Evidence that Bush Sr hates atheists.

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It might be childish but "they said it first" and I am so tired of reverse idiocy on this forum. If I question something involving Bush and I don't oppose Bush I am somehow automaticly ignorant.

FWIW, I loathe Bush, and the childish part of me would LOVE for this comment to be true, but I also don't see any evidence beyond Shermer's word. I want to be partisan in this instance, but I just can't!

 

[BPSCG]

FWIW, I loathe Bush, and the childish part of me would LOVE for this comment to be true, but I also don't see any evidence beyond Shermer's word. I want to be partisan in this instance, but I just can't!

If it maakes you feel any better, my inclination would be about 60-40 to believe he said it, casually, perhaps without thinking too hard about what he was saying. We all say stupid things from time to time.

But when I hear that Sherman claims to have taped the interview but refuses to release the tape, I go to 40-60 the other way.

IOW, I'm not convinced either way, and I don't see how anyone possibly can be.

 

[Grammatron]

If it maakes you feel any better, my inclination would be about 60-40 to believe he said it, casually, perhaps without thinking too hard about what he was saying. We all say stupid things from time to time.

But when I hear that Sherman claims to have taped the interview but refuses to release the tape, I go to 40-60 the other way.

Actually he claims he does not have a tape. Still, all those other reporters around, you'd think there be a tape somewhere of some kind, yet...

IOW, I'm not convinced either way, and I don't see how anyone possibly can be.

Indeed.

 

[BPSCG]

Actually he claims he does not have a tape.

Conflicts with this.

 

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Conflicts with this.

yes, it does conflict, but when you click on "more here" you get:

Quick note. A few days ago I quoted George Bush Sr.'s 1987 statement to Rob Sherman that "I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots." I also noted that Sherman had refused to release a tape of the statement and no one else had ever verified it. I've now exchanged several emails with Sherman, who says he didn't tape this exchange, which happened during a media scrum at O'Hare airport in Chicago. However, he also confirms that no one else reported Bush's remarks. It's just him.

The reporter got the tape issue wrong. Which doesn't inspire a lot of confidence in the rest of the story, but we all get things wrong now and again. But still...