The few friends I have that voted for Bush claimed that his neo-con values and stances on "moral issues" like abortion were only to achieve votes from the religious conservatives. Yeah, we've heard this garbage before.
But something that caught my eye today was the news story about Frist supporting stem cell research. http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-07-31-frist-stem-cells_x.htm
Bush says he's going to veto a bill supporting expanded funding of stem cell research if it passes the senate. He isn't planning on running for president again and Frist, who may want to run, is taking the risk anyway. Can we honestly say that Bush isn't one of those religious kooks? It really looks like he is.