[tcg]

Cardinal George also seems to have put a damper on this priests continued high profile political activity:

"Racial issues are both political and moral and are also highly charged. Words can be differently interpreted, but Fr. Pfleger's remarks about Senator Clinton are both partisan and amount to a personal attack, I regret that deeply.”

"To avoid months of turmoil in the church, Fr. Pfleger has promised me that he will not enter into campaigning, will not publicly mention any candidate by name and will abide by the discipline common to all Catholic priests."

Where this controversy goes next is anyone's guess.

[Robwin]

My guess is that the Cardinal rebuked Pfleger because he (Pfleger) is white.

[Miss Didi]

"To avoid months of turmoil in the church, Fr. Pfleger has promised me that he will not enter into campaigning, will not publicly mention any candidate by name and will abide by the discipline common to all Catholic priests."

His Eminence has not seen the parish website:

http://a.saintsabina.org/

[sappy]

Where is the IRS investigation into the 501(c)(3) status of this “church”.

[KEmom]

Obama distanced himself from Wright after Wright said Obama says things because he’s a politician. I believe he made all kinds of excuses for him when his rhetoric at the pulpit was exposed.

How are either of these men representative of God and Jesus’ message?

[dragonblustar]

"She wasn't the only one crying," he shouted as he mockingly pretended to cry, "There was a whole lot of white people crying...... "I'm white! I'm entitled! There's a black man stealing my show."

Isaiah 57:4 - Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not a brood of rebels, the offspring of liars?

[Tex Pete]

Has Obama rejected Pfleger’s endorsement?

I mean, since McCain has rejected the endorsements of two mainstream pastors that he barely knows, surely Obama will reject the endorsement of a radical pastor that he knows very well.

[NTHockey]

Can we please stop calling him “Father”? We don’t call Murtha a Marine, do we?

While some may say that “Father” is an honor, he has done everything to not honor his own position. Why should we continue to honor Mister Pfleger with a title he doesn’t care about?

[MrB]

Funny how he mentions “entitlement” “because I’m white”.

Has ANYONE, EVER met someone who thought they were entitled to something because of their skin color, that WAS white?

[MinuteGal]

Wait till you hear the lengthy scream on the tape of Fr. Pfleger's racist diatribe.

It will be added to the top three screams of all time:

1) Edvard Munch's famous painting, "The Scream"
2) Tarzan's movie scream
3) Howard Dean's political scream
4).....and now, Fr. Pfleger's primal scream in his church

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.

Leni

[Anti-Bubba182]

Kiss Me You White Devil!!

[TheThinker]

Look, a white anti-white bigot. There are plenty of those rooting for Obama.

[Miss Didi]

MORE HOLY MESS FOR OBAMA

[TC Rider]

And where was the Cardinal when Father Pfleger was calling for someone to snuff a gun shop owner?

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Both churches (Pfleger’s and Wright’s) should lose their tax exempt status immediately.

[harpo11]

Everything the good Priest said, I've heard similar versions from our own favorite conservative talk show hosts, excepting calling Clinton a racist. But, her comments recently concerning only whites who are hard working whites vote for her certainly makes her sound irritatingly snottishly smug along with her wailing about sexism, and she's got Rove's data to prove she's the best, the only one.

I'm of a mind to think what Clinton said last Friday concerning the how Robert Kennedy was killed as her reason for staying in the primary race is far more disgusting, vulgar, gruesome and shows a sinister ghoulishness that is entirely inappropriate. More so than what Father Michael Pfleger.

Sure seems like Clinton got a full pass from her comments and the Father's will be replayed incessantly by Hannity, Limbaugh and Fox News who can't wait to see her in the White House.

Frankly, I'd rather see Obama than that O'b!tch as the democrat nominee.

[sportutegrl]

My gut tells me that this is not going to help Obama pick up Hillary primary voters in the general election.

[Who is John Galt?]

'This is mine! I'm Bill's wife, I'm white, and this is mine! I just gotta get up and step into the plate....And then out of nowhere came, 'Hey, I'm Barack Obama and she said, 'Oh, damn! Where did you come from? I'm white! I'm entitled! There's a black man stealing my show!'

I would guess that's probably about right, except for the "I'm white" part. And probably instead of "black man," I would guess she said 'some no-name @sshole' - based on comments by members of the Clinton staff, regarding marginally similar circumstances, in the past...

;>)

[wilco200]

Last night on H&C, Ann Coulter referred to Pfleger as “Eminem” - after watching the video

I nearly fell off my couch laughing.

[Miss Didi]

The Panel last night:



BRIT HUME, HOST: That was Sunday's sermon at Barack Obama's Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. The minister, Michael Pfleger, a long time Catholic priest and community activist in Chicago, a member until just a few weeks ago of a group called "Catholics for Obama," an advisory board to the Obama campaign, and a man identified in a Chicago Sun-Times report four years ago as one of Barack Obama's spiritual counselors.

He has now apologized saying — excuse me — Obama has now reacted to this by saying he was, quote, "deeply disappointed in father Pfleger's divisive, backward-looking rhetoric."

And Pfleger himself has a statement out today saying "I regret the words I chose on Sunday. These words are inconsistent with Senator Obama's life and message, and I am deeply sorry if they offended Senator Clinton or anyone else who saw them."

So we appear to have a new reverend controversy swirling around the Obama campaign. Some thoughts on it now from Jeff Birnbaum, columnist for The Washington Post, Nina Easton, Washington Bureau Chief of Fortune Magazine, and the syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer, FOX News contributors all. (cont.)

'Special Report' Panel on Obama's Link to the Yet Again Controversial Trinity Church

[mrmargaritaville]

I wonder if Pfleger shares osamaobama’s views on infanticide, and what the Catholic Church is going to do about it?