Rick Warren Praises Obama's "Courage" For Taking "Enormous Heat From His Base"

[katandmoon]

Here is Rick Warren's statement praising Obama for his "courage" in picking the pastor to deliver the invocation at the inauguration despite criticism of the president-elect due to Warren's opposition to gay marriage:

I commend President-elect Obama for his courage to willingly take enormous heat from his base by inviting someone like me, with whom he doesn't agree on every issue, to offer the Invocation at his historic Inaugural ceremony.


Hopefully individuals passionately expressing opinions from the left and the right will recognize that both of us have shown a commitment to model civility in America.

What a fucking arrogant SOB. He is sucking up this attention like a Dustbuster sucking up the remains of one of his Krispy Kreme glazed donut orgies.

If THIS smug phony bigoted fucker is who Obama thinks deserves to give the invocation at his historic inauguration, that makes Obama a phony fucker in my book too.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/18/rick-warren-praises-obama_n_152253.html

[Maat]

1. May I say it?

Screw you, Rick Warren!

You just wait, Rick, kharma will catch up with you!

[marylanddem]

2. I think you just said it all.

[opihimoimoi]

3. If Warren had any Common Sense....he would withdraw to help Obama

Real MEN would.....

[Jennicut]

4. No, its up to Obama to make that decision

why should Rick Warren let him off the hook? Is this not Obama's mistake to begin with?

[Metric System]

6. Yeah, right. All he is seeing right now is $$$ from the potential increase in sales of his books. No

way he's going to pass up on this ultimate opportunity for self-promotion.

[bluedawg12]

5. Modelling civility is not the issue and fat fundy f*ck is a gay basher

is that civil?

I don't want another Pastor in Chief it is not Obama's job to debate theology with fundy's on my behalf - it IS his job to help pass legislation for justice and gay rights.

[marylanddem]

7. "both of us have shown a commitment to model civility in America"

The arrogance of that single statement, the sheer SUPERIORITY complex it expresses, is truly hilarious.