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)