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)

Pastor James David Manning has made headlines for his condemnation of Barack Obama as a “Mack Daddy” and his allegation that Obama’s success was due to the Obama Girl and the “54 Double D.” Now Pastor Manning, head of of ATLAH World Ministries (which has a YouTube channel) is back with more outrageous allegations. “The Trinity of Hell” is Obama, Oprah and Rev. Jeremiah Wright. “The Trinity of Hell” may sound like a movie trailer parody, but James D. Manning is serious; it’s not parody and it’s not a movie, it is a sermon.

See also

• Many Superdelegates But Only One Super Obama Girl (Videos)
• Video: With Preachers Like These, Who Needs Mashups?

Pastor Manning’s earlier “Obama is a Mac Daddy” video has a remix: “Pastor Manning - That’s What A Pimp Does”

Via: The Beltway Snark - The Hon. James David Manning Does Not Like Barack Obama

Video: Pastor James David Manning and “The Trinity of Hell”

Barack Obama’s former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. addressed the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Watch the entire speech and the Q&A session here. Freed from the strictures of sound bites and YouTube, Rev. Wright, recently retired pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago discusses Black Liberation Theology and much more, and responds to questions in an appearance sure to fuel the ongoing controversy his views and remarks have already provoked.

In a defiant appearance before the Washington media, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright said Monday that criticism surrounding his fiery sermons is an attack on the black church and rejected those who have labeled him unpatriotic.

“I served six years in the military,” Barack Obama’s longtime pastor said. “Does that make me patriotic? How many years did (Vice President Dick) Cheney serve?”

Wright spoke at the National Press Club before the Washington media and a supportive audience of black church leaders beginning a two-day symposium.

He said the black church tradition is not bombastic or controversial, but different and misunderstood by the “dominant culture” in the United States.

He said his Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago has a long history of liberating the oppressed by feeding the hungry, supporting recovery for the addicted and helping senior citizens in need. He said congregants have fought in the military, including in Afghanistan and Iraq.

“My goddaughter’s unit just arrived in Iraq this week while those who call me unpatriotic have used their positions of privilege to avoid military service while sending over 4,000 American boys and girls to die over a lie,” he said.

Wright said he hopes the controversy will have a positive outcome and spark an honest dialogue about race in America. Wright says black church traditions are still “invisible” to many Americans, as they have been throughout the country’s history.

He said he hopes “the most recent attack on the black church — it is not an attack on Jeremiah Wright — it’s an attack on the black church,” he said to applause, “just might mean that the reality of the African-American church will no longer be invisible.”

Source: Wright Says Criticism Is Attack on Black Church

The Q&A Session begins with this video