Monday, July 7, 2008

Bush Edits Out Jefferson's Religious Views

Hat tip to Sandefur for catching this. President Bush was at Monticello for a 4th of July celebration and he delivered an address. But it's quite telling that his speechwriters, in quoting Jefferson, cut out an anti-religious statement from a long and famous quote. Here's the way Bush put it:



http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2008/07/bush_edits_out_jeffersons_reli.php