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Obama Floats Through Teapot Tempests

William Bradley | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics

Why does Obama have Rick Warren delivering the invocation? Politics, naturally. It's a way to keep slicing off some of what has traditionally been a Republican vote.

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Obama's Pastor Warren Pick; A Bridge Too Far

Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics

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Obama's version of the game has always been bridge building. He's completely serious about reaching out, transcending red and blue, and etc. But this is a bridge too far.

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Rick Warren's Secret Weapon: Killer Marketing Instincts

Patricia Martin | Posted 01.22.2009 | Chicago

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Barack Obama traded in quite a lot of brand equity as a fair-minded progressive in exchange for a piece of Warren's market share, with its vast army of followers.

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7 Days: Green Jobs, Caroline Kennedy and Rick Warren

Mark Green | Posted 01.20.2009 | Politics

Is Obama's choice of Rick Warren another example of the president-elect giving conservatives the visual while later giving progressives the policy?

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Rick Warren: What Was Obama Thinking?

William Fisher | Posted 01.20.2009 | Politics

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We can dialogue with them from now until the Rapture, but many evangelicals' ideas will still be anathema to most of those who elected Barack Obama.

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A Generation Ago, Rick Warren Would Have Made Obama Sit at the Back of the Bus

Alan Cumming | Posted 01.19.2009 | Entertainment

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Would Obama have been fine with saying his parents entered into a civil partnership? Maybe. But would he be fine with hearing that his parents' marriage was akin to a brother marrying his sister or a pedophile marrying a child?

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We Call on You Lord: Leaked Rick Warren Invocation

Linda Hirshman | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

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A copy of what seemed to be a draft of an inaugural invocation by Pastor Rick Warren arrived in my fax machine this morning. I've posted it here.

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Obama Was Right To Pick Warren

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

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Progressives are too used to failing. Stop worrying about little battles, you just won a war. It's all about real results now, not words, and not symbols. It is time to think like winners.

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Mr. Obama Disagrees

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

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Obama's choice of Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration is dreadful. His explanation is even worse. He shrinks Warren's statements about gay people down to a "disagreement," as if we're talking about ethanol subsidies.

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Choosing Pastor Warren: Callous or Cunning?

Trey Ellis | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

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What if the Obama team is thinking more than just one move ahead on the chess board? What if they plan on actual actions to bring long overdue civil rights to the nation's last unprotected minority?

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Gay and Feeling Hurt by Obama's Warren Choice

Chris Durang | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

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I'm trying to be open to the "we must talk to those we don't agree with" idea. Still, this is the first event of his presidency, and gay people's feelings seem so easily sacrificed by Obama.

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Not Another Word on Gay Marriage Until They Execute an Adulterer

Cenk Uygur | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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The Rick Warrens of the world pretend that the Bible says marriage is between a man and a woman. But the Bible is full of men taking on second wives, prostitutes and concubines. And all the while, God heartily approves.

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Rick Warren and the Bad Old Days: They Aren't Over Yet

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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I wish progressives would get half as mad about today's Health and Human Services decision to publish "its "conscience rights" rule as they are about Rick Warren.

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Why Is Anyone Surprised Obama Picked Warren?

Phil Bronstein | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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This choice illustrates the downside of inspirational figures and the accompanying bad habit of investing in Obama your own ideas, values, priorities and views just because he moves you.

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Is There Method to this Rick Warren Madness?

Lucia Brawley | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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Obama's campaign proved that reaching out to those with whom we differ achieves the advancement of the progressive agenda - incrementally, rather than all in one fell swoop.

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Rick Warren and Gays

John Leo | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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Gay activists are giving Rick Warren the full treatment, accusing him of homophobia and hate speech and of comparing gay marriage to incest. None of this is true.

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On Rick Warren: What Are we Fighting For?

Jon Hoadley | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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The choice of Warren underscores the fact that no openly-LGBT person has been selected to take part in the Inaugural ceremony, or be named to any level of Obama's White House staff.

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Rick Warren?! What Is Team Obama Thinking?

Bob Geiger | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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Obama and his staff are being incredibly disrespectful to Progressives -- having Warren anywhere near the festivities is just flat-out stupid politically.

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Rick Warren: Another Damper on My Chance at Obama-mania

Isobel White | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

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Obama could have chosen any clergy member in the nation to deliver his invocation. So why one who spoke out so publicly in support of Prop 8. Why re-open painful wounds?

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