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Report: Reverend Who Said All Whites Are Going to Hell Will Be at Obama’s Election-Night Party

Nov. 6, 2012 1:29pm Billy Hallowell

The Rev. Joseph Lowery’s proclamation — that all white people are hell-bound — apparently isn’t controversial enough for President Barack Obama to distance himself from the faith leader. Just days after the Monroe County Reporter highlighted the 91-year-old preacher’s alleged race-based proclamation (one that the preacher has since dismissed as a mere joke), Lowery will reportedly spend time with the Obama family on election night.

The Georgia Tipsheet has more the civil rights leader’s election-night plans:

…the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Tuesday morning that Lowery, who was among the president’s earliest supporters in the state and delivered the benediction at his 2009 inauguration, would be at the Obama campaign’s election night party in Chicago. A campaign spokeswoman did not respond to a request for confirmation by Tipsheet, however.

Lowery has since clarified that his remarks were intended as a joke–one, he said, he’s told a “million” times previously–even as the small-town journalist who first reported them denies that characterization.

Report: Rev. Joseph Lowery Will Be at Obamas Election Night Party

Civil rights icon the Rev. Joseph Lowery delivers the keynote address at Clark Atlanta University’s fall convocation Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, in Atlanta. Lowery urged young people to vote at the event where a voter registration march was planned but cancelled because of the weather. Credit: AP

Lowery, who founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., made the controversial statement about whites and hell during a recent rally at St. James Baptist Church in Forsyth, Georgia. While he said he initially believed as a young militant that Caucasians were hell-bound, he said that this view eventually tempered — but that he now, once again, embraces this notion.

As TheBlaze’s Madeleine Morgenstern reported, The Reporter paraphrased Lowery’s comments and did not provide a direct quote relating to those remarks. Also, it appeared as though he was using hyperbole to make his point, not stating a factual theological conclusion.

The Rev. Joseph Lowery speaks during a press conference with a coalition of civil rights and attorneys groups saying African-American judges are disappearing from the bench in one of Georgia’s most heavily-populated black counties and being replaced by white appointees Thursday, May 24, 2012, in Atlanta. Credit: AP

However, his comments about whites — statements he now claims were said in a joking manner — weren’t the extent of his controversial commentary.

“I don’t know what kind of a n—er wouldn’t vote with a black man running,” Lowery reportedly said. “All that he did with the stimulus was genius. Nobody intelligent would risk this country with Romney.”

The famed preacher later told The Daily Caller that he doesn’t recall uttering these latter quotes.

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Report: Reverend Who Gave Benediction at Obama’s Inauguration Says He Thinks All Whites Are Going to Hell

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Comments (101)

ENIGMA28724
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 2:11pm
If we all whites do go to hell, I’m satisfied we’ll have plenty of company from the opposite race. I don’t understand how someone who claims to be Christian could make such a general statement about whites, but then I don’t understand where black liberation theology comes from. I’ve seen no passages in the Bible to support it.

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- merik59
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 2:24pm
  I don’t believe he’s a Christian for one minute.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 2:46pm
  ENIG: I think black liberation ” theology ” is a lie. It is NOT theology. It is a political movement, not a religious one. Sort of like the Muslim militants use Islam to achieve their political goals. All material. Not spiritual.
  
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rohelio
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 2:08pm
This man is going to stand before God and be judged harshly for his sowing of discord among brethren. They should defrock him. I suspect God only allows him to live because He doesn’t want him to go to hell. This man is a false teacher and needs Christ as His personal Lord and Savior.

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- Taquoshi
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 4:20pm
  I tremble for him because he’ll be accountable for all those he knowingly led astray.
  
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matinva
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 2:07pm
Somebody send this clown a box of Kleenex. It’s gonna be cryin’ time tonight.

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- johnpaulkuchtajr
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 2:40pm
  Come on Mat!
  
  You know that here in VAHGINYA, a gentleman doesn’t wear his victories or his defeats on his sleeve!
  
  Be discreet when you see Obama being arrested, tried for treason, convicted and executed for what he did to those four heroes. Downplay the glee and keep on truckin’.
  
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scdave
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 1:59pm
Transparent, just like he promised.

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- Maji
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 2:06pm
  I forgive him for supporting the “Devil”!
  
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- poorrichard09
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 2:06pm
  The Reverend is going to give the eulogy for the death of 0bozos presidency! :-D
  
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Cashpipe
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 1:59pm
And that explains Mayor Marion “Crackhead” Barry. Thinking for yourself is hard.

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carbonated
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 1:57pm
“I don’t know what kind of a n—er wouldn’t vote with a black man running,”
Martin Luther King, Jr. wouldn’t – he’d look at the man’s character instead of something as superficial as their skin color.

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- formerlyFreedomOverFear
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 2:26pm
  I wonder if people will still look up to Martin Luther King Jr. when the rest of the FBI’s surveillance they conducted on Mr. King is released in 2027. From what is already in the public domain has shown he liked young women and cocaine, but that he did feel guilty and realized he was sinning.
  
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doomytram
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 1:56pm
That Shiet pants Racist looks like a 90 year old Drunk Rangel.

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Slammo
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 1:55pm
I just have to say, If you preach politics from the pulpit, your church should lose it’s tax exempt status. That goes for both parties.

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The-Monk
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 1:55pm
“Obama’s Election-Night Party” ?????

Shouldn’t that be, “Obama’s Rejection-Night Party” ?

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- Gonzo
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 4:32pm
  Maybe Jesus should ask the good reverend if he’ll allow Jews in his segregated heaven.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 4:43pm
  Hi Gonzo,
  
  Most likely only if they’re black.
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 1:53pm
At least Obama will have someone to help his grief over losing, losing, losing, and losing badly.

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FEMALL
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 1:50pm
Happy Liberation Day, Reverend. Enjoy your Black Panther Party this evening.

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Watermain
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 1:48pm
Ooh, ooh, I know rev., a smart one.

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Cabo King
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 1:48pm
Unreal!!!!!! one S.F.N.

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LeadNotFollow
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 1:48pm
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Racist, hate-filled, old fool.

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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 1:46pm
Does it even matter anymore? I mean really, dude (Obama) flaunts it in front of the nation. His nazi wife is a hot mess his past is littered with radicals and revolutionaries. He just laughs at all of us. NOBODY CARES!!!! The media sure doesn’t. Average Americans sure don’t. Is there anyone that he couldn’t invite? Seriously. If he invited Chavez, Castro, and Kim Jong Un would it make a difference? The media wouldn’t cover it and people would go on about their lives. That this election is this close should tell you all something about the former Republic in which you live.

There isn’t anything left. Most Americans are thoughtless trolls failed by the education system into mindless consumerism and nanny state fandom. The rest of us are left to watch the destruction and prepare to resist subjugation.

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- steve61lindsey
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 1:56pm
  America has become Amerika. The mental disorder known as liberalism and progressivism did what the USSR, Hitler, and Japan could not do.
  
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- formerlyFreedomOverFear
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 2:29pm
  Roth
  
  Trust me average Americans care about the company Obama keeps. I own a Hydroshop in Bakersfield, CA and trust me my average customer is either a gangster or a hippy and even they hate Obama. Hate for Obama is ubiquitous in America today, and this fact will be illustrated tonight. Go Vote B1tch3s.
  
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LeadNotFollow
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 1:46pm
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Our Traitor-In-Chief just flaunts his agenda right in the face of American citizens, but yet, people still vote for him.

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TexPat
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 1:44pm
Can anyone imagine a white president doing what this half black president has done and get away with it? He has set race relations back 500 years.

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- drs1969
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 2:37pm
  He’s pulled the scales off of ‘brainwashed’ YT’s eyes. If you live around blacks any length of time, you know they think this way. I dealt with it back in the late 70′s. Nothing’s changed, except a lot of smart, older whites have been replaced by a bunch of dumbed-down, brainwashed whites. My version of hell existed when I lived around N199ers like this.
  
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- formerlyFreedomOverFear
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 2:40pm
  TexPat
  
  I’ll quit being facetious to make this one point. I grew up in an area where I was the only white kid and one thing it’s taught me is that white people are by far the least racist of the races. I believe it’s good that Obama is president for the one fact that he’s opened up white American’s eyes to the fact that most racism comes from the minorities. Think about this Norteano’s (Northerners if you call them “Bustas” they get pissed) and Sureno’s (Southerners if you call them “Scraps” they get pissed) two hispanic gangs. The Norteno’s consider themselves to be Americanized while the Sureano’s consider themselves Mexican. That’s what’s driving the Hispanic gangs here in CA pure and simple, xenophobia. It has nothing to do with drugs because if it did then white people would make gangs to sell their drugs, but white people don’t do that they just sell their drugs and lay low.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 2:50pm
  Formerly: Me. I lookin’ to get me an Irish-American…
  
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RightUnite
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 1:43pm
Silly old dementia riddled black fool.

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Dismayed Veteran
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 1:43pm
Discard to the trashbin of history.

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wvernon1981
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 1:43pm
Nothing new. Excluding the seeming racism, Christians say crap like that all the time.

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- The_Cabrito_Goat
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 2:46pm
  Galatians 3:28
  
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momrules
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 1:41pm
This is the only kind of *Christian* that Obama loves. He would run from a real Christian minister like a vampire runs from sunlight.

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- momrules
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 3:58pm
  I love the way you think and the way you write. Yes, I did very much appreciate that. I pray God is still willing to give us one last chance today John. I hope America hasn’t fallen so far down into the abyss that He will finally withdraw His hand of protection.
  
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- momrules
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 6:31pm
  Well John your comment was yanked for some reason. I wonder why.
  
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sdrider
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 1:40pm
Of course he will. Just another hate-filled black man with an axe to grind. Will this plantation mentality ever go away?

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IAMMADDOG
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 1:37pm
Too bad they’ll all be crying.

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QuincySmith
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 1:37pm
Is he an angry black man?

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- merik59
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 2:29pm
  Aren’t they all?
  
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- Doundaschittah
  Posted on November 7, 2012 at 4:24am
  There are more chips on black shoulders than at McDonalds. Like Muslims they seem come into this world with a permanent sense of outrage, which is nurtured through childhood and beyond by those that would blame others for their every (usually) self-inflicted misfortune. Someone should be teaching these petulent blacks who cry racism at every opportunity, that they are the masters of their own ships and that responsibility is not a dirty word.
  
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toiletclogga
Posted on November 6, 2012 at 1:36pm
Where the white women?

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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 6, 2012 at 1:56pm
  Blazing Saddles???? LOL
  
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