You don't get to equate the holocaust of the Jews in WWII with abortion and then speak at the inauguration of a pro-choice Democrat. It's nonsensical. And yes, he made the comment recently. Warren is also on the record establishing just the sort of litmus tests for political candidates that the Saddleback Forum was supposed to reject. I'm convinced: Obama made a boneheaded choice here. He may have to deal with Warren civilly (hell, he deals with everybody civilly), and I still think participating in the Saddleback Forum buoyed his credibility with people of faith who were nervous about Obama's own pastor. But he doesn't have to put Warren on stage at the inauguration. Who expected him to? Nobody. He's needs to stop running for election (standard Democrat strategy: run like hell to the left, clinch the nomination, run like hell to the right) and think like a guy with a mandate to govern. I'd be surprised if Obama backpedaled on this. In fact, I'm sure he won't. It would be a lousy move, politically. But I wish he would anyway. He could announce that he just heard about Warren's holocaust remarks, shake his head sadly, and disassociate himself from yet another scary radical preacher. He's got skillz in that department already. (P.S. Hey, when did LJ start providing handy-dandy tag typeahead? Sweet. Now I know which tags I've actually used before.) Tags: abortion, civil rights, gay rights, obama, politics, religion, warren
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