I must admit that listening to McCain answer Pastor Rick Warren's questions so quickly and glibly Saturday night at the Saddleback Faith Forum made me wonder if he somehow knew them in advance. He was so confident, so concise. But I put the thought aside as unduly paranoid -- that is until Sunday afternoon. I was routinely checking my favorite election website fivethirtyeight.com and the webmaster, Nate Silver, referred to a piece in Daily Kos about the whereabouts of John McCain for the first thirty minutes of Senator Obama's interview with Rick Warren. Was he in a cone of silence? Apparently not.
Daily Kos blogger Furiousxxgeorge wrote at 3:27 pm Pacific time the following blog:
Pastor Warren, the host of last night's forum was just on CNN. In an interview with Rick Sanchez the pastor admitted McCain was not even at the Church for the first half hour of the event. This admission comes as a surprise to those of us who watched the event and were told many times that McCain was at the Church and in isolation.CNN says they talked to McCain's camp and they said no one in his camp was listening. The honor system, are you kidding me?I think it is pretty clear at this point McCain did indeed know the questions in advance.
Is this a big deal or not? It seems like someone ought to ask both McCain and Warren what really happened. The "truthiness" of this Forum is at stake. Warren will be on CNN Monday night, August 18 at 9 pm Eastern/6 pm Pacific. Tune in and comment!
Update 1: Pastor Warren states that McCain told him he did not "hear" the questions. He was in a motorcade from his hotel to the church, arriving about 30 minutes into the Obama interview hour. McCain did not say whether anyone else on his staff "heard" the questions, however. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/17/warren-mccain-did-not-violate-cone-of-silence/
Update 2: Warren has now given 2 or 3 different versions of which questions he told the candidates about prior to the event. First he said he told them about the orphan question and the abortion question. Then he said he told them about the "wise advisers" question and the "moral failure" question. That's four questions so far. Are there more?
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Does Pastor Rick think all Americans are stupid ?????
Most Americans (outside of Pastor Rick group) know Secret Service will never talk about anything the people they are guarding do, say, see or where they go.
It is just not done ever !!!!!!!!
All these lies have make me respect my first feeling that this was nothing more than a RIGHT WING SETUP !!!!!!!!!!
This forum was specifical
the biggest problem with the election so far is that the american people, and apparently the press as well, have the attention spans of gnats.
More than a 3 word answer is more than we can handle (one word is even better).
These are difficult times and complicate
He stood 5’9" with the lift in his shoes
Everyone knew which side he’d choose
Exxon John
Now John couldn’t stand being Left in the lurch
Especially at the interview in the Saddleback Church.
Once John was a man who honored ethical compliance
But he just couldn’t take staying put in that "cone of Silence"
Exxon John
John used to be a Maverick who was shrewd and keen
But now John McCain has gotten just plain mean
The truth has fallen victim with his new-found persona
But nothing he can do will damage Barack Obama
Exxon John
By LK
I thought Obama did quite well. He gave lengthy, nuanced answers that examined all sides of even the simplest questions.
Obviously not... Way to catch it... thanks.
It's 3:25 in: http://www
Feel free to cut and paste and post it elsewhere.
Here's the proof. It's 3:25 in: http://www
forum, they can't deny it happened. Then Obama needs to bring
up integrity as a virtue for a Presidenti
CNN and MSNBC as well as FOX.