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Jeb Bush puts trust in God as polling plummets and purse strings tighten
Source: The Guardian
Jeb Bush puts trust in God as polling plummets and purse strings tighten
Dan Roberts in Virginia Beach
Monday 26 October 2015 11.00 GMT
Mired in the deepest political crisis of his career, Jeb Bush is turning to God for salvation.
Forced to slash campaign spending after falling far behind Donald Trump and Ben Carson in the Republican primary race, the former establishment favourite is looking to the party faithful to rescue his dream of following his brother and father to the White House.
On Friday, in the shadow of the giant satellite dishes of the Christian Broadcasting Network, Bush came to Virginia’s Regent University, an institution founded by the controversial televangelist Pat Robertson, to promote his credentials as a social conservative and champion of the church.
“I realised that Jesus was my saviour and I accepted him in the late 1980s,” said the former governor of Florida, stressing his anti-abortion record over the years since and a newfound support for those opposing gay marriage.
“Religious liberty is being challenged today not just overseas but here at home, and people of faith need to stand on principle to protect the first freedom of the greatest country on earth,” he explained.
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Dan Roberts in Virginia Beach
Monday 26 October 2015 11.00 GMT
Mired in the deepest political crisis of his career, Jeb Bush is turning to God for salvation.
Forced to slash campaign spending after falling far behind Donald Trump and Ben Carson in the Republican primary race, the former establishment favourite is looking to the party faithful to rescue his dream of following his brother and father to the White House.
On Friday, in the shadow of the giant satellite dishes of the Christian Broadcasting Network, Bush came to Virginia’s Regent University, an institution founded by the controversial televangelist Pat Robertson, to promote his credentials as a social conservative and champion of the church.
“I realised that Jesus was my saviour and I accepted him in the late 1980s,” said the former governor of Florida, stressing his anti-abortion record over the years since and a newfound support for those opposing gay marriage.
“Religious liberty is being challenged today not just overseas but here at home, and people of faith need to stand on principle to protect the first freedom of the greatest country on earth,” he explained.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/26/jeb-bush-religious-right-evangelicals
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Jeb, Carson or Trump?
Really?
