“What do you pray about?” one man asked. “And how we can we pray for you?” (Answer: “Wisdom and strength, and my family, is what I’d like for you to pray for.”)
Outing Finds Bush in the Thick of Softball Season
By JIM RUTENBERG
Published: May 3, 2007
WASHINGTON, May 2 — President Bush did not leave Washington on Wednesday. But for at least two hours he was transported to a different world, away from inquiries involving the credibility of top aides and questions about the war in Iraq. The place was a hotel ballroom just a couple of blocks from the White House, where he took questions from supporters. It was not so much a grilling as a warming.
“What do you pray about?” one man asked. “And how we can we pray for you?” (Answer: “Wisdom and strength, and my family, is what I’d like for you to pray for.”)
Speaking of receiving good news out of Iraq from relatives serving there, one woman asked Mr. Bush, “I would like to know why and what can be done about we, the American people, receiving some of that information more from the media.”
(Answer: “Information is moving — you know, nightly news is one way, of course, but it’s also moving through the blogosphere, and through the Internets.”)
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