ysengrin | (no subject)

"I emphasize, that is the priority for me as the President. It’s my faith, my family, and my country." -- George W. Bush, 19 Apr 2007, as quoted on the Republican National Committee website.

How intentional was the order of President Bush's priorities? Honestly, a citizen should be able to hold them in any order they please - but as *President*, shouldn't you put the country as a whole above your family and your faith?

I'm actually disturbed that a President - any President - might put his family's interests before his country's, and consider this a virtue.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

he should have murmured after his sentence "in no particular order"

It's very possible that he put them in that order for his audience - it was not a generally broadcast speech. He doesn't explicitly say that's the order of priority he gives to them, either, though that would seem to be the impression he's trying to give.

It's still way different than President Kennedy's "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."