Saint Sabina Raises the Roof on Obama’s Den of Political Tricks and Corruption [Update]
By Truthteller on May 30, 2008 at 10:31 AM in Alexi Giannoulias, Barack Obama, David Axelrod, Father Michael Pfleger
SusanUnPC’s NOTE: I am reprinting Truthteller’s May 8th story because you HAVE TO SEE the interconnectedness in Chicago. Obama is tied to ALL of it.
KNOW THIS: Fr. Michael Pfleger and Barack Obama have been CLOSE for over TWO DECADES. Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times confirmed this on Greta’s Fox News show last night.
UPDATE / KNOW THIS: Fr. Pfleger bragged to the MSM (CBS April 29th story + Chicago newspapers, etc.) that HE was the go-between to Rev. Wright and Obama during their BIG SPLIT, after Rev. Wright spoke at the Nat’l Press Club, and Obama — finally — “disowned” the uncle he could NEVER disown. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? PFLEGER WAS IN DIRECT TALKS WITH OBAMA re Rev. Wright IN LATE APRIL and presumably into May 2008. That’s a pretty damn close connection, don’t you think, to the man who is one of THREE left who will be the next most POWERFUL LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD????
(Do you want as your president — and as the most powerful leader in the world — a man who regularly consorts with and SEEKS ADVICE from a racist, radical, extremist priest shunned even by his own archdiocese in Chicago? A priest so disturbed that the videos you’ve seen of his “preaching” show him to be a certifiable lunatic and anti-white racist?
Furthermore, do you want as your president a man who gave at least eight different versions of disassociation from a manic, disturbed, racist and radical Rev. Jeremiah Wright — and who took months to finally disassociate himself from this loudmouthed, racist madman? Of note: Racism goes both ways, ladies and gentlemen. It is NOT a one-way street as we Americans have ALL been brainwashed into thinking. Ask Geraldine Ferraro, whose op-ed today I must find and post for you.)
BARACK OBAMA’s chief strategist and “kingmaker” is David Axelrod. What board does David Axelrod sit on? Why, the fundraising board for the Catholic church run by that extremist, radical, racist priest, Fr. Michael Pfleger. (Along with additional notorious characters.) — SusanUnPC
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So Mayor Richard Daley and Reverend Michael Pfleger decided it was time for everyone to begin “Raising the Roof for St. Sabina.” Too bad their little fundraising scheme also raises the roof on the Barack Obama campaign’s den of political tricks and corruption.
Just view some of the names on this list of fundraisers (enlarged in the image to the right):
- Richard Daley, the corrupt Obama backer behind
the Hired Truck Scandal, an elaborate network of cronyism and corruption that rocked Chicago City Hall in 2004, 2005 and 2006;
- David Axelrod, Lead Strategist of the Obama campaign and Political Consultant to Richard “Hired Truck” Daley who also served as Consultant for Exelon, the Illinois nuclear giant whose lobbyists convinced Obama not to regulate companies that contaminated groundwater with radioactive toxic waste; and
- Illinois state Treasurer Alexei Giannoulias, whose bank, the Broadway Bank, granted loans to known mobsters and to indicted political fixer and Obama patron Antoin “Tony” Rezko.
Mobster banker Giannoulias also moonlights as one of the Obama campaign’s top bundlers. Dirty money, it seems, does not travel far in the city of Chicago.
But this is not a story of the circulation of funds in an elaborate labyrinth of cronyism and corruption; this is also a narrative of the circulation of words in a coordinated network of events and characters who desire to elect Barack Obama President of the United States.
| You recall Father Michael Pfleger, the quack cum Catholic priest on Chicago’s south side who exhorted parishioners during a rally to “snuff out” legislators who defended the right to bear arms. Although Pfleger was admonished by the Chicago Archdiocese for his incendiary rhetoric, he remained a close affiliate of Daley, Giannoulias and Axelrod, all of whom are close associates of Barack Obama. |
Pfleger is also a close associate of Obama’s pastor Reverend Jeremiah Wright and Louis Farrakhan, who spoke at St. Sabina Church on May 25, 2007.
In fact, Pfleger is so close to Wright, he has served as an intermediary between Wright and Obama after the two reached an impasse after Obama denounced Wright during the latter’s series of entertaining press conferences. Here is the report of CBS News Chicago:
CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports Obama felt betrayed and Wright felt sand-bagged. Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Church said he has been speaking to both men as the events of the past 24 hours unfolded.
He counseled Obama Tuesday morning, and while CBS 2 talked to him Tuesday evening, Rev. Wright called his cell phone.
“I don’t think he had any intention to hurt Barack. He loves Barack,” Pfleger said. “I think the pain and the moment took over.”
That moment was in a place Pfleger called “a lion’s den” – The National Press Club.
“The people who were close to him pleaded with him not to do it,” said WVON radio host Roland Martin. “We knew what the questions were gonna be, but it really was the antics, the looks the dismissive tone, the strut. It was being flippant, some say being pompous and arrogant.”
That appearance Monday was far from a pastor’s comfort zone, like St. Sabina on the South Side, the site of Wright’s first appearance after his words drove a wedge between him and Obama.
Fr. Pfleger says Wright’s first instinct Monday was to defend his reputation.
“Sometimes you get caught up in the emotional response because you’re hurt, because you’re injured,” Pfleger said.
Mayor Richard M. Daley called the current flap a dangerous distraction.
“You better believe it; you cannot have distractions in any campaign,” Daley said.
So Pfleger had to serve as mediator between Wright and Obama during the Wright spectacle last week, and Daley felt obliged to assess the whole affair. Not mentioned in this article is David Axelrod, the same Axelrod who simultaneously serves as Chief Strategist of the Obama Campaign and as a member of the “Raising the Roof for St. Sabina” board, the board that ensures that Pfleger’s house of worship and source of income will remain intact.
This fiduciary relationship between Pfleger, Obama, Wright, Axelrod and Daley raises a few questions:
- Did Axelrod coordinate the impasse between Wright and Obama?;
- Did Axelrod ask Wright to humiliate himself on national television in order to mobilize the African-American base while Obama placated white voters with his sanctimonious repudiations of Reverend Wright?; and
- Did Pfleger, an outspoken Obama supporter and Obama contributor who is the beneficiary of Obama’s state legislative activity and of Axelrod’s fundraising prowess, serve as intermediary between Obama and Wright as Axelrod coordinated their bifurcated strategy to mobilize African-American supporters while pandering to white voters who were abandoning Obama en masse after seeing Wright once again on their television screens?
And what is one to think of the membership of Axelrod, Daley and Giannoulias on the “Raising of the Roof for St. Sabina” fund when one learns that Pfleger donated to Obama’s various political campaigns after that church received state grants Obama announced?
Not only is money circulated within a tightly knit but complicated network of corruption and cronyism in Chicago; the actions of all those involved appear to be staged and coordinated by David Axelrod.
Just raise the roof of Pfleger’s St. Sabina Church. What one sees below is a snake pit of corruption starring Axelrod, Daley, Farrakhan, Obama, Pfleger and Wright. The chickens, I guess, come home to roost in Pfleger’s radicalized and marginalized St. Sabina Catholic Church.
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When the hell are the SDs going to wake up and realize the worst thing we could do is nominate Obama for President. This guy is a complete unknown and what little we do know is enough to scare the shit out of me. I will never vote for him. I have never voted for a Republican but will happily vote for McCain if Obama is the nominee.
ACTION ALERT!!!!PLEASE EVRYONE GO TO COUNT ALL THE VOTES CAST AND SIGN THE LETTER TO DNC…TIME IS RUNNING OUT! DO IT NOW!!!
http://www.countthevotescast.org/letter.php
done
That letter lays it out it in the best way I’ve seen yet. Signed.
Husband and I just signed it and I sent it to several friends , too.
it’s so obvious that we are gouing to get whomped by this stuff in Oct.
There are prolly even more connections and surprizes we have yet to dream about.
Great story, these people are all crooks. I’m still waiting for that jury verdict to come in the Tony Rezko trial, a conviction will make Rezko want to play “Let’s Make a deal” to lessen his sentence. I just love how Obama is always trying to stuff taxpayer money in the pockets of Father Mike’s Church and his wife’s Hospital, not to mention money for the Rezko slums.
the dnc and so called dim leaders have lost their collecive minds. they are following along the cookie crumb trail to the edge of the cliff and over. i for one think that is what these idiots need to do and that is go over the cliff where their sorry butts belong. oh they’ll pick up some more seats in congress and nancy will prance around like she is all that. but look to see the repubs have a possible return to majority in the mid term elections. i don’t count them out and i have zero confidence in these pathetic fools.
http://www.chicagodsa.org/ngarchive/ng45.html
How about Maxist meetings in 1996…just bring all the truth out.
http://rezkowatch.blogspot.com/
all this talk about a new party by brazile and rest is errily in line with your sources. all the more reason to vote against them.
You can BET Ayers and Dohrn are involved with any marxist meetings. It’s too damned bad their first book, written when they were blowing up America, isn’t still in print. These two balls of snot are heavily involved in ANYTHING to do with Marxism, you can bet on it.
Please call St Sabina and let them know what you thought of Fr Pflegers rant. Their phone number is 773-483-4300. Operators are standing by……
I am going to call right now. I also wrote the Vatican and urge everyone to do the same AND more importantly DO NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA. HE CAN NOT BE TRUSTED – HE IS FAR TO LEFT AND I QUESTION IS LOYALTY TO AMERICA. I ALSO THINK HIS WIFE IS INTO THE “RACE GAME.”
I CALLED AND SAID I WROTE THE VATICAN AND DO NOT INTEND TO LET THIS GO. HE IS A DISGRACE TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
WRITE THE VATICAN ……….PLEASE LET THEM KNOW WHAT A DISGRACE THIS NUTJOB IS TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. benedictxvi@vatican.va.
If you want to get the Pope’s attention mention Liberation Theology endorsed at St. Sabina’s….Cardinal Ratzinger ( now Pope Benedict ) has fought Liberation Theolgy or 40 years and has zero tolerance for the heresy….if He realizes it is spreading north….that would be bad….
According to Lynn Sweet’s blog, Chicago Sun-Times religion reporter Mike Thomas asked Cardinal Francis George’s office for a reaction. His spokeswoman said,
Since the Cardinal doesn’t have the spine to do anything people would be justified in appealing to the pope.
Cardinal George needs to act…He needs to remove Pfleger from his parish now. There is no excuse and Pfleger sounds like a proponent of Liberation Theology which Pope Benedict has made clear in the past is a BIG NO-NO within the RCC. Great Post….KEEP UP THE PRESSURE….
OBAMA AND HIS FASCISTS MUST BE STOPPED. OBAMA IS UNFIT OR ANY ELECTIVE OFFICE !
The cardinal isn’t going to do that. Are you kidding? You think he isn’t thinking about that constant threat we have been living with this entire primary season?: Riots???
I hope the national guard is ready on the day after the election if this jerk is the nominee, because he is going down and people are sick of this constant threat they get every time somebody “finds out” that not everybody in the party intends to vote for Barky Obama. No wonder he wanted to wrap this up quickly. Too bad he can’t close a deal, because he’s a limping lightweight who can’t even keep his lies straight. He’s lucky if he makes McGovern’s 38% after all this crap hits the prime time TV spots. Of course they will blame Hillary for not letting this fraud get his nomination by quick coronation. She has done us a great service. Can you imagine if all this smarmy crap came out in September instead? Our jaws would be dropping.
I swear the Democratic Party has a death wish. Just to placate bossy Donna Brazile, the Democratic Party will be marginalized for a decade if they put this jerk on the ballot.
OT: Do you think after the primaries are over Hillary will take the gloves off and go after Obama on all the really bad negatives we’ve been blogging about? It seems the electoral argument is a great one but won’t be enough to get Hillary the nomination.
his ties with diry people make him unelectable
The Obamanators are everywhere drumming the six-degrees-of-separation between their holy one and Pfleger, on the blogs and on the tube. Why aren’t the talking heads slapping them in the face with all the evidence proving their relationship was a longtime close friendship as well as a professional one? (Oh well, of course I know, the answer is so apparent it’s slapping me in the face.)
It doesn’t matter. What matters is that people are smart enough to discern a pattern.
Wright was awful and connected. Now, this guy. Rezko. Ayers. Michelle’s comments that were so offensive.
Ferarro is dead-spot on. There is now a bona fide white backlash that won’t go away.
We’re not about to elect someone who supports people calling us names and jeering at us in public.
That’s ridiculous to think that he’s remotely acceptable as a presdential candidate. He has not only NOT transcended the racial issues, but he has driven a stake into the heart of many liberal white people. We are and will remain, deeply offended.
And the fact that he did this same thing to Bill Clinton early on is now well understood. That is why Bill can talk about it openly now and not end up being the news story of the day. It’s because it’s clear to the public what went on and what is still going on.
Pelosi and Dean and all the bunch of them have tried to foist a completely unacceptable candidate upon the public for power reasons of their own.
I, for one, am so happy to see the truth emerge and be well understood. It was hard to watch this year and watch people be conned and not see the writing on the wall.
His nomination is effectively dead. The women marching? They aren’t activists. They are the women who run the flower shop in your neighborhood! They have credibility out the yin-yang.
And when they say, “I’ll vote for McCain.”
They mean it.
I think that the 527s will have a hey day with these associations should the super delegates be bullied (chicago-style) into putting Obama up for the GE. The more the average american hears about his extremely bad taste in friends, the more they will be put off … I can’t imagine anything more damaging that the words of all those folks put side by side with Obama’s complete lack of understanding on issues… most importantly his continual display of ignorance of foreign affairs. The Democratic party is in complete self-destruct mode, yet again. I think it’s rather obvious that the media has not done its homework on this campaign and I do believe it eventually will wake up. But by then, it will be far too late for those of us that care about progress for America to do anything about it . Say hello to President McCain.
In this day and age of u-tubes and the internet?
Who needs the TV ads so much?
Good Morning —Hill Fans
how is everyone today??
Keep up the energy and don,t quit .
WE must fight ,we will be the winners.
Madame President Hillary Rodham Clinton
First, I went to the site and put my name down http://www.countthevotescast.org/letter.php.
Seoond, I called St. Sabrina to tell them I think Phleger is a disgrace and I wrote the Vatican another letter. Obama CAN NOT BE TRUSTED.
benedictxvi@vatican.va.
We really seem to be looking at a criminal mafia mindset, here in the DNC, with Obama, and with the republicans, too.
It’s not business as usual, and thank you Susan, Larry, Truthteller, and the rezkowatch blog ring, and everyone else, for helping to expose this government corruption.
IL government is almost, or IS financially bankrupt due to Obama’s posse, the stealing of monies and the corrupt, unqualified hires affecting public services.
They’ll bankrupt the US government, eventually, too, if not stopped, this criminality seems to affect players in both parties.
NO one ever said they were bright, just greedy and lazy.
Teapot Dome, all over again…
Hmmmm….speak softly and carry a big stick….No ?
I guess, but boy, all of this, and it turns out the motivator is simple corruption, and the need to hide it.
They’re in a fantasy, Obama, the DNC, RNC, and the rest…
Didn’t it ever occur to them other parts of the government would FIGHT the corruption?
We have three branches for a reason, so no one party becomes a sole power.
They miss this aspect, even with Cheney’s failures to consolidate the Constitution.
So
All you white folks were crying per OBAMA,S pastor .
SO HOW MANY OF CRIED LIKE THE WAY THIS ASSHOLE WAS CRYING ON HIMSELF ON THAT YOUTUBE VIDEO ??
It’s just amazing that these people have used the name of God for so long to garner riches for hatred. It’s a wonder they haven’t all been struck by lightening.
HEY GUYS LETS PLAY A GAME FOR FUN
Everyone name 1 reason why you will not waste ur vote on Barack Hussien Obama ?
Lets come up with at least 50 reasons .
I START
1. He is a fake .
2.He is a liar .
3.He is divisive .
go on —
The only reason the superdelegates would pick Obama over Clinton at this late date is if they want to throw the November election to McCain, hoping the Democrats can bounce back in 2012.
The problem is this could easily backfire. McCain would probably be a one-term president. A lot hinges on who he picks as his running mate. Because of this, I don’t expect Democrats ever to win the White House again in my lifetime.
Karl Rove’s dream of unlimited Republican rule is working like a Tiffany watch.
I emailed the Pope today, and cc’d Father Phleger:
benedictxvi@vatican.va
pastorpfleger@ameritech.net
Dear Holy Father Pope Benedict,
I would like to draw your attention to the inappropriate actions and behavior of a Roman Catholic Priest. Not only is he preaching politics from within a Church, but he is swearing, using sexist language, and racist language and inciting violence. He preaches hate towards white people in America.
I have attached some videos for you to see what he is doing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H11×6bMu4Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjJlsGrlbUs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5kQ5zR19iw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfWnY5PC0CQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du-OnWEXdig
I do not believe this is appropriate behavior for a representative of the Catholic Church. It is disgusting behavior for any person, much less a man of God and representative of the Roman Catholic Church.
His name is Father Michael Pfleger, and he is from:
Saint Sabina
1210 West 78th Place
Chicago
IL
United States
60620
And he also preaches at Trinity United Church of Christ.
I am appalled that this man is allowed to wear the cloth, and preach the word of God.
He seems to care more about preaching his own self interests, and spreading hate and violence then preaching about God. He shames the Catholic Church, in my opinion.
Dio vi benedica, Papa Benedetto.
I had never seen the middle video before, where Phleger calls for a gun shop owner to be *snuffed out*….
thank you sara! i emailed the Vatican as well the liberation theology is a serious issue for them I am sure they will force the Chicago diocese to do smething about it
Larry, please investigate this. I may be exaggerating, but it could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back, if it’s true.
Something that I came across by accident and has not been reported in the MSM or investigated.
I believe Wright has never retired from the Trinity United Church of Christ as was reported. It’s just a sham to justify Obama still going there.
Just check out the website at trinityunitedchurchofchrist.com
Click on Pastor and Pastor Jeremiah Wright shows up in all his splendor and glory as Senior Pastor. Then go to Pastoral Staff and you will find Wright as the Senior Pastor and as to Moss, the supposed new pastor. “Rev. Otis Moss, III currently serves as Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ under the leadership of Senior Pastor, Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.” Under the leadership sound like under the supervision to me.
Just my opinion, but it looks like Wright calls the shots and that’s why something like this is tolerated.
It’s a sham til the heat wears off or until Obama wins. See for yourself who you think is in control. All the language is in the present tense, “Since 1972, under Dr. Wright’s leadership, the membership of Trinity United Church of Christ grew from 87 members; and currently exceeds 6,000!”
Don’t take my word for it. Judge for yourself. See who you think is in control and dictates policy. Not one word about his supposed “retirement”.
I don’t believe he retired at all!
Fox says the Cardinal is meeting with that phony priest right now.
Are these preachers such narcissitic egomaniacs that they continue to preach from the pulpit what they know will infuriate and inflame white people even though it is costly to Obama. Can they not help themselves. Or, do they think Obama is such a shoe in that it’s free market on their hate. I think their audacity has reached a point that they think they are immune from any scrutiny. Why else would Rev. P get up Sunday and give his message of hate. This is what we are in for if BO is elected. Run away corruption and Black Theology rhetoric with no constraint.
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Another familiar name: Peter Bynoe. He was an early Obama supporter per ilcampaign.org, second only to Abby O’Neil in 01-02 contributions.
The whole Wright going crazier thing, had to have been orchastrated. What other reason for a go between would there be? It was all too easy the way it happened. Wright melted right before our eyes, and since then he has been so much less a problem. And then. And then, Pfleger went and opened his big mouth and blabbed it all over, except he thought that no one would be able to figure it out from what he said. Obama sure has had some dumb supporters.
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