BUSH’S GOD TALKsupport for this team’s agenda from his fervently evangelical base. It is not an easy busi-
ness, and it requires all the linguistic skill, theological ingenuity, and tactical acumen his
staff can muster. The apparent sincerity with which Bush displays his convictions while
delivering their lines is a significant piece of his own very real, if very limited genius. It
has also been, up to this date (October 2004), a primary condition of his success.
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