Watch: Obama-Linked Gospel Singer Performs At '04 GOP Convention, Sings About Bush

Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) is under heavy fire over the decision to invite gospel singer Donnie McClurkin on a South Carolina campaign tour this weekend.

McClurkin has vowed to battle "the curse of homosexuality," and insists that sexuality can be changed by religious intervention. "If this is a war, we are willing to fight. Not a war of violence, but a war of purpose," he told the Washington Post in 2004 before performing at the Republican National Convention.

Below, watch McClurkin's performance at the convention, which took place on the final night just hours before President Bush's speech.

At one point, McClurkin even includes Bush in the lyrics of his song, singing in the final verse:

After you've done all you can, you just stand.
Don't give up, don't give in, you just stand.
Oh, Mr. President, tonight, you just stand.

Comments

[loggerboots]

11:23 AM on 10/25/2007

forget it obama, its over,did you see oprah yesterday, on what can happen to people that make the wrong Choice,and live in fear of beatings, prison or death, McCurkin is a Jesalo fraud, is a Mrs. McClurkin in the picture?

[PC]

10:21 AM on 10/25/2007

You know what, I don't really see anything wrong about this, but it could be possible that Obama is trying a "gay" version of the "southern strategy" to peel away the black vote from Hillary. The main thing that keeps me from thinking this is that if they are bigoted enough to change their vote on the gay issue, that demographic is probably already voting for Obama based solely on his skin color.

[PollM]

08:12 AM on 10/25/2007

.
It seems like the good people always get themselves in a box that is hard to get out of. When will we in America learn to live and let live.

What position should Obama take regarding Gay rights?
---> http://www.youpolls.com/details.asp?pid=782.

[GladysKnightsPIP]

06:39 AM on 10/25/2007

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[Chocolate2008]

03:30 AM on 10/25/2007

GIVE ME A FRIGGEN BREAK !!!

ALL OF THIS OBAMA SLANDER IS ORCHESTRATED AND IT'S WAY BEYOND OBVIOUS!!!

FROM UNCLE TOMS TO "ANONYMOUS" HIT JOB ARTISTS, THE BOMBARDMENT OF HUFFINGTON POST WITH MASSIVE ANTI-BARACK OBAMA POSTS , IS BEING DONE DELIBERATELY!!!.

TELL ME, HOW MANY $100.00 BILLS DID HILLARY STICK IN YOU PEOPLES G-STRAPS TO WRITE THIS GARBAGE?

GO AHEAD, BAN ME.

I'LL JUST COME BACK ANYWAY!

[starrianna]

03:36 AM on 10/25/2007

Jesus Christ,

and this is coming from "Chocolate2008"???

Do you think he has an agenda?

Do you think he's interested in say,
ANY
other topics on this site?

[Chocolate2008]

05:14 AM on 10/25/2007

Oh, shut up ya hypocrite. You're doing the same thing. How many times did you post your crap all over this blog?

Written by an African-American Reverend on Obama:

[FirstShirt]

07:49 AM on 10/25/2007

This post is followed by a repetitive and wasteful series of repetitious postings. This is a classic example of why liberals burn up and flame out. They tend to not embrace free speech for those who disagree, trying to shout down opposition [difficult online] by becoming strident and thereby showing their lack of objectivity. As a republican I vote to let you rave on. You make my case eloquently.

[starrianna]

11:10 PM on 10/24/2007

Written by an African-American Reverend on Obama:

http://www.bilerico.com/2007/10/obama_the_votewhore_with_exgay_at_his_si.php

[Legaldiva]

11:16 PM on 10/24/2007

The same African American reverends that miserably failed in their promise to deliver the religious minority to Bush in the past election? BWAHHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!

[Chocolate2008]

03:28 AM on 10/25/2007

GIVE ME A FRIGGEN BREAK !!!

ALL OF THIS OBAMA SLANDER IS ORCHESTRATED AND IT'S WAY BEYOND OBVIOUS!!!

FROM UNCLE TOMS TO "ANONYMOUS" HIT JOB ARTISTS, THE BOMBARDMENT OF HUFFINGTON POST WITH MASSIVE ANTI-BARACK OBAMA POSTS , IS BEING DONE DELIBERATELY!!!.

TELL ME, HOW MANY $100.00 BILLS DID HILLARY STICK IN YOU PEOPLES G-STRAPS TO WRITE THIS GARBAGE?

GO AHEAD, BAN ME.

I'LL JUST COME BACK ANYWAY!

[starrianna]

03:36 AM on 10/25/2007

Jesus Christ,

and this is coming from "Chocolate2008"???

Do you think he has an agenda?

Do you think he's interested in say,
ANY
other topics on this site?

[starrianna]

11:04 PM on 10/24/2007

*****
QUOTE of the day:
*****

by OrleansCatalan:

"translation:

Hey Gay people! Shut up and get to the back of the bus.

But don't forget to pay your taxes."

[Chocolate2008]

03:28 AM on 10/25/2007

GIVE ME A FRIGGEN BREAK !!!

ALL OF THIS OBAMA SLANDER IS ORCHESTRATED AND IT'S WAY BEYOND OBVIOUS!!!

FROM UNCLE TOMS TO "ANONYMOUS" HIT JOB ARTISTS, THE BOMBARDMENT OF HUFFINGTON POST WITH MASSIVE ANTI-BARACK OBAMA POSTS , IS BEING DONE DELIBERATELY!!!.

TELL ME, HOW MANY $100.00 BILLS DID HILLARY STICK IN YOU PEOPLES G-STRAPS TO WRITE THIS GARBAGE?

GO AHEAD, BAN ME.

I'LL JUST COME BACK ANYWAY!

[starrianna]

03:37 AM on 10/25/2007

Jesus Christ,

and this is coming from "Chocolate2008"???

Do you think he has an agenda?

Do you think he's interested in say,
ANY
other topics on this site?

[starrianna]

11:02 PM on 10/24/2007

Obama is toast!

Read it and weep:

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/10/24/black_homophobia/index.html?source=rss&aim=yahoo-salon

[Legaldiva]

11:11 PM on 10/24/2007

If he is toast why are you wasting your energy trying to convince us? Let him be toast. Move on.

[doug108]

10:58 PM on 10/24/2007

Obama's done. He's toast in my book. I had high hopes for him, but it's over. Better luck in 2016.

[Legaldiva]

11:13 PM on 10/24/2007

Yeah. Sure. . .you really had high hopes ;)

[Chocolate2008]

03:28 AM on 10/25/2007

GIVE ME A FRIGGEN BREAK !!!

ALL OF THIS OBAMA SLANDER IS ORCHESTRATED AND IT'S WAY BEYOND OBVIOUS!!!

FROM UNCLE TOMS TO "ANONYMOUS" HIT JOB ARTISTS, THE BOMBARDMENT OF HUFFINGTON POST WITH MASSIVE ANTI-BARACK OBAMA POSTS , IS BEING DONE DELIBERATELY!!!.

TELL ME, HOW MANY $100.00 BILLS DID HILLARY STICK IN YOU PEOPLES G-STRAPS TO WRITE THIS GARBAGE?

GO AHEAD, BAN ME.

I'LL JUST COME BACK ANYWAY!

[starrianna]

03:37 AM on 10/25/2007

Jesus Christ,

and this is coming from "Chocolate2008"???

Do you think he has an agenda?

Do you think he's interested in say,
ANY
other topics on this site?

[PollM]

10:55 PM on 10/24/2007

.
It seems like the good people always get themselves in a box that is hard to get out of. When will we in America learn to live and let live.

What position should Obama take regarding Gay rights?
---> http://www.youpolls.com/details.asp?pid=782.

[starrianna]

10:57 PM on 10/24/2007

does being on all fours count?

because that's where his campaign is right now.

[Legaldiva]

11:12 PM on 10/24/2007

No it's not. His campaign is doing rather well.

Just because you repeat it doesn't make it true.

[FirstShirt]

07:38 AM on 10/25/2007

He should take the libertarian position. Who cares what happens between two consenting adults? It isn't the governments business. Defend our country, respond to disasters as our leader, show international leadership, fix potholes with our tax money, keep out of our business, eliminate unnecessary taxes, etc.

[Zhonni]

10:40 PM on 10/24/2007

WOW!!!

It turns out Obama isn't the only presidential hopeful who has crossed paths with McClurkin. He performed for Democratic presidential front runner Hillary Clinton's husband Bill Clinton in 1992 during the Democratic National Convention.

This thing is really blown out of proportion!

[starrianna]

10:48 PM on 10/24/2007

Nice try, Obama bot.

KEY DIFFERENCE: Bill Clinton didn't try to take credit for "engineering" a GAY DEBATE in West Hollywood, desperately trying to woo Melissa Etheridge and her fellow gays by saying "I'm organizing this, blah blah blah"

and then the following week, trying to KISS ASS to black evangelicals, 70% of whom oppose homosexuals' rights, by OPENING HIS TOUR WITH A HATER!

Get over yourself, Zhonni! I thought black people were supposed to be ACCEPTING of equal rights!!! Isn't that why we let you people vote?

[See...isn't that totally offensive?]

Now maybe you might know how it feels.
Do we all have to watch "Roots" again on TV, followed by "The Bird Cage"?

[Legaldiva]

10:53 PM on 10/24/2007

Who is “we” and who is “you people?”

[Chocolate2008]

03:28 AM on 10/25/2007

GIVE ME A FRIGGEN BREAK !!!

ALL OF THIS OBAMA SLANDER IS ORCHESTRATED AND IT'S WAY BEYOND OBVIOUS!!!

FROM UNCLE TOMS TO "ANONYMOUS" HIT JOB ARTISTS, THE BOMBARDMENT OF HUFFINGTON POST WITH MASSIVE ANTI-BARACK OBAMA POSTS , IS BEING DONE DELIBERATELY!!!.

TELL ME, HOW MANY $100.00 BILLS DID HILLARY STICK IN YOU PEOPLES G-STRAPS TO WRITE THIS GARBAGE?

GO AHEAD, BAN ME.

I'LL JUST COME BACK ANYWAY!

[starrianna]

03:37 AM on 10/25/2007

Jesus Christ,

and this is coming from "Chocolate2008"???

Do you think he has an agenda?

Do you think he's interested in say,
ANY
other topics on this site?

[rubyred20]

10:01 PM on 10/24/2007

If the gays don't like it,don't vote for Obama.I'm still voting for him,I have enough common sense to know that just because McClurkin has those views doesn't mean Obama share those views.And besides are you people that stupid, everyone is not going to share your views on everything.We are entitled to our own thoughts and opinions.And if the gays think that anyone of these candidates are going to pass gay marriage then they can think again.So I guess some of the gays won't be voting for anybody.

[Legaldiva]

10:12 PM on 10/24/2007

Refreshing. Point well made.

[starrianna]

10:22 PM on 10/24/2007

Wow. That's BRILLIANT!

You should be my campaign manager...let's run for Mayor of Idiotville. We can run a nice, "positive" campaign for "change". We will make sure we say we don't share our partners' views.

Guest Speakers:

*** HITLER'S grandkids
*** Larry Craig
*** Ann Coulter
*** Osama Bin Laden
*** Paris Hilton

We'll say it's OK because they'll open by singing a big musical number about Jesus!

Vote for Idiocy. Obama '08

[JohnJames]

10:42 PM on 10/24/2007

"If gays don't like it" - No need to read further, you know it's a bigot.

[starrianna]

09:57 PM on 10/24/2007

***********************************
GLENN GREENWALD, SALON.COM:
***********************************

"The decision by the Obama campaign to issue a mealy-mouthed statement condemning the singer's views -- but leaving McClurkin as part of the tour -- only revealed how fine a line the presidential candidate is walking between his LGBT supporters and the black religious voters he covets."

"My guess is that the political cost of throwing the LGBT community on the bus was considered a fair price to pay to pick up some votes in the Palmetto State -- the gamble being it would be far less likely to rise to a significant level of controversy in the mainstream media."

[disgusted48]

09:24 PM on 10/24/2007

There are way too many hateful, sick and vulgar people commenting on this blog. It's really gone too far. HP needs do something before this tool turns into something worse than useless.

[starrianna]

09:35 PM on 10/24/2007

I know. We need to crack down like in RUSSIA!

What are we, Americans? We should all report the evildoers and throw them into secret prison!

P.S. Your mother is a Communist!

[starrianna]

09:35 PM on 10/24/2007

P.P.S. It's called "provoking debate"

slash, "free speech"

either you are with us, or you are against us.

[Rivcuban]

09:19 PM on 10/24/2007

McClurkin was born and raised in Amityville, New York. When he was eight years old, tragedy struck: his two-year-old brother was hit and killed by a speeding driver. The night of the funeral, McClurkin was raped by his uncle.

The family became filled with domestic violence and drug abuse, and at the age of eight, and again at thirteen, McClurkin was sexually abused, the second time by his cousin, his uncle's son.

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Unfortunately, McClurkin is unfairly blaming his horrible past on gays and not on pedophiles (which just like his uncle are nearly ALL heterosexual). What a shame.

[klmebane]

02:11 AM on 10/25/2007

Rivcuban said: Unfortunately, McClurkin is unfairly blaming his horrible past on gays and not on pedophiles (which just like his uncle are nearly ALL heterosexual). What a shame.


finally, someone had the common sense to say this!