Biblical references can be quite useful, especially with believers. I use them myself. As I said, I am disgusted with the pandering, but consider it par for the course. What did bother me about Bush was his referring to a "higher power" that guided his actions as President. I assume he didn't mean Cheney, which would have been scary enough, but his imaginary friend God. As Tomas Szasz said, when you talk to God, it's called praying, but when God talks to you, that's schizophrenia.