The Saddleback Setup (A Picture Is All you need)

[berni_mccoy]

Hmmmm, look who's in the FRONT ROW sitting next to Warren's wife...

UPDATE: Since too many people asked: Kay Warren, left, wife of pastor Rick Warren, Cindy McCain, second from left, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., second from right, and Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, were among those who attended the Compassion Forum.

[NC_Nurse]

1. Cruella Deville?

[nc4bo]

39. The name Cruella fits quite well here. They ALL look like the cat that swallowed the canary. nt

[TrogL]

2. You're gonna have to give me a hand here

I don't recognize anybody.

[Kittycat]

4. Cindy McDrugAddict is wearing the cast

[thunder rising]

23. And she looks every bit a junkie...common be honest...

[berni_mccoy]

8. For Crying Out Loud

Kay Warren, left, wife of pastor Rick Warren, Cindy McCain, second from left, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., second from right, and Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, were among those who attended the Compassion Forum.

[Cosmocat]

46. They showed McCain and Graham ...

a half dozen times during the broadcast ...

It was homefield for McCain, no doubt ...

[Arugula Latte]

3. Jesus. That was some vigorous handshake Cindy McCain got, huh?

Oh, BTW, is that Lindsay Graham's lover in the purple tie?

[Motown_Johnny]

5. Now I get it., Cindy has a mic and a transmitter in the sling broadcasting to McAtheist so he could

listen to Obama answer the questions

[HowHasItComeToThis]

14. BINGO CITIZEN

THE REPUBS CAN'T LOSE, TOO MANY WILL GO TO PRISON

[HowHasItComeToThis]

6. WHY ARE THESE PEOPLE SO AFRAID??????????

THEY RUN AROUND SCARING THEMSELVES

[napi21]

7. Don't want to be a party pooper, but who was on her other side?

It's pretty std. practice to seat the wife, and strong supporters in the fron row.

Which brings up another question. Where is Trader Joe?

[berni_mccoy]

12. Apparently, nobody USA Today thought was worth printing

[Whisp]

9. who is that guy to Cindy's left? sure looks familiar.

and why is she pointing a great big thermos at him? ;)

[Middle finga]

10. Damn Cindy looks kind of crazy

[Just-plain-Kathy]

24. Cindy looks as if she belongs in a comedy/horror movie. ...n/t

[gratefultobelib]

11. OK--this is hateful, but she looks downright stupid with that black sling. Don't tell

me there aren't more becoming ways to advertise your delicate bones or whatever.

[otohara]

17. Yeah Hateful

CT is extremely painful and you must not use your hand/wrist/and sometimes arm if you want it to get better.

[Spazito]

19. LOL, I hang my head in shame when my thought was...

Geez, Cindy, you have enough cash and are certainly fashion conscious enough that you could have had your sling color-coordinated with your outfit.

Her pants look to be a fairly common color, doesn't seem like it would have meant flying in a designer or anything, not to say she couldn't afford that either, lol.

[gratefultobelib]

13. Far right is Sam Brownback, I believe.

[Cassandra]

35. He looks like the very embodiment of compassion...

doesn't he? NOT!

[Fovea]

38. I agree

Sam Brownback *is* far right.

[otohara]

15. OMG - More Holy Bullshit

The whole crowd looks republican, don't they?

[BrklynLiberal]

16. A sling like that is a good place to hide a mike...

[hlthe2b]

22. A mike, hell, she looks like she could hide a sawed off shotgun

in that sucker.... I'm not f_king with her!

[d_b]

18. they creep the hell out of me.

I'm beginning to buy into that whole Lizard People thing.

[zb1965]

20. No hard questions please...

Said McSame the clown just like dubja:

[Top Cat]

21. Cindy looks like S--t...I really hope she recovers soon!

[iconicgnom]

25. I think it's wierd that there's no latinos, no orientals, no indians or africans, in the US.

I had always heard the US was a "melting pot", so I guess it must be true, but I find it amazing that everything "melted" into a picture like the one above.

Just sayin

[Erin Elizabeth]

27. My daughter said that, too.

That it was an extremely white crowd there.

[Diamonique]

28. I hear ya.

I was watching yesterday as a news woman was outside talking to the viewers before the thing started. People were lining up to get in. I watched this for about 20 minutes and never saw a single person with any melanin in their skin.

[Frank Booth]

33. Oriental is not the preferred nomenclature.

Asian-American, please.

[iconicgnom]

37. Oh, sorry. See, I'm Canadian, from Vancouver, B.C., a preferred destination for Chinese immigrants.

Your correction causes me a bit of consternation. So forgive me if I digress a bit, in responding

I deal a lot with people of Chinese backgroud, totally fluent in both Cantonese and English -- and, I have to say, very astute in business! I'd never thought much, "Chinese", "Oriental", "Asian" - tho' I suppose "Oriental" might be a European term? The mysterious Orient covers a lot more ground than China.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree :
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
So twice five miles of fertile ground
With walls and towers were girdled round :
And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,
Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree ;
And here were forests ancient as the hills,
Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.

Anyhow, when I wander outside I meet with people of hugely diverse backgrounds in a true polyglot, and a VERY PEACEFUL polyglot too! That's in "everyday commerce", on the street, in day to day business.

But I wonder about "in church". Hmmm, I do go to church quite often, but not always to the same one. It seems to me that in Canada, too, "in church" is very racially segregated, so much so that exceptions stand out. I wonder why this is?

[Heidi]

43. That was an adaptation of a line from "The Big Lebowski."

:hi:

Walter Sobchak: What the fuck are you talking about? The chinaman is not the issue here, Dude. I'm talking about drawing a line in the sand, Dude. Across this line, you DO NOT... Also, Dude, chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118715/quotes

[iconicgnom]

44. Ah, no wonder I was consternated!

I'll have to see that movie

[Heidi]

45. It's one of the funniest movies I've ever seen!

Enjoy it! :hi:

[Hekate]

42. That is strange. Orange County has *large* numbers of Vietnamese and Latinos...

... and I didn't see any.

Was the audience the Warren congregation and not the general population of the city/county? Did they charge a lot for tickets to attend? I read someplace that it was a thousand bucks a seat, which really shocked me, but I have no link or other verification. Those factors alone would have insured a non-diverse crowd.

Hekate

[LaStrega]

26. Cindy looks creepy ...

And I usually dig creepy shit. Not in this instance.

[mitchum]

29. She is fucked up

[Barack_America]

30. I see rich, white people!

:scared:

[az chela]

31. Are they all going out for beer after???Cindy's treat???

[liberalmuse]

32. No one is really smiling.

Which means this picture was taken during Obama's slot. It would be scary looking out at that, I don't care what color your skin is. And Obama wasn't the least bit nervous.

[WhiteTara]

34. Marshall McClune taught that in cigarette ads

the directiion of the cigarette tip was very sexual and important. Up, at an angle, You are gettting ready to fuck. Straight out, you were fucking, pointing down, you have fucked. Very important to get the message across so that people will want more.

I'm not sure what that has to do with Cindy McCain's sling, but that came to mind.

[zb1965]

36. We need to drill and drill now...

...his demolished scull and face to see if there is any brain in there:

[nc4bo]

40. Are they still calling it carpal tunnel syndrome? nt

[soothsayer]

41. Carmella Soprano?