I do not begrudge Bush his religiousity. Sometimes I feel his mention of the Lord is a little unseemly, but I gather he's much more restrained about it than Jimmy Carter was.

I don't recall the media leaning on Jimmy Carter for being a Baptist--a religion especially prone to ridicule by the Left--or having a strong religious faith. In fact, I can find a lot of quotes commending him for this. In Democrats, it seems, these are considered good traits. In Republicans, they are considered a threat to America.

You can't divorce religious belief and public service I've never detected any conflict between God's will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other.

-- Jimmy Carter

Try and imagine the reaction to this identical statement coming out of George W. Bush's mouth.

This isn't really about religion or the Constitution. It's about destroying conservatives and their values, and whatever attack works is what the Left will use.