and now for something totally different . . . did anyone watch the presidential forum that slick rick warren hosted??? i struggled to get through it all. i was skeptical from the start as i watched obama carefully and honestly navigate his way through warren’s list of “nonnegotiables” . . . but when mccain stepped up, i almost threw up as i realized how everything (the audience, the venue, the questions, the way rick set the questions) was perfect to hype up a morally conservative crowd. mccain’s speach writers might as well have come up with the questions. here’s my favorite example:
rick: does evil exist, and if it does, do we ignore it, do we negotiate with it, do we contain it or do we defeat it?
mccain: defeat it.
the crowd: [goes fucking wild in applause]
i felt like i was taking effing crazy pills. or like i was watching that episode of family guy when lois runs for governor and wins because she gives speeches composed entirely of repeating the words “freedom”, “911″ and “terrorism”. mccain definitely stepped up to the occasion and told war stories, the terror threats to american soil, and the need for americans with strong moral fiber and larger penises. honestly, how is rick warren gonna get on obama for giving “stump answers”, when mccain was just playing the part of the preacher to his choir??? obama was busting out the Scriputre (Matthew 25 and Micah 6) to total silence. but everything that came out of mccain’s mouth was met by an orgy of applause and gun fire.
let me make something clear. i’m not attacking mccain. i’m not attacking his views. nor am i trying to boost obama (even though i am a supporter). i’m just dumbfounded. the whole “forum” painfully reminded me of what a bunch political floozies compose the economically rich, the socially powerful, and the politically influential. UGGGHHHH.
if you liked the forum and though it was fair and a good platform for understanding - shame on you, cause only fox news agrees with you.
