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Obama, McCain and Real Estate
August 19, 2008 by Swanepoel · 8 Comments
Editorial by Stefan Swanepoel
I would like to share with you the fantastic afternoon I had this last Saturday. My wife and I had the privilege of being invited to the two hour Saddleback Civil Forum with Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain. This was the first time these two presidential hopefuls, and expected nominees for the Democratic and Republican Parties, shared a public stage.
Rick Warren, author of “A Purpose Driven Life,†and pastor of our Church, Saddleback in Lake Forest, had organized for Obama and McCain to come and present their views on important issues.
The Atypical Conversation. This was not your usual political debate with read-the-teleprompter canned speeches on pre-approved political questions. No sir. This was about the real stuff – the big subjects – topics we usually do not hear about in a presidential face-off.
On Sundays, Rick is usually dressed up in a Hawaiian shirt, but this Saturday was different – he was in a dress shirt, no tie and suit. Rick himself is an excellent and inspiring speaker but the afternoon wasn’t about him.
During the forum Rick first posted questions to Obama before asking McCain the same set of questions. Topics covered aspects such as personal values, religion, abortion, marriage, education, evil, stem cell research, energy and their respective vision for the United States.