Bottom Line on the Warren Selection: Morally Wrong and Politically Stupid [View All]

The selection of Warren to give the opening prayer at the inauguration is morally wrong simply because Warren is a bigot. It's similar to Lyndon Johnson inviting George Wallace to speak at his inauguration in 1965. You don't give bigots a stage. It's that simple.

Politically, the Obama camp is thinking that by giving Warren this stage, they can make in-roads into the Christian fundie right which will help them in the remaining red states. Also, by pissing off one their core constiuencies, it shows that they're not beholden to special interest groups and that will please the moderates.

It's this kind of political thinking that has haunted and doomed the Dems. Dems are more concerned about winning elections and forming long-term coalitions than they are about actually laying down and fighting for a political philosophy. The way to win over red states and Christian fundies is to address their economic anxieties and woes, not pander to their religious bigotry.

That is all.