The main stream media will attempt to gloss over the crazy rhetoric delivered by Trinity Church speaker and Catholic Priest, Father Michael L. Pfleger directed at Hillary Clinton this weekend, but it can’t be good for the rookie senator from Illinois to have to issue yet another public statement of disappointment over sermons delivered from his chosen house of worship for over twenty years, Trinity Church in Chicago. Obama today issued the following statement stating his disappointment:
As I have traveled this country, I’ve been impressed not by what divides us, but by all that that unites us. That is why I am 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.
We’ll we are starting to get the idea of how Team Obama will spin the mean spirited “preaching” from Pfleger. Didn’t this happen before with another important figure in Obama’s spiritual life? It’s a pattern for sure, and it will have ramifications for the rookie senator with voters concerned about Obama’s judgment over the associations that he has chosen to develop from Wright to Ayers to now Pfleger. And those are reasonable concerns to have over such an inexperienced politician.
In his politicized sermon, Father Pfleger uses his position as a priest to publicly accuse Senator Clinton of felling entitled to the nomination because she is white and influential. How does this possibly speak to the Gospel of Christ and why would Pfleger feel so comfortable in coming into Trinity Church to deliver this type of racial and political smear attack? Could it be that Pfleger has witnessed this type of message delivered at Trinity before?
I’m not sure, but watch for yourself and ask yourself the following: why does Pfleger appear so incredibly comfortable delivering this smear attack and also why is it so well received by the congregation in attendance?
Michelle Malkin has coverage that includes the endorsement from Pfleger that Team Obama has removed from Obama’s campaign site. She has also transcribed Pfleger’s pathetic sermonizing. (Here is the cached version.) Here is the Pfleger endorsement of Obama that has been removed:
Father Michael Pfleger
Senior Pastor, St. Sabina Church, Chicago, IL
I’m concerned by issues of poverty and issues of justice and equal access and opportunity especially when dealing with children and education and healthcare. Also, the war in Iraq is non-negotiable: end it! The faith community has to be a prophetic voice to bring us to where we ought to be as a country. Its voice should call every individual to be their best and not assimilate into anything less. Obama is calling back those who have given up and lost hope in the political system both young and old in the belief that we can fix it. He has the intellect for the job and I haven’t heard anyone since Robert F. Kennedy who is causing such an emotional and spiritual awakening to the political possibilities.
Why would Obama’s campaign staff feel compelled to remove the Pfleger’s endorsement over the “disappointing” comments? To me it would seem to indicate that Obama’s campaign is painfully aware of the real damage caused by Obama’s close personal relationships with the likes of Wright, Pfleger, and Ayers. While the rhetoric of these associations speak loudly, the actions of Obama’s campaign team speak even louder.
They are in emergency mode. They know that voters can tell the difference between the controversial endorsements that Senator McCain has recently denounced and those received by Obama from individuals with whom Obama has developed long and standing relationships. The relationships were good for Obama when they were helping get into Chicago politics as an outsider, but now Obama is reaping what he sowed to rise to the top.
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