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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 08:17 PM
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Poll question: What's the most offensive thing about Rick Warren ...
... delivering an "invocation" during Obama's inaugural?
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 08:19 PM
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1. He's the new Anita Bryant.
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FloridaJudy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 09:49 PM
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24. I make a mean key lime pie
Is there an Iraqi journalist with good aim available?

I mean after the inauguration, people. Sheesh.
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 08:21 PM
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2. Other .......
.... that face fur. Seriously, I just don't like one damned thing about him.
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Veritas_et_Aequitas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 08:23 PM
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3. Other
He's pushing a soft brand of dominionism AND he's the new GOP generation of hatemongers.
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 08:24 PM
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4. If we get religion out of our government...
So many other issues would fall naturally into place.
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Wilms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 08:25 PM
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5. That he might be gay.

Wouldn't be the first time. Right? :shrug:
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 08:36 PM
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8. You only hurt the ones you love, that sort of thing? n/t
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Wilms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 08:40 PM
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9. Not even.

More a cover-up, though I suppose there could be many reasons.

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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 08:29 PM
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6. Rick Warren is to the Fundagelicals what the DLC is to right wing ideology
Same fucking bullshit, just packaged differently to fool a different audience.
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scarletwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 08:36 PM
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7. Other -- these megachurch self-proclaimed "pastors" are tax-dodging hucksters.
Rick Warren is about as "spiritual" as a used condom in a trash can.

If we have to have the religious element represented at the inauguration, couldn't we at least have someone who's an authentic spiritual leader -- instead of a plastic, shallow, commercial, religion-as-a-commodity phoney-ass evangelical covergirl?

It makes me ill... :puke:

sw
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 08:45 PM
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11. I agree 100%
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 08:46 PM
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12. "If we have to have the religious element represented at the inauguration ..."
"... couldn't we at least have someone who's an authentic ..."


No, first, I don't think we should have any religious component in a state function, but if we can't seem to grow the fuck up as a nation, I don't see a problem with having a plastic Jesus huckster breaking that particular law instead of a person who many might consider genuine.

Let the GOP corner the "faith-based" crimes market.
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scarletwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 09:02 PM
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15. I don't mind an appeal to the better angels of our nature, by someone who actually walks the talk.
Rabbi Lerner of Tikkun, for example, would have been an inspired -- and inspiring -- choice.

Or the pastor from the Unitarian Church where the right wing fanatic went on his hate-inspired shooting spree.

We're not going to be able to excise religion from American public life. I can deal with that. However, that being the case, one could at least be creative about it -- you know, push the envelope a bit.

Falling back on a plastic celebrity scam artist doesn't honor anything, it just pulls the public further away from recognizing substance over surface. It's really an egregious disservice to the collective consciousness of our country.

sw
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 09:09 PM
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17. Apparently, co-founder (with MLK) of the SCLC was invited too ...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4671502&mesg_id=4671502
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 10:01 PM
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25. 'but if we can't grow the fuck up as a nation....' I have a problem with any Jesus huckster
in any government function. And I don't consider any of them to be 'genuine', they are all religious hucksters.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 08:45 PM
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10. jesus did`t sell scrolls to get his point across
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 08:47 PM
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13. Some cults are more equal than others ...


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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 09:01 PM
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14. Before today..I had no idea..
who Rick Warren is. What I've learned today is that he is a typical fundamentalist, that supports all that the label implies. I can't imagine anyone that comes from that cloth that would be any different, so I think they should have several religious leaders that represent more of our population and better reflect the values of faith.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 09:07 PM
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16. I've known about that asshole for a long time.
The fact that he's getting involved in our government scares the shit out of me. :scared:
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 09:11 PM
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18. His checkbook Christianity.
please keep sending my ministry cash and i'll keep on preaching about the wedge issues that are your red meat.
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 09:23 PM
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19. Bravo! Well said! n/t
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qwlauren35 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 09:39 PM
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20. Nothing, because I see the flip. HE is Endorsing Obama! The Right must be Choking!
Obama is pro-choice, and by giving the Invocation, Warren is virtually endorsing him.

The pro-lifers must be gagging!
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 09:40 PM
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21. That's one good thing, I guess. But, he represents the new stealth hate from the GOP. n/t
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 09:44 PM
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22. Born-again corporate fascism is still fascism
Even when it wears a friendly face.
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RadicalTexan Donating Member (607 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 09:44 PM
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23. I'm an atheist
And I think Rick Warren and his ilk (see: Hayley Joel Osteen) are offensive to Jesus.
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