What his pastor is doing inside that building is disgraceful! Obama still loves that guy and consciously stayed in his church for 20 years, dedicate a book for this dangerous pastor?

Do you really want a guy like this in the most powerful office in the world? who prays with this dangerous and racist pastor, who are friends with slumlord chicago mafia? who was born as a muslim and changed to christianity for political gains?

This is a bigger problem than the Iraq. The guys who listen to this perverted pastor may potentially become dangerous to our society. Now he dare to say all this without any power! Imagine what will happen to white people when these folks gain power in the world's most powerful office!

Even now the mainstream media is mum! Rediculous and shame on CNN/NBC/CBS what are you guys doing?

Do you think we public still rely on you for news! get this, You are WRONG! we get news as it happens on Internet.

God bless America!

Apologists have tried their very best to cover her gaffes up, explain them away, or keep her muzzled. I do not want to have to shudder every time the First Lady has a speaking engagement, so let us pay strict attention to her every word from now on.

Better yet, vote for McCain and avoid both of these problem people.

In any event, she states her lack of pride in the nation for virtually all her life very clearly, until, as she says, her husband became favored, and the public wanted change. How very self-serving, and lacking in pride for what America has always stood for. It smacks of BDS among other things.

She has not been proud of America for virtually all of her lifetime, and is not proud for the right reasons.

Somehow, that .2% objectionable sermons estimate seems to be off the mark, if only because we have not analyzed the other 99.8% sermons adequately, nor have we seen what is taught in their Sunday Schools to the adults and the kids. Or have you? I have doubts.

Again, even though we only know about 0.2% of them, your reaction is to assume that those are the rule, rather than the exception. I have no reason to think this was the common theme at that church, and my experience with people from all walks of life leads me to believe that they are the exception.

seriously question whether the American public wants a First Lady that expresses such hatred for the nation in public or private.

I'm sorry, that must not have been picked up by the news, when did Michelle Obama say she hated America?

Unless they have a transcript of the 1000+ sermons, we can’t know if they are typical or unusual.

And your immediate reaction is to assume the absolute worst of him.

Of those two things for your pastor, do they rise to the level of accusing the US of causing AIDS? That 9/11 is a consequence of US terrorism? That the US is irredeemably racist such that it is better referred to as the US of KKKA?

Being a SB preacher in a mostly white congregation, your exact examples are unlikely and you know it. However, he (and the pastor before him) has blamed America and the government for any number of failings. Both, I believe, have said that God would/should destroy America because of it's liberal social views. These may not be equivalent in your book, but they are in mine.

How racist do they need to be to not want them as your mentor or as your moral compass.

My grandmother doesn't trust Mexicans, does that make her racist? I don't think so. There is a difference between distrusting someone because of their race and hating them because of their race. I don't think Obama's pastor hates white people.

This preacher is not the only "associate" of Obama that needs to be vetted adequately, and I seriously question whether the American public wants a First Lady that expresses such hatred for the nation in public or private. In my opinion that would make us look infantile and comical in the eyes of the world.

If some are trying to assuage their inner racial or gender guilt by supporting a black or a woman for president, that is their right, but it is not enough of a reason in itself to select the person.

Nor is fine rhetoric a good reason, if the ideas are not sound or are too gloriously high, even platitudinous, and both the details and the convictions behind them are highly suspect. Nor is a compelling persona in itself sufficient, if behind that fascade is a jumble of presidential goals and directions that are not brought out for public consumption, because they would alienate a large number of voters.

I do believe that "what you see is not what you get" on the democratic side. It is, after all, a Clinton on the one hand, and a virtual unknown on the other.

The two things are the tip of the iceberg. Unless they have a transcript of the 1000+ sermons, we can't know if they are typical or unusual. Even Obama seems to recognize an issue as he described the pastor as getting "kind of rough" in his sermons.

But let me ask you this. Of those two things for your pastor, do they rise to the level of accusing the US of causing AIDS? That 9/11 is a consequence of US terrorism? That the US is irredeemably racist such that it is better referred to as the US of KKKA? That you shouldn't ask for God to bless the US but rather to damn it? Those are not relatively minor issues.

But to follow your point to the logical conclusions, how many racist remarks would your pastor have to make before you would consider leaving? Just how racist does one have to be to decide that you will no longer support them with time and money? How racist do they need to be to not want them as your mentor or as your moral compass. And would you let a republican off who went to a pastor for 20 years that was as racist as Wright?

There seems to be a reason why Michelle Obama was never proud of the US until now. And it isn't related to here promotion with 150% raise after her husband got elected or the company who gave her the promotion getting $1 million in Obama's first year as senator.

Now my current pastor has only been at our church for about 6 years, or about 300 sermons. In that time, he has said more than 2 things that I found quite objectionable either in terms of truthfulness or morality, and would most certainly not want those things to be associated with my own beliefs and opinions. That being said, I still consider him a good, honest man who's opinions I respect, especially on moral issues.

Does anybody here have a pastor that has never said something they disagree with, or has anybody here ever cut contact with said pastor and/or the church when they did?

Obama's Mentor --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAYe7MT5BxM

Hasn’t anyone here ever heard of a hierarchy of values? Clearly, Sen. Obama feels that the good things about his present church outweigh the bad things. Look at the good things before condemning him for not rejecting that particular faith community because of the bad things.

LOL... See also, the history of the German train schedules.