Comments on: Obama’s Pastor’s Sermon: ‘God Damn America’

By: Rose marie

Rose marie — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:39:42 +0000

I won’t even call him a Reverend because he is far from being a man of God - Mr. Wright is a racist who uses God’s church to preach his hate - if my pastor preached hate of any race, I’d walk right out of that church. If I stayed, then I would be just as racist as he is. It wouldn’t matter what church Mr. Obama went to, but what does matter is that he applying for the job of Prsident of this good old USA - it seems to me that he is all one sided - because he is half white, but he hides it. Why? you know why. What I don’t understand is this, if the United States is as bad as Mr. Wright says, why don’t he leave and go to a country that he feels is to his liking. Thnak you.

By: we are the JOE

we are the JOE — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 04:57:40 +0000

Obama’s not the only one with a spiritual leader holding extremist viewpoints…

Pastor John Hagee has called for all-out nuclear war with Iran, among other ignorant/extreme statements. McCain, rather than distance himself from such, knowing of the pastor’s views, stood on stage with him and clasped hands for a photo-op.

In the end, if we want real change from the hypocrisy of the majority parties, we’ll need to boycott them, and vote for third parties, independents, and write-in candidates. We have choices, and we need to take advantage of them.

By: sara

sara — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:28:01 +0000

as a widow of a vietnam vet who died when he was 21 and was so proud to serve his country… and as a woman who went with my mother and uncle in the backwoods of louisiana in the 60’s to help black people pay a poll tax to vote… at great risks to themselves….. I am outraged and angry at this person who has benefited from the education this country has allowed him to have…
I hear how he was a marine hero… hell.. he was a cardio tech.. and probably never saw the front lines… my husband was a marine pilot who was mia for three years before I got a closed casket to bury….

what has barrack obama done for this country…. what are his sacrifices to this country…

Ive been watching the series on John adams and the forming of this country by ordinary citizens at great risk to their lives.. these men and women put every thing on the line for this country….I look at my congress and president now and cry at the absolute corruption and self servicing to themselves…
they wouldnt be fit to kiss the boots of these men

barrack obama and his wife are racists who are tearing this country apart.. god help us if he is elected

By: Conny

Conny — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:10:37 +0000

I agree with Alison 100%- march 29 comment. Definitely paying off the media and everyone else!

Doesn’t it tell you enough that Wright was Obama’s spiritual advisor not just for the past 20 yrs. but to him, his family and his campaign just seconds before he had no choice but to address this issue???

And to address Ivan’s comments above:
This is not a family member you don’t choose or a friend with extreme opinions… This is a “Spiritual Leader” SPIRITUAL! I don’t know about you.. but I have never thought that hate/anger is something that is preached at church. There are many ways to express concern for the wrong doings we witness in this world.. is call prayer.

I can’t wait until my next job interview so I can mention that experience does not matter and attending hateful sermons is what I do on the weekends.. it is actually comical to me!

My White grandmother told me … “birds of a feather stick together” … or was that my Cuban grandma?? “dime con quien andas y te dire quien eres” I can’t remember…. but does it really matter which one?
What I do know is that it’s true 90% of the time!

I wish the country would get a clue and realize that OBAMA is a POLITICIAN.. and a very smart one at that… He definitely says what people want to hear and he is inspirational as well.

But if I have learned anything in this world… Is that actions speak louder than words. So I judge a politician, not by what he/she says but by what he/she has accomplished during their careers and definitely by the company they keep! But isn’t this just common sense???

By: Debra

Debra — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:31:33 +0000

I truley believe that Mr.Obama has the SAME views as his Pastor that is why I will NOT vote for him. I’d rather see McCain or a women instead at least they view America differently.
One nation under God.

By: S.R. Stutesman

S.R. Stutesman — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:44:57 +0000

I was absolutely STUNNED to learn that Pastor Wright’s speech was NOT a rare, estrangement of hate speech full of untruths, but one that is STILL a COMMON theme in the black community–200+ YEARS LATER! It has been my understanding that Christians believed and practiced: “Love and Forgiveness” not “Hate and Condemnation”–where does Pastor Wright’s rheteric belong under the Christian mantle?

The continuation of preaching such hatefilled and misiinformed rheteric is definitely NOT helpful in trying to move FOREWARD TO BRING THE RACES TOGETHER and under this accusatory ideology, we will NEVER be able to close the “Divide”; it takes BOTH sides! This highly charged hate speech must be recognized as an extreme negative for the black community’s “common good” and therefore, CHOOSING TO MOVE FOREWARD AND NOT LIVE IN THE PAST, they must RISE ABOVE IT, vehemently condemning such rheteric for our country and the WORLD to see and hear! (And be assured, the whole world IS, definitely, WATCHING!)

IF indeed, this ideology IS still a common theme of black Americans, (and I hope it is NOT), I believe the white community has moved much further than the black community in working toward closing the racial divide: Witness those who are holding or have held, VERY high offices in the Federal Government such as Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell and now Barack Obama who is running as a candidate for the President of the USA!

By: Betty

Betty — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:32:21 +0000

Be careful Obama,they are looking for the video when you were sitting in church and applauding the pastor.

By: Leslie Newton

Leslie Newton — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:39:57 +0000

I strongly disagree with Rev. Wright’s critism of America. This isn’t critism of America, this is hatred. This is racism against white people for every bad thing that has happened in the world, simply because whites are someone to blame for being unsucessful.

By: Alison

Alison — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:38:59 +0000

To pay a preacher $20,000 dollars (that we KNOW of from his tax return) who has given the GOLDEN BEST MAN IN THE WORLD award to Louis Farrakhan tells us something.

That something is that obama does NOT denounce racism when it is surfaced, if anything he supported it for 20 years, and raised his young children in that church also…

I dont know about anybody else but that should be a big red flag, and unfortunately the money he has from kennedy and oprah to name a few, are buying this election for him. Its a little more than scary.

By: Robert W. Sheffield

Robert W. Sheffield — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:24:40 +0000

I have been a member of a Protestant Church all my life and have never seen or heard the language that was used in this Church. Even if some of the statements were used out of context, the language that was used as no place in a Christian Protestant Church. The Chicago Church should be examined by the national office of the Church of Christ. God help the members of this Chicago Church of Christ. Amen

By: Ivan Stojakovic

Ivan Stojakovic — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:24:48 +0000

To criticize one’s country doesn’t mean to hate it. Those who criticize show that they care and therefore they show that they want to love, even if they can’t love at the moment. Anger and frustration can and should be expressed in the US, especially if they have real fundation in real problems such as slavery, which ended not so long ago. We shouldn’t confuse real hatred with anger and frustration. We must not neglect history. We must respect it and understand it’s ability to act in future, for the good or for the bad ends- that depends on how we act now.

No country is perfect. USA, with all its might is not perfect. It does a lot of good but sometimes it does bad things - a reality difficult to face for most people in the USA. We must not demand for an uncoditional love of the USA. That is bigotry. We must love this great country with a critical eye. This is the only way how we can improve and how we can avoid evil. Some people in the USA just want to enjoy power and do what they please. If that’s the case than these people also need to understand limitations of the power. Further they need to be ready to experience consequences of acting violently in the world, even when it is for the ‘best’ reasons.
We must not allow for a blind instinct for self-preservation to prevail over our reason and compassion, as well as over real demands to transform in a changing world. This is the only way to survive.

By: bob billz

bob billz — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:58:39 +0000

this is rediculous

By: lspillers

lspillers — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:30:48 +0000

Where there is smoke there is fire. This flock who publicly agrees with their minister’s firey words of condemnation toward “rich” american whites, tells me they want justification. Obama must be in agreement or he would not be a part of the flock nor a close friend with the one who is delivering this emotionally stirring “speech”. A true sermon has no place for words of slander, only what must be done to gain salvation. To me, it goes back to justification. Where will our tax dollars be spent ? Justifying moral mistakes made 2 generations ago? Extreme give-aways? Or just plain old “letting America get what it deserves?”

By: Evelyn Garcia

Evelyn Garcia — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:04:51 +0000

From what I have read, what Rev Wright said is THE TRUTH! And I don’t think very highly of Obama for being a hypocrite by condemning what Wright said just so he won’t lose votes. I don’t believe in wearing blinders or sugar coating the truth. Many Americans feel the same way Rev Wright does and many know that is the truth, there is not one minority that doesn’t truly feel that way, so Obama should not be afraid of the truth. I NOW, don’t trust Obama, he is a TURNCOAT AND A PUPPET!

By: DavidO

DavidO — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:24:38 +0000

I wonder how many copies of the DVDs Obama has. Did any respecting journalist ever ask him if he owns the DVD set? He is Wrights “nephew”, I would imagine he’d consume anything Wright published. If he owns the set then he’s an outright liar on national TV and to the people. If he doesn’t, how committed is he really to his “uncle”?

By: Phyllis Jones

Phyllis Jones — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:50:52 +0000

My confidence in Obama is not shaken one bit! I’ll vote again and again for him! What an awesome Leader!

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:45:26 +0000

I went and looked up the Reverends sermons on youtube, so I can view them in full context. Fox news should be ashamed of themselves for piecing together sound bits to make this man sound like a racist, and anti-american. If you listen to the whole sermon instead of snippets you will find its not as bad as it seems. Fox claims to be fair and balanced, but from what i heard and from what they reported it sure doesn’t seem like they were fair.

By: Renda Combs

Renda Combs — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:05:45 +0000

You news reporters act so innocent. You act like you never assoicate with people that are racist. Maybe, they don’t say it out in public but it is no telling what YOU say in private. The pastor was in HIS own church. He should have spoken against the government and the big headed leaders, not the country America. I love America, but the current president uses torture, bullying, invading privacy, and walks around like he is a dictator (and he is against Castro) where is there a difference???

By: Renda Combs

Renda Combs — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:51:21 +0000

I am white middle class, but even though I do not agree with everything the pastor said, I do understand where he is coming from. He is older, therefore, he deeply feels the way the blacks were and sometimes now, are treated. I feel that if not for Martin Luther, white America, would have kept blacks down. My husband remembers when he was working in 1962 and there were a group of white men and two black men. The black men were told to stay out when they were trying to enter a restaurant. There, are still lots of predjudice. I don’t agree with saying God should damn America. I love America. I feel Bush is arrogant, and does exactly what he wants regardless of the wishes of the people. I feel he used 911 to get into Irag and will try to get us into war with Iran before he leaves office. McCain will simply take over and continue.
Thanks you…….Renda

By: rick

rick — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:52:11 +0000

You know after all this time the people are tired of rev wright and the radio commentators the jerry farwells all of them! Obama i hope wins because if a black president finally sits in the white house maybe the fear of the angry black man sendrome will stop hunting the biggets who pretend to be any diffrent than rev wright, black or white. Everyone knows that the media and certian groups are trying their best to continue to sale fear, and they wont ever stop, but know this the people have spoken we want Obama, no more washington as usual, we want change! And would someone please tell Hillary to get out the race, no one trust her, she is not Bill Clinton. Let me clear up one more thing, Bill clinton was called the first Black President because as a sterio type it has always been said that Bill was getting High and getting Head in the white House and thats why he was called the first Black President.