McCain: Just How Nuts Were His Supporters (& his VP nominee)?

[j3parrots]

ha ha By making it a prayer competition between gods he is breaking the first commandment ha ha ha

[reverenceforall]

Mocking God? Way to go McCain pastor!

[00sparkleandshiiine]

despicable..i can't believe someone would have the audacity to make a speech like that. I could care less about any religion but you know there's people who take shit like that seriously..even if the speaker so obviously doesn't

[skoockum]

2:20 to 2:52 -- the only thing worse than the worst thing in the world is doing it yourself. Hypocrisy is the hobgoblin of the unthinking, critically illiterate, prejudicial mindset.

[beautyinbreakdowns2]

McCain is a legit war hero and a patriot, no question. But he destroyed himself politically by picking a halfwit as a running mate. The people who support her now are simply on auto pilot, they love it if a republican says it. They love the party they inherited from their parents regardless of what they say or do.

[AnarchoFeminist]

Who is this god Hindu? PS Budda didn't believe in god, was raised a Hindu but left it.

[kingbushwickthe33rd]

True.But still,you gotta have guts to survive six years in a POW Camp!!

Nailin'Palin though needs to go back to Speshul Ed Camp!!

[rdvqc]

People who base their life on the Bible obviously have not really read it through.

If you have to pick the parts to believe (would be necessary given the endless contradictions) you don't believe what you say. It is either truth or just another collection of fables.

[kingbushwickthe33rd]

John mcCain's a true American Hero!!Why the Hell did he get mixed with that bunch??

[NorseMariner7]

@kingbushwickthe33rd

Because he was one of the unlucky schmucks to land in a POW camp. Nothing more.

[BraidedLily]

Where is Elijah when you really need him?

[kpittel1127]

why can’t church and government be separate in elections, wasn't part of the reason this country was founded for is for the government to stay the hell out of private lives!! The president shouldn”t be elected because he is christian, muslim, etc

[pburto]

Tell me this folks, do you REALLY believe this represents the majority of republicans accurately?

It does not.

And it's not accurate to suggest that the majority of Democrats want a socialism either.

Partisanship is the problem.

Religeous zealots exist, and they're more likely to be republicans, but that doesn't mean most republicans are zealots.

[ETericET]

@pburto Yes I do believe this represents the majority of republicans. It's only take 50 + one to be a majotity and I think that's well covered. Just look at who are the front runners in the 2012 contest.

[pburto]

@ETericET If you find any statistics, I'd like to see them. I believe it's likely most republicans are christians, but I don't believe the majority are "Old testament literalists".

For the record, here's where I stand: I'm an atheist and a libertarian, and since I like "tax less spend less" I tend to vote Republican. Ron Paul was an interesting character, but he's also poorly qualified and he has some wacko ideas.) In the end I voted for Obama.

[suryakumars]

Why should any god from the hindu mythology give a crap about the US presidential elections ??

-a confused hindu

[charcoal139]

The Buddha is not a god, he is a man who has reached spiritual liberation. Anyone can become a buddha, as long as their minds are 'awakened'.

[japeye62]

Where's your "God" now then!?

[KurtCobainof21]

HAHAHA, what an ignorant fool that arnold guy. "Hindu" is not a god haha. Not that im religious, just found it funny

[nvieira100]

If God existed, I'd have a severe bone to pick with him. He's so almighty and all powerful, that he can't stop children from starving to death while he allows psychopaths to control the food supply. Some God!! LMAO!

[MoPapparani]

Hindu is a polytheistic religion....not a god lol

...bigger than you? lmao...

George Carlin was right: "My god has a bigger dick than your god."

[SmoothCriminalAaron]

I have a million things to say about this video, but that slug frog thing at the end wiped my mind clean

[maxdecphoenix]

someone should try to tell that pastor that it's not wise to try and punk god into siding with your candidate.

[abdulmismail]

This Pastor makes the same mistake that many in the US make.

The God of Judaism is the same God of Christianity which is also the same God of Islam.

The fact that some that follow Abrahamic religions try to differentiate by saying "their God" have their heads up their own backsides

Besides, simply because one is a (Ashkenazi/Sephardic) Jew, (Catholic/Protestant/Morman) Christian, (Sunni/Shia/Druze/Sufi) Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist or Seikh, it doesn't absolve one from being a total a-hole!

[zelalem88daw]

@abdulmismail its not the same god sir,with all due respect,if it was christians and jews and muslims would not be killing each other 24/7

[abdulmismail]

@zelalem88daw. Jews don't consider the God of Christianity & the God of Islam as their God.

Christians don't consider the God of Islam as the same as their God.

But, from the Muslim perspective, the God of Judaism & Christianity is the same God in Islam.

Christians, Jews & Muslims have only been killing each other for centuries because people are ass-holes.

We should just practise religion to better ourselves & to help the needy, not compete on which religion is better than another.

[zofspade]

@abdulmismail Or...we should better ourselves and help the needy and do away with the middle man (religion).

[TheHigherVoltage]

The bible says no women should ever have authority over a man. And here's Palin claiming to believe the bible...running for office.

Gotta love the hypocrisy of Christian nutjobs.

[Zaku41k]

According to this video.. you cannot spell monotheism without spelling paganism.

XD

[rongenaw]

dont pray, god forgot us



[Nibielari]

i bet that preacher at the beginning is still a christian, some people can't take a hint

[leovraiel]

What the fuck? This actually happened?! I didn't listen to anything McCain had to say, he didn't interest me, and Palin didn't help, but I have never seen this clip. I don't know wether to like it for what it is, or dislike it for what it is. So I'll say thanks for the video.

[hatecrewsj]

this jackass is aware that the god from christianity and islam are the game guy rite? allah translates to 'god' in english, mohammad himself referred to jesus as another prophet of allah...same god different prophets. btw im an athiest and i think its all bullshit but people like this are the bottom of the barrel with me

[BlueNile123]

Such arrogance by the "reverend". In this despicable display, one can see the patent falsity of religion.

[gopalakartik]

Since when was Hindu a god.........

[grozde]

@gopalakartik

"He" and the Buddha became gods together... :-)))

[jsmd09]

@gopalakartik Leave it to ignorant Evangelical pastors to put that out to their followers....

Another point in case, My God is better than your God and I am kindly asking my God to come out and show all the other Gods, Who's the Boss?....

WTF kind of words are those...?

Does he want to start religious war?

[Badabingqb]

tell me whos crazier cause rev wright mr obamas rev is fuckin out of his mind so fuck all u stupied fucks FUCK OBAMA

[instereovideos]

@jstoecker53 and jstoekcker53 use correct english please.

[instereovideos]

Oh wow. That prayer was amazing. As if an appeal to God like that would be effective... "Dear God, you'd better notice that some people are gonna think you're weak if you don't make our guy the president..." People who believe in God pray like this all the time! "Make us the winners God, or other people will disbelieve in you." I'm sure God was out there scrambling to fix the problem... if these people believe in God, why would they assume that their appeals to his ego could change his will?

[MrCanadarulez]

What the fuck happened to seperation of church and state??? These guys are all bullshit...

[gsbgamer]

k first of all hindu is a religion not a god hahah

[Cousinsjay]

How sickening is this!

[TheMagickScene]

Ummm...the Christian God (Yahweh) is the SAME god as Allah.

[avalsonline]

@TheMagickScene try telling that to a hardcore christian or muslim

[TheMagickScene]

@avalsonline

I am sure they already know that. It's bigotry that keeps them from admitting it. Christians, Jews, and Muslims are the "Abrahamic" Religions. Meaning they follow the God of Abraham. Whether they call him Yahweh, Jehovah, God, or Allah. It is the same god. If you ask a moderate Christian or sane Muslim they will tell you they all worship the same god.

[instereovideos]

@TheMagickScene Not necessarily, that's a major point of contention. The only time Muslims claim that Allah is Yahweh, usually, is when they are trying to gain sympathy for their causes from westerners. Most of the time, you'll find that Muslims and Christians scholars alike would say that Allah is not Yahweh. There are some interesting passages in the Bible AND the Qur'an about it... some in the Qur'an suggest that Mohamed had MORE than one God, and Allah is just the most powerful.

[trajan74]

How dare that cuntbubble in the CNN video compare Buddha to the extremist's view of Allah. Buddha is really more of a philosopher than a God but no matter.

And did he call Hindu a god. What a dumbass. The preacher doesn't know Hindu is a religion.

And some Hindu gods have a higher moral code than his desert death god.

[1tahoesky]

"Governor Avon Lady..."... too funny!!!

[buddhika216]

Buddha is a god? Such a dumbass buddha wasn't a god

[chrisdemilich]

You are absolutely right. Though some sects of Buddhism worship him as a deity. Much the same way some sects of the Christian faith believe god lives on another planet, they are not the norm.

[tomasino747]

MY GODS BIGGER THAN UR GOD HAHA

[xdeliriumx1]

and ur an idiot jsut for actually really believing there is one lol.

[elfbride]

The idea that people think that way AND VOTE for other people who think that way scares the hell out of me.

[ouTandAbOut231]

Sigh fundamentalist

that prayer was the prayer of elijah on mount carmel (didn't they kill hundreds of other god priests after that prayer?? hmm

Such ignorance to only believe that there is only one way to god ( or that god gives a damn) sigh

[ZEITGEISTism]

JESUS said "the kingdom of heaven is smaller than a mustard seed " he was talking about quantum physics which is the true definition of GOD not ANY organised "religious intstitutions " which are all man made SCAMS

[Rsutherl1]

Put your faith in the experts, such as scientists.

[toadpad123]

yea, god is bad, we should put our faith in obama!

put your faith in global warming, or was it cooling?

[nismax1994]

@toadpad123 forget faith, learn some critical thinking skills. You have access to the 'net, so read up!

[TAz69x]

Must be the same god that watches over plane crashes... (*hint: religion is all stupidity)

[rhabdoviridae]

Well, looks like his god wasn't so badass after all.

Loser.

[richwfd]

What a fucking douchebag.

[dmcgraye]

WHAT THE FUCK.... that pastor is nuts

[Makonu2]

All any reasonable human being can do after watching this twat thump his bible is laugh.

[PeterMayer]

Pretty much...

[manonthemount]

@ strider, the words of religious texts must be taken literally because that was their original purpose and intent: they are supposed to be the edicts of gods revealed to mortals.

religious zealots have spent millenia attempting to reconcile scripture to advances in science and clarity in morality. the latest trend in this is the apologetic christian approach of interpreting text. it is a betrayal of religion and a delay of inevitability. facts dont bend to religion, so religion bends to truth

[kevjo66]

Reminds me of Carlin's joke " My god has a bigger dick than your god". What a putz.

[masticina]

And now the GOP is splintered, the moderates are leaving the party.

Within christianity the old gnashing creatures of fundamentalism are feelig..that their time has gone. But not in a bang but in a whisper.

[NuclearBrain101]

Now make that poetry, put some music to it, and we have an Atheist Anthem.

[celshader]

I'm a Christian from Australia and I am so ashamed of how American conservative Christians use and abuse Christianity to push their right wing political agenda.

[zzsharka]

Howard and Rudd did it here too mate, remember how they went to the church to speak to try to reach out to religious Christians during the election campaign ? But yeah I guess in general they don't do it to the same extent, but then there alot more religious Christians in Amrica per capita than here, far more non religious people here than in the U S.

[StriderIsAragorn]

They're fucking retards over here.

Whenever I see/hear Christians throughout Europe and Australia, they're so much more open-minded and don't take the Bible as literal truth.

Why must the words of a religion be taken as literal truth? Look at the thriving, positive religions of Hinduism and Buddhism. The words are meaningful and poetic, but are by no means literal history. They're written to convey a FEELING.

[Thatguyinabox]

Allah is the christian god. Christianity and Islam are split from Judaism. Allah is just a name.

[ApocalypticCannon]

That's what I've been saying.

[DropDeadDorky]

wow that pastor is a fucking idiot

[StayStupid4Christ]

I guess god works in horrible,violent,worthless,vin­dictive,illogical, stupid, unexplainable mysterious ways and we just have to trust that he knows what hes doing. for some reason he wants obama to be president and christians going around complaining about it is against the almightys wishes.

also ,were still in war time, and the republicans specifically said that during wartime u dont talk out against the president. and until he repeals the patriot act i dont think we have that right n e way

[manonthemount]

I'm a big fan of the Bills (Maher and Clinton), but they and their supporters need a lesson in economics. The federal government in the late 90s did not intelligently and responsibly manage spending to balance the budget. Artificial gains from the tech bubble fueled income tax receipts that lead to an unanticipated influx that lead to the surplus. The government had planned on running a deficit, got lucky, and want to take credit for it. Clas dismissed

[xpo50]

the key point i fins in your statement though is that they PLANNED for a deficit and got lucky.

They had a plan that went better than expected. bush had no plan, and threw money out the window, and gave it to the rich where it stagnated

[StriderIsAragorn]

Well, since it's pretty much impossible for ANYONE to claim credit for it specifically, all you can do is name the President under who's watch it occured.

Er...that's Clinton.

[protossenslaver]

Hindu isn't a god...

God christians are fucking stupid.

[variablelight]

There are moderate and liberal Christians. I'm one of the liberal Christians, as in I'd probably be called a heretic by most for daring to suggest that maybe the Bible isn't perfect.

However, much like Republicans have alienated moderates, organized Christians are in danger of alienating anyone that isn't a Fundamentalist Witchhunter.

If push came to shove, I wouldn't find it hard at all to "go aethist." I'm almost there right now.

[wackid89]

You are atheist in respect to every other religion..just go one god further :D

[xpo50]

your wrong.

Fubdamentalists are not good christians because they go against almost everything in the New Testament.

They dont turn the other cheek, they dont love their neighbour, they dont open their minds, they dont embrace science, they dont want seperation of church and state, all these things are what Jesus preached

[ATL45]

that guy in the beginning...

is he trying to fucking BLACKMAIL his own god??

"seriously, dude, you'd better come through for us in this shit. everyone else is praying for X and we're praying to Y, so if we don't win this election everyone is going to think you're a pussy. so back us up here, or else your sparkling reputation is going into the toilet."

LOL @ blackmailing your imaginary friend by threatening social disapproval

[variablelight]

I have to wonder what that idiot preached after his "annointed" candidate lost.

[backwardsmarathon1]

hahah praying to buddha

[broke2008]

If you are a smart member please run!!!!! What better answer do yo uneed to know you are dooped and wasting time faggets collecting money.

[bala747]

God, save me from your followers!

[gunnerfan87]

religion= biggest bullshit of all time. Here I'm refering to Judaism, Christianity and Islam only. Because Buddhism and Hinduism are more accurately a philosophy of life, not a religion.

[andrewfilmer]

Even by devotees of those religions, "Hindu" and "Buddha" aren't gods!

[zelalem88daw]

@gunnerfan87 dont be silly hinduism is just as bad, they have a hundred thousand 'god's for petes sake,thats a lot of 'gods' for some philosophy...cant even keep track of that many gods

[sreshta1992]

@gunnerfan87 Hinduism is a religion. 750 million people follow it. Buddhism is a philosophy that started in India and spread to other countries. Buddhism does not recognize one particular god. It just tells people how to live a peaceful and honest life.

[daobagua]

@gunnerfan87 LOL. say that to the japanese tokogawa shoganate who used zen budism philosophy to oppress the masses and keep an entire country economically impoverished.

All religions are bad, not just the abrahamic 3.

Cheers.

[Sk8gangsta1]

bill maher dont know shiotttttttttttttttttt

[slantedeskimo]

you don't have to know shit to know these people are crazy

[wackid89]

exactly

[tbaggz4u]

absolute insanity

[kalfjak]

The church is once again getting involved in political affairs WITHOUT paying taxes. It's bullshit.

[nelsongg5]

So they use the invisable man to win votes?

How pathetic.

Too bad many stupid americans believed this stupid guy at the beginning.

[LeonardoTheGreater]

The God of the people, reason and logic, is bigger than McCain's god.

[ed2point0]

Amen, as an atheist I agree.

[samo5y86]

haha...funny that u said amen and followed that with 'as an athiest i agree'

[MichaelB2d2]

epic fail

[RivaWitch]

A witch doctor often refers to healers in third world regions, who use traditional healing rather than science or developed medicine.

Not one who wards off Witches & Witchcraft!

[biantai888]

In Africa they kill people suspected of being witches.

[RivaWitch]

Because of Christian brainwashing they did and striped people of their cultural beliefs.

[HonestDiscussioner]

::facepalm::

[vespertinne]

ROFL! That asshat is a witch-doctor! Holy crap.

[vespertinne]

Wow. Um... Wow. WHAT the HECK?? I don't belong to your church. Wow.

[xinkor]

their god has a bigger dick too

[GrohlRules]

LOL,The ignorance of religious people with regards to other religions is the basis for a lot of the world's problems. As some of you stated, there is no god named Hindu or Buddah. As for Allah, that is the same god that the pastor prays to, Islam and Christianity derive from Judaism. If people knew more about their own religion, if they were rational, they would no longer be religious.

On a side note, I think Bill Maher is f'n GREAT! Watch Real Time and Religulous.

[Sshelly34213]

So he's admitting there are other gods?? He just broke the first commandment.

[lhamodo]

How come people don't know that Buddhists don't pray to Buddha? That's annoying.

[mccote]

why should anyone be required to know anything about Buddhism?

[Sshelly34213]

why should anyone know anything?? Because it fucking makes them smarter, so that they don't say stupid sht like, "they pray to buddha and our god is bigger."

[sush139]

Actually, those who follow the Mahayana form of Buddhism do pray to Buddha and even worship his idols both of which Gautama Buddha had strongly discouraged, calling himself a teacher, a guide towards moksha and not the Almighty himself. The followers of Hinayana form of Buddhism do not pray to Buddha as god, they follow his teachings closely. I don't think this pastor knew about any of this, he ignorantly made an incorrect statement.

[Electricbassguy]

I think every Catholic should talk about what they used to say about Catholics.

And Jews too.

[junoonetu]

hasnt jesus suffered enough....hahaha

[Meloman0001]

I see very little hope when I see people like that pastor.

[Carricus]

I think all this talk about "my god is bigger than yours" is just code for "my balls are bigger than yours." Grow up!

[Carricus]

Note to crazy evangical preacher man:

No one prays to "Hindu" - Hindu is a religion, not one of the gods/goddesses within.

[Kletterbuxe]

Exactly, Hindu is no god, neither is Buddha...

[JonDavidson]

God needs to "step up" during this time and protect his reputation???

Gee, I didn't know that God was on our schedule, and had to intervene when/how we wanted him, or else his ratings with us would decline.

If there is a God, he is laughing.....

[fyiyrcn]

Your God is your self awarness, meeting him is one in the same.

[jdf088]

people who literally talk to an imaginary being and expect results really worry me.

[boomachine1]

republicans are such dimwit douchebags

[bkvs]

watch RELIGULOUS of Maher, to add some points to your CHIMP level IQs.

[jwlvs]

This guy just lost his church tax exemption. Yay! We need the money!

[bperera2]

Allah and "your" God are one in the same. Religous nut. They both share the same roots.

[Ruby1978]

How many gods are there??

[aldushuxley]

When I was young, I was forced to attend a church where many of the attendees where jumping up and down, and speaking in tongues.

I had no idea what was going on, and it scared the hell out of me. To this day, I dont like being in a church.

The idea that a person that believes in this sort of stuff could be president or vice-president scares me even more.

[tomo718]

And I pray that you strike down all those that take your name in vain.

[Grokh]

then you are no different from the extremist muslims that chop peoples head off for not believing in the same as them.

[jashonsmith]

Human telling God to protect his Ego? Isn't that sacrilegious? jonrp05 is right- Hindu isn't a person and Buddah never pretended to be a God. Christians aren't suppose to believe that there are other gods anyway. I say that if the Right Wing gets to have fringe nutcases on television then so should the left wing. Does anyone else notice "the Center" in this country being very close to the right? Even Obama's platform is to the right of the center on many counts. I am sick of fools voting.

[Hatchyack]

Exactly. The problem is that Americans have a very narros and naive scope regarding the political spectrum. What they often consider as radical is really just liberal, and what they consider liberal is moderate, and the so-called moderates are conservatives. It's related to a strategy called the "Overton Window" which the Republicans have implemented very well.

[jonrp05]

This man's patent ignorance is too much. Hinduism is a religion. Buddha told his followers not to pray to him and claimed not to be God.

His undertone is that every one else is praying for Obama and to maintain their reputation and their god's power, they must pray for and vote for McCain.

[mephigog]

And who is the Hindu candidate anyway?