-esteem as low--more like "pendulous", swinging between delusions of indestructibility and suicidal despair.

I personally do not believe that Bush is religious at all, just that when he realized that he could get a lot of political support from it, enough to win the Governorship of Texas, and then his handlers convinced him it was the key to the presidency, he decided to put on the "Christian " act for all it was worth. The guy never attends churchs at all, and while he has prayer meetings and bible dicussions among White House staff, Bush is said to rarely attend. He may study the Bible daily, but I beleive that this is simply in order to be conversent with the material he needs to hustle the religious right voters. There is litle to indicate that he is a practicing anything when it comes to religion and he has been known to be rather vague as to his beleifs depending the groups he is speaking to:

By Alan Cooperman
The Washington Post


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President Bush participates in the National Day of Prayer at the White House with first lady Laura Bush in 2003.

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Before President Bush addressed a Knights of Columbus convention last month in Dallas, the audience of 2,500 conservative Catholics watched a documentary film about a woman who chose to die rather than end a pregnancy that threatened her life. Then the president gave a speech in which he called Pope John Paul II "a true hero of our time" and used the pope's phrase "culture of life" three times.
When it was over, many in the audience were convinced that the president shared their view that abortion is murder and should be banned.

"The 'culture of life' is a very important code word that will resonate with Catholics," said Carl Anderson, head of the 1.6 million-member Knights of Columbus, the world's largest Roman Catholic men's society.

But Bush had not actually said abortion is tantamount to murder. Nor, according to aides, has he ever said all abortions should be illegal. When asked by reporters during the 2000 presidential campaign and again last fall whether abortion should be banned, Bush said the nation was not ready for that step, without indicating his position

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002040599_bushfaith20.html

Bush leaves specifics of his faith to speculation
President is openly religious, but his true beliefs remain mystery

Before President Bush addressed a Knights of Columbus convention last month in Dallas, the audience of 2,500 conservative Catholics watched a documentary film about a woman who chose to die rather than end a pregnancy that threatened her life. Then the president gave a speech in which he called Pope John Paul II "a true hero of our time" and used the pope's phrase "culture of life" three times.


When it was over, many in the audience were convinced that the president shared their view that abortion is murder and should be banned. "The 'culture of life' is a very important code word that will resonate with Catholics," said Carl A. Anderson, head of the 1.6 million-member Knights of Columbus, the world's largest Roman Catholic men's society.


But Bush had not actually said that abortion is tantamount to murder. Nor, according to aides, has he ever said that all abortions should be illegal. When asked by reporters during the 2000 presidential campaign and again last fall whether abortion should be banned, Bush said the nation was not ready for that step, without indicating his position.

George W. Bush is among the most openly religious presidents in U.S. history. A daily Bible reader, he often talks about how Jesus changed his heart. He has spoken, publicly and privately, of hearing God's call to run for the presidency and of praying for God's help since he came into office.

But despite the centrality of Bush's faith to his presidency, he has revealed only the barest outline of his beliefs, leaving others to sift through the clues and make assumptions about where he stands

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Given Bush's propensity, and almost his willingness to lie in order to get his way, his willingness to talk about compassionate conservatism, yet cut all finding of programs that serve compassionate ends, I beleve that my analyssi of the situation, Bush using religion for political gains stands a fairly good, if not the best chance of being correct.

that a campaign worker told me about, where Bush was defeated and the religious right voting block was involved. The worker I spoke to said that it was after that election, when Bush could see what a powerful group this was for getting out the vote, that he became "born-again."

I don't comfortably make that accusation, however. It may be that he is much like some recovering alcoholic people I know who use religion as a life-preserver. You dare not touch any part of the life-preserver, even to tell them where they are obviously wrong in an assumption they are making. Not the most reasonable people I've ever met.

Was closest. But I don't think he's a total blank. He has ambitions: power, parental approval, public adoration and he subjegates himself to whatever/whoever brings him closest to gratification of his personal desires.

All Baghdad Bush has ever done is grub for himself and his friends. He's not bright enough to even know what Armageddon is all about. Baghdad Bush is just butt-buddying up to Bandar Bush and all the other cronies he's got in an effort to steal money from the American people.

Now, Little Dick is hoping for world domination, as is Baghdad Bush's Bro Jeb. It was Little Dick who conned Baghdad I'm-A-Gettin' Bush to MIHOP and murder thousands for one reason, power. Baghdad Bush went along with the plan because it meant more money for him and his buddies and all he has ever been is a dimwitted whore for money.

I really think he wants to go on perpetual vacation and indulge his every whim. Everything else is just a nuisance. There was no category for this, so I picked the closest one ... an empty puppet.