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time-blog.com - 8/18/2008
Saddleback
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Lots of discussion today about whether or not John McCain cheated on Saturday night. Did he have access to the questions he'd be asked by Pastor Rick? It turns out that McCain wasn't quite in the "cone of silence" but riding in a car, while Barack Obama was being grilled. So it's entirely possible that he was tipped, by aides, on some the questions he'd be getting. But I will say this: Even if ...

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Time's Klein: Obamessiah Failed to Preach Tax Hikes at Warren Forum
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... Writing his faithful blog readers an epistle on Saturday's candidate forum with evangelical pastor Rick Warren, Time magazine's Joe Klein expressed disappointment that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) did not take the moment to teach the multitude, let alone perform miracles like curing ...

Joe Klein: Soak the Rich to Please Jesus
Moonbattery — The theological revelations continue. Recently, we've learned that Jesus supports Utah Democrat Bennion Spencer in his run for Congress, and would be even more in favor of abortion than Barack Obama, if only that were possible. Now Time magazine's Joe Klein proclaims that Jesus likes high taxes. Here's Klein's advice on what Obama should have done at the Rick Warren interview, instead of blathering about how he doesn't know if the babies his favored policies kill are humans or not: He might have quoted Jesus on how ...

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