"God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn't do my job," George W. Bush told a group of Amish residents of Smoketown, PA, asking them to vote for him this fall. The Amish told the president that not all members of the church vote but they would pray for him. Bush, tears in his eyes, said the president needs their prayers.
Bush said he had never met any Amish before and was curious about why the men were wearing straw hats rather than black wool hats. The Amish explained that they wear cooler straw in summer. Bush tried on a hat. It took quite a while for the 60 or so Amish to get through the metal detectors since many of them had come from their farm jobs with vice grips, pocket knives, and nuts and bolts in their pockets. However, once the Amish were determined not to be a serious threat to national security, they were allowed inside where they waited about 30 minutes for Bush to appear.
Intelligencer-Journal (Lancaster, PA): Bush quietly meets with Amish here; they offer their prayers
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