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Audacity of Truth
Business as usual continues at TUCC
This time not from Obama’s “former” pastor Rev. Wright, but from a self-loathing white pastor by the name of Father Michael Pfleger, who was greeted with amens and a standing ovation from TUCC’s congregation last Sunday in a fiery diatribe on “white privilege.”
It’s hard to watch. If you couldn’t stomach viewing it, here’s a partial transcript:
From the pulpit at Trinity last Sunday Pfleger, who is white, spoke about white supremacy. His remarks were captured on video and today an except from them began to circulate online in a YouTube video (above).
“Don’t hold me responsible for what my ancestors did, but you have enjoyed the benefits of what your ancestors did,” Pfleger said in the video. “Unless you are willing to give up the benefits you must be responsible for what was done in your ancestors’ generation. We must be honest enough to expose white entitlement and supremacy wherever it raises his head…. When Hillary was crying, people said that was put on. I really don’t believe it was put on. I really believe she just always thought, ‘This is mine. I’m Bill’s wife. I’m white and this is mine! I just got to get up, and step up to the plate.’ Then out of nowhere came Barack Obama!”
Pfleger feigned tears, continuing: “‘I’m white, I’m entitled, there’s a black man stealing my show.’ She wasn’t the only one crying. There were a whole lot of white people crying…. I’m sorry, I don’t want to get you in anymore trouble.”
Bbbbut according to Barack Obama, Rev. Wright’s controversial remarks were few and far in between, just a few comments taken from over 30 years of preaching. From that, we were to gather that racism and race-baiting definitely isn’t the norm at TUCC. Right?
Wrong. It’s not just his “former” pastor, and not just “guest pastors/fathers” like Pfleger, but TUCC’s current pastor, Rev. Otis Moss, too, who looks to carry on the Wright tradition. Obama described Moss as a “wonderful young pastor” in his press conference last month officially renouncing Rev. Wright.
I suppose he’ll happen to “miss” Moss’ controversial “sermons,” too.
A commenter at the Talk Left blog astutely points out:
When the Wright controversy broke, the question that was asked was “why don’t you leave the church”, and the answer was:
1.I didn’t know
2. Wright is retiring
3. the Church isn’t really like Wright, its like that nice new pastor who is going to replace him.
now, everyone who pays attention knows that the Church was Jeremiah Wright, but the media covered it up, and the GOP was more than happy to sit on it until it made sense to exploit it.
And the person who raised the issue of what Obama’s children are being exposed to got this exactly right, because that is one very effective way of tying Obama to this kind of trash talk. He can say he disagrees with it all he likes, and most people aren’t going to believe him because this is what he has chosen for his children, i.e. that Obama wants his kids to believe that GOD thinks like these people.
Hat tip to Jim Geraghty, who also points out in his post the close ties between Obama and Pfleger.
Obama has said he is “deeply disappointed” in Pfleger’s remarks, as if to suggest he had no idea Pfleger would ever dare say such a thing. Pfleger has apologized. So I guess this means we’re all supposed to move on from this latest “distraction” to the Obama campaign, as if his pattern of poor judgment shouldn’t be an issue.
If Obama supposedly doesn’t have a clue of what’s been going on in the church he’s attended for the last 20 years, well, just how freaking clueless do you have to be to miss this stuff? Either that, or he’s personally witnessed it and is feigning ignorance. Either way it doesn’t exactly inspire even the tiniest bit of confidence of his ability to be able to be both in control and acutely aware of things as both president and CIC.
Prediction time: Who will be the first liberal to ask, “What was untruthful about what Pfleger said in his sermon?”?
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I made it one second for every kilo of my once perfect frame. Top that BBH!!!
Now scuse me whilst I don my special wrinkled face and git ma whine on…………. and go buy another keyboard. He and pelosi should get together and co-host a show in I ran. The tools could take turns in being the parasite and the puffatear masstress.
If you look up Pfleger in the turban dictionary you’ll find it between Phloem and Puke…..koeenkeedeenk! I don’t think so.
I haven’t heard anything but division come from the pulpit/stage of the Obama’s church; and he tries to portray himself as a uniter?
Personally, I think Senator Obama rarely attended his church. Has my grandmother said about Obama:
“He’s a bible reader not a faithful church go-er like myself.”
Now my grandmother says that disdainfully (she believes the faithful attend church regularly). Back to Father Michael Pfleger, if he was a MAD TV or SNL comic, that performance would be funny. BUT what is the deal with these ministers using the pulpit like this especially this day and age? I understand that the pulpit has been used to talk about social issues (especially during the civil rights movement), but Father Pfleger’s “comic sketch” in the church just is a big silly show.
Thanks ST, I heard about this issue on my way to work last night, but not the actual “sermon”, until viewing this. At first I thought, enough already, this has been played out!
It dawns on me now though, that this cat is the worst type of race hustler, more so then Jackson or Sharpton. Reason being? He, more then the others, justifies the victimization mindset! Here is a self loathing “white” preacher confirming everything the liberals have raised the black community to believe. “It’s all the privileged WHITE FOLKS FAULT”!
I would be willing to bet that this guy doesn’t even believe his own rhetoric. Just like any of the liberal politicians, playing to the audience. Essentially keeping the flock/keeping the vote.
Joe
I agree with T-Steel. BO probably only showed up in church around election time. Had to make sure he pressed some flesh and kissed some babies. So basically he used God to futher his political career. Tell me why again anyone would vote for this person?? – Lorica
Funny how all these people he has known and deeply respected for years keep coming out of left field with these previously unsuspected sentiments. Maybe Karl Rove is kidnapping all of the close influences in Obama’s life and replacing them with doubles.
Yeah, gotta be it – some sort of false flag operation. Because if these guys were always like this, then it would make Obama a liar… and that’s just not possible.
Priests and Ministers were once about saving souls, not condemning them.
The Pope should kick this ass out of the priesthood but he won’t
This jerk is another black eye for the Catholic Church
OMG!!! Pfleger has now promised never to mention any politician by name again!! Well that makes it all better. His pandering to the biasies of the crowd are now all better, because he won’t mention any more politicians. When this man goes to meet Jesus, if things don’t change in him, I would not be surprised to hear Jesus say “Away from me, I knew you not!”. – Lorica
At least Father Guido Sarducci (Don Novello’s old SNL character) was supposed to be funny.
I am seriously starting to question Obama’s “Christianity”. I’ve yet to hear any of these preachers, guest or otherwise, mention Jesus Christ in a sermon. It seems to be primarily rants about how blacks are victims and everybody owes them everything. Funny kind of a church for a guy that is not descended from slaves but seems to have had slaveholders on his mother’s side.
Tapes are now surfacing on YouTube of a sermon given at the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago (Barack Obama’s Church) by activist Roman Catholic priest, Michael Pfleger. The sermon was given on May 25, 2008. Pfleger is a controversial priest who is associated with the St Sabina Catholic Church in Chicago, a largely black congregation. (Pfleger is white.) In his sermon, Pfleger copies the oratorical style of his friend, Jeremiah Wright, alternating between using a soft, low voice then rising to a screaming crescendo. (It has to be the most ridiculous performance since Pat Boone sang “Tutti Frutti”.)
Pfleger is known as a renegade priest. He has been involved in various social movements in Chicago including work with drug users and prostitutes. However, he is not afraid to venture into political matters, making controversial statements and drawing the ire of his Bishop in the process.
In May of 2007, Pfleger appeared at a Rainbow Push protest outside Chuck’s Gun Shop, which had been identified as the source of many guns used in Chicago gang shootings. During his talk, Pfleger said (referring to the shop owner), “We’re going to find you and snuff you out like a rat. Like a rat, you can hide. But like a rat, we’re going to catch you and pull you out.”
These are the words of a Roman Catholic priest. A Roman Catholic priest who is an associate of Jeremiah Wright, Louis Farrakhan and Barack Obama. (Up until a couple of weeks ago, Pfleger was listed on Obama’s web site as a “spiritual endorser”. It is also being reported that Obama obtained a $100,000 dollar earmark for Pfleger’s church.
In this week’s sermon, Pfleger spoke on the on-going election. Shouting to the rafters, he scolded white people who don’t hold themselves responsible for slavery.
“I must now address the one who says, ‘don’t hold me responsible for what my ancestors did. But you have enjoyed the benefits of what your ancestors did! Unless you are ready to give up the benefits -throw away your 401 fund. Throw away your trust fund! Throw away all the money that been put away in the company you walked into ’cause your daddy and your granddaddy and your great grandaddy… Unless you are willing to give up the benefits, then you must be responsible for what was done in your generation! ‘Cause you are the beneficiary of this insurance policy!”
Then Father Pfleger continues his “sermon” about Hillary Clinton:
“When Hillary was crying and people said that was put on, I really don’t believe it was put on. 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’
“Then out of nowhere, I’m Barack Obama!”
“Ah, damn! Where did you come from? I’m white! I’m entitled! There’s a black man stealing my show!”, as he pulls out a hanky and mocks Clinton’s crying.
“She wasn’t the only one crying. There was a whole lot of white people crying!”
All this as the congregation went wild.
Today, Obama expressed his disagreement and disappointment with Pfleger’s remarks. (sound familiar?) In addition, Pfleger has now apologized for his comments about Hillary Clinton. Also, he took pains to point out that his comments were not in accordance with the views of Obama.
The problem is this is hardly the first time Pfleger has made outrageous comments unworthy of a religious figure. Of course, the Bishop in Chicago (Cardinal Francis George) is also deserving of criticism because he is obviously afraid to get rid of this guy.
So now add the name Michael Pfleger to the Obama “honor roll” of questionable associates (Wright, Ayers, Rezko et al).
gary fouse
fousesquawk
Roh Roh Reorge!!!
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- Lorica
Skubinna! Proof there really are aliens!
Dunno, forest, are pod people technically aliens?
Well Steve, they aint from around here!