Via the always-spectacular Dan Froomkin comes this story he found in the New Yorker. Apparently, Michael Gerson, the former speechwriter/now senior policy adviser to Bush, was asked to share with a group of ex-White House speechwriters something it didn't know about Bush:
"Gerson, in a quavering voice, responded with a story that left some of his audience nonplussed. He described a call that he got moments after Bush finished addressing a joint session of Congress on September 20, 2001. Bush thanked Gerson for his work on the speech, to which Gerson replied, 'Mr. President, this is why God wants you here.' Gerson then related Bush's response, as evidence of his thoughtfulness. 'The President said, 'No, this is why God wants us here.''
"An uncomfortable silence filled the room, and then one of Bill Clinton's speechwriters said, in a stage whisper, 'God must really hate Al Gore.' "
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