Trying to make my peace

I am still not over Pastor Rick, who looks strangely like a bizzaro world Chuck Todd. A friend of mine thinks that Obama is basically a-religious and paid no attention to Rev. Wright as he was blathering on. Another possibility is that he has spent a great deal of time in many churches and realized that priests/ministers/rabbis/etc. say wacky things all the time, and assumes no one really listens because he tunes out. A friend who is married to a non wacky rabbi, told me that she has drunk so much Kool Aid that she has accepted the Pastor R choice. I have sure drunk a lot of Kool Aid, but am not there yet.

Snake oil

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/17/rick-warren-obama-invocat_n_151877.html

I know I vowed never to criticize Barack Obama, but I have to say two words - Pastor Rick? Not only is he an anti choice, anti stem cell, raging homophobe who equates being gay with being a pedophile or being incestuous, the guy is a rather creepy self promoting marketing marvel. Apparently, you can get Pastor R's deep thoughts if you have deep pockets and are willing to pony up. He was down right rude at the so called Saddleback Forum, constantly interrupting Barack, but letting McCain skate. He also didn't call McCain out on his initial lying about being in a cone of silence. Despite all outreach, most evangelicals will never be stalwarts of the Democratic party. There are many decent religious leaders, why pick such a turkey who puts his thumb in the eye of his staunchest supporters? It is one thing to be inclusive, but Pastor R is a hideously divisive figure