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By: Obama Giveth And Obama Taketh Away » Boztopia.com

Obama Giveth And Obama Taketh Away » Boztopia.com — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:27:28 +0000

[...] one BIG down, one BIG up, and one head-scratcher in the middle. If, as Bonesparkle says, this may be just a case of “Use ‘em and lose ‘em,” I can hold my nose and live with Warren sleazing it up at the inauguration if it gets us the EFCA [...]

By: Darrell

Darrell — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:12:50 +0000

I like Option 4 as well

By: Ann Ivins

Ann Ivins — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:30:58 +0000

I’m hoping for #4, because it’s so sneaky and smart.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:37:39 +0000

That “pissing out of the tent instead of pissing in” metaphor comes to mind. I’m inclined to think it’s a purely political move.

Let’s assume Obama sticks with the agenda he layed out earlier. Some time down the line, he would draw ire from the evangelical crowd and Warren for supporting any number of social measures, at which point he could say to Warren, “You swore me in, you accepted my invitation. Perhaps you should have stuck by your principles.” Suddenly Obama as the snake is forgotten and Warren is remembered as the one who was tempted, and those who are tempted are not leadership material in evangelical circles. Obama is making Warren invest in his success, and should Obama stray from the strictures of evangelism, he’s going to use Warren as a fall-guy. Warren’s only option for survival is to then change the evangelical community into moderates.

Far-fetched, but possible. Either that, or it’s option 1 and 3.

By: JThompson

JThompson — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:34:40 +0000

Angering the very people that got you elected isn’t a terribly wise political move no matter how much you want to be a man of all the people all the time.
Especially pissing them off before you’ve even been sworn in.
If *just* the rationalists and homosexuals don’t vote for him next time, he’ll lose by a large margin. The religious right isn’t going to vote for him no matter what he does.
So if this sets the tone for his administration, he probably shouldn’t get too comfortable in the oval office.

That’s not to say I hate the man or something. I just don’t think this bodes well. He’s going to have to be that much better once he’s in there to convince us he should get a second term.

By: Lex

Lex — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:10:38 +0000

Of all the interesting religious/spiritual people who might have done it, this jackass gets picked. That’s not change, that’s more of the same.

There’s nothing Christian about Warren and his cohort; in fact, they’d be the ones gleefully nailing Him to the cross if Christ returned in any manner short of riding a cloud and dishing out celestial vengeance to all that isn’t Old Testament righteous.

By: Bobby McGill

Bobby McGill — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:44:27 +0000

Definitely the wise political move. Obama is creeping lightly into the White House trying to keep everyone happy. I don’t mind Warren doing the swearing in. It is an old tradition and I am alright with that.

But as wrote in my blog a while back, when Warren gets a televised sit down with both candidates during an election year I find myself wishing for lightning to strike down from the heavens.