Posted on 12/22/2008 4:09:01 PM PST by tcg
In defending his choice of Warren, Obama went further than arguing for inclusion: He argued for civility. "We can disagree without being disagreeable, and then focus on those things that we hold in common as Americans."
Who can argue with that? Too bad it is only the political right that gets tagged by the media for bad manners. The president-elect may have to rap some liberal knuckles to convince them he really wants a better public tone from everyone.
Many have called Obama's choice of Warren "shrewd." That may be, or perhaps Obama means what he says. We will see. In the meantime, I congratulate the president-elect for inviting Warren and I admire his refusal to back down under pressure from the extreme wing of his political base.
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It should read... Obama refuses to bend over for Gay activists.
Bet his first choice would have been Reverend Wrong...until the bus started to roll.
Obama is the bravest weasel I know.
I have no problem with it, though I do hope Pastor Warren realizes that he’s just a prop for Obama.
This is nothing but a ploy to get the so called conservatives to taste a little of the koolaid.
Too Funny! I give Obama six points for freezing out the Sodomites in this selection. I am glad to see this. Let us hope there are more such moments.
All that matters is what executive orders BHO will reverse on life.
They're using each other.
Uh, all that Warren is gonna get out of this is death threats. After all, once he leaves the podium, he’ll prolly never hear from Obama again.
He's hoping you'd say that. Zero's in re-election mode, and a big part of that is convincing the stupid whiteys that he really is 'different' from all those hyper-liberal angry black people that they've seen on TV since the 60's.
Instead of focusing on how he's poking a stick inside the moonbat cage, let's see what his policies look like.
Exactly. And the first hard-left Rat to be elected to the presidency since FDR figured out early that Warren was an attention whore who would eat this invocation thing up.
With Billy Graham bowing out of 'ministering' to Zero, there's a job opening for "national preacher". Barry's pretty clever at figuring out that Warren would do anything to get that.
I’m sure Barry will “push back” when the timing is right.
Warren gets a boost in his status as a 'mainstream religious leader'.
Death threats, which will be handled by law enforcement, are merely the price of fame and fortune.
When you only competition is Tony Campolo, it ain’t much of a boost....
Every little bit helps.
I would love it if someone would freeze out these people. I’m sick of them trying to jam their sick agenda down our throats and then calling us hateful because we think they are abnormal. The gays are a very,very small fraction of the population and leaders should not cave to them.
“Obama is the bravest weasel I know.”
I dont know about that... it isn’t like the gays are going to switch to the R’s because they are mad at the zero.
Kinda like the R’s treat gun owners....where are we going to go?
Exactly. The Messiah is no dummy. He knows he can get away with this appointment. When all is said and done where are the homosexuals going to go? To the GOP? I don't think so. Obama is simply doing what the mainstream GOP has done to conservatives since G H Bush. Dis and dismiss them for the moderate vote while knowing full well they'll still support him.
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