From the article:
Bush believes he was called by God to lead the nation at this time, says Commerce Secretary Don Evans, a close friend who talks with Bush every day.
First of all, this is not a direct quote from Bush, but an evaluation by a friend.
Second, there is, if you will pardon the expression, a hell of a lot of difference between the ideas of being "called" by God and "chosen" by God. Ask a religious person to explain it to you.
I understand the concept of religion bothers a lot of liberals. My personal theory is that for many of them it's psychologically related to when they told their fathers to go jump in the lake in the 60's so they could go do whatever they felt like at the moment. But that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.
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