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Barack Obama
March 13, 2008
"The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing 'God Bless America.' No, no, no, God damn America, that's in the Bible for killing innocent people."
—Obama's Chicago Pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright in a 2003 sermon, which had just surfaced in the mainstream media. Obama initially stood by his longtime spiritual adviser and mentor, but after Wright continued to make controversial statements, he severed all ties
— Katie Rooney