Did you know Jeb Bush is Catholic? Neither did I. He certainly doesn’t let it get in the way – like when he used the Church’s belief in the sanctity of life as cover for dicking around with Terri Schiavo, but didn’t let it prevent him from executing 21 guys. Anyway, whatever it was that Poppy and Bar believed around the house, it’s not something that rubbed off on the kids.
Now, lots of swell leaders have changed faiths. Constantine, Newt Gingrich... George W. had a good reason to switch: Billy Graham told him an extra-strength God could keep him off the sauce. But Jeb Bush converted to Catholicism in 1996 – 22 years after marrying his Mexican-born wife, Columba, – and conveniently between the first time he ran for governor (and lost) and the second time he ran, and won. The Bushes play election hardball, but they also play the margins. They look for every little edge. So is there something to this?
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