… for choosing Pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation, if for no other reason than it is irritating the crap out of the usual Leftcult bigots.
Heh.
UPDATE Erstwhile conservative, Excitable Andy, gets his self-pitying scold on…
Shrewd politics, but if anyone is under any illusion that Obama is interested in advancing gay equality, they should probably sober up now. He won’t be as bad as the Clintons (who, among leading Democrats, could?), but pandering to Christianists at his inauguration is a depressing omen.
(h/t JohnAnnArbor)
Heh, heh.
Comment by Techie on 12/17 @ 6:24 pm #
You learn to pray more better, Amanda and Jill, if you want the invite next time…………
Comment by BumperStickerist on 12/17 @ 6:35 pm #
I suppose they should just open their “Book of Obama” to Chapter 4, Verse 3 and “Get over it.”
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Comment by DarthRove on 12/17 @ 6:46 pm #
I don’t know why Amanda would have voted for a god-bothering Xian anyway…
Comment by Mossberg500 on 12/17 @ 6:53 pm #
LGTBQIA? Wow, I sometimes I just don’t want to know!
Comment by Mossberg500 on 12/17 @ 6:55 pm #
LGTBQIA? Wow,
Isometimes I just don’t want to know!Aaaarrrgggh!
Comment by thor on 12/17 @ 7:03 pm #
Maybe there is a God.
Comment by Techie on 12/17 @ 7:03 pm #
This was the invocation they had in mind?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNx4×41b1Ck
Comment by parsnip on 12/17 @ 7:18 pm #
Rick Warren seems like a harmless shaman.
Of course, they all sound the same to me.
Comment by Nishi_Jenkins on 12/17 @ 7:19 pm #
Neither cynical nor sincere………it is machiavellian.
Won’t it be lovely to have Niccolo as president instead of Bottom the Comick Rustick?
Comment by Dan Collins on 12/17 @ 7:22 pm #
Nishi, you really think The Prince is a how-to manual, don’t you?
Comment by Big D on 12/17 @ 7:26 pm #
I followed the link to pandagon. Who knew hope and change could be so vicious?
Comment by JD on 12/17 @ 7:27 pm #
Good Allah, thor is off its meds, nishit pays us a visit, and Darleen agrees with Baracky?!
Comment by Techie on 12/17 @ 7:28 pm #
Everything at Pandagon is vicious. It’s kinda spooky. If you agree with them, then everything is sweetness and light, but utter a word that could be construed as support for the ever-watchful PATRIARCHY, and the claws will come out instantly.
Comment by irongrampa on 12/17 @ 7:29 pm #
Relax, this has nothing to do with sincerity, but ALL about image management.
Comment by Dan Collins on 12/17 @ 7:30 pm #
Go read Machiavelli’s Mandragola. It’s the same book, disguised as a political tractatus. The reason that it was so reviled in the Renaissance is that it’s not really directed at the Prince at all, though that is it’s animating cover, under the regime of censorship. In fact, it is a representation to the people that has one over-riding message: you are taking it up the ass.
Comment by JohnAnnArbor on 12/17 @ 7:31 pm #
LGTBQIA? Wow, I sometimes I just don’t want to know!
I knew they’d add more letters. I just figured they’d do it one at a time.
Comment by Techie on 12/17 @ 7:32 pm #
Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t Rick Warren one of those eeeeevil Christers that made John McCain just as guilty as if he’d been a member of Wright’s church?
Comment by JD on 12/17 @ 7:40 pm #
Yes, Techie. Kind of like Hagee. And the folks that have snakes and the ones that speak in tongues.
Comment by JohnAnnArbor on 12/17 @ 7:45 pm #
Now CNN’s got a post about the outrage, including a quote from excitable Andy.
Comment by Big D on 12/17 @ 8:03 pm #
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Comment by JD on 12/17 @ 7:27 pm #
Good Allah, thor is off its meds, nishit pays us a visit, and Darleen agrees with Baracky?!”
Three of the seven signs of the apocalypse.
Comment by Y-not on 12/17 @ 8:03 pm #
It’s sincerely cynical.
Comment by Darleen on 12/17 @ 8:05 pm #
Techie
The thing is that Rick Warren is about as mainstream as an Evangelical gets. If you listened to how he ran the “Civil Forum” his church hosted last August, he was pretty even-handed with both Barry and McCain…which drove the Left into fits.
That the Left wants to cast Warren as some evil, slobbering, faux-Xtian can, and should, backfire on them. They refuse to see a good faith disagreement of policy with the reasonable Warren - Warren MUST BE A HATE-FILLED BIGOT for daring to disagree with them. They try to paint him into the cartoon stereotype they create with any godbotherer.
Mandy, Jill, et al, all tools.
Comment by Akatsukami on 12/17 @ 8:12 pm #
Once again: the Petulant Left was never part of the Obama clique. Claiming a place at the table will get — justly so — the response, “I didn’t ask you to sign on, you jumped on the bandwagon…and now, you’re getting thrown under it”.
Comment by Techie on 12/17 @ 8:18 pm #
Darleen, I read “The Purpose Driven Life” many many moons ago. I know, if Rick Warren is a “Christianist Extremist” then every sincere pastor is too.
Comment by Dan Collins on 12/17 @ 8:22 pm #
Poor Amynda, at least her godbothering idol was screwing someone else on the sly when his wife’s cancer was in remission.
Comment by serr8d on 12/17 @ 8:26 pm #
It is recycled.
Meme-girl is running out of cute phraseology..see comment #1.
Comment by JD on 12/17 @ 8:30 pm #
serr8d - I guess we have to give it a bit of credit for at least pushing a new meme. Those last 7 or 8 memes were starting to get a bit old.
Comment by Darleen on 12/17 @ 8:34 pm #
if Rick Warren is a “Christianist Extremist†then every sincere pastor is too.
The Left doesn’t believe there is such a thing as a sincere pastor.
Comment by Ric Locke on 12/17 @ 8:38 pm #
Big D, there are no signs of the Apocalypse there. Two of them are regular occurrences, and the third can be explained by the Twain quote, above.
OT: I had never read the remainder of that essay. Interesting that Clemens could describe the basic principles of anti-Zionism half a century earlier.
Regards,
Ric
Comment by Mossberg500 on 12/17 @ 8:42 pm #
Worlds are colliding!
Comment by serr8d on 12/17 @ 8:46 pm #
For nishi, if she returns.
Pastor Warren’s invocation (if he’s actually allowed to go through with this) will be the inaugural high point for me. This is a political curve ball, but whether it’s thrown at the lefty sorts or to the conservatives remains to be seen. I’m betting the invocation won’t happen.
Comment by McGehee on 12/17 @ 8:59 pm #
My sense of Obama’s views on that ghey stuff is that this is a lot less cynical than the proggs would like to believe. After all, (so they say) if Obama hadn’t brought out the black vote in California, Prop. 8 would have lost.
In any case, I’m not inclined to make anything out of it. The more that proggs hear from us dextro types about Teh O!ne, the more they will find excuses to defen him even while he makes them cringe and wail and rend their garments.
That’s really a dish best marinated in pure progg angst, unsweetened by gratuitous dextroschadenfreude.
Comment by N. O'Brain on 12/17 @ 9:10 pm #
“Comment by parsnip on 12/17 @ 7:18 pm #
Rick Warren seems like a harmless shaman.
Of course, they all sound the same to me.”
An adult talking to alfie:
WA WA WAA WAA WA WAA WA WA WA.
Comment by N. O'Brain on 12/17 @ 9:15 pm #
“Comment by JD on 12/17 @ 7:40 pm #
Yes, Techie. Kind of like Hagee. And the folks that have snakes and the ones that speak in tongues.”
So, if you speak Parseltongue, do you get, like, extra credit?
Comment by JD on 12/17 @ 9:17 pm #
N.O’Brain - Mountain Dew out my nose. Well done.
Comment by Spiny Norman on 12/17 @ 9:18 pm #
Dan,
Although she and her fellow travelers may be reluctant to admit it publically, they also think 1984 is a how-to manual.
Comment by dicentra on 12/17 @ 10:06 pm #
FWIW, some Christians are flipping out, too, because he’s saying a prayer at the inauguration of a pro-Choice politician.
You can’t please everyone, but if you try, you can probably piss off the whole lot.
Comment by Pablo on 12/17 @ 10:07 pm #
I find it amusing that Baracky and Blago are singing the same tune these days: Just you wait. I’ll tell you everything. Really. I can’t wait.
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Comment by Bob Reed on 12/17 @ 10:56 pm #
The wheels on the bus go round and round…And the proggies are stuck under the treads…
It is sweet to watch the nutroot left’s collective heads explode over this…
But, they’ll give him a pass on it; for all their venom they’re really a wussy bunch
Comment by Topsecretk9 on 12/18 @ 12:19 am #
Dsn Collins at 25 — Quadruple Heh
Oh he’ll utter one thing they like to hear and in like 3 days he’ll be elevated to sainthood again until he does something they don’t like and he’ll be photoshopped in white face and on and on and on…never happy, short on principles and reason they.
Had it not been for their savior prop 8 wouldn’t have passed. Elections have consequences sweetheart.
Comment by Topsecretk9 on 12/18 @ 12:22 am #
I find it amusing that Baracky and Blago are singing the same tune these days: Just you wait. I’ll tell you everything. Really. I can’t wait
Pablo,
I thought the same thing. Especially when after Blago said such to reporters he then said something like
“now, do you think I could just get a run in now”
I thought of waffles.
Comment by Topsecretk9 on 12/18 @ 12:27 am #
When are these idiots going to be honest with themselves and realize it is precisely their ass working to elect Obama that passed prop 8?
WHEN???
Comment by donald on 12/18 @ 6:09 am #
I’m just cynical enough to think that Obama is slipping in another black man hates the gay man shot. In his mind. It’s funny about the anti prop 8 black vote in California. It’s attributed to “See, it’s a family values thing”. I don’t think so. Excuse me while I go get my hood.
Comment by donald on 12/18 @ 6:11 am #
Seeing as how I’m a southern confederacy white man and all.
Comment by Kamikapse on 12/18 @ 6:49 am #
[quote]When are these idiots going to be honest with themselves and realize it is precisely their ass working to elect Obama that passed prop 8?[/quote]
Untrue…
Comment by Mr. Pink on 12/18 @ 6:54 am #
So you really believe if the AA turnout had not been as high prop 8 still woulda passed?
Comment by Spies, Brigands, and Pirates on 12/18 @ 7:04 am #
The only thing that surprises me is that there are some Obama cultists who are daring to criticize him.
Look at the blanket denial we saw here in regard to the lying-to-the-press incident.
These people have projected their own desires and beliefs onto the empty suit, even when the empty suit’s own statements demonstrate otherwise.
Obama will bring peace — despite the fact that he threatened to attack Pock-ee-stawn, a friggin’ nuclear-armed nation.
Obama will legalize gay marriage — despite the fact that the President has no authority in that area, and despite the fact that he’s on record as being consistently opposed to gay marriage.
Obama will clean up government — despite the fact that he comes from one of the most corrupt political cultures on the planet, one in which you don’t get anywhere without knowing people and exchanging favors.
Comment by Jenny on 12/18 @ 7:06 am #
Am I the only one confused that Gay Rights groups were described as seeing this as “a blow”? And wouldn’t that be a good thing?
Comment by Mikey NTH on 12/18 @ 7:11 am #
Do Christianists run through Province Town and Key West yelling “Jesus Loves You!” as they detonate their bomb vests? Because if they don’t then I have no idea what Sullivan is babbling about.
Comment by Carin's got a sore head on 12/18 @ 7:14 am #
Personally, I’m totally undone by Kamikapse’s skillful argument.
Comment by JHoward on 12/18 @ 7:20 am #
You scratch the surface, Spies, you scamp: During a period of great anti-American sentiment and coupled with the reascendency of much of the globe historically most hostile to the US or its principles, Obama will preside over the biggest and longest-term economic implosion in nearly a century. All this despite the inherent superiority of Lightworkers.
While desperately needing to reindustrialize without the cash to do it, how will we provide for our own defense against the Arab world’s designs, the communists (should they alter their post-crash position on international commerce), and the corruption of the resurgent, militarized Russian state?
The Messiah is the biggest fall guy-to-be in modern history.
Comment by Mr. Pink on 12/18 @ 7:29 am #
Well I used to watch the show Fall Guy. If it is anything like that the next 4 years will be really cool.
Comment by Spies, Brigands, and Pirates on 12/18 @ 7:33 am #
Oh, yeah, JHoward. It’s not going to be pretty.
The really amusing thing is how many of them were convinced that Obama was lying just to get elected. “Oh, he’s really in favor of gay marriage… he’s just saying that!” Never did it enter their minds that voting for a highly-skilled liar might not be a good idea, nor did they ever question what other things he might be lying about.
Comment by serr8d on 12/18 @ 7:53 am #
That’s so freakin’ worrisome. The problem being that BHO’s fall will be all-of-us inclusive: his fall will be our fall.
Maybe he can do his Messiah thing and work some sort of miracle. I’m not holding my breath, given the examples of other nation’s adventures with socialism. And our nation’s misadventures with messiah-complex leaders …wait..
Comment by Mr. Pink on 12/18 @ 8:06 am #
“That’s so freakin’ worrisome. The problem being that BHO’s fall will be all-of-us inclusive: his fall will be our fall.”
Where was that sentiment the last 8 years? I mean did we not have the 9-11 attack, 2 wars, Russia invade Georgia, and Iran’s continueing nuclear research? I guess when George Bush “failed” it was just in existential things such as his Iraq “adventure” or whenever people can blame him for an economic downturn.
Comment by JHoward on 12/18 @ 8:17 am #
Indeed. It’s evolution in action. We wanted a Savior and got what we deserved. We tried to dope the way things work and we lost.
So now we’re faced with not only competing on equal terms, but competing with five dozen trillions in current and future overheads and a locked up monetary system before we leave the blocks. Seems to me our only hope is to out-compete on natural resources. Of course, we’ll instead spend inordinate sums and time on seeing to the slack and the grifting, the corrupt and the powerful, that being the New New Deal.
This would be a superb time to reinvent classical liberalism. Do we have the stomach for it? Based on the election, probably not. Let’s see what we feel like doing in twelve or eighteen months.
Comment by nawoods on 12/18 @ 9:23 am #
Question…..Why is Rick Warren more upsetting to these people than Jeramiah Wright?
Comment by PalmettoTiger on 12/18 @ 9:39 am #
Because they agree with Wright, mostly.
PT
Comment by Curmudgeon on 12/18 @ 9:43 am #
Question…..Why is Rick Warren more upsetting to these people than Jeramiah Wright?
Because the Left is un-American and treasonous at its rotten core; that’s why. Jeremiah Wright is a good fifth columnist to them, undermining evil Amerikkka.
Comment by Curmudgeon on 12/18 @ 9:45 am #
That said, I do enjoy the thought of Amanda Marcunt and Jill crying their eyes out over this, and then getting out their vibrators and soothing themselves to sleep.
Comment by Mr. Pink on 12/18 @ 9:48 am #
I have wondered that myself. They label Bush and Palin as wierd ultra-religious nutcases, but yet attending Rev. Wright’s church of racist hate is explained away and excused. I guess as long as they got the all important D in front of their name then everything is ok because they have the “good” intentions.
Comment by Sdferr on 12/18 @ 9:51 am #
Put it this way, how would they answer the question “Thomas Tamm, whistleblower or traitor?”.
Comment by BJTexs on 12/18 @ 9:52 am #
Barry will not be the shining light of hope for the gay crowd and it’s likely they already know it.
My gay Sis in law’s partner is pretty savvy politically. She has been complaining all along that Barry doesn’t give a hoot about gays. She never in her wildest dreams foresaw what happened in California when Blacks rushed to the polls, voted 96% for Obama and 70% for Prop 8.Barry will protect his church constituent blacks before he concedes anything of importance to the LGTB crowd.
What I find both amusing and ironic is that gays find themselves much in the same position as conservatives and the so-called “Religious Right.” Both sides were forced to vote for a candidate that they knew really didn’t represent their interests or stay home. Neither were going to to bring themselves to vote for the opponent. In the case of Gays I suspect that the realization is dawning that, as a political force to be reckoned with on a national scale, their influence is not nearly as grand as they have assumed it to be.
That realization has got to leave an emerging mark that no amount of intimidating Mormons on marriage will heal.
Comment by Mikey NTH on 12/18 @ 10:46 am #
#65 BJ Texas:
What I find both amusing and ironic is that gays find themselves much in the same position as conservatives and the so-called “Religious Right.†Both sides were forced to vote for a candidate that they knew really didn’t represent their interests or stay home. Neither were going to to bring themselves to vote for the opponent. In the case of Gays I suspect that the realization is dawning that, as a political force to be reckoned with on a national scale, their influence is not nearly as grand as they have assumed it to be.
When you are a single issue voter you are bound to be disappointed and feel disenfranchised nearly every election.
Comment by daleyrocks on 12/18 @ 2:39 pm #
This can’t be as bad as it seems to the left. I mean how many gays or LBGTQ’s has Obama appointed to his cabinet?
Comment by mishu on 12/18 @ 4:55 pm #
Sully’s a faggist.
Comment by Mikey NTH on 12/18 @ 6:01 pm #
#67 daleyrocks:
It is Washington - who the heck knows. Maybe a tap-dancing competition to get the over/under set?
*rimshot*