Is there a little Dowie in W?

President may be related to 19th century Evangelist

Mar 25, 2006, PenOpticon News - The White House refused to confirm or deny rumors that President George W. Bush is descended from John Alexander Dowie, the controversial evangelist who stormed America with Biblical force in the latter years of the 19th century. According to Dr. Russell Newcome, Dowie was the great uncle of George Herbert Walker Bush. "Dowie founded the town of Zion, Illinois in 1901 and employed Biblical principles to perform thousands of miracles in Chicago", Newcome told the PenOpticon. "He set up numerous Healing Homes in that city during the 1893 World's Fair and is said to have even cured Buffalo Bill Cody's niece. By the end of the Fair, there were sightings of Angels flying over Chicago and Dowie began to appear in public as the prophet Elijah." Though Dowie's ideas were radical, they may have paved the way for Bush's faith-based agenda. [Full story at satire.penopticon.com]