Saddleback Mountain
I watched the Rick Warren interrogations of Obama and McCain last night and found it all very useful. I even DVR’d it and expect to look at it again.
My understanding is that they decided who Warren would interview first by coin flip and that the other guy would wait it out inauditio.
So Obama went first. I think, in terms of presentation, he succeeded. Which he usually does. Substantively, however, he made some mighty strange claims. Deciding when an unborn baby has human rights is “above [his] pay grade”? This is a man not even a decade older than me who presumes to run for the Presidency; I would not have guessed that Obama believed that anything is beyond his judgement or ken. And he wouldn’t have nominated Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court because of his inexperience? Then I guess Obama won’t mind if this country declines to elect him for the same reason. [CORRECTION: I watched again and Obama did not say “inexperienced.” But it is clear that he intended to because he got about half of that word out of his mouth before he said something else. Nevertheless, I erred in my recollection.]
As for defining traditional marriage as the only kind of marriage and elevating it to a Constitutional certainty, Obama stuck to the bipartisan party line: marriage is between a man and a woman and, no, it’s a state-level issue, so he wouldn’t advocate amending the Constitution. But that is a cowardly explanation. What good is a liberal for if he won’t stand and say that he isn’t about to amend the Constitution of the United States to restrict a civil right? Hiding behind this new kind of ”states’ rights” argument is an absurd thing for a Democrat to be doing.
When it came time for McCain to come on, Warren had them both on stage at once for a handshake and a hug and some smiles. But when the very same questions Warren had put to Obama he began putting to McCain, the contrast was quite pronounced. McCain’s answers were relatively short because they were unequivocal. But his demeanor, just as often as what he says, can come off as cut-and-paste. I suspect that this is a man who had to spend a lot of time reconstructing his psychic life and reintegrating himself into society at large after five-plus years as a tortured inmate. That John McCain can overcome that to become what he has is really the only advertisement he needs.
On balance, I think the crowd liked McCain’s answers better, but Obama certainly had his fans in attendance. We’re all fans of his when he starts flowing and showing that he knows better than to follow the libtard line every time. But he has no business running for the Presidency. That’s just the bottom line. And don’t call me a racist by falsely accusing me of suggesting this man’s “uppity,” either; that bullshit is y’alls invention, hippies. He is too inexperienced, too liberal, and far too narcissistic to merit the Presidency of the United States.
With McCain, on the other hand, you have a real patriot and hero with a real record of working for the greater American good. Voting for him will be an honor.
