althouse.blogspot.com - 12/18/2008
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How interesting! A clever choice. It made me go to go back to my notes on the Saddleback Forum, the hour-long interviews that Obama and McCain gave to Rick Warren back in August. I liked Warren's style and thought Obama had a good little talk with him. Obama obviously has a problem going back ...
cbn.com - 12/18/2008
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cbn.com —
So let me get straight to the point.
Liberals and gay activists aren t happy with Barack...
Obama for choosing pro-life and prop 8 supporting pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation at Obama s inaugural. But pro-life readers seem to be equally upset at ...
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Pro-Lifers Rip Rick Warren on Obama Invocation
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/18/2008
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Obama, at his presser today, defends the decision
to choose Rick Warren to deliver the invocation as...
his inauguration with a restatement of his commitment to gay rights and, more broadly, to the principles of unity that have been a hallmark of his ...
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Obama On Rick Warren Pick: We Have To Be Able To Agree ...
huffingtonpost.com - 12/18/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
Ever since Barack Obama took office, the media
has been pining to write a story about liberal...
dissatisfaction with his transition efforts. By and large, the meme has been blown out of proportion, as the press overestimated how divisive Obama's ...
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Rick Warren, Obama Invocation Choice, Causing First Real ...
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"Wanker" Obama Defends Rick Warren Decision (Video)
Gateway Pundit —
"Wanker of the Day" Barack Obama throws the radical gays under the bus. Barack Obama defended giving "homophobe" Rick Warren a role at Inauguration: Ann Althouse fills in the gaps for the Obama supporters, via Glenn Reynolds: Who needs omens when Obama was always clear that he opposed same-sex marriage? He said so every time he was asked.” Yep, but Obamania was such that even those who pride themselves on seeing what is in front of ...
HE HAS NOT YET BEGUN TO WANK: Atrios makes Barack Obama “Wanker of the Day” over the Rick Warren de…
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... And Ann Althouse comments: “Who needs omens when Obama was always clear that he opposed same-sex marriage? He said so every time he was asked.” Yep, but Obamania was such that even those who pride themselves on seeing what is in front of their faces ignored it. ...
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... Speaking of unconvincing defenses, some low comedy from the woman whose alleged support for gay and lesbian rights and reproductive freedom has long put the "effectively non-existent" in "nominal." The punchline: "I don't believe the image of the angry, spiteful gay is helpful to the gay rights cause." I strongly advocate finding some way of stripping law professors who constantly make excuses for bigots of crucial fundamental rights and we'll see how many of them don't start sounding "angry" or "spiteful."
Related: rick warren+andrew sullivan
The Rick Warren Choice: Offensive, Foolish, or Just Inspired? —
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From TIME's Amy Sullivan:
Liberals are furious with Obama for asking mega-church pastor and evangelical Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his Inauguration. Conservatives are furious with Warren for accepting the invitation (just as they savaged him two years ago when he invited Obama ...
The Rick Warren Choice: Offensive, Foolish, or Just Uninspired? —
Swampland
From TIME's Amy Sullivan:
Liberals are furious with Obama for asking mega-church pastor and evangelical Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his Inauguration. Conservatives are furious with Warren for accepting the invitation (just as they savaged him two years ago when he invited Obama ...
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Outside The Beltway | OTB
Rick Warren and Barack Obama at Saddleback
President-Elect Barack Obama has made the most controversial move thus far in his transition, naming far right televangelist Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration. While this initially struck me as a brilliant move on his part, ...