Just got around to reviewing the Saddleback "debate." Here's quick side-by-side answers to key questions.
Quote:
Who are the three wisest people you know in your life, and who are you going to rely on heavily in your administration?
O: Mom, Grandma
M: David Petraeus, John Lewis, Meg Whitman
Note: Rick Warren said each candidate was told this question in advance; so this was not an off-the-cuff response.
What would be, looking over your life would be the greatest moral failure in your life?
O: Fundamental selfishness, being "obsessed with me"
M: The failure of my first marriage
At what point does a baby get human rights, in your view?
O:"Above my pay grade"
M: "At the moment of conception"
Note: the question was NOT "when does life begin?"
Does evil exist? And if it does, do we ignore it? Do we negotiate with it? Do we contain it? Do we defeat it?
O: It exists, and it must be confronted squarely, "with humility."
M: "Beat it. ... Defeat it."
What is the most gut-wrenching decision you've ever had to make?
O: Opposing the war in Iraq
M: Declining early release from Vietnam
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Wow. This needs very little commentary from me. Obama could hardly have done worse had McCain actually written his answers.
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Last edited by Tex; 08-20-2008 at 10:13 PM.
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