Ernest Istook
  • It's good that the first half of the speech emphasized freedom, because George W. Bush has been the global champion for freedom. As he said, if we don't fight tyranny it will not leave us alone in peace.

  • The birth of democracy in Iraq is one of the great positive changes of our era.

  • There are a lot of Grinches out there that would like nothing better than to take any references to religion out of the holiday season.

  • The courts are using the First Amendment to attack religion, when they should be using it to protect religion.

  • Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion.