tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1344202303192701972.post1685647471032493485..comments2024-01-11T07:17:00.531-05:00Comments on Dem Bones: On Obama and Rick Warren: Annoyed and ComfortableDrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16836469722651598246noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1344202303192701972.post-30187783895042032292008-12-22T02:58:00.000-05:002008-12-22T02:58:00.000-05:00Yeah, I am with you on the giving the benefit of t...Yeah, I am with you on the giving the benefit of the doubt to Obama - the equivalent of not second-guessing him. <BR/><BR/>And, he did open up this press conference with a loud support for the LGBT community, something no President has offered before, or at least to this level.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16836469722651598246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1344202303192701972.post-27604582784617234402008-12-22T00:59:00.000-05:002008-12-22T00:59:00.000-05:00I can see both sides of this argument, but every t...I can see both sides of this argument, but every time I have second-guessed Obama over the past year, I have been proven wrong.<BR/><BR/>If this means that Rick Warren may be preaching tolerance for gays in the next year or so, that's a huge victory.<BR/><BR/>While I think the David Duke analogy is a non sequitur, wouldn't it be a good thing if Duke spoke and then recanted his previous ideology?<BR/><BR/>The rise of the religious right came from the fear that their voice was not being heard and were therefore marginalized somehow.<BR/><BR/>As an agnostic (at best)I am for less religion in the public sphere. But I also respect those who disagree and opening a dialogue is much better than constant bickering. <BR/><BR/>Know Hope!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1344202303192701972.post-49122950594969248462008-12-19T01:14:00.000-05:002008-12-19T01:14:00.000-05:00Saheed, Telisha and I have been sitting in my livi...Saheed, Telisha and I have been sitting in my living room hashing this out for hours. We keep going around in circles, convincing each other that including Rick Warren is a good thing, then back around the circle with the David Duke argument again. At any given time, two of us are on one side and one of us on the other. Then it flops again. I think we're 51% that it's OK at this point. We DO need to get away from litmus tests and single issue and identity politics. We do need to find common ground where we can and work on those issues. But what if David Duke was a huge supporter of universal health care and rebuilding our economy through 'green collar' jobs? By the way, there's a great post on Blue Commonwealth by Doug in Mount Vernon.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589317013261273785noreply@blogger.com