The Evangelical President: George Bush's Struggle to Spread a Moral Democracy Throughout the World [Hardcover]

Bill Sammon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 25, 2007

Look at the polls today and you might think President Bush is a failure. The media is relentlessly hostile to him. His party lost both houses of Congress in the 2006 election. And yet...and yet, his presidency could be one of the most important in modern times. George W. Bush not only faced an unprecedented attack on the American homeland, but he also responded with an ambitious effort to remake the world -- an effort being fought in Afghanistan and Iraq and in smaller skirmishes around the globe, an effort that for all its setbacks still might succeed, with revolutionary consequences. New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed White House reporter Bill Sammon is a true insider, and in his new book, The Evangelical President, he offers a snapshot of the Bush administration from winter 2005 to summer 2007. This momentous time mixed triumph and disaster-from the triumph of the successful tracking and killing of Al Qaeda's terrorist mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and the spectacularly successful Iraqi elections, to the disaster of the subsequent unraveling in Iraq and American voters' repudiation of Bush in the congressional elections of 2006. But through it all, Sammon shows that President Bush took the high road, fighting to spread moral democracy around the world while the low-minded press focused on Vice President Cheney's accidental shooting of a friend while hunting and Virginia senator George Allen's use of the word macaca on the campaign trail. In this far-reaching book, Sammon details:
* Why Bush believes the Republicans will hold the White House in 2008-and his candid assessment of Barack Obama

* Why the Supreme Court's ruling on the partial-birth abortion ban was a victory and vindication for Bush

* Why Bush is determined to press ahead with his policy in Iraq, despite his party's loss in Congress

* Why Bush has offered advice to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton

* How the media has continuously underestimated President Bush, mocking him for his faith and ignoring his achievements.

The Evangelical President is an unforgettable glimpse of a President at war, supported by an evangelical belief that tyranny should be overthrown, democracy supported, and America defended, combined with a steely stubbornness to see those goals through.

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Look at the polls today and you might think President Bush is a failure. The media is relentlessly hostile to him. His party lost both houses of Congress in the 2006 election. And yet...and yet, his presidency could be one of the most important in modern times. George W. Bush not only faced an unprecedented attack on the American homeland, but he also responded with an ambitious effort to remake the world¬-an effort being fought in Afghanistan and Iraq and in smaller skirmishes around the globe, an effort that for all its setbacks still might succeed, with revolutionary consequences. New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed White House reporter Bill Sammon is a true insider, and in his new book, The Evangelical President, he offers a snapshot of the Bush administration from winter 2005 to summer 2007. This momentous time mixed triumph and disaster-from the triumph of the successful tracking and killing of Al Qaeda's terrorist mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and the spectacularly successful Iraqi elections, to the disaster of the subsequent unraveling in Iraq and American voters' repudiation of Bush in the congressional elections of 2006. But through it all, Sammon shows that President Bush took the high road, fighting to spread moral democracy around the world while the low-minded press focused on Vice President Cheney's accidental shooting of a friend while hunting and Virginia senator George Allen's use of the word macaca on the campaign trail. In this far-reaching book, Sammon details:

*Why Bush believes the Republicans will hold the White House in 2008¬-and his candid assessment of Barack Obama
*Why the Supreme Court's ruling on the partial-birth abortion ban was a victory and vindication for Bush
*Why Bush is determined to press ahead with his policy in Iraq, despite his party's loss in Congress
*Why Bush has offered advice to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton
*How the media has continuously underestimated President Bush, mocking him for his faith and ignoring his achievements

The Evangelical President is an unforgettable glimpse of a president at war, supported by an evangelical belief that tyranny should be overthrown, democracy supported, and America defended, combined with a steely stubbornness to see those goals through.

About the Author

BILL SAMMON is the senior White House correspondent for the Washington Examiner after eight years covering the White House for the Washington Times. He is a political analyst for FOX News Channel and is the author of four previous books, all New York Times bestsellers. No other journalist has interviewed the President as many times as Sammon has. He and his wife, Becky, live outside Washington, D.C., with their five children.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 232 pages
• Publisher: Regnery Publishing; First Printing edition (September 25, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1596985186
• ISBN-13: 978-1596985186
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 0.9 x 9.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #466,749 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars President Bush is a good man January 15, 2008

By G. Dedman

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President Bush is a good man and will be judged a good president. I enjoy reading Bill Sammon's books about him because he is one of the few correspondents who is fair toward the president.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Evangelical President January 19, 2008

By Frederic M. Soliman

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Very good book........I wonder how we could get it to those who criticizes the President for the legacy he is building. Obviously, they will not buy the book. It gives a very honest and unbiased commentary on the President.

22 of 29 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Misleading title September 25, 2007

By Andrew Kruczek

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I've enjoyed Bill Sammon's books before. "Misunderestimated" and "At Any Cost" come to mind. But the title of this brief book (218 pages) is misleading. Only the first chapter and the beginning and very end of the last chapter, touch on Bush's christianity. What we find in the middle is a recap of Bush's last two years in the White House. Vice President Cheney dominates much of the book. Chapters 2, 3, and 4 revolve around him and his thoughts on the war in Iraq. Chapter 4 is a detailed account of the quail shooting accident and the outrage of the press. Chapter 5 deals with the evil of al-Zarqawi, and in this chapter, Bush returns from an almost 60 page break. We also get a chapter on the Republican scandals of George Allen and others that probably cost the Republicans the 2006 mid-terms. (Though we are shown how democrats do far worse and are always given a pass because nobody associates them with morals or religion.)

A possible title for this book could be "Slander II." A sequel to Ann Coulter's book showcasing liberal bias in news coverage. Mr. Sammon gives us many examples of that in the coverage of the mid-term scandals and Iraq, and they are extremely convincing and indefensible to a clear-thihnking liberal (do they exist?) saying there is no bias to be found.

But I did wonder what I was reading.. where did the "evangelical president" go? When the final chapter begins, Bush makes his first remarks on faith since the first chapter. Then we hear about the democratic hopefuls for '08 and how they might have to deal with Iraq.. then back to the title of the book for a couple pages and we close it out. So be aware.. it's a good brief look at the last couple years in the Bush presidency.. but what the title suggests "The Evangelical President: George Bush's Struggle to Spread a Moral Democracy Through the World," merely bookends the text.