Has Father Michael Pfleger, Catholic priest and pastor of Saint Sabina Catholic Church in Chicago, succeeded in outdoing Rev. Jeremiah Wright in generating controversy?
Pfleger, the outspoken activist pastor of St. Sabina in Auburn-Gresham, spoke at Trinity last Sunday night, and his videotaped comments about Clinton started to ricochet around the Internet. Introduced by Wright’s successor, the Rev. Otis Moss III, Pfleger starts talking of the need to expose ”white entitlement and supremacy wherever it raises its head” in the the clip on YouTube.
Pfleger continues, referring to Clinton’s tearing up just before the New Hampshire primary — which may have helped her win.
”Rev. Moss, when Hillary was crying, and people said that was put on, I really don’t believe it was put on,” Pfleger says from the pulpit. ”I really believe that she just always thought, ‘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!’ ”
Pfleger then pretended to wipe tears from his eyes. “She wasn’t the only one crying, there was a whole lot of white people crying.”
As he wrapped up, Pfleger must have sensed he went too far. ”Sorry . . . don’t want to get you into any more trouble,” he said, a reference to the controversial Wright, whom Obama cut ties with April 30, following what he called Wright’s ”rants” during a press conference at the National Press Club here. Moss, back on the pulpit, said, “We thank God for the message and we thank God for the messenger.”
Source: Pfleger warned about pulpit politics. Pfleger stepped down from “Catholics for Obama.”
Here is the controversial video of Rev. Michael Pfleger’s “white entitlement” and “white supremacy” remarks.
” Obama’s Church: Why Hillary Cried - Father Michael Pfleger”
He could have avoided much of the controversy by sticking to the “Clinton entitlement” for which there is plenty of evidence, such as Hillary Clinton’s “Why I Continue to Run” editorial in the New York Daily News or Hillary Clinton’s controversial Robert F. Kennedy assassination comments.
Call it “entitlement” with or without adjectives, Clinton has made it clear that she is not quitting. Nor will pundits, politicians or preachers cease to interpret her motives. See the LA Times story: Clinton faces new pressure on 2 fronts.
Barack Obama has apologized. (He must wonder sometimes if he is running for President or just on a long apology tour.) In turn, The Rev. Michael Pfleger also apologized.
Obama, in a statement, said, ”As I have traveled this country, I’ve been impressed not by what divides us, but by all 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.”
Pfleger, a passionate advocate for the down-and-out, immediately issued an apology: ”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.”
Source: Pfleger warned about pulpit politics. Pfleger stepped down from “Catholics for Obama.”
See also:
- Another pastor complicates Obama’s campaign
- Priest and Obama Ally Mocks Clinton’s Tears from Obama’s Church’s Pulpit
- He’s baaaack: Obama supporter Rev. Michael Pfleger flogs Hillary’s “white entitlement” on the pulpit
- Another overwrought attack from the Clinton campaign
And the beat goes on, another day in the neverending (but should have ended) Democratic Presidential primary campaign.
See also related posts:
- Video: Rev. Jeremiah Wright at the National Press Club 4/28/08
- Obama Denounces Wright: Video of Entire Press Conference - 4/29/08
- Video: Jeremiah Wright’s Explosive, NSFW Sermons
- With Preachers like These Who Needs Mashups?
Rev. Michael Pfleger and the Hillary Clinton “Entitlement” (Video)
Why all this fuss about what father Michael said? Every single word he uttered is the truth. Is it true that she iniatially expected to be favourite. Is she white or not? Is she Bill’s wife or not ? Did she cry or not ? Is n’t it true that she cannot grasp the fact that a black man is about to be nominated as the democrats’s candidate or not? People like Father Michael tend to call a stone a stone.
I think people need to develop a thicker skin. I thought Pastor Pfleger’s comments were very funny. Compared to some of the racial jokes I’ve heard white folks use in my fifty years on this planet, Pfleger’s comments were mild as spring rain. What’s all the fuss about?
[…] Rev. Michael Pfleger and the Hillary Clinton “Entitlement” (Video) […]
He should not be condemned for saying exactly what Rush Limbaugh and others have been saying in talk radio. We all know Hillary Clinton just knew she was going to be president. In interviews she has said that she and Bill had this scheme worked out decades ago. The fact that she is losing to a political newcomer rather than a veteran probably makes it even more shocking to them.
Rev. Pfleger, if he was speaking the Truth from the pulpit, should not have apologized to Senators Clinton or Obama. If he was not speaking the Truth, then he should not have spoken the false. One only apologizes for speaking what is false. So Rev. Pfleger false speech is not a sermon, but just political hyperbole.
He should not have been invited to speak at the Trinity Church by the Reverend Otis Moss. By inviting Rev. Pfleger it appears that Rev. Moss needed the presence of a Great White Father to bring comfort to the people of Trinity. Instead of comfort Pastor Pfleger brought to a hurting church, greater pain.
Rev. Robert Hunter