Mika: We Whites Shouldn't Judge . . . White Preacher?

NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Mika Brzezinski realizes that the latest looniness emanating from Barack Obama's church poses political problems for the presidential candidate. But as a person of pallor, the ever-so-PC Morning Joe-er doesn't want to judge a black church—even when the most recent rantings come from the mouth of . . . a white preacher.

Morning Joe opened today with a clip of Father Michael Pfleger guest-preaching this past Sunday at Obama's Trinity United Church of Christ. Pfleger, a fixture on the radical Chicago scene whose endorsement of Obama until recently appeared on the official campaign website, mocked Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire tears as a sign of her frustrated sense of white entitlement. The screencap shows Pfleger making like Hillary wiping away those tears.

View video here.

But while acknowledging the headache Pfleger poses for Obama, Mika was oh-so-loath to comment on the substance or tone of the remarks themselves. Excerpts from her discussion with Tucker Carlson, Mike Barnicle and Willie Geist:

[dfwgator]

Another reason why churches need to stay the hell out of politics, be it from the left or the right.

[McGruff]

The good things about Mika's opinions are that they are totally out of touch with most of main stream America's. Scarborough on the other hand seems to sense the pulse of Joe six pack. Maybe because he is one. LOL

[GatorGirl]

Hello, why doesn’t the IRS revoke this “church’s” tax exempt status. Clearly it is a political, not religious institution!!!

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

She’s good for mewling “Oh stop!” and “Oh please!” Passive aggressive, hypercritical as only the incurably ignorant can be. Even Barbie in math class has a larger repertoire.

[SumProVita]

Thanks ;-)

I found the same info on the Chicago Diocesan website. I’d prefer an email, but I may end up going with the phone call. As a practicing Catholic, I am appalled at the activity of this priest. I’ve known about him for some time but finally have decided that I must share my concern with the Archbishop and then pray that he does what is necessary.

[dfwgator]

She only has her career because of her dad.

[SumProVita]

“His continuing status is another black eye for my church.”

It CERTAINLY is...but perhaps, if enough of us pray and share our concern with the Archbishop, something positive will finally come of all of this.

[jaydubya2]

Isn’t his church the same one that allowed the Illegal to camp out there and evade deportion?

[Dr. Ursus]

Okay, I chose the Bic as being brighter and smarter.

[Bahbah]

She’s good for mewling “Oh stop!” and “Oh please!” Passive aggressive, hypercritical as only the incurably ignorant can be. Even Barbie in math class has a larger repertoire.

LOL. Well said. It's why I call her Squeaka. Oh, you forgot "Wow" which is another one of her favorites.

[massgopguy]

Mika, here’s a dollar.

[SumProVita]

I don’t know, but it should be fairly easy to find out.

[yankeedame]

His apology is phony and now Obama's campaign can come out this weekend and say: "He said he was sorry. Game over!"

...adding sternly, "Or are you a racist?"

[McGruff]

Woow! LOL

[HawaiianGecko]

"Hello, why doesn’t the IRS revoke this “church’s” tax exempt status. Clearly it is a political, not religious institution!!!"

You have a very good point and they should have revoked it years ago in my humble opinion. No one says a church can't be political, and no rights would be trounced upon if they did it. It's just simply the law that a church cannot have tax exempt status if they choose to be political. The problem with revoking it now is the political storm it would create. 

I personally don't have any problem with left wing kooks preaching falsehoods and foolishness to a crowd of thousands of other left wing idiots.  The further from reality these people are, they become less of a serious threat to society.  Sure a mentally challenged person (to use the PC term) can cause havoc, but on the whole these people don't pose a full time or genuine threat to us.

 

[HawaiianGecko]

...adding sternly, "Or are you a racist?"   AMEN to that!

 

[seoul62]

If Cardinal George does not have the will to put this priest in line, why can’t Rome put him in line? I mean they can issue a decree of excommunication as it relates to ordaining women priests but stays silent many important matters, why??????/Just Asking - seoul62........

[ShandaLear]

It apears Obama has chosen for himself, “An Inconvenient Church.” LOL!

I say let them keep on talking all the way to the first Tuesday in November. This priest’s rhetoric is some of the most childish I’ve ever seen.

[RonF]

A few years ago this priest was told by his Bishop that he was being reassigned from his then- and now-current parish to another one. Mind you, this was presented by the Diocese of Chicago as a routine matter. Priests are reassigned every so often, they keep them moving around. But this priest’s parish is a black parish, and he has spent a lot of time being an advocate for them.

This priest raised a huge stink and encouraged his parish to do the same. He implied that doing this would strike a blow against his parish, and that racism might be involved. It was front-page stuff, complete with a picture taken of him in his church - a close-up of his head from a low angle in such a fashion that the crucifix appeared over his right shoulder. I thought it in poor taste. I thought that he showed a lack of recognition of authority, an authority he after all swore to obey in his ordination.

Later on he got involved in a controversy. A school in his parish joined an interscholastic athletic conference whose other members were suburban. The suburbanites asked the school to put on extra security during home games at that school. Seems that there had been some trouble in the area, including a murder about a mile away. Well, this priest accused them of racism and just took off on them. He apparently wound it up by referring to one young girl saying “How can I tell her she lives in a bad neighborhood?” and bursting into tears.

My reaction was, “You don’t have to tell her. She already knows.” Now, I can see that there might be a cause for miscommunication here. In the city, where you can get your paper on the corner and milk and bread and convenience items a block or so away and where your kids may walk 4 blocks to school, a mile or mile and a half is another neighborhood and another world. In the suburbs, where you have to drive a mile to pick up the paper and your kid goes to a school 2 or 4 miles away, something that happens within a mile of your house is in your neighborhood. If a murder happened within a mile of the school they’d close it at least for the day, and some parents would keep their kids home for a while. So I can see where city and suburban residents would have differing perspectives on this.

This priest then wanted to insist that if the city school had to put on extra security during games, so should the suburban schools. The surburanites thought that made no sense, since they had no security problems and didn’t anticipate any. But this priest held that equality and making the city kids feel better demanded it. I don’t know where it was left, but this guy seems like a fool to me.

[The South Texan]

Mika gives dumb blondes a bad name.

What do they put in the water coolers at the Rock in NYC? Remind me the next time I'm in NYC not to stop by the Rock for a drink of water.