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January 21, 2003
Indiscriminate faith
Like the overwhelming majority of black people, I ain't vote for this clown:
"As we remember the dream of Martin Luther King, and remember his clear vision for a society that's equal, a society full of justice, this society must remember the power of faith," Bush said. "This government of yours must welcome faith, not discriminate faith, as we deal with the future of this great country."
That's the President, from his remarks at First Baptist Church of Glenade yesterday. I pulled that from The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, but it's an AP story, you can find it pretty much anywhere.
Not sure what to say about this version, from SunSpot.net:
The president took the opportunity to pitch his plan to open more federal funding to faith-based charities that provide social services. "This government of yours," Bush said, "must welcome faith, not discriminate [against] faith, as we deal with the future of this great country."
Since it seems like sticking the "[against]" in there doesn't make it clear that the original text wasn't quite English, and may not be what Bush intended.
I'm not sure what he intended. And he seems to have forgotten not only that there is separation of church and state in this country, but why such was considered a Good Idea.
Anyway. Complete text at the State Department, if you're interested.
It is fitting that we honor the life of a great American in a church who derived his inspiration from the church. It is fitting that we honor this great American in a church because, out of the church comes the notion of equality and justice. (Applause.) And even though progress has been made, Pastor -- even though progress has been made, there is more to do. There are still people in our society who hurt. There is still prejudice holding people back. There is still a school system that doesn't elevate every child so they can learn. (Applause.) There is still a need for us to hear the words of Martin Luther King, to make sure the hope of America extends its reach into every neighborhood across this land.
You can finish up playing "find-the-(agentless)-passives" in the text. I got bored after adding emphasis to a few, myself.
Maybe it's impressive out loud, and the speechwriter made a stylistic decision to phrase things like that. I expect I could look for audio of the remarks to check.
Yep.
Might could do that.
Posted by Aaron at January 21, 2003 03:15 PM
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