Obama "deeply disappointed" in Father Michael Pfleger. UPDATE Pfleger apology.

Sooner or later Obama will move his membership....I would do it now, so that he and Trinity can move on.

Here we go again. The idea of him being the uniter is a stone joke. Look at the people he surrounds himself with.
Another of the ministers on his campaign payroll.

How many more of these lunatics are lurking around in Obama's past?

Another pathetically weak response from Obama. Can you imagine what the press would be reporting if Pope Benedict pranced around the country saying anything close to what Wright and this loon are saying. The priest should be immediate censured and defrocked.

This seems a regular occurance at that church and Obama sat silent for 20 years while this kind of hate filled antics and incitement was going on.

This goes to show what Sen. Barack Hussein Obama surrounds himself with. If he were my pastor, forget it you will not see my or my children their.

No excuses Obama on this. Everyone who supports you should have known better to continue this behavior.

Pfleger Has been the same as wright.

Spewing off about white people, Inciting racism, and anti American sentiment in his sermons, teachings and talks.

People who taught Obama all he knows, are his spiritual advisor's, mentors. Those who worked hard to get him from Chicago to where he is now.

I am Amaze the Pfleger belongs to the Catholic Church. That is mind boggling.

I don't care what Obama thinks or cares, but as a preist this guy was out of line and should be disciplined by his diocese.

I am concerned about the fact that Obama spent 20 years in that church that appears to be a cesspool of racism. It appears to be a pulpit from which the speakers (I will not concede that these people are speaking as Christian ministers) can let lose any wild political rant that comes to mind that will excite the audience (not congregation).

This is why Obama cannot be the top of the ticket. He has been mocking Hillary the SAME as Pfleger, I am convinced.
He can be Hillary's veep.
That will give he and Michelle and their children a time to learn that not all white liberals are the enemy.

This little performance will COST THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY THE WHITE HOUSE if Obama is on the top of the ticket.
Pfleger's attack on Clinton will probably mean that this 30 year far left voter (Democratic) will no doubt see a LOT of people with my perspective staying HOME along with moderate Democratic voters like myself.
Shame on Father fleger.

How about "my words are inconsistent with the behavior of a Catholic priest?"

I am very angered that once again Sen. Obama has to deal with another priest who is NOT SPEAKING FOR OBAMA. Senator Obama would NEVER speak about anyone [male or female] in those terms because Obama never has been KNOWN to have done so! What I despise is that the public starts to think that Obama and his preacher or priest are one and the same person with Obama - AND THEY ARE NOT. OBAMA IS HIS OWN PERSON AND SHOULD NOT BE HELD TO ANYTHING HIS PREACHER, PRIEST, FRIEND, OR FAMILY MIGHT SAY AND THE PUBLIC MUST UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE NOT OBAMA'S WORDS, If the MSM wants to play this "guilt by association" game then it needs to be played across the board! This has not occurred and I am LIVID about it! We saw McCain run to seek Hagee's endorsement, and that same thing with Rod Parsley and when they said some controversial things, but McCain then threw both under the bus with his statements of "well at least I did not sit in his churck for 20 years! That angers me since church and state are SEPARATE but the public makes it part of every election, It is wrong, but the candidates are forced to acknowledge their religions. Clinton skated since her campaign put out the sound bytes of Wright and for 2+ months or 24/7 we only heard the sound bytes without ever hearing the sermons - that is the way the MSM relished putting it out there just like they wanted! This is bad enough, but for the MSM to not play this "guilt by association" with allthe candidates was just WRONG! Obama is NOT his preachers nor are his preachers Onama. It's spin, hype AND PROPOGANDA on Obama only because the media is scared s&&tless thinking that things will not remain the same in Washington WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA [AND THEY HAVE REASON TO BE SCARED] - he will make PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE AND RESPONSIBILE.

I watched this video and am not surprised that these kinds of sermons are still going on at Obama's church. Well, I guess Obama never heard Rev. Pfleger ever speak like that before. Yea, sure! Wise up folks. Obama knows exactly how Rev. Wright and Rev. Pfleger feel about white people and has listened to this trash for years. And then there are Obama's supporters who think that he hasn't been influence by them. Yea, sure!

He is a politician not a priest! When will Cardinal George get rid of this lunatic???

This is disturbing. Extremely disturbing. And we're seeing a pattern begin to emerge. These people that are the Obama's closest friends obviously hate whites. This is not what we want or need in the White House. America TAKE NOTE!

The expediency of an "apology" .... politicians are the worst....just say I'm sorry and walk away, NO CONSEQUENCES!

ENOUGH!!!!!

Obama and his liberation theology ministers and this priest have been pals for a long time..............SHAME on the whole d*mned
the lot of them. This is misogny ONCE AGAIN, and this Priest's Cardinal in Chicago will be FLOODED with complaints...mine included!!!!!!! Just what the Catholic Church needs right now, right?

OBAMA you are DONE....DONE....DONE! NO ELECTABILITY WHATEVER, and this should clinch it! Go home and take care of your own kids before you throw this grandmother under the bus as well!

I live overseas, just heard the sermon from father Pfleger about Hilary and her crying because she feels entitled. I laughed so hard I thought I would fall off my balcony! What a line, this guy speaks what I have thought all along and its great to hear someone get up in public and say it. I'm not a church going type, not into religion at all, but this guy would encourage me to attend church if it offers those kind of real world .

How in the hel does a church like this keep it's tax exempt status? Does no one at this newspaper have the courage to ask this question or are you all cowards in Chicago?

Father Michael Pfleger is a disgrace to the Catholic Church, to Catholics everywhere, and especially to the Archdiocese of Chicago.

He should be kicked out of the priesthood. No mercy.

I was glad to see you discuss Father Pfleger with Greta Van Susteren tonight. She is my favorite Fox News anchor. Next time you see her, Lynn, please mention you and I knew each other in Chicago a few years ago.

Your buddy,

George Spink
Los Angeles

I am sick an tired of all these apologizes, why don't people say what they mean and mean what they say. Everybody is saying things and everybody else is deeply puzzled or sadden by it except for BUSH" he's not apologizing for fabricating a senseless war that resulted in senseless murder!!!!!

I have good judgment, good judgment, excellent judgment.

He attracts them like flies to sh-t, or should we say, he was attracted to them like flies to …

I am a Democrat and I can not beleive that this is somehting the majority finds acceptable. I have never seen as much racism in modern times regarding an election.

I wish people would wake up and smell the coffee and realize that Obama is NOT is clean and perfect as we are portrayed to think. Let's face it we live in a society where we are often judged by the people we know and how they also act. On 2 different occasions his RELIGIOUS associates have made some of the most racial and bias remarks I can recall ever hearing from people of faith.

Why are people not seeing this as a MAJOR red flag. Look, I like Clinton, but she is not much better, sure she is an opportunist, but when it comes to who is going to be able to deliver, its not going to be Obama.

I am not even going to vote this year because I can not vote for people I can not see eye to eye on.

AND for al lof the Obama supporters that want to throw the race card at my statements please do so because that seems to be the beleif of many that are a part of the campaign, call people a racist because they do not agree.... how petty.

Why doesn't Obama grow some balls. Did he really have to issue that statement?

What is it about people with collars these days - whether it is Wright, Pfleger, Hagee, Falwell, etc., etc. I guess all Americans have the right to say what they want about politics and the people in them. However, I cannot recall Jesse Jackson, and certainly never Martin Luther King, Jr., using language and mockery of this type to "make a point." Nor do I recall Billy Graham and his generation of religious leaders doing so. I think these current "fellows" need to go back and re-take "Charity and Mercy For All, 101" in seminary. If this is the best we can hope for from our charismatic religious leadership, then we shouldn't be surprised that we have wound up with the failed political leadership we now have (and have had for some time). Nothing but hypocritical, greedy, self-serving morons!

I actually enjoyed it. It probably does not belong in church but DefJam comedy hour. Hillary has acted horribly this entire primary and if people are making fun of her because of it. ooh, too bad so sad. None of this would be taking place if she would have admitted defeat gracefully and left the stage. Pfleger is a Catholic Priest, not a Christian Minister. He does not belong to that church and Obama was not there. He apoligized and Obama denounced, end of story. You know like Liz Trotta saying she would like to see both Osama & Obama you know what (I wont write the "A" word here. She apologized,end of story. HRC never apologized for her horrific gaffe and it came straight from her mouth. Obama did not say these things someone else did. He has no power over what comes out of other peoples mouths he only has power over his words and those are the words you should be listening to. Not some dumb Priest who was mad at DINO.(HRC)

I cannot believe how illiterate and gullible the majority of posters are here. This "gentleman" doesn't speak for Obama. Neither did Reverend Wright.

I have never seen so much fear. A black man in the White House. Imagine that. I bet some of you won't sleep well for the entire term he's living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. To you I say: Get ready. Get over yourselves. It's going to happen. And it's about time!

I don't think most of you who posted to this board even go to church.
Everyone knows you can't control what you pastor/priest says,
wheather its john Hagee, Wright, Pat Robinson or ,Father Michael Pfleger.
And too you race baiters. Father PFLEGER IS WHITE, so how can he a racist to himself.

Please catch up with your current events.

Apparently most of you writing these comments do not attend church regularly
Churches are BIG business
All over the country we have what are called "mega churches" preaching a 'prosperity ministry'
The ministers are treated like rock stars

They say and do from the pulpit what ever will keep the seats filled and the money rolling in

Why anyone is surprised or why anyone would take these fools seriously is a mystery to me
Britney Spears, Paris Hilton - they're all in the same league as these jack leg ministers
You only have to look back at the beginning of the Bush administration

The Jack Leg ministers are what got him elected

DON'T TAKE THESE JACK LEGS SERIOUSLY

What, the big deal, he only speak the truth.

know many of the comments that were written must have come from Clinton’s top supporters, as she so eloquently dubbed you: White- Uneducated Blue-Collared Workers. Even you must know this is bull. So now Obama is associating himself with a white Catholic Priest to encourage White hatred. I do wish when Obama becomes President, he would look into how America has academically failed you. My God continue to bless USA

I for one do not beleive that politics belong in the church. It is the house of God, not the goverments house. When will all Americans' wake up. We are slowing becoming a communists nation. Do the reserach, you might be surpised at what you will find. Whitegrandma4obama, it is not about race. It is about trust, morality, having the American peoples' best interest at heart. Goverment lines their pockets with your tax dollars. They want to tell you what doctor you can see, what television program can be shown, talk radio will be band if not pro-communist and how you can spend your hard earned dollars. Frankly, I would vote for "none of the above" on the ballot. I do not see where any of these people have anything to offer the county.

I feel like we are living in the twilight zone. Supposed "Democrats" say they will not vote for the Democratic nominee because supporters make statements that they do not agree with or find offensive. A difficult to understand position, but I could almost respect that decision.

HOWEVER, why are those "offended" people only bothered by comments made by "supporters" (not sure if Wright is really a supporter) of the Obama campaign when the supporters, surrogates, candidate and candidate's husband have made numerous divisive and offensive comments which do not seem to bother them in the least.

If you are truly offended, make a choice ... vote Republican or Independent, or for the eventual Democratic nominee (if you believe that there are still enough significant differences between the parties), but don't sit home and sulk like a two-year-old.

It is retarded to hear so many people talking about sitting out the election process because their favorite candidate did not get the nomination. Participate in the process. Vote for the best of the available candidates, and quit sitting on your couches whining about what is wrong with America. No wonder the rest of the world thinks that we are clueless, Presidential elections should be view seriously and won on serious issues (Iraq, economy, etc) not fluff (bowling scores, better drinker, etc.).

Obama chose to spend 20 years listening to Wright, who visited Mumar Kadafi with Louis Farakan. Obama gets endorsements from Farakan, Pfleger, Hugo Chavez, Hamas, Ahmadinajad, Castro ... and, some people still say "Poor Obama is the victim"??? The Clinton's gave service in the White House, which provided our country with peace and prosperity for 8 years. What has Obama and his supporters done for this country??? McCain, was tortured for 5 years defending this country. What has Obama and his supporters done for this country? Pfleger says the whites have a sense of entitlement, but then he says America has to pay the price to people of color, for things that happened 100 years ago ... so, who has the expectation of entitlement??? I say ... elect either Clinton, or McCain for '08 !!!

Here we go again, the republicans grasping at straws to derail the the barak freight train, while the hillarites cheering on the derailment attempt.

YES!! What pfleger said is sick and sad and uncalled for. For people who don't go to church, you need to understand that preachers/ministers/speakers sometimes get caught up in "moments of unedited/uncontrolled thought extractions" where things come out of their mouth that they would not normally say in a conversation MUCH LESS to the person's face directly. We all have horrible thoughts about each other....sometimes about our very loved ones, but we DO NOT SAY THEM. Does that make us a saint and people like PFleger the devil!

Get a life you negative story Jack Rabbit hoppers. If you want something juicy to drink, try the Bush term coming to an end with possible indictments to follow. If you put McCain in office, you could kiss that beverage goodbye and just suck on the hard rock of a Bush economics and war extended for 4 more years. WAKE UP Y'ALL!!!!!

Entertaining thread.
On record, I support Obama, as the candidate who suggests we may turn the huge mess we’re in around, if we pull together.
So I smile at the semi-literate rantings. That all the uncontrolled rage comes from those opposing Obama seems encouraging in what it says about his constituency.

For myself, I though Fr. Pfleger put on a bit too much blackface, but I didn’t actually see anyone upset; no doubt some were. But his message, not one of hate but certainly of righteous anger, was in line, Biblically speaking.

If Nineveh had reacted to Jonah with angry rants, they wouldn’t have gotten out from under God’s wrath alive.
Isaiah, Jeremiah, ...Jesus? Those commissioned to speak God’s word to the hearers speak terrible judgments, and calls to turn away from and repent of wrongs done, of failure to love God and one’s neighbor.

Listen to yourselves. Obama doesn't even know this man. He did not invite this nutjob to speak. While you are harping about Obama's associations with this person and that person remember this. Rev Wright was one of Bill and Hilary Clinton's spiritual advisors during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Check your facts before showing your ignorance.

It's amazing how few people seem to have noticed that Michael Pfleger is not a member of Trinity UCC, nor is he on the pastoral staff. Michael Pfleger is a Catholic priest who appeared at Trinity as a guest speaker. The Obamas are not now, and never have been, among his parishioners. It also is amazing that Senator Obama is continually called upon to apologize for and denounce any and all offensive comments by any and all people he has ever known. If I were held to that standard, I would have to turn my back on half my family!

THIS GUY (PFLEGER) MAKES ME ASHAMED TO BE A "CATHOLIC"...I'M DONE. I'VE SUFFERED THROUGH THE PRIEST ABUSE SCANDALS AND TRIED TO REMAIN FAITHFUL, BUT WHEN THE DAY COMES THAT A "CATHOLIC PRIEST" STANDS UP AND PUBLICLY ENDORSES A CANDIDATE WHO IS

"PRO HOMOSEXUAL"
"PRO GAY MARRIAGE"
"PRO ABORTION"
"PRO REPARATIONS FOR THE BLACK MAN"

THAT'S THE DAY I'M OUT! I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE BEEN SO ASHAMED OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AS I AM TODAY. TO MAKE IT WORSE, THE CHURCH WILL DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO THIS MAN...NOTHING!

This is simple.

Obama's core beliefs run concurrent with those of Rev. Wright and Fr. Pfleger. He believes that institutionalized raceism by the white majority against the african american minority has existed in our society for 200 years and still exists in our socity today. He believes this because that is what he has been told by his friends, advisors and pastor for the last 17 years.

Embedded within this belief, as highlited by Fr. Pfleger, is the notion that because of this raceism, (we'll call them european americans for the sake of consistancy) european americans somehow owe the aferican american population of the United States compensation for years of oppression.

How do we know that he believes this? Because though he denies that he adheres to some of the more absurd clames by Wright and Pfleger such as:

1. the government created AIDS to kill black people and
2. Hillery Clinton is entitled to the Presedency because she is
white and
3. the government deliberately ignored New Orleans during Katrina
so more black people would die

Obama has not denied the underlying racist viewpoint that spawns this kind of obsurd nonsense. And no matter how much he states to the contrary, he can not have been a member of that church for 17 years and listened to that kind of viewpoint for all those 17 years and not been influenced by that type of speech.

What frightens me is that he is simply hiding those personally held views for political expediency in order to get elected.

In the past 40 years the government has worked to hard to legislate out institutionalized racism and discrimination. And I think it has done a remarkable job. I'm not so naive as to believe that racism and discrimination no longer exist. I just know that it is illeagal in the United States. 200 years of hearts and minds need time to change. And get real. White on black slavery was hardly a new idea. Every society and I mean every society throughout history has either taken slaves or been enslaved. White, Black, Asian, Egyption, Jewish, Slavic, Germanic, Irish, Roman, Pershian.....the list is endless. Aferican americans don't have any more to claim aggrieved status than any other culture.

If Obama gets elected I believe that he will, in an effort to fulfill his core belief that european americans owe african americans some sort of compensation, that laws will change. Affirmative action (just a fancy word for discrimiation) will become law. Income redistribution (just a fancy word for unequal discriminatory tax policies) will be institutionalized. Socalized medicine will be instituted and become another huge unmanagable government entitlement program that will fail in 60 years as all other entitlement programs have.

These and other government programs designed to legislate inequality based on a false sence of deserved restitution will set the United States back 60 years and perpetuate the racial devides that we are trying to elliminate.

Do not elect Obama. He is playing politics. He is hiding his core values from us. He may superficially denounce Rev. Wrght and Fr. Pleger but I think he truely believes in their ideals.

At this point I thoroughly believe this is the type of racial resentment that Obama believes in - The most distubing part of this tirade was Pfleger (I am Catholic and absolutely will not call this disgracefully behaved man Father)going on about reparation. Ultimately if Obama gets to the White House - White America will be told they must pay out of their "401k's, inheritances" etc, to the Black Community for the past sin of slavery. Frankly, whites who are 1st or 2nd generation American - and whites whose families fought and died with the Yankees to free the slaves are particulary insulted by what feels like a demand for a handout. Are they going to ask any of the Blacks from Africa for restitution since those were among the people who sold them in the first place?

I have absolutely no problem with a black man as President of the United States.

I have a BIG problem with THIS MAN as President of the United States.

Father Pfleger's remarks are neither Christian nor facts. I would never go so far as to suggest that Obama feels that same way as Revs. Wright and Pfleger. Still, I do not find it encouraging that to fill a Chruch on Chicago'a South side the sermon has to involves anti- white comments.

How odd that so many people support Barack Obama because of his message of hope and unity, but people whom he has known for years aren't inspred by this message at all. I don't hold out a lot of hope that anyone in Washington will be inspred by it either. I hope Obama has a Plan B for running the country should he be elected.

this election has allowed us to see the inside of a black church
where hate is the sermon of the day..
all are friends and advisers to obama for many years
so he knows what they believe
they want this to be a white vs black vote
ok then why not give them what they want?
it's going to kill me.. a life long dem to
cross over but i think that is what the rev and father f
want us to do? and don't call me a racist until you see both videos! I think that the message is very clear...obama can't
be trusted to run the country if these are the people he is going to have around him at the WHITE HOUSE...