{"id":908,"date":"2008-05-11T21:17:48","date_gmt":"2008-05-12T04:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=908"},"modified":"2008-06-03T18:43:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-04T01:43:00","slug":"bush-spiritual-adviser-endorsed-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=908","title":{"rendered":"Bush Spiritual Adviser Endorsed Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The media obsession with pastors to politicians has an exciting new vein to mine.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Pix\/Campaign08\/rev-caldwell.jpg\" alt=\"Rev. Caldwell\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"10\" \/><br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The picture above shows Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell, frequently identified as President Bush&#8217;s spiritual adviser. He presided over the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/news\/releases\/2008\/05\/images\/20080511_p051008sc-0625-1-515h.html\" target=\"_blank\">wedding of Jenna Bush<\/a> on Sunday. And &#8230;.. he has publicly announced his <a href=\"http:\/\/abclocal.go.com\/ktrk\/story?section=news\/politics&#038;id=5903647&#038;pt=print\" target=\"_blank\">endorsement of Barack Obama<\/a> for President of the United States, citing his <em>&#8220;character, confidence and courage.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Will the press that has been relentlessly pounding Obama for his association with the controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright (whom Obama has repudiated) be as eager to report that Bush&#8217;s pastor (who officiated at both of his inaugurations) prefers Obama to Bush&#8217;s aspiring successor, John McCain? Will they saturate the airwaves with this news? Will they even ask Bush or McCain a single question about it?<\/p>\n<p>God knows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The media obsession with pastors to politicians has an exciting new vein to mine. The picture above shows Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell, frequently identified as President Bush&#8217;s spiritual adviser. He presided over the wedding of Jenna Bush on Sunday. And &#8230;.. he has publicly announced his endorsement of Barack Obama for President of the United States, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,15],"tags":[183,167,289,288],"class_list":["post-908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-humor","tag-barack-obama","tag-george-w-bush","tag-jenna-bush","tag-kirbyjon-caldwell"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-eE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1204,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1204","url_meta":{"origin":908,"position":0},"title":"Obama Must Reject Bush&#8217;s Imperial Bequest","author":"Mark NC","date":"2\/19\/2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The legacy of George W. 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