Oh brother. You knew as soon as McCain started answering questions so well at Saturday night’s faith forum at Pastor Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church that The Usual Suspects were going to cry “McCain knew the questions in advance!”   And less than 24 hours after the forum was over, they did just that.
Are any of ya’ll going to watch the “Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency,” conducted by the popular Rev. Rick Warren, author of the mega-selling Christian book Purpose-Driven Life? It’ll be two hours of faith-related questions directed to both McCain and Obama, who will get an hour each with Rev. Warren:Â
The ‘roots are just a little bit upset with the Obama campaign (just as they were upset when Obama surrogate (and VP contender, perhaps?) John Kerry momentarily threw Clark under the bus earlier this month) as word has leaked out via Clark’s Little Rock, Ark. office that the higher ups in Team Obama have basically told him to hit the pavement. The Washington Note’s Steve Clemons writes:
Team Obama has released a 41-page PDF file in an attempt to rebut the claims author Jerome Corsi makes in his book Obama Nation about The Chosen One. While it’s understandable that Barack Obama would want to get out in front on this and try to refute what was written before it becomes email legend, unfortunately for them their factcheck attempt has a few problems of its own, as Jake Tapper writes here. Here’s one counter-point:
Here we go again. Another day, another liberal Christian trying to pick and choose just which Christian values are the ones evangelicals should consider before entering the voting booth this November.
I wrote a few days ago about how McCain’s response to the Georgia/Russia conflict demonstrated his presidential qualities in terms of dealing with a pressing and developing international issue, and noted how Obama’s response – made while he has been vacationing in Hawaii – looks as though he’s reading off of cue cards. The contrasts couldn’t be more stark.  Lots of other people have noticed it, too, including – surprisingly – the NYTimes.Â
