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Says Father Pfleger, Barack’s Intimate Longtime Confidante: “America is the Greatest Sin Against God”

By SusanUnPC on June 1, 2008 at 10:28 PM in Barack Obama, Father Michael Pfleger, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., Rev. Otis Moss

Now here is more video from Father Pfleger’s May 25, 2008 sermons — he gave two that day, one at Trinity (the home church for Barack and Michelle Obama of 20+ years) and at his St. Sabina Catholic church — in which he attacked Hillary Clinton and endorsed Barack Obama, against all Catholic church doctrine, forcing a public rebuke by the archdiocese of Chicago.

Jake Tapper of ABC News reports that Father Michael Pfleger — Barack Obama’s longtime close confidante and adviser who refereed the dispute between him and Rev. Jeremiah Wright in April and May 2008 — said last Sunday that “America is the Greatest Sin Against God.”

Oops, how did that get in there? Here’s the video to watch:

Jake Tapper of ABC News also reports:

In September, the Obama campaign brought Pfleger to Iowa to host one of several interfaith forums for the campaign. Pfleger has given money to Obama’s campaigns and Obama as a state legislator directed at least $225,000 towards social programs at St. Sabina’s, according to the Chicago Tribune. Pfleger appears to have been scrubbed from the Obama campaign’s page that features the testimony of faith leaders, but you can see the cached version HERE.

For another audio — the sermon that the Catholic priest gave at St. Sabina — go to another No Quarter article today, “Barack Obama’s Intimate Confidante Father Pfleger Delivered a Second Sermon Last Sunday,” where we have linked to SEVERAL PAST ARTICLES here at No Quarter on the lengthy and VERY CLOSE relationship between the two men.

http://www.liberalrapture.com/ John Smart

nightmare. obama is a nightmare.
Adrienne Grey

It’s sickening to watch this pale priest imitate his idol, Jeremiah Wright. I feel bad for folks in Chicago who are duped into giving their money to con men.

*****A
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/removable-of-father-michael-pfleger Nancy Riley

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/removable-of-father-michael-pfleger

Please sign this petition to rid of this Radical priest !!

Read some of the comments on the Pettitions..it is said that the Cardinal is actually afraid of Pfleger ??
http://www.hillaryclinton.com **== President & Commander-in-Chief Hillary Clinton **==

Father Pfleger is just some guy in the neighborhood and has nothing to do with Obama.

destardi

haha!
frisee

so he didn’t have an official post in his campaign? oh, no he did.

so Obama didn’t earmark 100,000s to his programs? oh, no he did.

Obama didn’t have a “faith testimonial” from Pflefer on his campaign website (until it was removed LOL)? whoops, 0 for 3

frisee

op was being ironic /doh

http://www.hillaryclinton.com **== President & Commander-in-Chief Hillary Clinton **==

Yea I was. Like Ayers was just some guy in the neighborhood.

http://noquarterusa.net/blog/ Truthteller

Barack Obama’s Trinity Church in inner city Chicago: “America is the greatest sin against God.”

Obama was still a member of this church, this “God Damn America” church, when this statement was uttered at the pulpit.

NoQ_Reader

It’s stunning. I have a hardcore Republican colleague who loves Sean Hannity and always talks about how Democrats hate America. Please tell me the party’s not going to nominate a guy who hangs out with people who literally go on and on about hating America.

Bud White

The un-vetted Obama was an Axlerod fictional reaction…now the truth is coming out.
Randall

we are patiently waiting till the am and for the video bomb…
hillaryfighter

Boy, the gifts keep on giving.

Another Hillary fighter is on board, I will NEVER EVER vote for Obama, the empty suit and anti-America racist pig. Let’s actively work to defeat this monster.

We need to start contacting McCain’s blog team!!
http://takeaction.wordpress.com/ A.Citizen

Well….

I’m a white guy. I hang out with a good number of black folk of the younger generation. They don’t see me as a racist asshole. I jes white.

I did not have a problem with what Rev. Wright said in the clips I saw. I don’t have a problem with this guy. But….

Although this guy is talkin’ the truth I doubt me the average American will feel moved to vote for Obama after seeing much of this. The real problem comes in when younger folks get into this and lose their balance. Their very sanity. That would be this guy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC5tFJqt4w8

And the good father, I’m an Atheist by the way, along with the good Senator are directly responsible for the young man in the clips ‘take’ on what is going on.

Obama is no more fit to lead this nation than Bush was and for many of the same reasons. Senator SnakeOil can disavow followers such as the young man shown but such will just be meaningless words.

He, Obama, and his thugs are playing with dynamite and sadly they are probably not the ones that are going to get blown to hell.

Where, since they invented the hideous idea thereof, they should roast for all eternity.

http://takeaction.wordpress.com/ A.Citizen

When I said ‘the truth’ I mean ‘the truth as he sees it…’ of which I am a die hard defender. Free Speech must never be abridged or suppressed.

But that also means you are responsible for the effects of your speech.

Such I believe and will continue to believe no matter what idiots like Kos, Bowers, Marshall and yes the great Senator SnakeOil himself have to say to me.

Mike in NOLA

Susan,

I think you weaken your argument by mixing this issue in with the Mideast conflict. Those who have been starved, tortured and invaded may have some legitimate beefs with us.

Pfleger’s problem is with his and his audience’s hatred of America when they have enjoyed the benefits of being Americans.
Seattlemoss

I was talking to an Obamabot today.
He wants out of Iraq and all places where America has vital interests. I asked him if he cared if Western Civilization collapsed.
He said that we should have no influence on the world and should be able to live collectively on farms growing our own food and take over the companies and all the big houses and give them to the poor.
He mentioned that Obama is the only one that can negotiate this defeat with the rest of the world.

I also asked him if he cared if we got attacked again by terrorists.
His response..
WE deserve it because we’re the evil empire that needs to be brought down.

HARP

He said that we should have no influence on the world and should be able to live collectively on farms growing our own food and take over the companies and all the big houses and give them to the poor.

And they called ME a Hippie back then?

frisee

Perhaps you should ask him what he thinks of his messiah’s views on Pakistan:

“If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf won’t act, we will”
Barack Obama

so saddened

and then he got in the car his parents bought him and drove home to a warm house and ate food from a grocery store or a restaurant.

he’s never seen a farm or a live chicken/pig/cow that he’d have to kill/butcher/preserve himself if he wanted to eat it and have food for later. he wouldn’t have a clue how to plant/raise/harvest/store vegetables. he thinks heat comes from the thermostat. and he can’t sew on a button, much less make his own clothing.

i hope he tries it. he’ll starve and freeze. well deserved.

as part of the 60s, remember the let’s just live together on little farms bs. lasts a few months at most, then it’s back to the city, the office, mom’s house, whatever.

re his opinion that we deserve terrorist attacks – you know he means that WE deserve it. he thinks his little behind will be safe.
http://hyper-educated-uppity-woman.blogspot.com Uppity Woman

Oh Goodie! That makes Obama so attractive to me now. What was I thinking!!!? I always wanted to give my house away to a slug and then grow my own food. I know i will be SO much happier that way!
uhh somehow this notion that I am qualified to be president is uhh uhh ridiculous

This is EXACTLY the problem. Obama means the downfall of our great nation. Not only do they perpetuate white guilt, they are advocating American guilt. We should tear ourseleves apart and sacrifice for the comfort of other nations.

joeysky

WTF was that looney Father Freak ranting about? His sentence ran in circle. It made absolutely no sense!

The cheering of the people in that church is the biggest problem. MOBO were among them for 20 years. How can they deny 20 years of their life as insignificant?
http://hyper-educated-uppity-woman.blogspot.com Uppity Woman

Boy there’s no end to the warm feelings this guy creates is there?
blue gold

Why is Obama responsible for what Father Pfleger has said?

Isn’t Father Pfleger responsible for his OWN WORDS?

Who cares what this fool has said.

http://hyper-educated-uppity-woman.blogspot.com Uppity Woman

Well, gee….maybe because if you attended a Black Liberation Theology church for 20 years, you might just might be sharing The Feeling.
http://takeaction.wordpress.com/ A.Citizen

This is why:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uC5tFJqt4w8

Words have meaning, words have power, the young man in this clip has clearly heard Senator SnakeOil’s call to join him. Join him!

And by his understanding of Obama and perhaps the good Father he is….

Joining the Crusade.
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Eurogirl70

quit playing naive. it is about as believable as a virgin on prom night. A person is judged by the company they keep. You don’t go to KKK meetings for 20 years just because you liked the coffee and donuts they served.

Likewise, you do not sit in a pew for 20 years listening not to solutions on how to make a community and a people prosperous and successful but rather that someone is the cause of all your problems. Sort of like the argument that Hitler made when he told the German people that our severe economic situation wasn’t the result of a world wide depression or the reparations we were forced to pay to England and France in the Treaty of Versailles (1918) wasn’t because we started an unnecessary world war. No, it is all the dirty jews fault that we are in this mess. Get rid of them and there ends our problems. How did that work out exactly?

People do terrible things to one another. Sometimes it is based on xenophobia and race. Sometimes it is built on differences of religion (Northern Ireland) and sometimes it is due to tribal rivalries/political power (Hutu’s/Tutsi’s in Rwanda). What you do when the cameras are off. The stands that you take when you will receive no accolades is the true measure of a person’s character.

When I was a child, my mother was visiting an aunt over Easter. She attended mass with them. During the mass, the priest began to say disparaging things about jews and that they killed Jesus. My mother did not sit there. Remaining seated would have instilled in the priest the idea that everyone in attendance agreed with his anti-semitic rant. Instead, my mother got up, made eye contact with the priest, and walked right down the middle aisle, carrying me. Her gesture showed more courage then anything Obama has been able to muster in his lifetime.
street_parade

Father Phlegm is a spiritual advisor to Obama. He was listed on his official web site until last week, when the shitstorm broke. He is someone whose opinion was sought out by Obama. They have a very long and close relationship. This would lead one to believe that, on some level, Obama has some affinity with what Father Phlegm spouts…same as with Rev. Wright and William Ayres and…they just keep coming.

You may be very young and do not understand, but to Republicans this is red meat. They thrive on painting Democrats as anti-American and out of touch with every day Americans. The never ending calvacade of Obama’s associates spouting anti-American, racist BS (with video) is how they will bury him. He is unelectable.
NoQ_Reader

It’s a good thing Obama’s campaign didn’t hold Hillary responsible for the words of a few random people in Iowa who forwarded emails alleging he was a Muslim, Bill Shaheen, Bob Kerrey, Bob Johnson, and Geraldine Ferraro. Luckily they never claimed there was a pattern.

so saddened

good one!
uhh somehow this notion that I am qualified to be president is uhh uhh ridiculous

Is he not part Muslim, as was his father?
Why is BO’s racial make up Hillary’s fault?

http://thehorizontalworld.blogspot.com/ Medusa

And Flagellator is a Catholic priest? Jesus Christo! WTF do people listen to this shit? And BO directed money to him and he to BO.
Charming bedfellows.

That first video is stunning. Nothing like the sound of Chamberlain’s voice announcing the Munich Agreement is a haunting reminder of a failed appeasement. BO is an idiot, and if the Dirty Power Mongers in the DNC put him in office, there is no doubt that he would put our country in grave danger.

Mike in NOLA

The problem with the Chamberlain video is that it’s the same argument W and Fox used to justify the boneheaded invasion of Iraq. No one buys it any more.

http://noquarterusa.net/blog/ Truthteller

I agree.
street_parade

I agree as well. I want out of Iraq. I marched against the damn thing 5 years ago – I knew it had no purpose and would end like this. This is the way occupations go – badly.

There’s a great exchange in the film “Battle of Algiers” Col. Mathieu says: “We are soldiers. Our duty is to win; thus, to be quite clear, I’ll ask you a question myself: Must France stay in Algeria? If the answer is still “yes,” you must accept all that this entails.” That’s how occupations are — brutal for everyone involved.

To put it bluntly, if BO is the nominee McCain wins. Only and idiot would think otherwise. Therfore BO nomination = McCain Presidency = more Iraq.

street_parade

“America is the greatest sin against God”

Can someone trademark that one please? RNC take it away. Jeebus, this is just a train wreck. Could they find a worse candidate? I mean some of the inmates at San Quentin are more electable.

http://hyper-educated-uppity-woman.blogspot.com Uppity Woman

Just turn over your 401k to some slug and you will be Forgiven.

Ugo

I wish that Sen. Hillary Clinton Will run as an Independent Candidate for President of USA.

HillaryMadamePresident

I wish all of the Delegates would decide to give their votes to Hillary, at the convention.
Give ‘em Hell, Hillary!

http://www.hillaryclinton.com **== President & Commander-in-Chief Hillary Clinton **==

OT: Fox is reporting:

Hillary Clinton’s convincing win in Puerto Rico’s Democratic presidential primary on Sunday is adding fuel to her claims that the popular vote total should give superdelegates the guidance they need to select her as the nominee.

Is <a href=”http://pol.moveon.org/superdelegates/”this related? Is it some kind of trick?

Sign the Petition

Full petition text:
“The Democratic Party must be democratic. The superdelegates should let the voters decide between Clinton and Obama, then support the people’s choice.”

Let the voters decide

You’ve probably heard about the “superdelegates” who could end up deciding the Democratic nominee.

The superdelegates are under lots of pressure right now to come out for one candidate or the other. We urgently need to encourage them to let the voters decide between Clinton and Obama—and then to support the will of the people.

Can you sign this petition to the superdelegates right away?

Then there is a PDF file.

What do you guys think?

http://www.hillaryclinton.com **== President & Commander-in-Chief Hillary Clinton **==

The second link.
http://hyper-educated-uppity-woman.blogspot.com Uppity Woman

Honestly? I think I don’t trust moveon.org as far as I can throw them.

so saddened

ditto. won’t click there.

they’d probably take the signatures, attach a cover letter saying the petition means something pro-obambi, and use it.
http://www.hillaryclinton.com **== President & Commander-in-Chief Hillary Clinton **==

That’s why I am asking. So what are they up to? Looking for email addresses?

NoQ_Reader

After this latest crazy pastor problem, if they don’t want to march the party over the cliff with Obama, superdelegates are going to need cover to move to Hillary (eg, popular vote) so they don’t have to cite Obama’s crazy pastor problem.

IndayHill

Fr. Michael Pfleger must be assigned to the most remote, uncivilized part of the world, to atone his unpriestly behavior.
How about we write the Chicago Tribune or Cardinal Frances George, his superior, & expressed our indignation for the priest’s anti-America remark . He does not like America, then he should be deported/exile from this beautiful country.

http://www.hillaryclinton.com **== President & Commander-in-Chief Hillary Clinton **==

Antarctica.

so saddened

how about kenya? odinga will keep him warm.

street_parade

I wouldn’t want to punish the good people of Kenya with that! I actually work at a company that buys a lot of knitted products from a women’s cooperative based in Kenya (beautiful work they do). They are absolutely terrified of this Odinga thug. They feel like their country has spun out of control in the course of a few months.

http://hyper-educated-uppity-woman.blogspot.com Uppity Woman

Are there any more leper colonies?
cellocat

ok, I’m a pretty rabid Hillary supporter, but part of being an American is being able to say whatever we want about it. None of us should be telling others of us to get out of the country. However, there can and should be consequences, and when someone holds an office that’s public and/or has power, one should take care. Pfleger is abusing his authority as a religious leader, IMHO. America has done horrible, inethical things to its African American citizenry over the centuries. But really, there is female genital mutilation in other countries, and there are terrible things to cite in countries across the globe. If you go that route, every single country should be considered a “sin”. It’s silly. Pfleger likes the sound of his voice, and the cheering he gets, too much.

HARP

Why do all his friends hate America. Hell I had my education interrupted and had to go to NAM, but I could never hate America that much.

http://hyper-educated-uppity-woman.blogspot.com Uppity Woman

Dang HARP. You got bit by the lottery! So sorry man.

HARP

Yes, but on the bright side I did try some far out weed. lol

so saddened

hope the weed was terrific and hope you came back in one piece.

if the obamaloons had to worry about the draft, maybe they’d take the qualifications of the candidates more seriously.

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Homo Sapiens

I thought Pedophile Priests were the greatest sin against g-d. But then that’s me. Or is it the Bishops that covered
An for them? Or is it Joey Rats who once said the Catholic Church in America was in the trouble it was in because of the media exposing the pedophile priests?
Anyway it was enough for this Catholic to pull an Obama.
Andy

How many hateful and bigot adopted uncles will Obama be tolerated to have had?

Smaller issues and associations than these would have unquestionably disqualified ANY other candidate at any time in this nation’s history …

The media and the DNC have sold the American public this utmost unqualified, uninformed, and inexperienced community organizer; an unknown man coming from a swamp of corruption and with intimate ties to anti-American bigots and radicals.

This must qualify as one of the biggest travesties ever in US modern times.

What a disgrace…
frankly0

“America is the greatest sin against God”

This is said by a man who has heard of Nazi Germany, Pol Pot, the atrocities under Stalin, and the genocides in Africa.

I’m sorry, there is no other way of putting it: the man truly is a sick fuck.

http://www.sugarnspice.typepad.com Sugar

Yessss!! Pol Pot was one of the first crazies that came to my mind!!!! America is the GREATEST SIN? Damn! Alright, I’m off to bed now for real.

http://www.sugarnspice.typepad.com Sugar

Gosh, this is just…just, frightening. I initially was against BHO because I don’t believe he has a snowball’s chance in hell of winning and we needed Hillary to bring home the prize, but the more I learn about him, I’m just afraid of this radical shit. I mean, what exactly does that church seek by spreading that viciousness? Other than money in the collection plate of course…But, what else? Do they want to see white folks in bondage, being whipped and such to “atone” for the “sins of the father”. Shit that none of you had anything to do with. I just don’t understand. The Christian religion is not about division and hate and such. The whole lot of them. Trinity, Pfleger, Moss, BHO, MO, all of them are nuts!!! This guy can’t be trusted with this country. What the fuck is Howard Dean thinking? You don’t attend a church like that for 20+ years, put tens of thousands of dollars in the collection plate and not agree with the message. You just don’t do it. I’m disgusted. I’d better go to bed before I end up poring over the rest of the information on here, causing me horrible insomnia tonight. I’m anxiously awaiting the update on the Michelle “My Belle” whitey debaucle. I’m going to do all I can to piss them off on my own site tomorrow as soon as you all post it and link right back here. I was called a coon tonight…for the umpteenth time. Who gives a shit? What’s a few more times going to hurt at this point? Thanks for all you guys do!!

http://www.hillaryclinton.com **== President & Commander-in-Chief Hillary Clinton **==

Sugar you are one of my favorite bloggers. Thanks for all you do!
Joe

This just shows how religion can be twisted to suit any agenda and justify any evil.

Donkey Brazziere

I haven’t seen ME-chelle lately…Do they have her locked up in an attic somewhere?
Joe

Obama will probably spin any tape of Michelle spewing venom against “whitey” by saying that he doesn’t agree with her comments but he still loves her and will stick by her just to show what a devoted husband he is.
cynic465

OBAMA’s TOP BLOGGER

http://www.stoptheaclu.com/archives/2008/04/24/another-unsavory-obama-associate-official-blogger-a-communist/

Posted on April 24, 2008

-By Warner Todd Huston

The list of Barack Obama associates that hold views that clash with mainstream America is getting longer every day and now we can add another notch in the “anti-American” column of Obama campaign workers and supporters. This time we find that the Obama campaign’s official blogger, Sam Graham-Felsen, has spent time in France participating in labor riots, has written for a socialist magazine, hung a communist flag in his home, and was a fan of Marx while at Harvard.

Is this a case of the media not vetting another Obama associate? Why have we not heard of this man before and why is the media silent on him? After the stories of John Edwards’ anti-Catholic bloggers, you’d think that the media would have been on the lookout for campaign blogger related stories. Yet, this guy and his questionable past has been ignored by the same media that tried to give Edwards’ bloggers a pass.

A fellow that blogs at a site called “Common Ills” did a lot of leg work to dig up some of the publicly known utterings of Mr. Graham-Felsen prior to his elevation as the Obama campaign’s official blogger, so he deserves the credit for raising a “red” flag on this one.

What we know for sure is that in May of 2006, Sam Graham-Felsen wrote a short piece in the socialist magazine Socialist Viewpoint describing his participation in some French labor riots.

Then, back in 2003, Graham-Felsen also wrote a piece for the Harvard Crimson praising Noam Chomsky, known for blaming the United States instead of the terrorists for the attacks on 9/11, and advising him to “tone it down” in order to fool people enough to get his anti-American message out.

Graham-Felson praised Chomsky for having “taken on (what he perceives as) the ultimate bully — the United States,” and gives Noam some unsolicited Graham-Felson advice.

Unfortunately, Chomsky continues to squander this potential by making decisions that destroy his credibility in the eyes of most Americans. In perhaps his most infamous move, on the day after the Sept. 11 attacks, Chomsky stated: “The terrorist attacks were major atrocities. In scale they may not reach the level of many others, for example, Clinton’s bombing of the Sudan with no credible pretext, destroying half its pharmaceutical supplies and killing unknown numbers of people.” As a result of his poor timing and unwillingness to moderate his tone, his message was lost to anyone not already on the extreme Left. He sounded callous and dogmatic; instead of provoking change, he provoked disgust.

Yet, even if he is waiting for Americans to rise up in mass movements, he’s not going to spark widespread protest unless he can get more people to embrace his message. And if he wants to convince Americans, he’s simply got to tone it down.
Also in the Harvard Crimson in 2003, Sam Graham-Felson is noted for having hung a communist flag in his dorm room.

Behind the bar, in the corner, hangs a Communist Party flag that Sam and Kieran bought on their trip to Russia the summer after sophomore year.
So, what we have here is a kid who is an official blogger for the Obama campaign having written for a socialist magazine, is known to favor the anti-American views of Noam Chomsky, had a “communist flag” in his dorm room in college, and has attended riots in France and acted as a flack for them here in America. None of these ideas as espoused by our young Obama blogger are those commonly held by a majority of Americans. In fact, many people would consider a person who appreciates communism not an American at all.

The famous conservative blog “Little Green Footballs” calls this young Obama blogger a “hardcore Marxist.” To be fair, it is not known in public records if Mr. Graham-Felsen claims himself to be a “hardcore Marxist” or not, but his known associations with foreign rioters and socialists is of public record.

What cannot be ignored is that this is yet another close Obama associate who seems to hate what most Americans love. Barack’s wife could never be “proud of America” until her husband ran for president. His “spiritual advisor” wanted God to “damn America.” Barack launched his Senate bid in the home of a man that belonged to the Weather Underground, a radical, anti-American group that is responsible for murder. And these are just a few of the Obama associates that seem to hate what makes America great.

So, why does the Obama campaign surround itself with people like this, people who hold views that most Americans despise? And why is the media not looking into every Obama associate out there? Why does it take the Internet and bloggers to do this reporter’s leg work?

Your guess is as good as mine. But the whole thing reminds me of an old saying: you lie down with dogs and you wake up with fleas.

The sort of people that Barack Obama surrounds himself with does say something about the character of the “candidate of change.” It makes one wonder what sort of “change” Obama is interested in, anyway?
Lakrosse

Joe, I would bet he throws her under the bus, or somehow she gets hit by one.
http://paganpower.wordpress.com/ PaganPower

Loved the first video. First rate material.

Awesome!
uhh somehow this notion that I am qualified to be president is uhh uhh ridiculous

How about the travesties being executed in the Middle East? The oppression of women and children, the genocide, the use of chemical warfare against weaker societies?
Is the argument truly that, although these nations have been warring with each other for centuries, it is all the fault of America, because they do not like our foreign policies?