Swearing

In his eulogy for Gerald Ford, President Bush said, "when he put his hand on his family Bible to take the presidential oath of office, he brought grace to a moment of great doubt." This comment was of course intended to draw attention to Representative the recent use of a Koran in a swearing in ceremony to the House of Representatives. This coded provocative language is unfortunate in a eulogy for a US president by a sitting president. The only explanation for the lack of diplomacy is that that Bush is trying to score points with those who would erode the wall of separation between church and state. Sad.