New film calls Bush presidency 'most faith-based' in history

Published: 2004-08-31

NEW YORK (CNS) -- A new film about the religious life of President George W. Bush calls his presidency "the most faith-based administration in American history." "George W. Bush: Faith in the White House," offered for preview by reporters and delegates at the Republican National Convention in New York, is advertised as "an alternative program" to Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11." At a press conference and showing Aug. 30, producer/director David W. Balsiger of Loveland, Colo., said he decided to do the film because Bush "seemed to be walking the talk of his faith more than others." He did not consult anybody in the Bush administration, he said. Balsiger said people in the Christian community wanted to know if Bush actually lived the faith he professed, and felt more comfortable when they learned the president was a man who began his day with prayer and Bible reading, and who was a "caring and compassionate person."

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