From a BBC story:
Faith is a key part of American society in general, with about 60% of citizens saying religion is "very important" in their lives according to a Gallup poll in November.
The way senior politicians talk so freely about their own faiths can seem strange in other countries - Gallup reports just 28% of Canadians and 17% of Britons say religion is "very important" to them - but it is commonplace in the US.
Eighty-one percent of Americans say "prayer" is an important part of their daily lives.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3335623.stm
There is a story in the New York Times today with John Kerry promising to make his faith a bigger part of his campaign in the last month, obviously identifying the trend and the base it gives Bush. The Times story said that 43% of Catholics didn't know Kerry was of their faith.
A poll a few weeks ago indicated some Americans won't even consider Kerry since Bush is a man of "obvious" faith and that's the guy they want in office.
As to the comments today from the Bush camp, the Duelfer report was pretty damning in saying "no WMD" but surprisingly didn't stop there and left the door WIDE open for spin.
The report is replete with names, dates and documents detailing negotiations over arms purchases and technical advice, which continued until just days before the United States-led invasion in March 2003. An Iraqi memo from 2000 tells military officials in Baghdad that the deputy general manager of the French company Sofema, a military-component marketer, will be bringing a company catalog so that they can "discuss your needs with him."
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/08/politics...html?oref=login
The French are already denying:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/3723924.stm
Terrific spin . . . . but there was nothing there at the time. Will people remember that in the next few days?
Should be one doozy of a debate tomorrow night.
Cowperson