Obama, McCain make first appearance together tonight

[babsbunny]

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/48650.html

By Steven Thomma | McClatchy Newspapers

LAKE FOREST, Calif. — With potentially millions of religious voters in the balance, presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama will appear Saturday evening at a forum on religious faith sponsored by prominent evangelist Rick Warren.

It will be their first appearance on the same stage, though Warren will question the two men separately for an hour each. Obama will go first, then the two men will appear on stage together briefly at the Saddleback Church, then McCain will face the same questions.

The forum will be broadcast live 8-10 p.m. EDT on CNN, Fox News Channel and Daystar Television Network.

It also will be available via the internet at www.SaddlebackCivilForum.com, ReadersDigest.com and MySpace.com/Impact, and on radio on the FamilyLife, Moody and Pilgrim Radio Networks.

The appearance will feature two candidates whose faith sometimes appears similar, and sometimes leads them in different directions.

McCain often mentions how his faith sustained him while a prisoner of war in Vietnam, telling how one of his captors treated him humanely and once secretly drew a cross in the first to signal his own faith.

[gateley]

1. This brings up a good point --

McCain will be liberally peppering his humble, reverent responses with references to his captivity in Viet Nam.

This little story referred to in the above clip is creepy. I don't buy it.

And didn't he change his deep, abiding faith from one religion to another (more politically advantageous) after his return?

[peacebird]

2. Will McShame be able to hear the questions and Obama'a answers? Obama goes first -

then McShame.... Seems McShame will be able to have his people crafting answers based on Obama's responses.

[C_U_L8R]

3. McCain has to follow up after Obama?

that should be a spectacle.

Do we have to drink every time he says "my friends" ?

[livetohike]

4. Yes, and a double shot every time he says "P.O.W." n/t