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Chicago cardinal asks Rev. Pfleger to step down

June 3rd, 2008 . by TexasFred

CHICAGO (AP) - Cardinal Francis George asked a Chicago priest on Tuesday to temporarily step down from his post to “reflect on his recent statements” regarding Sen. Hillary Clinton and her bid for the White House.

Last week, the Rev. Michael Pfleger mocked Clinton at Sen. Barack Obama’s former church, saying the New York senator felt “entitled” to the Democratic nomination for president.

George asked Pfleger to take leave from pastoral duties at St. Sabina Church in order to “reflect on his recent statements and actions in the light of the church’s regulations for all Catholic priests,” according to a statement Tuesday from the Archdiocese of Chicago.

The leave was effective Tuesday and was scheduled to last “a couple of weeks.”

Pfleger, who has apologized for the comments and promised George he would no longer mention any presidential candidates by name, did not believe “this to be the right step at this time,” according to the statement.

“While respecting his disagreement, I have nevertheless asked him to use this opportunity to reflect …” George said in the statement. “I hope that this period will also be a time away from the public spotlight and for rest and attention to family concerns.”

Messages seeking comment were left Tuesday for Pfleger and the Archdiocese of Chicago.

The Archdiocese said Pfleger’s temporary replacement would be the Rev. William Vanecko, pastor of Chicago’s St. Kilian Catholic Church.

On Sunday, Pfleger apologized for his comments, saying he received more than 3,000 enraged e-mails since he gave a guest sermon at Trinity United Church of Christ.

In that sermon, Pfleger pretended he was Clinton crying over “a black man stealing my show.”
Pfleger’s sermon, along with past controversial statements by Trinity’s former longtime pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, led Obama to resign his membership at Trinity.

Pfleger, a 59-year-old white priest at a largely black parish, has gained a reputation for impassioned sermons and activism.

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Chicago cardinal asks Rev. Pfleger to step down

There are many things I am wanting to say right now but I will keep this short and to the point…

How big an ASS, and an embarrassment, have you made of yourself when the Roman Catholic Church asks you to step down??

For crying out loud, they don’t ask their pedophiles to STEP DOWN, they just transfer the bastards to another Parish and pay off the victims…

So now all of a sudden the Roman Catholic Church is going all ‘righteous‘ over a moonbat priest running his mouth over politics?? Their hypocrisy knows NO bounds…

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Michelle Obama: Will her words come back to haunt her?

June 2nd, 2008 . by TexasFred

Is it true?? I don’t know, I guess we’re going to have to sit back and wait until someone deems it the correct time to release such a tape, but there are a lot of great blogs doing some serious speculation on the possibilities…

I’ve been noticing a lot of buzz in the ’sphere about the release of a video of Obama’s wife, Michelle, ranting about «whitey» at the pulpit of Trinity United Church of Christ.

Supposed to be tomorrow morning, Monday, June 2. Just in time for the Montana and South Dakota primaries.

The Hammond Report

Today, on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Barack Obama lost his cool, calling names and making unspecified threats. Why? Ostensibly, it’s because the Tennessee Republican Party issued an Internet video featuring Michelle Obama saying she’s proud of being an American only because her husband is running for president. Well, yes, we all heard that awhile ago.

Obama Freakout Over Michelle Video: The Ticking “Whitey” Time Bomb

Rumors of a mystery tape showing Michelle Obama “Ranting And Raving Against Whitey” in Trinity United Church of Christ are circulating across conservative blogs. Bryan McAffee at RightPundits.com writes:

Well, I debated whether to even post this or not. I’m not usually into rumor or innuendo, but what the hell, lets have some fun. Larry Johnson over at No Quarter has apparently learned (he has 4 sources on this) that a video tape exists of Michelle Obama railing against whitey at Rev. Wright’s church.

GOP Rumor: Michelle Obama “Whitey” Video Lurks

Here’s the news short and sweet–if you have a copy of the Michelle Obama video, in which she is lambasting white people (four different sources say she uses “whitey” as an epithet) at Jeremiah Wright’s church, then there is an ultra conservative Republican billionaire who wants to pay your $1 million dollars for the tape. Why? He hates John McCain.

Who Wants to Be the Next Millionaire?

The Barack Obama magical touch seems to get more and more diminished the more that is discovered about him and his bitter wife.

Michelle Obama “Whitey” Video

Larry Johnson, a former DNC guy, is speculating that there is a MO video being held by the GOP as a special Nomination Gift for Barack Obama. In the video, Michelle Obama allegedly rails against “whitey” at Church with Jerry Wright.

Michelle Obama railing against “whitey” with Reverend Wright?

Now think about this, maybe there really IS a tape of Michelle Obama going nuts on the podium at the church of the infamous Rev. Jeremiah Wright, maybe Hillary KNOWS that this tape exists, maybe that’s the reason she has been so tenacious in her desire to stay in the race for president, knowing that a bombshell like this would blow Obama right out of the water, leaving her as the only viable candidate that the Dems have readily available…

If this tape does exist and is brought to public light, even the most ardent Dem supporters would be running for cover and proclaiming Hillary the chosen one…

I was reading thru a few sites that were talking about this tape and I saw a couple that said they wouldn’t show the thing if it was on YouTube or the like, simply because it would be an unfair attack on Michelle Obama and that wasn’t the right way to do this, that the candidates mate should be off limits, and to that I say, rubbish!! If she opens her mouth, she IS fair game, every word, every sentence, every nuanced look, it’s in the public domain and WE have a right to see it and either comment on it or not…

If it’s out there, lets see it, I’ll post it, as will hundreds and thousands of Republican and Conservative blogs, it’s time to put up or shut up, and if there is a Rove hand in this he needs to come on out into the light and show what he has…

Inquiring minds want to know and the very survival of this nation is at stake…

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