Top Bush Speech Writer Resigns

[Judi Lynn]

Top Bush Speech Writer Resigns
Michael Gerson Proud of His Tenure at the White House

June 25, 2006 — Few people have enjoyed the same access to President George W. Bush's mind as his head speech writer of seven years, Michael Gerson. He is the latest of the administration's top aides to resign, but is proud of the work he did while in the White House.

Named one of Time magazine's 25 most influential evangelical Christians, the Bush administration said Gerson is leaving for new career options.

"There's no way to replace him," top presidential advisor Karl Rove told The New York Times. "He is a once-in-a-generation. He helped take the president on his best day and represent what was in the president's spirit and soul."

Gerson, 42, is responsible for writing some of the most famous words Bush has uttered. He is rumored to be the man behind the famous phrase "Axis of Evil," referring to Iraq, Iran and North Korea. But some of the most famous and moving of Bush's speeches came in the wake of 9/11.
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