On 18-Dec-2008, at 08:07, Roger Howard wrote:
> Wow... errr, wtf?
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/17/obama.warren/index.html
While I despise most everything Rick Warren stands for, I don't see
what all the hubbub is about. Yes, he is anti-gay anti-abortion, but
he is also (at least as I understand it) focusing his church's efforts
n things like reducing poverty and increasing education and reducing
consumtion. He's a proponent of the green movement, at least to some
degree.
Cynically, he is a fundie evangelical that is at least somewhat in
sync with a lot of issues on the traditionally 'left' side of the
political spectrum and this is a way for Obama to try and move some of
those less-wacky fundies out of the GOP camp. This decision is all
about 2012's election.
> The campaign is over - why the hell would he spoil this event for so
> many of his supporters by putting a man like this front and center?
I would not say the invocation is exactly front and center. Do you
know who did the invocation in any inaugural? ever?
--
Incredible! One of the worst performances of my career and they
never doubted it for a second.
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