Obama Reels Under Rick Warren Questions

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Obama Reels Under Rick Warren Questions

Monday, August 18, 2008 8:56 AM

By: Lowell Ponte Article Font Size


Saturday’s questioning of both major presidential candidates by a progressive evangelical minister was heavily promoted by the mainstream media. But Sunday’s reporting about its aftermath by the dominant media scarcely mentioned what had been billed beforehand as a big event.


Two reasons for the liberal media’s sudden silence seem obvious:


This close encounter left the liberal candidate looking weak and indecisive, but the conservative candidate looking both strong and likeable.


Democratic presumptive candidate Sen. Barack Obama in this event came off as glib but abstract, and either morally confused or evasive. At best he seemed to be what Christian scripture describes as a “lukewarmâ€