The Lord at Obama's hypothetical dinner table

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LAT: The Lord at Obama's hypothetical dinner table
By DON FREDERICK and ANDREW MALCOLM
November 25, 2007

During a 1999 debate of Republican presidential contenders, George W. Bush famously cited Jesus when he and other candidates were asked to identify the "political philosopher or thinker" who had most influenced them. Last week, Democratic White House contender Barack Obama broached Christ in answering a different question, picking him as one of three historical figures with whom he would like to have dinner.

The query was posed to Obama by a reporter with the Conway, N.H., Daily Sun. (The candidate dropped by the newspaper's offices while stumping in the state.) Making Obama's cut, along with Jesus, were Mahatma Gandhi and Abraham Lincoln.

He then stated the obvious: "Not a bad list."...

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-ticket25nov25,0,4332664.story?coll=la-home-nation