Rick Warren controversy...

my first comment on this entire thing:

I think that Obama made a mistake and it wasn't calculated. I would bet that he, the transition team and inauguration committee are in surprise. They have been making logical statements about the reaction from the base and Obama has been stammering, if you listen closely, more than usual when he talks about it.

One of the more accurate commentaries I've heard about the controversy is this:

To understand how angry and disappointed many Democrats are that Barack Obama has invited evangelical preacher Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inaugural, imagine if a President-elect John McCain had offered this unique honor to the Rev. Al Sharpton -- or the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. I know, it's hard to picture: John McCain would never do that in a million years. Republicans respect their base even when, as in McCain's case, it doesn't really return the favor.

Only Democrats, it seems, reward their most loyal supporters -- feminists, gays, liberals, opponents of the war, members of the reality-based community -- by elbowing them aside to embrace their opponents instead.

So... try to guess who, among the punditry, news shows, politicians made this comment.


Mike Huckabee, former Republican presidential candidate, former Governor of Arkansas, & fundamentalist minister speaking with Greta Vas Susteren on Fox![ Greta Von Susteren Asks Huckabee About Rick Warren's Role At Obama Inauguration]

what's is wrong with this picture?

just asking...


a thank you to Crooks and Liars for the heads-up.

enough is enough...

I agree that the Rev. Wright stuff is old news and the media is pounding it to death. It's been dead for weeks; it's more like a zombie now. the MSM is blaming Hillary's people for keeping it alive. I think the MSM are the ones who are trying to get as much mileage as possible.

leave it alone, already...

On the other hand, I think that it is time that someone started asking questions about another reverend on Mr. Obama's campaign.

He was a member the original discovery committee and is still a top advisor, spiritual or otherwise, to Sen. Obama and his campaign - the Reverend James T. Meeks. He makes Rev. Wright look like a saint. Meeks is also a double whammy because, unlike Rev. Wright, he himself is a politician serving in the Illinois Senate. I've socially and professionally met the man and he scares me.

Oh, and he has quite a background connection with Tony Rezko more so than does Obama. The MSM needs to be following Rezko's trial more closely. Besides the political connectons, it's turning into one of the most sensational stories in Chicago/Illinois politics that puts the city back at the top for political corruption. Being from Chicago, I take it in stride. Chicago politics has always been the best sport in town, even though we have the Cubs, the Sox, da Bears, the Blackhawks, and the Bulls.

some of you may think I'm slinging dirt. i'm asking questions. i have a mistrust of blind faith, and i still am amazed by friends and others who tell me that they really don't know a lot about Sen. Obama but they like him and that's why they'll vote for him. I like him too, as a person, but I can't put my trust in him. He promises nothing.

People liked George W. Bush also...