Though I do not agree with what the reverend said, I think it is the context of how he said those comments that makes it truly disturbing. It seems to have been said with a huge sense of passion & conviction, and dare I say it, normality.

There are some things we think, and think good for saying it, and there are some things that we think, and should only think without verbally disclosing it.

In this time of social-sensitivity we should all be consious of this. No-one should think themselves as being anyone else’s mouth-peice. We say & write things that we cannot take back. This is our society today, and though it may not be ideal, perhaps this is a hard lesson for us all to always think before we talk, think before we write, and think about what we think.

On what points does Obama agree with Rev Wright? Disagree? Where does Barack stand on black liberation theology? Why does TUCC have a Black Values system and not a Christian Value or American Values System? Where does he stand on the Nation of Islam? on Hamas? Why did his church give Louis Farrakhan a ‘Lifetime Achievement’ award?

A great speech would have been Obama telling us it is time to end the race issue by everyone taking personal responsibility for themselves and to quit blaming everything on “rich, white men”. He could have pointed to himself and his wife as examples of overcoming racial obstacles and succeeding in life. However that kind of talk isn’t heard because the black community has to remain the victim in order for Obama to win.

Thank You Roland and CNN for providing America with the truth. The world needs to see and hear about this instead of the little snippets we get on youtube

NOW I DON’T KNOW HOW STUPID MOST AMERICANS ARE ,BUT IF YOU THINK I BELIEVE OBAMA DID NOT HEAR THE SERVICES OF HIS MINISTER AFTER TWENTY YEARS OF SITTING IN PUES YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE HAS A PROBLEM. ARE THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA THAT IN LOVE WITH THE THOUGHT OF OBAMA THAT THEY CAN’T SEE PASS THEIR NOSES,THE REV.MANNING ON YOUTUBE.COM GO TO ATLAH.ORG AND HE MIGHT HAVE A WORD OR TWO FOR YOU.

IT WAS NOT SHOCK AND AWE THAT MADE ME CRINGE WHEN I HEARD OBAMA PASTOR JEREMIAH WRIGHT’S RACIST, ANTI-AMERICAN TIRADES FROM THE PULPIT OF OBAMA’S CHURCH..
ANYONE WHO SCREAMS G….D….AMERICA REPEATEDLY
EITHER LEAVE OUR COUNTRY OR RENOUNCE HIS AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP. TO ME IT WAS A SHOCKING AND REPREHENSIBLE.
BILL RICHARDSON ‘S ENDORSEMENT OF OBAMA IS EVEN MORE SHOCKING TO ME AFTER WHAT BILL CLINTON HAS DONE FOR HIM. THAT BRINGS TO MIND BENEDICT ARNOLD THE DISLOYAL (TRAITOR) GENERAL OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

Thanks Mr. Martin for taking the time to dig deeper into the sermons.
The way some are playing this thing you’d think every Sunday was like the few clips they show over and over.
Maybe you could pick a nice “happy” sermon to disect too

We can talk about this all we want but people who were for Rev Wright before will say, ‘Yes, that’s right’ and people who were against him before will say ‘That’s not right’ .

So why not get to what Obama’ s record is (not his plans, but his actual record) on National Security, Taxes, Earmarks, Illegal Immigration and Islamic terrorism. Why won’t you take up threads comparing Obama/McCain/Clinton on these subjects?

Roland,
Most of the time I agree with you. I realize the media has had a field day with the utube snippets and some of it was taken out of context, I’m quite sure. However, there is no reason, for anyone, white, black,
Asian, or otherwise to say what the pastor said. There is no way to justify damning our beloved country. I am a white American, and I refuse to listen to any justification for this rant. Having said that, I don’t think any less of Senator Obama. I liked him before and I like him now.

WoW!!!! Thanks Roland for finding the truth…I guess you have to hear the whole sermon to get an understanding of GOD COUNTRIES….

Excellent write-up Roland… It is so important to put this in context… Kudos to you on responsible journalism.

Thank God for the Prophets in the land. One day America will look back at this prophetic sermon and thank Rev. Wright for shining light on her short comings. America needs restoration and counselling, but she must first acknowledge that she needs it.

I listened to his sermon and don’t see a problem with what he said at all. He is telling the truth. To be a true leader as a person or a country you have to accept your strengths and weaknesses, you have to acknowledge you true history. This sermon puts the truth on our plates for dinner. To break it down in an analytical way is to be applauded.

With such tools at many peoples disposal such as the Internet it would seem that many would listen to the entire speech, but too many choose to get their information from 30 second sound bites or through 30 minute news casts. People may disagree with Rev. Wright, but it is in no way racist. In fact I would argue that many of his points are correct. Should he have balanced his negatives truths about America with positive truths? That could be debated, but he is not a politician he is a pastor and taken in its’ full context the message he is attempting to deliver could not have been made. You can not however truthfully argue any of his points at all.

Thanks AC for another blog entry worth every bit and byte needed to display it,

Now it is very clear why sen. obama does not wear a flag on his jacket . Also on why he does not put his hand on his heart when the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE is being said.This also answers why he refuses to say the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. WAKE UP AMERICA !
I am an Independent .FOR THE LOVE OF MY COUNTRY HE WILL NOT BE GETTING MY VOTE!!

This entire week TV channels (including all CNN stations) repeatedly broadcast excerpts from Rev. Wright’s sermon where he says the chickens have come home to roost.
Until I saw the video of the full sermon, I was not aware that Rev. Wright was quoting from an interview Ambassador Peck had given Fox News. Towards the end he even goes on to say something like “these words are not that of a black militant but those a white man …” There was a report on this at HuffingtonPost and it has a link to the video of the sermon which lasts about 8 minutes.
I am disappointed that CNN would stoop to the level of Fox News. Why would CNN play snippets from the sermon that makes Rev. Wright look unpatriotic? Is there a hidden agenda here? Will you please investigate this and show viewers what really went on during that sermon? Given the frenzy of the last few days I am not sure whether this email would even see the light of the day. Thanks.

Roland

Thank you for taking the time to pursue this and put it in context. Like you and David, Carl, and Anderson said last night on 360 one must look at what is said in the totality of the person and their background and in its full context.

I’m not sure what I think about it all now but at least I have more to judge it on more accurately than the sound bites we had before.

Annie Kate
Birmingham AL

Well, it’s nice to see that someone finally bothered to get at the truth. Like with the previous post by Roland Martin, I can’t see anything offensive about this sermon.

I grew up in Germany and went to school there. I learned about black people being held as slaves and segregated and discriminated against, Native Americans being slaughtered and later imprisoned on reservations, Jews being persecuted and killed under Hitler, and many other atrocities people have committed since the dawn of time. These are all historical facts. I don’t doubt that any of it happened.

Here’s what I don’t get: Why do Americans keep rubbing salt into all those old wounds? Who is it helping? How does that make you feel better? Why do you feel this need of endlessly discussing things that happened decades or hundreds of years ago? Nobody can change the past; all we can do is learn from it. But Americans never seem to learn anything from the past. If you did, you would let bygones be bygones and move on to the present and future.

Why don’t Americans concentrate on the here and now? If there are any injustices or discrimination going on, yes, by all means, let’s talk about that and let’s fight that. But constantly bringing up old wounds of your forefathers serves only one thing: to incite hatred and
counter-hatred. Yes, that’s all it does.

I am a white person. I never did anything to a black, Native American, or Jew. To me they are just people. I certainly would not want a Jew or African American or anybody else hurt me because some white person a hundred years ago mistreated his or her relative or maybe even just somebody unrelated and unknown, simply because they had the same color skin. This is just total insanity.

By the way, I’ve met quite a few Native Americans and I never heard one of them whine and complain about what the white people did to them. Why don’t the African Americans follow suit and just grow up and get over slavery already. It’s all very old news.

We women all know what it’s like to be discriminated against and abused. This is still going on today. Let’s fight the problems that are plaguing us today instead of worrying about the past. It’s time to move into the 21st century, people!

Roland,
You did it once again man!!

As I read this I remembered some of the sermons I have heard in my own church that was similar to this but with no racial innuendos thrown in. I go to a non-denominational church but the pastor preaches just like Wright in what they call the pentecostal preaching. So I am used to these types of sermons. They get down and dirty and tell it like it is. You aren’t supposed to like it. It is supposed to make you think and change yourself for the better.

Saying that I will say that I don’t think that Wright is saying anything that a lot of other preachers haven’t said before. He is saying that because the U.S. thinks it is so big and doesn’t need anyone’s help including God’s that these things that we do are coming back to bite us. And it does say in the Bible that those who think that they are above God are damned already. And the US. has kicked God out of about just everything because we try to be too pc!!

On some things he did go a bit too far! But no one is perfect and everyone has faults. No matter if you want to admit it or not everyone has some racial prejudices from when they were growing up even if you mean to or not. Who are we to judge him!?

Cynthia, Covington, Ga.

Powerful sermon. I don’t see where anything he says isn’t accurate. I wish the Reverend lived in Los Angeles so I can attend his church: Lord knows I haven’t been in years because of the lack of strength and leadership in the clergy.

When Obama wins the Presidency, it will be the first time I will salute the flag and pledge my allegience since I was 10 years old. That’s 28 years ago! I’ll look forward to taking off my hat at a ball game and putting my hand over my heart.

Roland - thank you for reporting into this further - but shame on CNN for burrying this and the other full story on the 9/11 comments (as it was on the CNN home page before) and NOT addressing this on any of this on any of the broadcasts this evening. Also, shame on ALL the networks for not providing the people with the full story and just providing them with selective sound bites. Whether people agree or disagree with Wright, the people deserve to hear the full story - in context. The media is taking subjects that are so sensitive to so many people and blowing it up for ratings.

The media should be ashamed for doing this and the public at large should be ashamed for buying into it so readily. We have met the enemy and it really is us.

Amen.
But let’s all go crazy and screw freedom of speech, and lynch Mr. Wright. Let’s noose up Mr Martin for good measure as well for how dare he look for context or the whole story or the truth. Of course America IS God, because we have the power to bomb the rest of the world into silence, just like God supposedly can…but then again maybe not as God supposedly flooded the world once but even then he had mercy on Noah. what a softee. If punishments were left to America the God we would have done it right, scorched even the baby feeding on her mother, for how dare the child does not bow down to America daily at least 5 times a day. God could never damn America no, we would destroy all mention of God if He tried. America damns God, but we will keep him around as long as it serves our purpose, because it’s easier to make people believe “In God we Trust” than if we tried “In America We Trust”.

-Dick C.

Roland,
Wright is a radical coo-coo! Have you listened to and read Michael Meyers(NY Civil Rights Coilition) LA Times op-ed “Obama Blew It! THAT is where AMERICA IS! And needs to be! If you keep defending Wright, you will go down in a blaze with him and OBAMA. The moderate media (you know those you refer to as the far RIGHT) has called you (CNN) out on being an OBAMA safe ZONE! Now you(CNN) are the far (coo-coo) LEFT fringe of reality.

There will NEVER ever be any acceptable excuse for the statements of Rev Wright. Many people of many colors, shapes, sizes, ethnicities have worked toward equal treatment of ALL people. To belong to or affiliate or defend a group which segregates themselves and allows their mantra to be…”we are such victims”…Instead of “we can help ourselves” has no place in our CIVILIZED and equal society.

I believe that the “OUTING” of the radical Rev Wright was an Act of GOD and we should all see this as devine intervention, because he(God) could no longer allow the hate and vile committed in that segment of our society to continue. AMEN

After this Rev Wright episode, the lingering feeling I have is that somehow this was all my fault due to some inherent racism in me. Its not unifying me to others, it’s making me feel bad

Thank you for putting this into context of the entire sermon. While I don’t agree with some of his “facts”, for the most part, he’s right. I get what he’s saying. America isn’t the land of opportunity for everyone. If you think it is, you’re delusional. I work in education. I can tell you education is still not equal, kids still get left behind, and current best practices are often a joke. I’ve worked in social services with addiction and HIV/AIDS (and the HIV and addiction conspiracy theories are all bunk, by the way). This pastor is right on so many other counts, though, it should scare America for the right reasons, like mainly changing things for the better for those who have been disenfranchised for multiple generations. I have been one of the naysayers to Obama and his church. I admit to being wrong after reading both speeches today in full. I am glad you shared these with viewers. The media should do a better job of getting facts straight before the smear campaigns start. But then it wouldn’t be as destructive to a person’s reputation and campaign. The sad thing is, people are still going to hate even though the facts are there. People will still be narrow minded. The media will always have hidden agendas. And America still loses when that mentality is allowed to run rampant.

Obama is a master of diverting attention away from anything that may be an Obama flaw and redirecting it to — oops, you guessed it, OUR racism, NOT HIS racism, not his pastor’s racism . What a phony.

If Americans elect a President with a person in his inner circle who hates America, then it’s our own fault if we get a nanny state. Obama nevers speaks against the welfare state. It’s gimme gimme gimme irresponsible babies who want someone else, especially the government to take care of them. That’s who I see increasingly posting on the political blogs, irresponsible babies who want the government to be their nanny. Obama is perfect for them.

Will somebody please let jimmy (the first blogger up above) know this is year 2008. And give him a pillow, he needs some sleep.

What is your point Roland?
The bottom line is none of this gives you hope or represents change.
And your candidate Obama saw this man as a mentor and admired him for 20 years.

And what is worse is that the FACT that Obama didn’t have the backbone to object.
He only did it when it was jeopardizing his candidacy. Stop dividing us

This is not the way to be healed or to move on.

God bless America. God bless this nation. .

Thank You for that I now understand what he meant and although I wish it would would have been said differently I understand it. I wish CNN or someone would play the whole section of when he says God damn America because it is understandable and not in any way unpatriotic. It means the goverment may and will fail some people but God never will.

Since Mr. Obamba stereotyped me as a typical white person I am the proud owner of a Democrat against Mr. Obamba for president. Why CNN lets him put down the very fabric of my being and say ” It is white mans fault” is beyond me.

Mr Obama is at the very soul of the black folks problems. They can’t move forward because they are stuck in the past. Just listen to the Reverend speeches. It has always been in the best interest of black leaders to keep blacks down. His speech this week just confirmed that. Makes no difference which incompetent white or black person becomes president we will still have bad government. We the people have no voice in our government and Obambas speech this week just confirmed for me what the black community has felt all along.

No more black white meeting. No more lets get along. You want to get along then just do it. But don’t ask me to pay anymore taxes for what you see is something that happened to you from the past. Those folks are dead. Just like my relatives were murdered in WWII.

Let it go. Lord Let it go. Just let it go…. and you will be saved.

Obama’s smooth, real smooth. Never trust a man that smooth. He’s a lawyer, a salesman, used to getting what he wants, advancing. And boy has he laid a snowjob on us now. He was faced with denouncing Rev Wright’s comments, so he did it without being specific, but while still representing Wright’s views. He deftly did both without stepping on too many toes.If there’s one thing that stands out for me from this scandal it’s that Obama doesn’t want us to know the plans he has for America, nor is he interested in sharing his real views with us because his support is so great he doesn’t need to.

obama is a big problem for the democratic party………………..

wow,u can tell this is politically motivated,we see people burning the american flag which i believe is the most degrading thing to do but it seem to fly by with no uproar

Thank you, Roland. This continual analyzing and overanalyzing of Rev. Wright and Obama’s relationship is digusting!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is the only thing they can find on this man. No one is perfect, all of the candidates have skeletons and the media is destroying the BEST option out there for President!!!!!!!!! And I do not believe that it is by accident! There is plenty of dirt on Hillary and McCain and the best we can do is to burn Obama for something his Pastor said 7 years ago. He has been more upfront than any person we have every had. This country is so used to DIRTY candidates that they want to tar and feather the closet candidate that we will ever have to, HONEST.

Obama is 1/2 WHITE, WHY AND HOW CAN HE BE RACIST OR HATE WHITE PEOPLE? It would mean that he hates HIMSELF , and this man does not carry himself in that manner. Because of that fact that he is 1/2 WHITE AND 1/2 BLACK, HE UNDERSTANDS THE ISSUES OF BOTH RACES. A concept that many commentators really do not want to see OR ADDRESS it is OKAY FOR HIM TO TALK ABOUT WHITE AND BLACK PEOPLE BECAUSE HE IS BOTH WHITE AND BLACK. I can discuss the issues that woman face, BECAUSE I AM A WOMAN, DOES THAT MAKE ME A RACIST?

CNN, MSNBC, and all the rest of the news media stink!!!!! These were not Obama’s words and they have been talking about what this guy said 7 years ago for 10 DAYS!!!!! Geraldine Ferraro’s hateful comments, that she said 2 weeks ago were carried by the news media for 3 DAYS!!!

John McCain has endorsements from Pastors who have said controversial statements, why aren’t they being continually played everyday like a broken record???? Your station is guilty of playing on the prejudices of people and as far as I am concerned CNN is worse than Jeremiah Wright. The know the full context of the speech, but they prefer to keep broadcasting the sound byte to stir people up.

Everyone, can just sit back and wait for the Republicans to remain in office and for us to stay in this war for another 100 years. The US is on it’s way to becoming a third world country and as far as I am concerned many of his comments regarding the US are true, we focus on hatred and evil and not love, truth and honesty. God Help Our Country!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Robinhood, first of all you are not Obama’s grandmother. Secondly, Obama is also white. Obama is at liberty to say his grandmother is a ‘typical white’ person because he is white. If he said his grandma was a typical black person, there would be no issue. It’s time for white folks to accept that Obama is one of them too. In the past when a light colored black tried to pass as white they were beaten. Don’t beat Obama. He’s white and he’s black. He is free to talk as both races.

i really do not see anything wrong with it at all,people like lou dubbs and fox news love to take things and run with it for ratings

Roland, your pretty boy Obama will never win the presidency. Americans are not going to vote for someone who supports a racist like Wright. Obama should get out now instead of damaging the Democrats more.

Why is a cnn “journalist” not presenting both sides to a story?

C’mon Mr Martin we know that their (Wright and Obama) philosophy is one that believes Big Government can “fix” the problem. It’s a way of thinking that ignores the fact that $7 trillion- yes trillion has been spent in this country since the “war on poverty” began. That’s $7 trillion in the transfer of wealth — but money will not cure the problem. That proves big government is never the answer.

The problem is that Democratic politicians rely on the creation of a voter plantation to remain in power. The problem is convincing people that they cannot control their own destiny, and that it’s someone else’s fault. Wright and Obama are both masters at creating that climate. The problem is that that’s not what America is about. The problem is liberalism.

Some of you people are really pathetic. How many of times have you gotten in a disagreement because you were not very tactful in your approach to a situation? Our ministers are not supposed to be tactful and polite when it comes to helping the Lord save our souls. They are supposed to be piercing in some respects because eternal damnation is a lot more intense than any language that came come from a minister’s lips. Let’s face it…there are many people (whether they want to admit or not) that feel that this government and the country has failed them. Not immigrants or aliens….native landers who are losing their jobs, losing their homes, losing their families because this government has forgotten about the many and has concentrated on the few. And its that’s a pill that we cannot swallow just because we want to be tactful….then same on us for being so cowardly to not face the mirror to our own shortcomings and failures.

I am a White 70+ woman and find Dr. Wrights sermons distrubing, somewhat untruthful and comdemning all for the sins of a few.

Maybe my point is, that I would not sit in a church that preaches hate more than love, preaches division more than community and politics more than the gospel. This is how NOT to bring the nation together.
Senator Obama shows his Black side to one group of people but wants the rest of us to see his non-racial side. He is playing the race card, even when he says he is not.

Roland.

Thank you for taking the time to dig deep and share the truth. As always, there will be closed minded individuals that we not read or take the time to attempt to understand the context in which these words were uttered. It is also sad that your exploration into these sermons will not gain the media’s attention as much as the negative side of the sermons did.

I’m glad I read the whole sermon. While I do not agree with his choice of language in certain sections I do think he has a point with the message he is trying to convey. Being white, I obviously have no idea what it’s like to be black but I have had people treat me badly for other reasons that is also considered bias. No matter the reason it’s ignorance or fear that keeps people in their prejudice.

Unfortunately, the problem is that people are too busy making huge generalizations which just makes racism and prejudice worse. For any person to hold a whole group accountable for something is wrong. To say all blacks are this or all whites are that is why we have the problems we have today. I live in a city where there are some racial issues. I have seen and heard people do(say) things about blacks that are not great and usually it’s because they take one person or group that doesn’t do their community justice and say “they are all like that”. But it also goes for the other way around. I have heard the same from black people against white people, but again it’s due to the one or two idiots that say or do stupid thing. We are NOT ALL THE SAME. Some people are good at heart and some are not, but that has nothing to do with the color of their skin. I hope one day we can all be judged by the person we are not by bias and prejudice of ethnicity or religious belief.

I must say that black Americans are a very strong and resilient people. After 400 years of slavery, several more years of lynching and injustice, they still have the ability to smile and love the race that enslaved and terrorized them. That is the power of God. Only the love of God can heal the wounds of the past. I pray that white Americans will take time and patience to really understand the plight of the black race and not have a “get over it” attitude. Trust me if the tables were turned and it was the Africans who bought white slaves to work in the fields of Africa, I’m almost certain whites would not heal as fast as the blacks have. My Jewish brothers and sisters have suffered and are still suffering and we will never forget the holocaust. Jews and Blacks are the only two races with a history of 400 years of slavery. All I ask is for a little more patience and understanding. Thank God for Barack Obama who has a little piece of white and black (and some) in his DNA.

I expect more from our leaders. Sen. Obama’s comments of, “typical white people� as extremely offensive and shows the double standard accepted by some of mainstream America. I live in a racially mixed middle class community in the suburbs of Philadelphia. I own a tavern there. My staff or I do not tolerate offensive behavior and although his comments would have not have gotten him tossed from the bar he would have been called on it and watched more closely.

What about Obama saying “typical white person” - I’m offended , how racist!

I knew when I saw you ,Martin, on CNN, there was something there! substance! You have done the one thing that nobody was willing to do!
I am a big fan of Anderson Cooper, he made me so proud during the KATRINA mess, he just told it like it was, no spin. His one-liner on AC 360 is about letting a story tell itself…getting out of the way…. this time,,he let me down, please tell Anderson, i will still watch his program, but he needs to tell me why he did not INVESTIGATE before he joined the gang that shot down the one guy who has dared talk about race. Whether he had no choice or not or if it was the politically necessary thing to do,does not matter, after you hear the speech , the content of that speech, you will have to examine yourself.

Those sermons in context make sense, no lies were told, Rev. was angry…….he is allowed that, because he was talking about issues that anger and frustrate, we are allowed that, this country has some sins, every country has sins.He did not lie about that, we just do not want to hear it! Shame on us! This is from a man of God and a former US marine, i say, he is not a racist, i say he is an angry black man, torn between the gospel and what his country has dealt him!

It was far more “entertaining” to pretend to know a man based on a bunch of clips of his life! It is easier and more fun to bash Obama or Hillary or whomever over petty stuff tha pondering what he candidates think about he fact that i am about to pay $4 a gallon! Just like it is irrelavant to me where Hillary was while Bill was getting his groove on,that does not tell me how we will prevent a 12 hr wait at the ER!

There are no perfect people, America does not need a perfect president, it needs a unifier and a tell it like it is…..the people should not be looking for one guy to change things, we should look to ourselves to change things. If you liked Obama cause he is the “feel-good, Hallelujia”candidate of the decade, you are supporting him for the wrong reasons, he has substance, go to his website, we are just so used to things a certain way that we cannot see anything outside of the norm ever working!

I would like to thank Mr. Martin for trying to get to the bottom of this controversy. Although I’m sure the pundits do not want to look at it in the context of the whole sermon, because they want to continue to try to sabotage Obama’s campaign. The news media is not going to focus on the context of the whole sermon because it would show them to be wrong in trying to persuade America against Barack Obama. Even though they would profess to have no agenda they are in fact all white. And though Obama spoke in his speech about the issues of race, the white media immediately went to work to find whatever fault they could with what was a great speech. They don’t benefit if there is no controversy to talk about. If they would leave the issue alone it would go away. I am sure many more Americans than would step up an profess the truth (this includes many in the media) we all have someone, mother, father, uncle, aunt, grandfather, grandmother, or some ancestor who harbored racist attitudes about either blacks, Jews, or immigrants. Yet we try to pretend like we love or loved everyone and race doesn’t matter. We are hypocrites and we need to get real and let the candidates get back to the issues and not continue this bickering that the media is enjoying.

Bill Clinton’s endorsement today of Senator McCain raises serious concern about Mrs Clinton’s loyalty to her party. President Bill Clinton’s endorsement follows Mrs Clinton’s earlier show of support for Senator McCain. The publlic needs to know under which banner the Clintons are seeking nomination.

Obama’s cowardice in failing to accept responsibility, blaming others (conservatives) for lgitimately questioning his veracity and complete lack of judgment, his illogical and offensive moral equivalence and ultimate justification of black hate-speech shows he is a well-educated but nonetheless ignorant, cowardly charlatan selling the same snake oil that Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have been selling for decades — only now it’s in a more sophisticated package and costs three times as much.

Wow, you guys are doing “investigative” reporting now??

…maybe you guys should have done that before airing the 3 second clip 500,000 times. You guys are pathetic and are starting to remind me of Fox News.

It’s sad that some white folk are willing to eat rice for the next few years rather than vote for Barack. White men, like myself, need to resign themselves to knowing that a ethnic gentleman can and should lead this country. Get a grip and get over it. All of this racial flap further makes me believe that if some white folk get to heaven and discover that Jesus is anything but white, many will be handed a ticket straight to hell because they will begin swearing right in front of Him. WE ARE ALL GOD’S CHILDREN AND HE DOES NOT HAVE RESPECT OF PERSON (which includes race).

If any of my future children decide to run for President one day, I guess I’ll have to warn them that the media and America is going to judge you on what church you attend and what your pastor says in his sermons. So be sure not to miss a sermon or just don’t go to church at all like Hillary.

Lou wake up and smell the coffee, you speak of why WE can’t move forward in the democratic party….. WE must first acknowledge the past which is what this HONEST dialogue is supposed to be ….
HONESTLY had the video of two men being run down by cars, there would have been a public out cry. But the cars were driven by SC. Police and victims black; so lets pretend it didn’t happen.
HONESTLY had Gov. Richardson given his support to Clinton, would this be the “Identity campaign�.
HONESTLY Nobody wants to push aside the Tragic history of the Jewish people.. but we all would like to move on from SLAVERY, can’t move on by pretending it didn’t happen.
Minorities in this country don’t want reparations or a hand out…
“We want cops to start shooting unarmed white men.�
(Sounds crazy doesn’t it)
The American people have not dealt with past by being “Politically Correct�; by not calling Mr. Obama the N word.
What the media is doing is asking (quietly) “did you notice he’s black�??
Rev. Wright is not running for office nor was chosen as VP.
Gov. Richardson couldn’t have given his support to the best man for the job.
HONESTLY, Lou Dobbs you need to take an HONEST look in the mirror..
Hal B

This article is proof that when statements, and video clips, are taken out of the context they were made in misunderstanding follows.

Wright is nothing but a joke. I can see why obama and his wife feel the way they do, especially after listening to him for 20 years. If this man hates America so bad, why don’t he leave. We do not need someone that racist in this country.

It’s obvious that in April of 2003 Rev. Wright didn’t like Bush or his administration. He’ was not alone in those feelings. Many white people felt the same way. However, there are more constructive ways to promote change. Did Rev. Wright actively encourage his congregation to vote for Al Gore? Or John Kerry? Did he encourage them to contact their Senators or Congressmen? Did he encourage them to do “missions” to help those less fortunate then they were? Did he encourage them to volunteer their time or services?

Maybe when Sen. Obama made the comment “It’s a racial stalemate we’ve been stuck in for years.” he was referring to Rev. Wright.

roland,

we are sick and tire of your spin concerning obama. you talk how obama is trying to bring change to politics; however, all you do is spin spin spin for this guy. what will he have to do in order for you to say something thats true about his campaign that may be negative. you are a typical obamacrit when it comes to spinnig to win p.s i’m tired of seeing you 5 times a day saying your being honest when you can’t even be honest with yourself.

Why will CNN not show the context of the videos and give viewers the right to make up their own minds based on a fair presentation. Wait, of course, the truth is not news worthy.

The Pastor’s legacy’s been destroyed to fuel ratings.

Its about time somebody in the media took a look at the totality of the career’s worth of sermons by Rev. Wright instead of the constant 10 minutes worth of soundbites. Roland, how about looking at some random selection of his sermons for analysis? My guess is that the Youtube soundbites we are endlessly tormented with might be the sum total of his controversial remarks.

But, more to the point, can we move on already from this whole Rev. Wright controversy? The media, including CNN, has proved to us all that they can beat the life out of any candidate they wish. It’s about time to take the foot off his throat and let him up already. I mean, when 2 on-air newspeople at Fixed News Network no less, start saying enough is enough with their Bash-Obamathon, you know its time to move on.

When does Reverend Wright get to the part about being like Christ?

thank you for posting the full speech.Now if you can tell Archie Bunker oh i mean Lou Dobbs to read the entire speech maybe we can stop beating this dead horse.

I’m a little confused by some of the commentors who seem to believe that racism is an issue of the past and that it no longer affects blacks–they apparently aren’t aware of the many studies which show that blacks can still be subject to unfair and unequal treatment when it comes to health care, buying homes or cars and getting loans–while there has been progress over the years in terms of equality, there is still a lot of disparity and black leaders aren’t trying to “keep blacks down” or keep them stuck in the past by addressing these issues, they are only pointing out the facts.

Listen people….The reason this disparity still carries on is because the U.S. has refused to apologize for Slavery. Flat out refused. I’m not talking about individual citizens having to apologize, the Government refuses. But Native Americans have gotten an apology. Why?

If a white candidate said that a black person was just a “typical black person”, that candidate would be finished.

Thank you Roland for the complete sermon.
It is true that Americans have over stepped their bounds.
We have been the bullys of the world and we just keep running over people to get what we want.
I appreciate you printing the whole sermon so it makes much more sense.
Rev. Wright is really speaks the truth in whole. We should listen.
I feel completely differently about this now.
Thanks and PEACE!

PEOPLE CAN CONVOLUTE THAT SERMON ANY WAY THEY WANT TO COVER THE RACISM …IT IS STILL RACIST .

To say that, “Fighting for peace is like raping for virginity ” … is only a statement to support the racist base of the sermon.

We are not fighting for peace … we are fighting for freedom and independence for ourselves and those who have been tyrannized. But I suppose if you wanted to stir a stink and work the people into a lather against their government … you would have to convolute the truth to serve your need to convince masses.

“G.D. America” … sounds allot like the “death to all americans chant ” and the fact that blacks and other races REFUSE to assimilate themselves ….. OR BE IDENTIFIED AS TRUE AMERICANS SHOULD BE A MAJOR CONCERN !!!!!! …..
Couple it with all the hatred he could squall out at the CLINTONS because they are white and not dirt poor…… and other anti white American comments …. over a period of 20 years ….

If you can still call Obama ELECTABLE …. then I wish you would get out of my country. THIS IS MY COUNTRY … MY FATHERS FOUGHT FOR MY FREEDOM HERE … they fought for yours too …. long before anybody ever heard of Martin Luther King… Louis Farrakahn … Jesse Jackson … Al Sharpton and anyone else that wants to excuse black racists for inciting disorder and incivility .

If a white church spewed that garbage every week …. there would be Sharptons and Jacksons in TRIBAL ATTIRE AND PAINTED FOR WAR ALL OVER THE PLACE …. demanding prosecution for hate speech… and the fact that Obama won’t denounce any of it SPEAKS VOLUMES ! ! !

God blesses everyone, everywhere.

Learn to deal with it.

Since when are sermons about American foreign policy?

OHHH PLEASE,…. I AM SO TIRED OF THE RACE CARD ALREADY. TYPICAL WHITE PEOPLE.I THINK OBAMA NEEDS THERAPY. MAYBE HIS GRANDMOTHER HAS RACE ISSUES … I DON’T……

Roland - can you answer me why in the world Obama would say “typical white person?”

There’s no such thing as typical white person any more than there is such a thing as a typical black person.

Thank you. Thank you.

I have longed to see someone give us the whole sermon, and now it says something completely different.

Kudos to CNN for having the guts to post it, though it should be front page. It would solve a lot of this debate.

I think Sen Obama and rev Wright and every other blind-with-hate leftist miss the point that slavery was not motivated by race but by money. Alex Haley, in “Roots” informed us that Africans rounded up fellow Africans of lesser means.Those slaves were brought into this country by land owners who wanted cheap labor. It didn’t matter what color the labor was. The racism we see today doesn’t have its roots in color of a man’s skin but in love of money.

Amazing, CNN is screening the blogger’s and deleting what they feel is negative toward Obama. What is we could delete CNN of the tv and satelite!

Obama can throw around the race card and make us all think were racist, even his own grandmother. Oh, by the way I’m black so please “let down” throw out the typical white people stuff.

Roland: Sounds like you are getting your share of sermons today! This sermon was very interesting. Not quite sure what to make of Pastor Wright now. I would love to hear one of Wright’s sermon’s which inspired Obama too. Then, I would get the entire “360″ view of this Pastor. Thanks.

Jolene, St. Joseph, MI

Thanks to Roland Martin for actually doing some real research, and some real reporting on the Wright affair, and finally bringing some actual sanity and contextualization to bear. This is still a very harsh sermon, with some outrageous and false assertions (about AIDS for instance), and Obama is right to distance himself from those words. Ironically, however, the central sentence about damning America that has caused so much offense is not nearly as outrageous as it first appears.

It is based on a substantive argument about America’s external and internal bad deeds (in which not only African Americans but also Japanese Americans and Native Americans are included as victims). It also seems to me based on a fairly standard theology, that any decent religious leader, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish or whatever, would understand, which is that when a government, a human institution, starts playing God, that is when the trouble starts.

The key sentence here is:
“God Damn America as long as she tries to act like she is God and she is Supreme.â€�

In other words, it is what Wright sees as the American government’s claim that “she” is to all intents and purposes equivalent to God, in other words nationalist idolatry, that is the reason for damning America, for America is trying to replace God. That “as long as” is a key conditional–for if America’s government and people were to act with proper humility, knowing that they were not God, but UNDER God, then America would not be damnable.

This is a hard thing to say, but it is the duty of preachers to preach truth to power, and if anyone remembers what it was like in this country back in April 2003, then I think what Wright says here is brave, and theologically sound. You can disagree, but from a reliigous perspective it cannot be deemed unpatriotic or irreligious. Indeed it is precisely those that do equate America with God, the extreme nationalists, who are being idolatrous and in that sense bad patriots.

Why is the whole speech any better? It rambles and still has the same message - outrage. It is not just the words he speaks. It is the manner in which he speaks them. When he says God DAMN America, the emphasis is defientely on the DAMN. You can explain away but the truth is that Jeremiah Wright is a very emotional experience. You can’t just pick apart the words and ignore the emotions behind them. If white people cannot understand the “black” experience. maybe it is true that black people cannot understand the “white” reaction to these emotional expressions.

There’s nothing new under the sun. Some Americans are still racist but most are fair minded and will listen to any candidate whether black white, woman, man. There’s nothing new under the sun.

Happy Easter-Peace of the Lord with you all

That the Rev. Wright was brave enough to give a sermon like this speaks volumes about his and Sen. Obama’s character. After watching Sen. Obama’s speech on race, I was overcome with a sense of satisfaction that when I voted for him in the Ca. primary , It was the only time in my adult life that voted for someone I believed could move this country in a different direction.
After reading and listening to people slam the Rev. and Sen Obama. I understood why people were overwhelmingly willing to follow Pres. Bush into the abyss we call Iraq. We as a people are unwilling to ask the hard quetions. In this case why does our country act like it does, in who name does it act and can our actions around the world be causing our problems at home.
For me the change and hope that Sen. Obama represents is that this is a great country and we have our problems. We have caused injury to some of our own citizens, but we can do better .

Thank God Jesus came 2000 years ago, because today he wouldn’t have lasted 3 years on earth. His harsh words to the money changers in the temple would not have been well received. He would have had to be politically correct for the media, instead of flowing in the prophetic and being the voice of God. He definitely would have been killed much sooner with the vicious unbelievers that exist today. It seems the descendants of the Pharisees and Sadducees are alive and well.

This is a sad country. We will continue to polarize, and continue to live an American lie. These aren’t conversations. It’s just so sad that everyone is so angry. From most of the people posting here, and down to Wright.

Why cut and splice his sermons? What was that for? People don’t get it. They want us to be mad and angry, and that’s what is happening.

Realize that there is predjudice in almost everyone. Regarding blacks, whites Latinos. Asians, fat people, women, gays, etc. Mostly everyone has a preconceived idea. And everyone…Obama iincluded…can misspeak.

But let’s continue to call him a racist. Because everything he’s done proves that!

It is amply clear that many of the posters on here comment without having read what was written in the article nor having listened to Sen. Obama’s March 18th speech on race.

Being negative and hateful is EASY. Cranking open your mind a notch or two to try to understand other viewpoints is DIFFICULT. Hmmmm…

Ok, Rev. Wright said some things that were not accepted well by people that wasn’t even in the same state and everyone one else! Obama shouldn’t be jugded by what someone else says. And there’s this ‘white folk’ comment, I’m trying to understand how has he thrown his grandmother under the bus? It is true that older white people sometimes say racial slurs around thier families, not meaning to degrade that person, but maybe thats all they know. Now everyone is going to try to say that is why they will not vote for him. Thats my man!I take nothing from Hillary, but the little guy from Iran is not going to respect the US. I would be in fear of my life if she was elected, wouldn’t you America?

I knew this was going to happen as a blogger stated above. You want every white person to apologize for slavery. Is this where we’ve gotten to with Obama! So how much do you want? Would you prefer a check or cash with your request? Being black, I’m insulted that someone would expect our goverment to repay us for something that happened al long time ago. Leave it in the past or at least tell Obama to.

To Jerimiah: Someone that racist should leave. Then how many of your friends and relative do you want to leave. You and yours are not sinless. Be careful of what you wish on others. You yourself sound like a racist.

Roland-There is no appropriate context to the quotes. In your attempts to restore Obama to his lofty status you have lost all objectivity. Reverend Wright deliberately spreads hate, anger, and falsehoods in order to elevate himself in the eyes of his pawns. There is no excuse for this. It is simply wrong!!

Well said! Anyone reading this who oppose it whole-heartedly are afraid of the truth, and furthermore fear it. Become aware that our history is a huge influence in our lives. Just as oppression and being disenfranchised still resonates in the hearts of many blacks, ignorance, selfishness, and arrogance is clearly still prevalent among some white americans.
By the way, Rev. Wright does not influence Obama’s governing, he influences his spirituality, and last time I checked it’s how you will govern not how spiritual you are that determines electability!

Would the mainstream media and the public want to “move on” if George Bush referred to someone as a “typical black person?!”

If Obama becomes president we will see change that will reverse all the progress that’s been made over the last century. We have evolved but if he steps into office our children will have no future and our country will spiral in crisis.

I don’t think Obama is a good choice but not for any “racial” reason. His financial experience is non-existent, he wants tax hikes. That’s not leadership.

I don’t think we should automatically assume he’s a healer. No President should have that much power. It’s what in a person’s heart that causes them to do what they do. relax, and don’t let Washington have that much power over you.

Wright says the Government knew pearl Harbor was going to be attacked? That is crazy. Wright says the government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color? Not to mention other remarks. Read this ppl! If this is not an anti-Government bunch of ppl, I’d like to know who is! If this were white people, law officials would be getting in on this. Is a church the kind of place where you need to be talking anti Goverment and racial remarks like this? I don’t think so. But just to enlightened Wright and his members, including Obama, if it weren’t for one war, the civil war, which many American’s died, Wright and Obama would not have the freedom to give these ANTI-AMERICAN sermon. Unthankful, irrogant bunch of jerks.

Mo, If George Bush refered to his grandma as a typical white person, would you have a problem? No. Because he too is white. Newsflash… Obama is also white.

Ali, Why didn’t slave traders go to Scandinavia and ask Scandinavians to round up Scandinavians of lesser means. Please. They wanted strong workers and people who could endure the sun. It was a matter of money and race.

As a white person can you not call a family member typical? I think you can. As a black person can you not call your family members typical? I think you can. He is part white, right?

Jesus was crucified on this day, people. He died for all our sins. These things we fight about are so freakin trivial. Why don’t we all…all of us…Black and White…take a chill pill in our own lives. Take a step away from some of the things we say secretly in our homes every now and then? Let that be a starting point. When you point a finger, there are 3 more pointing back at you.

If George Bush referred to his grandmother as a “typical black person� and she was actually black, what would be the problem? If Sen. Obama’s grandmother has a problem with him describing her as “typical�, I’m sure she could just pop him upside the head. THEY ARE FAMILY. They love each other. I suppose that he could have called her atypical.

Wright and Obama both scare me. Obama’s just smarter so he shows a polished facade.

The thing is, we can’t show a direct relation between Sen Obama’s actions and Rev Wright’s bitter racism. That’s because Obama has kept his beliefs hidden. He has voted “PRESENT” in the Senate so many times, voters have no idea what this guy stands for! That’s the scary part.

Can we just get along? We all have different skin colors…we still bleed the same BLOOD, right?

I would like to ask all the blogger tonight a question. Why is it that there are so many (media included) people trying to explain what it is that Obama means whether in speeches or his relationship with Pastor Wright. It seems all these people are tripping all over themselves to do so. Why?

One more thought–why is this excellent article (and same goes for the one on the 9/11 sermon), which goes to the heart of the Obama/Wright affair, so difficult to find–on a blog, rather than being up front and center of CNN’s coverage, both on the website and on the cable broadcast? Come on CNN, let the truht out!

WOW, after reading this it is even more disturbing than the 30 second sound bites. I am a “Typical White Person” and really feel like this democratic race has turned brutally racial. I will be voting for Hillary and if she doesn’t get the nomination I will be joining the rest of my “Typical white friends and family members” to vote for McCain. I can not vote for some one with Radical & Corrupt Associations. (Wright & Rezko)

…as if the Clintons and McCain don’t have radical and corrupt associations…pullleeease. What’s your REAL reason?

It is really easy to take a person’s words out of context and make what they said sound extreme. Rev. Wright’s words are passionate. I’ve heard equally intense sermons in pentecostal churches. There are Christian churches that are more passionate, or sprit-filled, than other Christian churches.

Rev. Wrights sermon is powerful and passionate. His sermon is also angry *BUT* it is righteous anger. How ironic this issue of race has occurred at Easter.

After his triumphal entry into Jerusalem, Christ overturned the tables of the money changers in the temple in righteous anger. Was he a coo coo? Was it wrong for him to be angry because people in his country were using the name of God to extract money and make a profit from the poor? I see no difference when a pastor who has devoted his entire life to helping the poor, weak and undefended becomes angry about the way the poor are mistreated in this country and by corporate greed allowed by this country. Is it wrong to speak out against injustice? Maybe we need a little bit more passion in our churches. Maybe we need to be a bit more passionate about what is righteous and just. Or have we lost sight of what it means to be a true Christian?

I wonder what would’ve happened if Hillary had said “typical black person’–we all know!! It’s Rev.Wright & Obama’s views that continue to fuel racisim in our Great Country. How can we elect a man who talks about his own Grandmother–no matter what color she is–with such disrespect & subject his own childern to such hate & anger??

Roland, thank you again for researching and revealing. I am black. I am woman. And I love my country. Sadly however, most of what Wright said about the U.S. was fact (except for the HIV thing). The fact that these things are true is much worst than saying it. I, for one, do not like to mix politics with religion. That is why I don’t attend Trinity, here in Chgo. But no matter what church you choose, you are going to hear some stuff that makes you uncomfortable. Maybe that is only true for the black community. My church is anti-gay. I don’t like that, but it is my church home. It is my perception that blacks are more used to accepting fault in things that we still love. Maybe that is because we have had to love this country even when it did not love us back.

Thank you so much for getting to the truth. While I don’t agree with some of his view, it’s certainly a different perspective than from the tiny soundbite that is hurting him, his church, and Obama! I think it’s outrageous that the media hasn’t applauded you and reported on your findings. I can find no other news site showing your information. Thank you for perservering in your efforts when no one else bothered. I hope America learns we can’t choose a president based on soundbites. Go Obama, we need your honesty and leadership.

Thanks for sharing this though I think people seem to care about the sound bite snippet more than actually listening to the whole sermon, unfortunately. I listened to the whole thing before this was here and in context it’s a pretty powerful speech. Personally, I’d like to attend one of his services.

This all just deflects us from the message that Senator Obama (very eloquently) sends to us all. Of all people, Senator Obama, with a white mother, raised by white grandparents, and possessing an African heritage would not be where he is today if he didn’t embrace the concept (though sadly I see it’s still a concept) of racial equality.

Ruth Kessler
Burlington, MA

Mitt Romney was personally responsible for everything anyone in his religion said or did for the past 100 years, and you’re telling me we shouldn’t care that Obama has rev Wright in his ‘inner circle’ ??

I really wish themedia would do some fact checking before they rush out with thes stories. Thank you for the context.

Now, can we talk about issues?

Roland Martin, you need a medal. I love the way you make the media tell the truth. We should always get the entire story on CNN but FOXNEWS and other networks continue to show on clips and not the entire story. I had something simliar happen to me years back, where I said ” I love women so much” everyone thought I was gay. After a while my entire speech was shown and showed that i said ” I love women so much. Women are the carriers of all human beings. Women are the care givers and mothers of all beings. I love being a woman. People are so judgemental like they have never done anything wrong. We have a right to say we don’t like the things America is doing, it’s free speech. A lot of my friends are anti american while being american and loving certain parts but they hate the fact that we are killing our enviroment. This is an democracy, free speech, freedom of thought, freeddom of expression, freedom to like or dislike anyone or anything.

I wish everyone would stop asking why Obama didn’t walk away from his church. I think he explained that adequately in his Philadelphia speech.

I belonged to a church for years that was part of my neighborhood; my friends were there; my family grew up in the Church; together the church family did great things for many people in need. But we had a succession of ministers who were true disappointments. One of them actually murdered his wife when he discovered she was cheating on him; another turned out to be involved with young boys. I could go on and on. I didn’t leave the church. The church is larger than its minister, or pastor. The church family is a unit that survives the pastor.

Personally, from what I have seen and read about Pastor Wright, I find Obama’s explanation credible and I’m tired of being beaten over the head with these sound bites. Most people who are part of a church understand.

If people were required to “walk out” of Church in the face of embarrassing or upsetting behavior of their pastors, then there would be very few Catholics attending Mass in light of the scandals with pedophile priests. There would be a lot of fundamental Christians walking away from hate speech against gay people.

Can we move on to other subjects? Barack Obama is not responsible for his minister and he has adequately displayed his love of his country and his disagreement with the most extreme of Pastor Wright’s pronouncements.

Thank you Roland. You have given the information as it should have been presented in the first place…in its entirety. I am sure people don’t agree with the sermon, but at least they now have given the full context of the sermon, not just a sound bite.1/40th of a sermon–knowing my minister, that would not be giving his Sunday morning discussion any justice.

You know what, I believe that the damage has already been done and it is irreperable. Bottom line.
Every time people see Obama the first thing they will think will be the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. It’s sad.
The worst thing of all, is that he could have gone a long way to have prevented this hemoraging.
The Clinton camp did not even need to speak out. Obama was self destructing himself.

Thank you Anderson Cooper for giving us the true contexts from which these sound bites were taken. While the sermons are fiery and politically charged, they are in no way as “threatening” as many would have us believe. I truly believe this movement to discredit Obama is from the same people who keep sending out those emails laced with lies about his refusing to pledge allegiance to the American flag. We have come too far in this country to blindly believe in a government to the point of ordaining all the acts of its president as “God’s will.” My thought is that in order to keep from being labelled as racist by opposing Obama, people are trying really hard to find another angle…like proving he is anti-government or God forbid…unpatriotic as defined by those who drape themselves in the American flag and the divine cloth of God in order to further greed and enforce their own religious beliefs…which may or may not be Godly.

I don’t think Roland should try to justify Rev. Wright’s remarks. I think they were simply over the top for Church. He is a former Marine and nurse to Lyndon Johnson, but I believe something has happened in his personal life that has brought him to this anger. On the other hand, I think it is ridiculous to try to hold Barack Obama responsible for his pastor’s sermon. We have heard two or three sermons over the span of years. The United Church of Christ which is overwhelmingly a white Christian demonination, speaks highly of Reverend Wright and has been associated with him for many years.

Obama states he was not present during these remarks and no one has shown that he was. He clarified that he had heard some controversial remarks from his Pastor, but they were primarily about family life. This is the man who lead him to Christ and its not so easy necessarily to walk away from that especially when the conversion occurs as an adult.

Obama has not demonstrated any racism or unpatriotic behavior in his words, deeds, actions or legislation. At what point does the news media stop showing the clips and bringing this up. Let the Right wing do its dirty work. They will be showing the clips ad nauseum forever and a day, but CNN and the main stream media need to give this a rest.

They used to teach us that using God’s name in vain was a sin, thus I guess the Reverend Wright, the right wing commentators and all of the main stream media who have fallen in love with these clips are headed straight to Hades.

Enough of the coverage on the sermons cnn. They are incredibly unimportant at the end of the day, and are simply a waste of time. Focus on issues that matter.

This video with Rev.Wright is very upsetting to me. What does it matter if it was only a clip of a video. The fact of the matter is, Rev.Wright preached it in his sermon, whether or not it was his own words is besides the fact. And I don’t believe Senator Obama sat in that church for 20 years and didn’t hear those words or something similar. For Obama to be that close to someone like that is shocking! This is not being a UNITER it”s being a DIVIDER. One of my first thoughts after watching this video was, ” Is what black americans still think about white people? Is that what goes on behing closed doors” And also, Obama doesn’t back pedal well.

Call me a typical white person if you like; this pastors comments offend me deeply.

And I am amazed of the sophistry Obama/Wright peddle. Of course war is bad. It doesn’t take a genius to be “against going to war,” but the world is much more complex that his solution to simply pull troops out.

I could beat Obama in a debate by asking him questions like this: “If the terrorists followed our troops to Saudi Arabia, would you advocate pulling them out of there, too?”

Ok, I sat here and read the whole sermon and I see nothing racist.. (comments from those that aren’t comprehending the message) and truly he’s not saying anything over the top. What I do see is a man comparing the power of the Gov. vs the power of God. He’s just stating how the Gov. has let certain groups down. The Gov. is not God.. God is everything and the Gov. SHOULD follow and fear the power of God but America thinks she’s a power all on her own. If you really know the Bible… the Gov. is not of God but God uses it to do His will. We are a sinful people and we are going to fall in this country… people have no love in there hearts for each other… prophesy is being played out right in front of you. Not the races but sometimes the Human race makes me sick.

LYN,
Senator Obama does say the Pledge of Allegiance in the Senate. When the picture of him was shown on TV without his hand on his heart, it was mistakenly said that the candidates were saying the Pledge of Allegiance - I believe it was Fox news who ran that story. It was later corrected because the scene actually took place while the National Anthem was being played. Commentators have pointed out that most people no longer put their hands over their hearts while the Anthem is played. In all fairness, Fox news or the person who started the false “Pledge of Allegiance” rumor should replay the correction every single day until Nov., at least as many times daily as they played the false info. There are sooo many people who didn’t see that original correction.