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Priest Who Mocked Clinton Again Draws Spotlight (
newsmax.com ^ | May 30, 2008 | staff

Posted on 05/31/2008 12:36:26 PM PDT by kellynla

CHICAGO -- He's a white priest at a largely black church. He's held hands with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. He's been arrested dozens of times and battled anyone he thinks has wronged his parish _ from gun dealers to a local Catholic sports league. Now the Rev. Michael Pfleger is something else: the latest thorn in the side of presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Racially charged comments Pfleger made last week mocking Obama rival Hillary Rodham Clinton _ as a guest at Obama's church, no less _ triggered a quick response from Obama, who wants nothing to do with a racial firestorm like the one generated by his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

While Pfleger is not nearly as close to Obama as Wright had been, he has donated to the candidate's state Senate and presidential campaigns and sat on a Catholics for Obama committee until a few weeks ago. When Obama was in the Illinois Legislature, he helped land more than $200,000 in state grants for outreach programs run by Pfleger's church.

Obama made it clear he wasn't happy with the comments _ in which Pfleger pretended he was Clinton crying over "a black man stealing my show" _ and said he was "deeply disappointed in Father Pfleger's divisive, backward-looking rhetoric, which doesn't reflect the country I see or the desire of people across America to come together in common cause."

Pfleger, too, issued an apology, saying he was sorry if his comments offended Clinton or anyone else. He did not return several calls for comment on Friday.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dncfalseprophets; falseprophets; obama; pfleger; politics; trinityucc; tucc
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To: kellynla

Send him to a mission in Calcutta.


21 posted on 05/31/2008 1:00:28 PM PDT by woofer2425 (You will all be using Macs within 10 years)
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To: kellynla

It is very sad to me that there are churches where the name of Jesus Christ is only mentioned on rare occasions and when it is mentioned, it is for the purpose of politicizing it. Church is supposed to be a place where God is worshipped and where the Word of God is spoken and revered. I can’t imagine attending a church where people are the focus and where hatred and bitterness are continually stirred.


22 posted on 05/31/2008 1:03:06 PM PDT by Faith
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To: Ann Archy

BTTT


23 posted on 05/31/2008 1:06:35 PM PDT by Unicorn (Too many wimps around.)
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To: kellynla
NO...NO...NO....let him KEEP TALKIN' until November!!!!!! Then pull their tax exempt status!
24 posted on 05/31/2008 1:11:49 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Liberals learning curves are pretty flat,)
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To: kellynla

One would think by now that Francis Cardinal George, after dealing with his own bladder cancer, has learned the importance and necessity of aggressively attacking a tumor.


25 posted on 05/31/2008 1:21:16 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
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To: Ann Archy

Go here to see the reply:

STATEMENT OF FRANCIS CARDINAL GEORGE, O.M.I.,
ARCHBISHOP OF CHICAGO
Friday, May 30, 2008

http://www.archdiocese-chgo.org/


26 posted on 05/31/2008 1:26:12 PM PDT by mckenzie7 (Lib NO MORE!)
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To: M203M4
Bzzzt - wrong! Obama's the victim!!! Don't believe me? Read this:

"Now the Rev. Michael Pfleger is something else: the latest thorn in the side of presidential candidate Barack Obama."

Obama was just minding his own business, harming no one, active in his work of uniting Americans and the good Reverend Pfleger just comes out of no where and attacks Obama [scratch that] Hillary . . . ah, I've lost the logic here. Nevermind, in any case, the Obamessiah is the victim and the evil doers are trying to divide the country. Dark forces of fascism and racism are attempting the prevent and distract the good Obameister from his good and nice work.

Yup, that's my story and I'm sticking to it, sayeth the High Obamedia Personhood.

27 posted on 05/31/2008 1:29:08 PM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (I'm just a typical bitter, white, heteronormative space worm clinging to guns and God.)
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To: A.A. Cunningham

“One would think by now that Francis Cardinal George, after dealing with his own bladder cancer, has learned the importance and necessity of aggressively attacking a tumor.”

Well it has become increasingly obvious to me that liberalism has infected my Church like it has the rest of society...

I just hope & pray that Pope Benedict will start “cleaning house” from top to bottom...sooner than later!

“Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink.”
P.J.O’Rourke


28 posted on 05/31/2008 1:37:15 PM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: kellynla

Keep him on a short leash. But, while he’s busy mocking Clinton and not doing anything illegal, why not just let him have at it?


29 posted on 05/31/2008 1:42:40 PM PDT by E. Cartman (Better to have your enemy before you than beside you or behind you.)
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To: pnh102

So if he had one, Phleger would divorce his wife for being a whitey lover.


30 posted on 05/31/2008 1:43:53 PM PDT by frankjr
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To: kellynla

Did you see the video of him “dancing” to some African tribal music in the processional up to the alter? LOL!! Typical White Guy! Absolutely no rhythm!


31 posted on 05/31/2008 1:47:13 PM PDT by FrdmLvr
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To: E. Cartman; Salvation; NYer; narses

“short leash?”

this guy has been the pastor of St. Sabina for TWENTY SEVEN YEARS!!!

I don’t know what he thinks he’s preaching from the pulpit but IT IS NOT THE WORD OF GOD!

This guy needs to go! AND HE NEEDS TO GO NOW!


32 posted on 05/31/2008 1:47:50 PM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: kellynla

I merely meant that there’s a certain pleasure seeing “her thighness” mocked by her friends on the left.


33 posted on 05/31/2008 1:53:42 PM PDT by E. Cartman (Better to have your enemy before you than beside you or behind you.)
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To: F15Eagle
He's held hands with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.

Do we know if they stopped at first base ?
34 posted on 05/31/2008 1:59:47 PM PDT by festus (Tagline removed.)
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To: E. Cartman

I know what you meant, it has nothing to do with you...
but being a “practicing Roman Catholic”, I am just sick & tired of apologizing for Catholic priests and this clown needs to be g...o...n...e! And this “liberal crap” that’s been going on in my Church for decades needs to be eliminated!!!

We have the Apostles Creed, the Bible, Jesus Christ & the Ten Commandments; the rest of this liberal BS needs to be flushed down the toilet!


35 posted on 05/31/2008 2:00:35 PM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: kellynla
This guy needs to go! AND HE NEEDS TO GO NOW!

Insulting the Queen has been dangerous for others.


36 posted on 05/31/2008 2:01:35 PM PDT by Bon mots
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To: frankjr
So if he had one, Phleger would divorce his wife for being a whitey lover.

He has a wife. His name is 'Little Timmy".

37 posted on 05/31/2008 2:03:07 PM PDT by Bon mots
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To: popdonnelly

Ever hear of Fr Joe Coughlin....another Chicago rabble rouser on the radio in the 40’s and 50’s


38 posted on 05/31/2008 2:09:51 PM PDT by Invictus
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To: Faith

This Chicago Black Church is a CULT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Deviants, megalomaniacs and criminals have long figured out that the easiest path to a dubious goal is to cloak the mission in religion.

History is full of these creatures posing as men of faith. Their *marks* are those poor dumb folks who “cling to religion when they are fearful”. Black and white!!!!

Obama let his real sentiments slip out - he knows how Elmer Gantrification works - he’s been on the inside of the Trinity Church hierachy for two decades.


39 posted on 05/31/2008 2:16:20 PM PDT by sodpoodle (Despair - man's surrender. Laughter - God's redemption.)
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To: kellynla
IT IS NOT THE WORD OF GOD!

I thank you for clearing that up.......next time you're on the godphone get me six good numbers for megabucks okay?

40 posted on 05/31/2008 2:16:42 PM PDT by ninonitti
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