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Emptying the piggy bank of political capital: is Rick Warren really worth it?
Those of us who participate in online media (aka blogging) in the political realm have sometimes found ourselves in the position of influencing public discourse. John Aravosis at AmericaBlog certainly managed to do so on the Jeff Gannon/Guckert story. The group that writes at Firedoglake may ...
Pastor says 'God will punish Rick Warren'
Pastor says 'God will punish Rick Warren'
ocregister.com — Wiley Drake criticizes Warren, calls Obama 'evil illegal alien.'... (more) Pastor says 'God will punish Rick Warren'
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Rick Warren loves gays, and more
Rick Warren loves gays, and more
boston.com — Rick Warren (right), the evangelical preacher chosen by Barack Obama to deliver the inaugural invocation, has posted... a three-part video to his church's website responding to the furor that has erupted over his selection. In the video, Warren ... (more) Rick Warren loves gays, and more
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Is Rick Warren worth the fight?
HorsesAss.Org — ... Perhaps it’s because I’m not gay.  Or maybe it’s because I’m not a woman.  But I’ve had a hard time getting all riled up about Barack Obama’s choice of the anti-gay, anti-woman Rev. Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural invocation, and I can’t help but agree with Carla over at Blue Oregon in wondering if this type of symbolic litmus test is really worth our collective energy and outrage: ...

Who cares about Rick Warren?
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truthCarla over at BlueOregon thinks, perhaps, we're all wasting our time focusing on Rick Warren: There are a lot of excellent bloggers who know how to take the fight to the halls of DC and beyond. The ability to stir things up is a hallmark of what some of us love to do. But the ability to do this stirring has its limits. Our political capital is finite. Do we really want to spend it in an attempt to influence Obama to dump Rick Warren's Inaugural invocation? Really? ...I understand the chafing at the symbolism. And if our country weren't in such deep shit then ...

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