For every famous and wealthy white guy, there are 10,000 white guys driving trucks, digging coal or pumping out septic tanks. Does this mean the American government has failed her citizens of Euro-American descent?

The "context" here is 99% what a soulless fictitious business entity called government "owes" people. About 1% about God.

And let me offer some perspective of my own. I've not read all of the comments due to their quantity but let me say that unless you have personally experienced discrimination then you cannot even begin to offer a reasonable or rational comment about Reverend Wright.

Even though I was a non-Jewish, white male at the time, I was once married to a Jewish woman. And the amount of blatant discrimination that I encountered on numerous occasions while accompanying my wife was completely unexpected and astounding to me. I was completely unaware that such attitudes still existed in this day and age. I can't even begin to understand how an African-American might feel since they have surely experienced much greater discrimination than I have.

Let me tell all readers one thing: even though I was mainly surprised and perplexed at the time, I now feel very angry about the discrimination that I experienced because there was no rational reason for it. Consequently, I can't even imagine the amount of anger that African-Americans must feel. I had thought that virtually all of the citizens of the USA had moved past such petty divisiveness but was I ever wrong.

Our country has a long way to go to move beyond discrimination of every kind. Everyone reading these comments or posting to them would do well to listen to Senator Obama's recent speech in Philadelphia in its entirety which directly addresses these issues.

If we are going to base our decisions about our democracy on what religious leaders say, then why have the big networks all but ignored Pastor John Hagee, whose endorsement John McCain was "honored" and "proud" to receive. Hagee says Katrina was God's punishment for homosexuality, Jews are to blame for anti-Semitism, and Catholicism is the "Whore of Babylon" and "a cult."2

Why ignore Rick Parsley, a televangelist who McCain called his "spiritual guide" when accepting his endorsement last month. Parsley has said:

I do not believe our country can truly fulfill its divine purpose until we understand our historical conflict with Islam. I know that this statement sounds extreme, but I do not shrink from its implications. The fact is that America was founded, in part, with the intention of seeing this false religion destroyed...3

Why ignore McCain's spiritual advisers while going after Obama's?

It is time for us to get back to the urgent issues at hand and not fall into the trap of allowing any religious leader to define our politics, Isn't that why our forefathers separated religion and state ?

God bless all of our citizens and their freedom of speech!

I am so happy that the news keeps us informed however I have to say as an American Citizen and voter I am so sickened that the media has gone so far as to dig into Obama's religous life. What a disappointment to a fellow christian. I am proud to be a youth leader in a fire and brimstone church that is mainly all white. I know that canidates get all the aspects of their lives review but WOW! I think it is sad that he cant even attend a church without the media crucifying him for the views of a pastor that he has said so many times he dont agree with. I wonder why the media dont go after Hillary or John's religous beliefs, why do you single him out? Dont the public deserve to see you treat them the same or is it because he is doing so well that he is being so delicately critiqued? The reason that I support Senator Obama is because he has explained the policies and I trust his words.He is the person I see as composed enough to handle the harsh comments and messed up media that is constantly on his coat tails. With what I have seen of HIllary I dont want my daughter to even see her on TV since she is very rude to the commentators during the debates and just as nasty in trying to destroy a man that so far has prooven to lead her for this position. As for John McCain he has said he is so expierenced then we see his talk shown last week of him overseas you will see he had to be told what he said was not accurate which leads me to believe he is not as expierenced as he professes to be.I say that because there are going to be times where you can not say the wrong thing and it just be overlooked. I am young but these things matter to me. I have to say that I am really proud to live here in the United States but as I see it if Obama dont win the nomination I will probably not vote again, simply because I will know that until this country and the media convicted him on his religious choices he was widely loved. I dont go to church for any other reason but to worship God. I have sat in a church that said things I didnt agree with however, I knew the truth and know that they will face their own convictions for what they said wrong. It tells you in the Bible to read The Word of God since there are so many false witnesses. I believe as a white women that Rev. Wright said what he did due to the frusterations that so many people where hurting a man he knew as an honorable and great Commander In Cheif canidate..I dont agree fully with what he said but as others have mentioned we have to be able to see some of it is right. Many people live in fear of what they dont know and things their families racially believed. I know my grandfather was hugely racial and I feel that everyone should be treated equal and have set out to teach my child that we are all the same in God's eyes therefore we should be the same here. I know that Obama has the best intentions for our nation and if he fufills half of them we will be a whole lot better then we are now. I just dont trust Hillary, she wont release her tax returns because she knows that she did wrong and she cant take the heat if you call her out like she does Obama. Also dont you ever question why she knows so much about all these people she accuses Obama of being close to? Her husband was associated with Rezko and also Rev.Wright so why dont she have to take the same heat. Her husband brought Rev. Wright to the White House. Dont you think she was there? Obama and HIllary have history with Rev. Wright so what is the real reason why Obama is taking all the heat? Sounds Quite Racial to me!

Thank you and CNN for putting these sermons in perspective. You have done more to help this country and the world to understand the full meaning of what Rev. Wright said. THE CLIPS NEED TO BE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY and viewers referred to this full text.This context contradicts all the negative, unpatriotic, hateful comments that have been said about the sermons. When people see the two words, God and Damn, not the one word, God... that makes a big difference about Anti-American.These sermons should stay on line for months, maybe forever, so that the American public can judge for themselves regarding this very serious divisive issue. It should be required reading for all talk show hosts.

Like all human beings, we Americans are imperfect mortals, none of whom should have the temerity - nay, arrogance –to "cast the first stone." When it comes to what Rev. Wright had to say, then - well, I just wish I could remember the exact words and name of the person who uttered the words I paraphrased in my first sentence. To utter them with sincerety is what being an American SHOULD be all about.

But it is also important to remember what Obama said in his speech on race: that not every white person feels terribly privileged by the color of his or her skin. It makes sense that when a lot of people who work themselves to death to support their family, only to see someone else get what looks like unfair treatment through affirmative action, this breeds resentment. So we should do something to address those concerns, too.

After reading his speech in its entirety and in its proper context, it certainly doesn't seem quite as bad as it does in the 30-second crazy pastor version. It actually seems to make a lot of sense where he's coming from, even though I don't think he's really addressing the problem in a terribly helpful way.

Many people pray at the alter of the almighty dollar, for others it's drugs, and for still others it's nationalism. Rev. Wright was making a case that there is only One True God.

That's all.

Most sermons are variations of this same theme. At the time this sermon was given, nationalism was reaching a fever pitch in this country so I'm not surpried that he would choose it as the example of something we mistakenly substitute for God.

(See Matthew 22:36-40). These religious leaders had made almost an art form of classifying all the various laws and giving them relative degrees of importance, so in asking Jesus this question, their aim was to test Him. His answer stunned them: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.

This sermon was based on "loving your neighbor as yourself." If you can sit there and call yourself a Christian and not hear this message in the Wright sermon then you need to get up and walk out of your church, because your Pastor or preacher is doing you a disservice by not explaning this commandment.

This sermon is not a song being peddled on a street corner asking for a government handout. What it is an indictment for our inactivity in our government, for our less than compassionate approach for people who are not American.

For those who say the past is the past, put this in context of today's events. Led by the goverment, we've run into a country on false premises. Back in 2006, according to a CNN article, 655,000 Iraqi deaths were attributed to the war. We've had 4,000 US military deaths. We've had the total disruption of the lives people in two countries... Where are children playing safely in Iraqi? Where are women getting together for a girls night out in Iraq? Where are guys getting together to compare brackets in sports bars in Iraq? What is a day in Iraq for those living there?

If you've spent your life moving from SUV to Work, to SUV to the burbs and not attempted to reach out to someone else or understand someone's elses life then you've missed a lot of opportunities.

For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink. 25:43 I was a stranger and you did not receive me as a guest, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ 25:44 Then they too will answer, 42 ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not give you whatever you needed?’ 25:45 Then he will answer them, 43 ‘I tell you the truth, 44 just as you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.’

first we were to dislike him or hate him because he's muslim because of his middle name.

Now, we're suppose to dislike him & think he's a racist because he belong to a church for an extended period of time where the pastor or should I say spiritual advisor said some inflammatory things about America's government. (curious were these comments true or false)

Let's not forget the other silly comments!!!

I want to know have any of you seem a picture called "Wag the Dog"?

America is indeed a great place to live but the politics in America's government SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! America's trying to help others find democracy and in our own country WE AMERICANS are soo disfunctional is unreal!!! We hide behind our doors and our untruths while we're sooo quick to jump on the band wagon to have hatred for each other and criticize each other!!! We are arrogrant and divided!!

And for all of you who think that he's racist, or he's a phony please base your opinions on something that more substantial than the comments from a grown man he had absolutely NO CONTROL OVER!!!!! I'm sooo sick of people everyday trying to find every little thing not to like this man!

If you really needed a reason not to like him just find one better than what the MAIN STREAM MEDIA is FEEDING YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!
My goodness we as a people, blacks, whites, jews, all have issues with each other as a community and within our racial groups!!!!

It's time to MOVE TOWARD A HIGHER GROUND PEOPLE!!!!!

Find something else to be angry over!!!