Bush talks about religion, tones it down

[Dagnabit]

On Thursdayday a lot of the news outlets mentioned that Bush talked about religion for the fourth day in a row. What some of them didn't report was that he changed his tone in the fourth speech.

"We do not impose any religion. We welcome all religions. We do not proscribe any prayer. We welcome all prayer. This is the tradition of our nation. And it will be the standard of my administration," he said.

Pointing out that the Constitution forbids a religious test for office, Bush added: "And that's the way it should be. An American president serves people of every faith, and serves some with no faith at all."

I think that's promising, and it's a lot more open than something his father said once: "I don't believe an atheist can be a patriot. This is one country under God."