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Barack Obama, John McCain discuss faith, issues at Saddleback Church forum - Los Angeles Times
The Republican candidate had the easier task in the back-to-back interviews before about 2,800 members of the evangelical church in Lake Forest. He drew frequent applause with crisp answers intended to reinforce his conservative credentials. Obama offered more nuanced and analytical answers on some issues important to conservative voters: abortion, same-sex marriage and stem-cell research. ...
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Careful: Don't Step in the Nuance
Moonbattery — ... Here's how the Obamessiah answered Rick Warren's question, "At what point does a baby get human rights?" (with all the uhs thoughtfully removed by the Los Angeles Times): ...

BuzzFlash Mailbag for August 20, 2008
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ... Can I ask why McCain is declaring victory in Iraq before Bush? Or did Bush already declare victory with that little Cod Piece Carrier Landing Stunt? (it's so confusing when you've been lied to so many times). When is SOMEONE going to call out him out on these obvious discrepancies? When did we arrive at victory in Iraq? And why are our troops still dying there almost every day?! Can someone ask McCain if our troops can come home now? What is going on? Did we win and I missed it? http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition... A BuzzFlash Reader  Subject: I JUST CAN'T STAND IT!!!  ...

Mayhill Fowler: Even "Holy Land" Colorado Less Reliably Republican as State Demographics Shift
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... A few miles south of Focus on the Family, New Life perches on its own hilltop acres. Like the longer-established Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, whose pastor Rick Warren brought his two friends McCain and Obama together for a Saturday night hour of soul-searching, New Life displays all the rawness and hasty architecture of a frontier town. For both mega-churches, parking lot placement and the space to lay more asphalt are primary. Memberships are young and expanding -- who knows how fast and how far they will grow? The flock at New Life is very young -- the Sunday ...

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