Is Rick Warren the next Dr Phil?
Will he try to rescue the next failing celebrity too?

I enjoyed it and thought it was very fair. Much more fair than having the debates that allow prejudiced interview questions. One can almost predict the lame questions depending on who asks them in the debates

I really thought that McCain seemed very rehearsed during the saddleback forum…. He would not answer questions instead, he told rehearsed stories. I think McCain would be the best candidate if you wanted WWIII. Obama said confront evil, McCain said destroy it. Hmmm. Sounds like more war is on the horizon for the McCain camp. America dont need old stories., we need new ideas.

Some of Huck’s Army has gone rouge., theyve started a petition asking Huckabee to leave the GOP, and start a new party. http://www.mccanes.com/newparty.html

Romney cant be VP, if McCain wants to win. He went too far durning the primary. Even a video of romney calling McCain dishonest. http://www.hotpres.com

See McCain talk about in detail his failed first marriage. He Cheated? Cindy was a mistress? http://www.mccanes.com

McCain and Obama leaning to embrace the pickens energy plan. http://www.boonepicken.com

What exactly is the “purpose” that drives Mr. Warren?

In recent days I have been more and more concerned about this question. Why did he appear on CNN when it is clearly secular-progressive and liberal to the highest degree? Why did he charge as much as $2,000 to attend the event with Senators McCain and Obama?

I find it so interesting that because Obamas stammering, stuttering , unfocused and sensless inablility to speak without a telepromter-was obvious he is no leader and unfit to command!

The obama cronies would try to attack McCain for being far better than Obama! Spinning the forum as unfair!
Poor Obama!
*His daddy left he had to be selfish and take drugs, drink, smoke and he left out fornicate he l(he lived with a white women when he graduated from Columbia)!
Poor obama he is going to loose! even the DNC is concerned he was not fully vetted! not they fear loss @ the 2008 election!

McCain rocked get over it obama bitter hurt little sheep!

I really enjoyed the forum Saturday night. I thought both men did well, but with slight differences.
Obama seemed to take a little longer explaining his answers, where McCain was quite direct and
to the point. I believe it was that Obama was looking for that “right answer” and McCain was just
speaking from his heart.

OBAMA DID SO BAD HE IS TRYING TO TAKE MCCAIN DOWN WITH HIM;
MCCAIN WAS IN THE MOTOR CAID THEN THE CONE!

IF OBAMA WHA WHA WHA LACK OF INTEGRITY AND HONOR ATTACKING A CHRISTINA CAUSE HE DID SO BAD IF THIS IS HIS TRUE CHARCTER OR LACK THEROF HOW WILL HE RUN THE COUNTRY

NO FAIR IRAN IS CHEATING BLAME HIM FOR NUKING AMERICA AND ITS ANNIHILATION!

NO OBAMA IS UNFIT TO COMMAND HE IS NO LEADER HE SHOULD HAVE WAITING ANOTHER 12-28 YEARS B4 HE ATTEMPTED TO RUN HIS SO PETTY HE IS NOT READY TO LEAD A GREAT NATION LIKE AMERICA!
THIS IS THE MOST POWERFUL POSITION IN THE WORLD THE WORLD IS IN PERIL THE COUNTRY IS IN CRISIS IF HE CANT HANDLE A FRIENDLY FORUM HOW IS HE GOING TO BE COMMANDER AND CHIEF!? WAKE UP AMERICA B4 ITS TO LATE ! VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!

I am very grateful for Rick Warren’s forum and actually grateful that both candidates agreed to be questioned. I found it to be very insightful and very informative on understanding both men. I was curious to learn more about them and this provided an excellent opportunity and answered many questions. Of course, no one man can get into the White House and make changes to make everybody happy, but in this day and age, the experience of John McCain is priceless……McCain for president!

Right on Cal! We need information not media driven propaganda!

Great program and great idea of a forum. I hope Dr. Rick Warren and other use the same stile of questioning. It makes it easy to learn who is who.

Dr. Warren deserves A+++…..

I agree that the format was very helpful and gave us a clear understanding of the character of both men. Congratulations to Pastor Warren.

One of the best “forums” if not THE best of any since Ronald Reagan days . At first I was disturbed that the questions were not “tough” enough . But I soon saw the reasoning behind the questions .The focus was not on the person answering ; they were focused directly on “issues” that a President will have to face …thats just what the “thinking voters wants to hear” . Rev Warren YOU HIT A HOME RUN.

Knowing the demographics of OC..and it being in a Christian Church…my concern was the applause that Obama’s stand on abortion got. But I watched the audience closer and I realized he had his people firmly planted in front rows . No true Christian would ever clap for “any pro abortion stance”. So it was obvious to me who “stacked the audience” ….the same ones who are thumb sucking & whining today .

They complain about EVERYTHING . Next they’ll wonder if the coin had two sides . Pretty speeches may have been nice in Europe …fortunately we are a “sovereign nation ” so far and France & Germany dont get a vote . Only Americans do And we want real answers to our concerns . Mc Cains answers were from deeply held personal beliefs and years of hands on experience . Check the eyes …look one way “you are remembering” …look the other you are “making it up ” . Mc Cain didnt hesitate because he lives his beliefs . Even if I dont agree 100% with every issue …I trust him .

More forums like this . And leave Rev Warren alone ….he did a GREAT service to our country . More churches ought to step up .

I totally agree !!!! Rick Warren is a much better journalist than all of the “real journalists”. The so-called “standard” debates are a joke, that’s why I don’t watch them. Rev. Warren asked the right type of questions that actually required an answer. I believe that’s one reason Obama fell flat on his face. You go Rev. Rick Warren !!! I want to see more.

OMG it was all a lie they should be ashamed of themselves!!!

I do not believe Mega Churches are good for true Christianity - I do not care for Rev. Warren’s book nor his church. I do not believe Obama is fit to be a candidate for President. I do not trust, nor like Senator McCain - he was much too sneaky/snakey in the 2000 election - and has fought the current administration on behalf of himself too many times . . . though he was right and correctly supportive of the troop levels - at a time when it was SO unpopular to support this kind of thing.

The two hours were very good. They DID allow both candidates to express themselves clearly to meaningful questions. Rev. Warren did a great job moderating - leading the whole process. I felt like the candidates got a great chance to express their real beliefs and feelings on all the requested subjects - plus a few more. I felt they both did a good job expressing those beliefs and feelings - except I believe Obama was pretty much ‘dishonest’ about abortion and life - he was definitely playing to avoid alienating the crowd and not deserting his real beliefs.

So I got the end and felt very impressed about how different the two candidates were. And I appreciated so much more about John McCain - I think he pushed many of my buttons - that I needed pushed to want to vote for a candidate. However, the fact is that weasel Lindsey Graham is still his ‘friend’ - because John McCain can’t help himself on many issues. John McCain is a decent candidate - for the Democratic party. There is no candidate for the Republicans - at least not one who would represent what Republicans have stood for in the past.

Obama is a good candidate for the Communist Party or for the Daily Koz - not a real candidate for President of America. Though he could be a thoughtful, decent person underneath it all - but he’s only been exposed to the leftist side of America - a broken home, a troubled youth, a career in the slums, then moving to Chicago politics - his only knowledge is in the extreme left side of America - no wonder he’s so liberal. If there is one additional reason to NOT vote for him . . . let’s assume he has two terms - he’s going to have a LONG life after his terms - and we’ll have to pay for that - it’s too much, for too long - no matter what he really does for America.

OK - went on too long - but good forum - worth doing again - even this political season - very effective. I would still like to see them debate each other directly. That kind of forum would be useful too.

I didn’t realize until last night that McCain can lie with such a straight face….. The Democrats went after Hillary for her Bosnia story, but are giving McCain a free pass. Even Rick Warren allowed McCain to talk endlessly about his captivity. How can I trust anything that Rick Warren says. Tonight on Larry King he went out of his way to help John McCain by stating how sensitive McCain was that he teared up 3 times……….WOW……

Rick Warren…..
“How was it like in the CONE OF SILENCE ”
John McCain….
“I tried to put my head against the wall to see if I could hear any of the answers” Laugh Laugh

It’s not the deed … it’s the cover up…. Why is the McCain camp all riled up ? He cheated.
Why wasn’t his answer ” You know Rick… I have to be honest… but he wasn’t.
Note to McCain…. Don’t answer a question before it’s asked.

A Great Forum! We need more of these with questions that the candidates can’t fake or avoid answering. Debates are useless due to the bias of the moderators and the tendancy of the candidates to dodge answering questions by making accusations of other candidates and changing the topic. The post debate spin rooms are also useless and only serve to confuse the issues instead of clarifying them.

Why should anyone assume that McCain didn’t cheat? Why the hell wasn’t he in the greenroom before Obama’s session started? Do you really expect someone with McCain’s record of dishonesty to not have received any pointers when he wasn’t even on-site for more than half of Obama’s questions?

We certainly know McCain’s capable of being dishonest to those he should hold closest: we know he cheated multiple times on his first wife; we know his own advisers think he was cheating on his current wife while exchanging political favors with lobbyist Vicki Iseman. And what about his well-known involvement in the Keating five scandal.

Finally we got to see McCain and Obama side by side in Saddleback. I was disturbed to hear Obama’s thoughts on not nominating the senior Justices. Justices Thomas and Scalia are the most fair-minded and most constitutionally correct Justices. Obama felt safe to slight them because they are not big names in politics right now- as opposed to more recent appointees. More recent appointees, as done under Bush and Clinton, represent transitory politics - that play well with certain voting blocks. Thomas and Scalia represent the best ideas about the Supreme Court, that it should be impartial from changing political whims. Since Obama represents changing political whims he obviously doesn’t understand the value of our senior Justices.

I thought McCain was good in presenting his knowledge of foreign policy- from Reagan’s term until present. I also enjoyed McCain’s example of Ebay as a good thing that needs to be emulated in U.S. industry. Given Obama’s reluctance to debate it is the best chance to see them side-by-side until after the Conventions.

I was totally undecided before this ‘debate’, but McCain totally knocked me down. This man should be president of the Unites States of America, no matter what are Obama’s qualities. He spoke with his heart, and he got mine. Although I’m not planning to register Republican -I’m independent- I will vote and campaign for John McCain. Many thanks to Rick Warren.

Rev. Rick Warren did a great job in peeling off the layers of both candidates. Unfortunately, this was not enough for some from the Religious Right. They have gone to do what Jesus wouldn’t do - character assassination. Sorry guys, it takes more than just being pro-choice to get to heaven.

I think John hit it pretty well, but what options does that leave us? I can’t support Barr or any other third party candidate soooo, I guess we vote McCain and PRAY. I am still holding my breathe about his running mate. If he goes with a Pro-Choicer or some of the other possibilities that have been voiced, I’m not sure I can make myself vote for him. It’s really a bad time in America.

I think this election needs to be reduced to its lowest common denominator…color!

Obama is Grey!

McCain is Red, White & Blue!

I was at first suspicious of this event but after watching it I thought Rev. Warren was very even handed and that it provided a useful look at, and contrast of, the positions held by each candidate along with at least as glimpse of what makes each of them tick. It was far superior to the news soundbites, TV ads and talk show commentaries that we’re now hearing and seeing on a daily basis.

This was the best question I have heard yet! Why didn’t something think of this before. These are the type of questions WE AMERICANS WANT ANSWERED! I can’t stand to watch the debates normally put on. THey’re disgusting and politically one-sided.

Want to hear something great? The church and minister can be checked out on Google.

http://www.atlah.org/broadcast/ndnr07-28-08.html

Sean, you really need to hear this. This man of color, who has a PHD, wants everyone to boycot CNN, ABC,CBS, and ABC among others. Very powerful!

Thank God someone else has the guts to tell the truth about Obama…..love your show….at least YOUR part of it…..

Linda
Tucson, Arizona

I am all for a womans right to choose. However that a woman or man would allow a child to be born alive and not try to help the baby. . . . then that is not abortion. If the baby was living then the baby How horrible is that. Was NOT ABORTED. Hence the baby was ALIVE. HOW COULD YOU NOT SEE THE CRUELTY IN THAT.That is EXACTLY why late term abortions should be banned. People have enough time. There is adoption.

greta Did that pastor actually get 2000.00 for a ticket to see that debate/forum?????So he is making money on this too.Why on earth would they charge?J udy

Just mark down a “0″ for Obama and a “1″ for Sen. John McCain! Obama has no answers when he is on his own without being fed answers from his campaign HQ. He screws up everytime he in a direct question and answer format as this was. Obama is not a leader, no experience and its been showing of late. The American people are beginning to understand who Obama is and not who he says he is!

One of the best debates EVER!!!! If people cant make up their minds after this one…then somethings wrong. It is clear to me who is prepared to run this great country at such a crucial time in history….and thats who I will be voting for…..I believe I am right in my decision….but that decision is mine and mine alone……I pray that God delivers us in our time of need. p.s. this is the type of debates we need…true questions asked of both candidates…not select questions to make one side or the other look good. Thank you Dr Rick Warren.

Just proves what most of us already know, Obama is an empty suit that without the aid of telepromtors and speech writers can’t form one logical, factual sentence. Obama is a ‘politian’ so use to playing the political winds, he has trouble taking a stance on any issue. His lack of experience really shown through big time.
Check out Obama’s plan to TAX Americans $845 Billion Dollars.
Goggle in: ‘Obama’s Global Poverty Plan’….and have your checkbook ready!!!

NO OBAMA….ever!

I didn’t get to see the program but what I have seen has made it very clear to me who is the better choice for President. I already knew in my heart, but I had a few doubts. My eyes were open to the real truth because of Rick Warren. After seeing this forum anyone with a brain knows who has the most experience and who will stand up for the American people at any cost and that is John McCain!!!

Great forum!!! It is obviously the way to learn more about the character of the candidates. Many thanks to Dr. Warren for his thoughtful efforts to allow us to see truth, in the forum and his book. And thanks to you Cal for the stand you take! You are one of my favorites!

McCain clearly cleaned Obama’s clock in the discussions. However, predictibly, the Democrats entered their “cone of whineyness” and accused McCain of cheating. A sure sign of a “loser” is one who always accuses opponents of cheating when they lose. Democrats are like sports teams/coaches who always blame loses on the officials. Sadly, many of the Democratic constituents will believe that Mccain cheated.

Rick Warren was outstanding….I was truly impressed with him and how fair he was in his questions.

Obama was trying to have it both ways on every question while John McCain was direct and spoke from the heart. To be honest I was not on board with John McCain before this event, I now support him 100%.

My wife and I will be voting for John McCain as he is the only one of the two that we trust with the lives of our children and the future of this country.

Too bad Obama refuses to debate McCain at town hall meetings. Without a teleprompter, Obama is worthless. Otherwise, he’s the wolf in sheep’s tongue. Obama and his controllers are afraid of directly debating McCain.

to begin with Rick Warrens book is not christian and was useless reading. Just because someone calls themself a pastor does not mean they are christian. There were no important questions asked in the debate (dare I call it that) it was just another platform for political mumbo jumbo meant to confuse true Christians about Obama and McCain. Please do not even consider that meeting with anything Christian.

What about a forum for those many millions of American atheists and agnostics? Not everybody is interested in where, how and if a candidate worships. I don’t know of any other country (except for the Islamic ones) where a politician has to declare his religious beliefs. Who cares? Get on with governing and let the religious folks get their fill in their churches. Now that would be a “miracle”!!!

The forum was a good setting to get a good idea about the candidates. Many people are hitting Obama for the stuttering on his answers. I believe that he wanted to make sure that he was saying what he meant to say and not just putting out the same rhetoric that he uses in his speeches. McCain was very quick to answer but you could tell that he was taking practiced answers from the countless speeches he has given and just inserting them for answers. It was very hard for me to watch McCain because he looked and sounded so self-righteous. Obama seemed very humbled to be in this setting. McCain seemed like he felt it was a waste of time. He leans on his military service and capture too much.

I thought that the church would be a terrible setting for a forum such as this, but I have been proven wrong. A responsible interviewer asking straight, unweighted questions is something that I hope happens again not only in this campaign but in future ones. I am a staunch believer in separation of church and state but would be fine with Mr. Warren doing this again in the future. As long as he continues to be objective he is a good interviewer.

Some of these comments are absolutely ridiculous, such as those made by ‘Viani’, who feels the need to point out that Obama fornicated with a ‘white woman’ after he graduated from Columbia. What makes you angrier, Viani, that he shacked up with a woman before marriage, or that a black man had the audacity to touch a precious white female? There are plenty of reasons to be suspicious of Obama; old fashioned bigotry isn’t one of them. The fact is, I wouldn’t vote for either one of these guys for all the money in the world, as they both present a very real danger and threat to American security. The Republican Party has absolutely no concept of small, limited government anymore and the Democrats, obviously, never did. For the sake of genuine freedom and liberty, I’ll be voting Libertarian. It will take years to break the failure of the two-party system, but it must be broken. And there’s never been a better time to start.
I like Cal’s non-denominational approach to people like Warren, but is he serious about being amused at some ‘on the far-right’, as if he isn’t among their flock?
Cal, baby, I really like you, but you’re as far right as they come!

A BIG THANK YOU to Dr. Warren for an excellent forum and vetting of these candidates on a level that ordinarily does not happen. To Peter: it was OBAMA that ducked questions, not McCain. (see the question that was asked of Obama if he had ever done anything legislatively to restrict abortion…the man would NOT answer the question!) McCain stuck to his principles and answered the questions directly, and for the most part with no hesitation whatsoever. Obama, on the other hand, did his usual amount of stammering, parsing his words, and firmly straddling the proverbial fence. I would not say that Obama has no core convictions, I would say he is trying, like so many other liberals who know the average American cannot stomach their socialistic policies, to conceal his real beliefs. America needs to wake up. Socialism NEVER delivers what it promises. It has starved over 3 million people to death in the last century alone. It canNOT peacefully coexist with freedom.

This forum was more imformative than any sound-bite debate held by the media. The American people got to see the candidates both be asked the same questions (no gotchas here) and evaluate the answers they gave. The candidates were given time to answer the questions without and buzzer ofr light going off. We got to see who has confidence in his convictions. The American People were the Winners of this forum and Rick Warren shouldn’t apologize to anyone for the questions or form of the forum. As we all know -NO ONE IS PERFECT- and no matter what you do you will be criticized. The measure of a man/woman is how they handle the criticism- whine and compalin or take it and move on. It has now been shown why Sen. Obama has not done any other Town Halls with Sen. McCain.

I thought the Saddleback debate was a wonderful way to gauge the two candidates and compare them to one another. I also think that Rick Warren did a great job, with balanced and probing questions … questions which any legitimate candidate for President of the United States should have already wrestled with on his own, way before arriving at this debate. Therefore, why did Obama respond to the questions as if it was the first time he has ever considered these points. John McCain’s immediate and decisive answers show that he had already given a great deal of thought to real concerns, as posed in these questions … where as Obama had to take the time to stutter and deliberate over the same questions asked of McCain. This was very revealing, and so were the Obama camps accusations of cheating, after Obama lost the debate … just another indication that Obama is not qualified to lead this country … and, McCain is.

What this forum revealed is true character and principles of which Obama has none. He has no clue where he stands and changes with the direction of the political winds. He’s an empty vessel.

I thought the whole experience to be invaluable and by far the best format in drawing out the candidates beliefs, opinions and policies. I was very impressed by Obama, but McCain just blew him away. That McCain could answer so quickly and concisely is not that he cheated but that he actually has some experience. In this case age and experience have helped him already define his positions, unlike Obama who is still trying to work things out.

As for those who have commented before me, I wonder if many of them were actually watching the same program I was? Would they have the same complaints about McCain “cheating” had he gone first and responded just the same way?

Rick Warren did a great job. Didn’t anyone else hear what he said about his belief in the separation of church and state, but not faith and politics. I thought that was very good. It was most certainly very inclusive. By the way, I don’t see any Muslim, atheist or other group having the courage or wherewithal to pull this kind of forum off.

Great stuff. It certainly helped me.

GET REAL! MCCAIN WAS NOT REHEARSED, HES JUST NOT THE OLD MAN YOU EXPECTED! FOR THE RECORD, LETS PRETEND HE DID HEAR, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, OBAMA STILL WOULD HAVE BEEN AT A LOSS FOR THE RIGHT WORDS! OBAMA BOMBED BECAUSE HE IS NOT SWIFT, LEFT TO HIS OWN THOUGHT PROCESSES; TYPICALLY OF AN IMMATURE OR INEXPERIENCED MINDSET! AGAIN, WHAT ON EARTH DOES MCCAINS HEARING OBAMAS ANSWERS ETC., HAVE TO DO WITH THE “GIFT OF GAB” OBAMAS ILL PREPARED ANSWERS! OBAMACANS HAVE CROSSED THE LINE AND SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED FOR THEIR PATHETIC CHEATING EXCUSE!
YOUR FOCUS SHOULD BE ON THE REALITY THAT IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE, IN THE FACT, THAT OBAMA DIDN’T ADEQUATELY ANSWER HIS QUESTIONS!

That was the best forum I’ve ever seen. It was totally impartial. Both candidates seem like personable individuals one could enjoy going to dinner with. However, when it comes to matters of sound judgement, knowledge, experience, and qualifications, John McCain is the best candidate. The rest of the world will think twice before trying to jack him around. They know Obama will be a wishy washy indecisive airhead on international affairs. Inflate your tires when the next terrorist attack against Americans takes place.

EXCELLENT FORUM, and Rev. Warren is to be congratulated on its success! It astonished me that Obama can quote Bible scripture from the Book of Matthew but could only give a lame answer to the question of “when does life begin” saying “that is above my pay grade!” If he’s such a Bible quoting Christian, then he should know there are plenty of scriptures throughout the Bible where God does not hesitate to define that answer. Shame on you, Obama! You young voters who want change will definitely get it if Obama is voted in…you will find out what it’s like to live a socialistic life with the government controlling everything you do except going to the bathroom. No way will I vote for Obama! Our president has got to have the ability to keep this country strong enough to fight for the freedom we’ve enjoyed for over 200 years! John McCain has my vote to hold the highest office in America!

The new idea and change Obamacans are so excited about is a DO NOTHING
approach, which their misguided Rookie Obama stands for. He is the peace-nik, Dove who plays it safe and is slow to react.! His favorite political position is to stay on the middle of the fence/road! By the way, Rev., Warren took it easy on Obama, the man with ties to enemies of America. He didn’t question his close relationship with the Rev., Wright church etc,. Disillusioned Ex Democrat

Great job by Mr. Warren - Obama is clearly not ready to lead. He can’t speak in an open forum, and his delay tactics backfired. Answering slowly does not equal truthful/thoughtful answers - it equals “if have no idea what I’m about to say, but here goes”. “Above my pay grade”??? - give to me a break.

Obama got his hat handed to him.

Now consider Obama sitting across the table from Putin…or Hugo…or the loser in Iran - achmawhatever. Are you kidding me? Is it any wonder the enemies of the USA want Obama to win?

I think Rick Warren taught journalist how to ask real questions to get real answers. This was not a “Gotcha” as the main stream media loves to do, but, a real down to earth question and answer period. This is exactly what needs to be conducted over the next three months so that people can make intelligent choices about who they want for President.

Rick Warren was the big loser, and has been proven to be a liar. His credibility is completely gone. I guess his “pupose” is to get his candidate elected.

I think Pastor Rick Warren taught the main stream media how to conduct a debate based on straight questions with answers. This is what the public needs in order to make a choice of whom they think would be the better President. I will not try to influence anyone on how to vote, but, I certainly know whom will get my vote.

I really enjoyed the format that Rick Warren presented. As Hillary complained, when you have two candidates sitting side by side and one of them always gets to hear the answer of his opponent before he has to respond, it’s intrisically unbalanced. We were able to hear the unvarnished responses of the candidates on equal ground. Brilliant!

McCain’s directness impressed me. He took the questions head on and didn’t try to dance around a difficult answer. He’s not trying to appear to be “The Answer” or “The One”. He is just a man. A man you has served his country and sacrificed for his country. A man with successes and failures. But he is who he says he is. He’s a Statesman. That’s what we need right now.

The forum was good..let the candidate talk and sometimes they hang themselves. Like Obama.
The Q about when does life begin…if you are pro life or pro choice it is obvious that Obama exposed a morality flaw. When you say the answer is “above your paygrade” you are saying you do not know. The Q was not a policy Q..eg Roe v Wade, it was a person opinion Q. To not know when life beigins but support abortion and even partial birth abortion, you have a real moral void. If you say life begins at birth and you are pro abortion..your reasoning is at least defensible. His was not. If he had said my personal opinion is “at conception” but the law of the land is Roe v Wade and womens choice is paramont..he would be on somewhat better ground. But “above my paygrade”??? We learned something about Obama that goes beyond abortion, which is what made it a great Q.

The Obama camp is definately angry..this was not something they wanted known..

The forum was fair and balanced and surprised both the dems and republicans by revealing more than was anticipated of both candidates for President of the United States. McCain won hands down and frankly that surprised me. CNN would not have given two hours exposure if they thought Obama would not measure up. He did not measure up, and we saw a McCain the press had not really revealed. There is hope. Darlene

For Kathleen, who gave you the right or authority to judge who is a Christian. “Judge not least ye be judged”. Also, it is very evident only people with open minds need to listen to forums such as the one Sunday. If you are closed minded, don’t bother. Nothing will make sense to you except what you want to believe. Just a little tip on time management. I am just really astounded as to how many people in America, people born here, every day American citizens, - just how many of you actually hate our country. Why? Please tell me a place better. Also, do you need help with relocation fees?

This was and is a clear picture of the candidates. And the Democrats are yelling and whining because they now know that anyone who watched the show can easily see what their party is truly about.

I watched the forum with an open mind and although I had some reservations toward both candidates, McCain’s answers and demeanor was very reassuring and convincing for me. For Obama, not so much !! I greatly admire Rick Warren and his ministries to help others in need. He was very courageous to take on this forum because he knew the extreme left and right would attack him personally. But he speaks for the middle and provided a great service to this nation by raising the bar on political forums that inform the truthful character & experience of a candidate. We need more forums like this for all political candidates.

The format was very good and informative and helped me shape my opinion on the candidates. So who cares where and who hosted this event and format, it achieved it’s objective for a lot of voters, which is clarity on the candidates.

I was surprised by the lack of comments and coverage of the results by the MSM, or maybe not. But there was absolutely no mention of the Obama performance excpet that he seemed more “thoughtful” in his answers than McCain. Give me a break, to quote Chris Berman, he was “rubbling, bumbling, stumbling” through every response. I’ve never seen or heard such nonsensical and non-answer responses from any politician and that’s saying a lot. To be his age and running for President he should be better prepared for open debate and off the cuff replies.

Does anyone else find it interesting that whe Senator Obama does poorly and Senator McCain does well the Obama supporters begin to shriek and wail that Senator McCain is a liar and a cheater. There have been many previous examples showing that Senator Obama does not do well in an unscripted environment. It’s a specious argument to blame Obama’s poor performance on McCain’s alleged cheating.

Debates are soley targeted at voters on the fence.

With much due respect to you Cal, I believe you were somewhat taken in by Rick Warren and his obvious, left leaning philosophy. I didn’t hear one word about our immigration problem or border control in the debate. That subject is paramount to most Americans. Moreover, when Obama hit a gap in his thought process, which was frequent, Warren immediately filled in the pause and put the words on Obama’s split tongue. That precluded many um’s and ah’s from Obama and made him appear a better speaker without his typical teleprompter performance. I didn’t see Warren recipricate the favor for McCain.

Warren say’s he wants’s to save the world, bring peace to all nations. He thinks he’s The Second Coming. I see him as a NWO globalist who simply wants power and of course, money. He’s a counterfeit, just like most politicians.

I find it a joke to think a $2000.00fee is paid by all. Is that to keep the POOR out???? What kind of a forum is that. All people that can afford $2000.00 If that is the truth then all people should be up in arms to think the poor had NO ACCESS if they had NO MONEY !!!So is this a fact.

HOW CAN RICK ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT HE ASKED AND LEAVE OUT ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ISSUES FACING OUR COUNTRY? ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION??????????

OH COME ON BRING OBAMAKINS BACK !!!YOU KNOW IT’S TRUE!! JUDY

Locked down as tight as a drum. Yeah but! Shepherd what is in the drum? He speaks Arabic. We think that is gonna be good. Everyone sits around table. Obama talks Arabic. The other People in party just look at each other.???

McCain’s “cross in the dirt” was taken straight out of “Gulag Archipelageo.” IT IS A LIE!

Further, McCain knew the questions in advance based on his asking about the Supreme Court question.

This was a setup job, plain and simple.

Maybe there ought to be a real deabte with all 6 national candidates instead of the two worst ones.

I think Pastor Warren did a great job! You hear so many Pharisees in the church deriding his character, which speaks much more about them and NOT him. It was a great, and very needed, way to hear the candidates speak. How refreshing! This is a far better way than the typical debates which I also dislike watching because they are so unfair to both speakers. Obama did his best and is a very personable guy and I liked McCain’s succinct answers which showed that he has experience and a mind made up about things. This forum helped me to decide who I believe will be best for the job. Thanks Dr. Warren! Let’s do this with EVERY election.

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I think Pastor Warren did a great job! You hear so many Pharisees in the church deriding his character, which speaks much more about them and NOT him. It was a great, and very needed, way to hear the candidates speak. How refreshing! This is a far better way than the typical debates which I also dislike watching because they are so unfair to both speakers. Obama did his best and is a very personable guy and I liked McCain’s succinct answers which showed that he has experience and a mind made up about things. This forum helped me to decide who I believe will be best for the job. Thanks Dr. Warren! Let’s do this with EVERY election.

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Forum at Saddleback Church was superb. Much better than the media driven “debates” which really are not debates at all. I thought the distinction between the candidates was profound and cryst