THIS is our President!!  

Very well said. I think you hit the nail on the head. I to question how somebody who studied the Constitution could dome to these conclusions. I have gone back and reread it wondering what I keep missing. His wife has clearly "never been proud of America" before. From middle school civics class I have been proud. I have been proud of our Republic, our flag, our Constitution, our forefathers and specifically our military. The fact alone that we have a voluntary military and still the mightiest should be a clue. The rights and privileges that we enjoy everyday are the direct result of the Constitution. If we are such a bad country, why are people risking life and limb to get in?

America is no longer just a Christian nation. This country is made up of people of many different races, creeds and religions. It is arrogant to assume such. If Obama had been Muslim, how would that have made him unqualified for office? And what does religion have to do with politics anyway? We are supposed to have "separation of church and state" remember? The Federalist Papers were written during a time when Slavery was rampant in America so does that mean we should re-institute that as well? I love hearing this rhetoric about Islam as well, it only further shows so many people's ignorance about an entire religion.

You give examples of groups of people here in the US (Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese) and use them in the same context as a religion. How can you classify people by race AND religion. This is not feasible as religion is not confounded to one group or race. I am sure that within these three ethnic groups alone we'd find more than one religious group. We are not a Korean nation, nor or we a Christian or Islamic nation we are America. America is made up of who knows how many races, religious groups and creeds of people. To continue labeling us as just a Christian nation is just unethical.


"Is it because there are some 2 million or more Muslims living here, trying to be good Americans? Out of a current population of over 300 million, 70 percent of whom are Christians?"

What do you mean "trying to be good Americans?" As if a Christian is the only good thing in America? With the Bible in hand the first Anglo settlers came to this country and slaughtered millions, way more than any "jihadist" (and thats not even a word), and yet we continue to stand behind the banner of Christianity? (Native Americans probably thought we were terrorists do you think?) This country needs some neutrality. Religion and politics do not mix.


You quote from the Quraan as well. I commend you on your knowledge of Quraanic verse but you do know when then Quraan was written they were not speaking of America right? This book was written long before America even existed so how do we equate Islamic verses as an attack on America? Yes there are those who, under the banner of Islam commit dreadful acts but we have nuts like that in every religion. Religion does not make one a terrorist. Lets us also remember when the Revolutionary War was going on, American settlers were considered "terrorists" as well.


Your view of a Muslim America is also inaccurate. In Iran and countries in the Middle East, they have yet to adopt to our western culture and because of that how can we judge their beliefs to be wrong? Maybe we're wrong, ever think of that? Of course you didn't because we're Americans and we are always right. Everyone should take an example from us and try to live like us because we are the greatest country in the world right? That is called arrogance. American has been arrogant with this attitude just as you have. And we can no longer be a "Christian" nation and represent this country accurately. I would love to see Obama's statement in it's entirety and see what context it was used in.


"..not just a few military officials trying their best to keep more Americans from being murdered by jihadists"

I am more worried about our own government after they sold us that fallacy on 9/11. Let us not forget the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments in the 30's through 70's. Our governments foreign policies have been "murderously meddlesome" to say the least. This is the same country that allowed scientists to produce the AIDS virus as a biological weapon in 1969. Yes we are Americans but this country is not innocent. I bet they talk about us In the Middle East like we are the Terrorists. how can we label any one terrorists when we have nuclear missiles ready to strike? We have long been arrogant, and we as citizens have long been fooled by our own governing parties.

Bottom line I understand what you are saying but you have taken offense at this man for saying these things for what reason? To defend your religion? And again I say what does religion have to do with politics? "In your studies, you surely must have read the decision of the Supreme Court in 1892: "Our lives and our institutions must necessarily be based upon and embody the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it should be otherwise; and in this sense and to this extent our civilization and our institutions are emphatically Christian."


Well that is downright unconstitutional,unethical and prejudiced, and if we are going to live by the law of of the 1800's how are we going to judge persons in the Middle East for staying true to their customs? I don't know of the numbers of Muslim in the US but Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, largest as well. Seeing as we moving into this "New World Order" we better get with the program then I guess..

I think a lot of people have taken this country for granted for too long. 9/11 woke us up a bit but then we slipped back into comfortable complacency, taking our freedom for granted and expecting it, not appreciating it. This country is the greatest on earth! This administration is awakening us once again and we won't go back to sleep this time. At least I hope we won't.

He thinks he the president of America, and he's got things right. It's not his fault if some Americans refuse to see things for the way they are.

We aren't a Christian nation.

America, or rather, Americans have been arrogant.

America DIDN'T live up to her ideals after 9-11.

We do have more Muslims than a lot of other countries. Oh, and the correct quote is:"And one of the points I want to make is, is that if you actually took the number of Muslims Americans, we’d be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world. "


I think Mr. Boone needs to drop the unwarranted righteous indignation schtick and check his facts.

No way,

How can he say something like when they're are so many Christians in the US. this isn't good at all you know. i remember him saying an Islamic greeting when he went to egypt.

I don't know what's up with his mind. for me, he's still taking a great risk in trying to meddle with the extremist accepting them with open arms. . It won't be good for the entire western community you know since US has the largest influence through out the world.

Oh my I didnt know you did this one I also posted just a mininut ago.
Well Dont know now how to take mine off. and good minds think alot huh?

Reading this and then some of the responses by social liberals brought tears to my eyes. The president without a country has followers without a country, too. They don't know what they are missing... America was and is great and will continue to be until/unless these people destroy her, which they seem to be trying to do.

Eh I think you need to get over it, he is a better pres than a lot we have had. We are arrogant, we did some stupid crap after 9/11, we are not a Christian nation (and technically never have been), in a way we are partly a Muslim nation (oh and I think if you consider the context of that statement it doesn't seem negative as he said in response to a question saying that Muslims are persecuted unfairly in the US. He said that we could be a Muslim nation as well as Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, or many other religions. Of course I paraphrased that.) I love America, it is the greatest nation in the world, and I believe in the ideals that this country was founded on not the convoluted interpretations of those ideals that it has become. And because of that I will not persecute you on your speech even though I think you might have bought into some propaganda that you read/heard and are not fully informed because that is what propaganda spinners do, they show you information leaving out certain points in order to create the feeling in you they want.

Consider these headlines.

"Three children die at St. Mercy's Hospital."
That is a catchy headline and almost anyone will read that article but what if when you read that article you find out it was at a kids hospital that saves thousands of children per year and that the three kids that died passed away because of cancer. It is a tragic story where the headline is meant to make you read the article and the article is meant to cause you to donate to the hospital so it can continue to do good work. If you can see what I mean here though is that if you only read the article you will have a negative feeling towards St. Mercy's now. Spin is a nice term for hustling, and trust me no one likes to be hustled but if you call it spin they just get mildly upset it, you know creates a nicer images if ya get my meaning :)

First I'd like to point out that in the article to which you linked it states that Snopes.com could not find any reference to th President sayingm "You might say that America is a Muslim nation."

It contains the following:

...Possibly this quote is a rewording of a statement President Obama made in the course of a radio interview before departing for Egypt:
"And one of the points I want to make is, is that if you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world," Mr. Obama said. "And so there's got to be a better dialogue and a better understanding between the two peoples."

As for the other quotes Pat Boone listed, I say the following:

"We're no longer a Christian nation."
Sorry, but he's right! That doesn't mean he has anything "against" Christians, he's one himself. I really don't care if anyone believes this or doesn't because it's irrelevant because our President represents all of us regardless of our religious faith or lack thereof.

"America has been arrogant."
Can anyone REALLY deny that?

"After 9/11, America didn't always live up to her ideals."
Again, can anyone deny THAT? The rights of United States citizens who had done nothing wrong were violated and are still being violated.

I don't think Pat Boone has really been taken very seriously for a long time. He's become almost like a TV evangelist in the Pat Robertson sense. He certainly has every right to speak and write his opinion but I sure don't consider him a credible source. It seems that the main theme of his essay is based on the bogus remark attributed to President Obama. Obviously, we're NOT going to become a Muslim nation anymore than we're going to become a Christian (Catholic or Protestant and which denomination?) nation, a Jewish nation or any other religion.

You're right, this IS our President for at least three more years! The people of these United States elected him and it doesn't really matter at this point who thinks people voted for him for the "wrong reasons". Those of you who disapprove of him now, whether you voted for him last November or not and whether your disapprove is mild to moderate and policy based or it's pure hatred aren't evil, stupid, crazy or whatever anymore than those of us who do approve, from mild approval all the way up to thinking he can do no wrong are.

Me? I voted for a human being, not a saint and not some magical creature I thought would solve all of our problems with the wave of a wand. The fact that I haven't given up on him doing some good for this country doesn't make me some kind of a "loon" and I'm offended by anyone who calls me names like that. I've voted in every Presidential election since 1972 and this one is no different from any of the others in which "my" candidate won. The only "unique" things about this past election and this President are that he's the first African-American, which is totally besides the point to me, and he's the first to be younger than me, something which I knew would have to happen sooner or later!

Annie

I think finally a President who dared to fight out the secrets of America. Well a great country always have great secrets. You cant blame anybody but the trend may have just stopped. I think you have a great President after all. I think he just mean that if we keep following them then we are more like them. Barrack always wanted to change America. Maybe those words are his first steps. I really wonder if that is good in the economy but he must have any idea to sway the flow. Or America will be down. Which i think he will not do so.