"Do you think Reverend Wright loves America as much as you do?"

[george_maniakes]

What the fuck is that? Do you really think if wright was a white pastor ,and had said the same exact things, his patriotism for his country would be questioned? Of course not.

I know it wouldnt have looked good on national tv for obama to say so, but man, i wish SOMEONE would tell georgie "how the fuck dare you."

[RazBerryBeret]

1. that steamed me too....

I wish he could've replied "I think Rev. Wright loves America more than you do--where the hell is your flag pin?".

[mrreowwr_kittty]

6. Where's Georgie's DD214?

I fairly certain he never served in the military.

[gsaguyCLW54]

40. where is your flag pin

that was made in china by slave labor

[EFerrari]

2. The truth is white pastors have said truly horrible things

and they will never be called on them.

While, Wright's comments were wrenched out of context, his whole highly successful and respected career was trashed and he was made into a cartoon in our whore media. He has NOTHING to apologize for.

[fascisthunter]

4. Amazing isn't it?

Actually it isn't amazing it getting more and more obvious everyday.

[EFerrari]

7. I love the push back, though.

From his congregation, from his peers and from his community. :)

[george_maniakes]

8. I mean seriously, this is the kind of shit that should bring people together...

and say with one voice "who the fuck are you george to question this mans patriotism?"

[EFerrari]

10. Exactly. And, it did happen. I don't have the link at hand

but a bunch of pastors signed a letter EXCORIATING the media for their hit job.

George is to sold out to be in the loop.

[2rth2pwr]

32. Falwell and Wright had to face the consequences of their statements.

They apologized.

[DemVet]

39. These "white pastors" also weren't....

...the "spirtitual leader", "mentor", and pseudo-father of a Presidential candidate for 20 years.

If you want to call them on their message, go ahead.

[fascisthunter]

3. Someone Should Ask George if He Likes America or the Part of it That Pays Him

to talk shit on tv.

[Tinksrival]

5. That was sickening!

And what George did to that Professor at University of Ill. Chicago is even worse. Accusing him of crimes he didn't commit. Disgusting.

[earthlover]

9. George: was Joseph McCarthy patriotic? Why do you emulate him?

[Irishonly]

11. Rev Wright Is A Great Man

It's too bad someone can't take a few of George's more stupid statements and make a little video that would play 24/7. I am pretty sure he could be made out to look like any number of things. It's just not right to trash a man with blips. What about Hagee, Robertson and probably hundreds of other ministers of other races?

[EFerrari]

13. He speaks six languages, he has multiple advanced degrees

and has many more honorary ones. He has three Presidential Commendations and most of all, he built that south side congregation from a handful of people into a community of thousands. That ministered to the poor, that tried to shore up kids in failing public schools, that tried to support the local gay community, that tried to reach out to thinking people.

And, the right wing nuts thought they could smear him?

There are good men, very good men who do so much for so many that they acquire a kind of teflon. The Reverend Wright is one of those men and rightfully so.

That our whore media tried to tarnish this man is not surprising.

That they were unsuccessful should give us all hope for the future of this country.

[Irishonly]

15. Good Way Of Looking At It

I have a tendency to sputter but you are right. The MSM has been trying to ruin Rev Wright for weeks. I am glad it hasn't stuck. Instead of looking at the thousands of people he helped, they get stuck on a phrase. I remember the 60s, the struggles and the fight for what was right. Men like Rev Wright did so much because it was the right thing to do. When you are working for civil rights and peace you talk to everyone. We haven't been talking, we have been taken to war by chicken hawks and they still get a pass by the MSM.

At one point I was worried about the IRS trumping charges because of what they are trying to do to the UCC. Senator Obama was asked to speak at the convention and they accused him of making a stump speech. I don't know if you read it or not but I sure didn't see anything political in it. I am thankful I was silly in my worry about the senator's home church.

My husband is now on disability and home all of the time. I have made him stop trying to watch the news or cable shows with the exception of Olbermann. He yells at the TV worse than I do. There is no news any more. You hear nothing about the economy, Iraq and investigative reporting seems to have disappeared. At times you don't know if you are watching news or tabloid TV. Heavy sigh

[EFerrari]

16. Just a thought. Try to get him to watch Amy Goodman in the morning.

You can find her show on your network here: www.democracynow.org

Usually, the stories she covers take weeks to come up in the corporate media.

And on the other hand, if you are paying attention, you have to be angry.

:hug:

[Irishonly]

17. Thank You

:hug:

[Pirate Smile]

12. Truly a "have you stopped beating your wife" question.

[goletian]

26. WOW!!!!!! I JUST NOW REALIZED WHAT LOADED ASS QUESTION THAT WAS!!!!!!!

fucking son of a bitch. they think wright hates america, so if he says no or yes he confirms wrights hate or cements his own in the eyes of idiots who buy the antiamerican wright bullshit! what a fucking douche bag piece of shit!! that is the dumbest most loaded question i think ive ever heard in a debate........... holy fucking shit.

[alphafemale]

35. That's exactly what I thought of as a comparison.

It's a smarmy question.

Maybe Step should look for a bowtie to match his smirk and Tucker Carlson persona.

[BenDavid]

14. hey wright was a marine...damn! McVey was in the Army.....

[Seabiscuit]

18. Any white pastor who cursed blacks in his church the way Wright curses whites would have been run

out of town a long time ago. And no white presidential candidate would have been sitting in his church listening to his racist bile for 20 years and pretending not to hear anything offensive.

[george_maniakes]

19. Wright is not a racist. But you know that and just want to repeat it for the sake of being an ass.

He was cursing those responsible for slavery. Its not his fault america enslaved black people and made them suffer injustice for so long.

If some white pastor was cursing white people for slavery in the way wright has, in no way would that pastors patriotism be questioned.

[Seabiscuit]

20. Pathetic spin. Jeremiah Wright is the worst kind of racist.

And Obama's comments about small town Americans and his comment about his grandmother's supposedly racist remark about a black man that scared her in the street showing she's just a "typical white person" shows Obama is cut from the same mold as Wright.

[george_maniakes]

22. Again, no matter how much you wish it, wright is not a racist.

And my point stands as strong as ever, no white pastors patriotism would be questioned if he made the same comments as wright.

[Seabiscuit]

23. If you actually read or heard Wright's words on those tapes, then you're wearing blinders.

And any white presidential candidate who attended a church for 20 years whose pastor made remarks like that about blacks would have been given a much harder time than Obama was about it all.

[george_maniakes]

27. I listened and read whole sermons, and wright is still not a racist.

And ill say again, any white pastor making the same comments that wright made would not have his patriotism questioned like wright. Why on earth are you suggesting a white pastor would be preaching about black peoples accountability for things like slavery and american foreign policy?

[Seabiscuit]

29. Broken record.

Denial is bliss.

Enjoy wearing your blinders.

[george_maniakes]

31. No matter how hard you try, you will always be wrong in this.

i find the truth very liberating myself, you should try it sometime.

[cliffordu]

28. Well, this is complete bullshit.

I had a Sunday school teacher tell me the best knife to use when killing an "N-word" was a hawksbill knife -

and then he showed me one.

This was on an Easter Sunday at a Southern Baptist Church

Slime whoever you want to with any generalization you can come up with and then you don't actually have to think or feel.

Nice!!

[PVnRT]

37. Really? Provide a quote where he "curses whites"

[theyult]

21. Mr. God Damn America is just another albatross

You're fooling yourself if you don't think this is a mortal wound on Obama's candidacy. Crazy separatist "movement" church where obama sat idly while this maniac spewed filth.

[george_maniakes]

24. your fooling yourself if you think obama isnt going to keep going forward.

All that minutiae he put into winning the primary against clinton is going to keep paying off against Mccain.

[grantcart]

25. No he is clearly more patriotic than I am, and George and Gibson

[chieftain]

30. Absolutely the most inane question ever posed in a debate.

It alone ought to disqualify George from ever being involved in a high level debate.

[Butch350]

33. Hey,,, He Joined

The Marines and fought for this country - more balls than I had - I joined the Air Force.
In my opinion what he said did not offend me. When you put your life on the line for this
country - you sure in the hell got the right to criticize it.

And you don't have wear your patriotism on you sleeve or LAPEL!

[Vinca]

34. Obama should have suggested they interview Wright.

Of course, if they did, they'd probably ask him, "Do you think Senator Obama loves America as much as you do?" or "Why doesn't Senator Obama where a flag pin?" or "Why is Senator Obama a member of the Weather Underground?" Idiots.

[mmonk]

36. It's the dark side of the American soul trying to scare people

by tapping into white America's latent racism. Very recognizable.

[DemVet]

38. No.

I don't believe this racist pastor loves America as much as I do.

So?