Posted on 08/17/2008 4:31:11 PM PDT by FocusNexus
The two-hour event, attended by nearly 5,000 church members in the main auditorium and remote overflow venues, began with Warren posing questions first to Sen. Obama, as determined by a coin toss, after which the two candidates met on stage and embraced in one of their last appearances prior to their respective conventions. The second half of the program featured the same questions directed to Sen. McCain by Warren, who stressed that the candidate had been placed "under a cone of silence" prior to his turn on stage.
Warren organized his thoughtful, yet hard-hitting line of inquiry into four categories, including Stewardship, Leadership, Worldview and America's Role in the World. The questions covered a wide range of topics, ranging from the candidates' values, vision and virtues as applied to many of the critical issues of interest to the faith community and general public, including a discussion on abortion, traditional marriage, stem cell research, education, religious persecution, world orphans, the theory of evil in the world, and their vision for the future of America - at home and abroad.
6 parts -- in MSWord or Text format (at the link above)
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If someone has the link to the video record of the interviews, please post, I couldn't find them.
I highly recommend that those who haven't seen the interviews, to watch them, as well as read the transcript. The stark contrast between Obama and McCain comes through unambiguously.
McCain won me over yesterday. He can still lose me but after last night, I am voting for him.
You were interested in reading the transcript.
Here is the link.
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I found the videolinks at CSPAN.org:
I can’t seem to get the direct link, but go to:
then scroll down to Recent Programs:
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) at Saddleback Civil Forum (August 16, 2008)
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) at the Saddleback Civil Forum (August 16, 2008)
His response:
Barack Obama: "Whether you are looking at it from a theological perspective or a scientific perspective, answering that question with specificity is, you know, above my pay grade."
Thanks for posting the direct video links.
I hope people will watch them, they are definitely worth it.
I watched it live, but also recorded it, figuring that I may switch channels, if I get bored, but wanted to have a record to be able to go back to check certain parts, if I need to.
I ended up watching the whole thing with great attention, it was very enlightening about both Obama and McCain.
Thank you so much for the link to the transcript.
I have saved it to my hard drive. The contents
of these events have ways of being distorted and
altogether disappearing. I felt last night was
a shift in paradigm for the future of our country
and I wanted to save the proof before it was re-
written.
Funniest line: B.O. accuses Justice Clarence Thomas of being inexperienced.
“Above my pay Grade...”
Leadership - NOT
i really enjoyed the los angeles times’:
“obama is analytical and nuanced. mccain answers the same questions crisply to greater applause.”
“Thank you so much for the link to the transcript.
I have saved it to my hard drive. The contents
of these events have ways of being distorted and
altogether disappearing. I felt last night was
a shift in paradigm for the future of our country
and I wanted to save the proof before it was re-
written.”
Excellent idea. We need to have proof of what was really said. The MSM is already trying to distort McCain’s response when he was asked “who are the rich” — which was clearly a question that related to “taxing the rich”, though Warren didn’t include that part. The full quote by McCain makes it very clear that he does not want to increase taxes on anyone, unlike Obama.
that really shows the racism of the left.
it sounds like a stock attitude from the left’s locker of contempt for human beings.
My favorite Obama idiocy was the statement that he was cutting taxes on 97% of the population and raising taxes modestly on the other 3%.
What a complete liar and scumbag! He plans to raise taxes on over 50% of the population by a gigantic amount!!!!
My favorite Obama idiocy was the statement that he was cutting taxes on 97% of the population and raising taxes modestly on the other 3%.
What a complete liar and scumbag! He plans to raise taxes on over 50% of the population by a gigantic amount!!!!
In about 10 minutes.
That's the reason why it was formatted the way it was. Obama don't want to appear in town halls with McCain, and McCain will clean Barry's clock when they finally get on stage at the same time for some debates. Barry can't think off-the-cuff, and sounds absolutely incoherent without his teleprompter to guide him through each answer.
he’s a commie.
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