Rick Warren on Today's Forum, Mormonism and His Fave Bible Verse
August 16, 2008 11:55 AM
Popular and influential pastor Rick Warren told me that in today's forum at the Saddleback Church in Lake Forrest, Calif., with Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Barack Obama, D-Ill., "we’re going to look at four different things. Were going to look at leadership, specifically their character, their competence, their experience. We’re going to look at stewardship, which is the role of the president, the role of America, the role of government. We’re going to look at worldview, which are some faith issues and some moral issues. And were going to look at America’s role international, what is their vision for America into the future.
"A lot of people expect me to ask softball questions," Warren said. "They will not be softball, they will be fair. In fact, I’m going to ask the identical questions to both candidates. We flipped a coin and Obama goes first for one hour, and then John McCain will be in a cone of silence for an hour."
"Oh, he won’t hear it?" I asked.
"He will not hear it," Warren said. "To be fair."
"Just like a game show?" I said. (Thinking of “Family Feud.”)
"Just like a game show," Warren said. "I will ask the identical questions to John McCain. So there’s no bias. There’s no gotcha on one and not on the other, ‘
well he was too hard or too soft.' The identical questions and we call it a civil forum because I think you can disagree without being disagreeable, without demonizing the opposition."
Warren said that he's been "working on this for about a month, questions that don’t have any wiggle room so that people just can’t go into the well."
"Having interviewed both these guys good luck with that," I said.
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