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April 30, 2004
ON A MISSION FROM GOD
To our regret, we missed "The Jesus Factor," which knocked a friend of ours out of his chair the other night. But not to worry: "Frontline" says the whole thing will be posted Saturday online.
Here's a taste: "On the day that George W. Bush was sworn into his second term as governor
of Texas, friend and adviser Dr. Richard Land recalls Bush making an
"The day he was inaugurated there were several of us who met with him at the governor's mansion," says Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. "And among the things he said to us was, 'I believe that God wants me to be president.'"
Now, we've all heard about the little fucker's mission from God before. But seeing it documented -- with items like his official Texas < EM>"Jesus Day" Proclamation -- is like being catapulted into an adjacent universe, we're told. So don't forget your seatbelt.
Posted by at April 30, 2004 01:53 AM