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- From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
- Subject: Re: Presidential quote (Bush/atheism)
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 04:39:36 GMT
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- tms@cs.umd.edu (Tom Swiss (not Swift, not Suiss, Swiss!)) writes:
- > From an old copy of the Alt.atheist FAQ list:
- >23. "Did George Bush really say that atheists should not be considered
- > citizens?"
-
- > President Bush made the comments during a campaign stop on August 27,
- > 1988 at O'Hare airport. He spoke with Robert Sherman, chief spokesman
- > for American Atheists:
-
- > RS: "Mr. President, what will you do to win the votes of Americans
- > who are Atheists?"
-
- Except that he wasn't president, or even president elect. Either
- Robert Sherman cocked up when he asked he question and reported it, or
- someone's been playing with the quote to give it more outrage value.
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