The quotation appeared in a column by Jack Brubaker in the "Lancaster New Era" and what it actually said was, "At the end of the session, Bush reportedly told the group, 'I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn't do my job.' The person(s) who are indicated by "reportedly" are unnamed and apparently remain so as the initial stir caused by Bush's alleged blasphemy died quickly with no one to confirm it. As could be expected the White House denied the statement. They would have to deny it whether it was true or false as it has Bush claiming he speaks for God, a claim that might have upset many of his Christian supporters as well as those of other deistic religions.
As he told his quasi-memoirist, Bob Woodward, in 'Plan of Attack': 'Going into this period, I was praying for strength to do the Lord's will. . . . I'm surely not going to justify the war based upon God. Understand that. Nevertheless, in my case, I pray to be as good a messenger of his will as possible.'
Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward, in an interview with the President for his most recent book Plan of Attack, questioned him on whether he ever asked his father for advice: "And President Bush said, 'Well, no,' and then he got defensive about it…'Then he said something that really struck me. He said of his father, 'He is the wrong father to appeal to for advice. The wrong father to go to, to appeal to in terms of strength.' And then he said, 'There's a higher Father that I appeal to.'"
In ''The Faith of George W. Bush,'' a book written by Christian author Stephen Mansfield, Bush is quoted as saying to Texan evangelist James Robison, ''I feel like God wants me to run for president. I can't explain it, but I sense my country is going to need me. I know it won't be easy on me or my family, but God wants me to do it.''
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