The rudeness that greeted President George W. Bush and Pastor Rick Warren was surpassed only by the divisive flavor of Dr. Joseph Lowery’s closing prayer at yesterday’s inauguration of President Barack Obama. While walking a tightrope of propriety and keeping his remarks less vile than those Rev. Jeremiah Wright might have delivered if given the [...]
Rudeness Precedes Racism at Obama Inauguration (Updated)
January 21st, 2009 · 9 Comments
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Gallup: People Like Warren More Than Media Think
January 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Despite media reports of controversy over Barack Obama’s selection of Pastor Rick Warren to give the prayer at today’s inauguration, the average American seems to be either unaware of the selection or to approve. According to survey results released Monday by Gallup, Warren isn’t nearly as unpopular as many in the mainstream news media and [...]
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Rick Warren’s Church to Launch ’40 Days of Love’
January 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments
On the same day as Pastor Rick Warren is set to deliver the invocation during Barack Obama’s inauguration as the nation’s 44th president, his church issued a news release about the Feb. 1 launch of a nationwide “40 Days of Love” campaign. Following in the footsteps of the popular “40 Days of Purpose” campaign that [...]
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Blog Sets Single-Month Traffic Records
September 1st, 2008 · No Comments
Thanks to all — conservatives and liberals alike — who helped this blog set several new traffic records during the month of August. Those records include unique visitors (43,527), total visits (56,695), page views (170,850) and almost two-million hits (1,974,521). The average visit duration was 2.5 minutes — or 162 seconds to be exact. Much [...]
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Video Offers ‘Best of John McCain’ at Saddleback
August 17th, 2008 · No Comments
The video above offers the “Best of John McCain” from his one-hour question-and-answer session with Pastor Rick Warren during last night’s Saddleback Civil Forum held at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif. For a complete review of the forum, read my post, Saddleback Civil Forum Observations Offered.
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Saddleback Civil Forum Observations Offered
August 16th, 2008 · 30 Comments
Pastor Rick Warren hosted presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain tonight during a two-hour Saddleback Civil Forum held at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif. Pastor Warren asked Obama questions during the first hour, and a session with McCain followed. Below are my observations about questions both candidates had opportunities to address. Obama offered [...]
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Obama, McCain to Appear in Non-Debate Saturday
August 13th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Barack Obama and John McCain will participate in a two-hour event, the Saddleback Civil Forum, hosted by Dr. Rick Warren and his 20,000-strong congregation at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif. The event begins Saturday at 7 p.m. Central, but don’t expect it to generate anything newsworthy — and for good reason. The event will [...]
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