Clinton Campaign Statement on Father Pfleger Comments

Senator Obama is a racist and sexist and does not care what his supporters say or do. This has been going on since December. He has a cruel heart.

Just 5 more days and this primary will be over.
I CAN’T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wonder if any other american voters are tired of having to hear from obama
associates and hearing obama release statement denouncing his associates statements.
and sen. clinton must be tried of the diversion of having to comment on obama and his associates.
I hope and pray we are not in for another speech from obama.

i am african american and i am just tired of obama and anyone associated with obama.
i am just about of the mind to think obama and his associates have this planned-sort of a time released events.
because we all know obama is really ok with talking about ANYTHING except the issues.
solutions to the problems that the american voters face are where obama is his weakest.

Don’t take it serious Hillary Clinton, they “hate” all white people. I haven’t listened to sound bites, I’ve listened to many sermons from this church and we have no place for this in America if we are ever going to unite and work together. OBAMA and his MANY, MANY friends are dividing America.

I find it funny that Hillary Clinton talks about being a champion about the economy yet she can’t even keep own house in order.
She owns $20 million and has many debts she hasn’t repaid.

Poor Hillary her end is near. In less than a week Obama will be the nominee. Bye Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea we are not going to miss you. America is not willing to let your dream come true: Live in a country run by you for years and years.

Goodness, are these people about done yet? This guilt by association is beyond absurd. If Obama rejected another person’s comments that should be the end of it. One gets the impression that the Clinton camp doesn’t quite have enough to do.

For those of you who think Obama simply crossed paths briefly with Pfleger, please note they have been close for 20 years.
suntimes.com news/falsani/726619,obamafalsani040504.article

I understand that this fella Pfleger is a Catholic priest.
Shouldn’t Hillary be instead, or at least also, demanding an apology or some sort of “specific rejection” from Pope Benedict?

The difference between Hillary’s comments and the Father’s comments. Hillary never mentioned Obama by name. Whatever meaning people got from it was always an assumption (i.e. people looking for a hidden meaning that is not really there at face value). The problem with this comment is that it is a specific tirade against Hillary.
Good for Wolfson for standing up to do this.

once again sen. clinton did not make the white working class comment, she was quoting the associated press and repeating what they said.
this so called church and its preachers
are just putting on a show.
and the white preachers is just mocking black preachers,
if they are so much for goodness and doing so good and being about uniting.
why are they doing such low class things.

Do we forget that Obama work with Churches? I work in a law firm; I have many clients, Am I responsible for whatever my clients say? If the standard is that one, Jesus save me!!!!

Obama and his wife are racist

No person with minimum inteligence have agreed with the Clintons rosy scenario. The meeting of the rules commitee is on Saturday: My bet is that Hillary is not going to get the delegates the way she wants them. Obama is going to be the nominee and end of the story.
The nomination in both parties is based on delegates not on size of the states, length of the name of the state, location of the state, or popular vote(especially coming from the very important “state” of Puerto Rico).
Democrats are not going to deny the nomination to the candidate with the most pledge delegates.

i believe the obama supporters are so blinded with bias, they will make an excuse for anything neg. that comes out about obama.
there are plenty of the black politician coming up the ranks better than obama and we know them.
if obama had walked with black people all along we would have known him.
obama and his camp pretty much told the black leaders and the black press to get lost. we have a new way of doing things now for black people.
well i for one do not want what obama is peddling.
you cannot get a uniter out of the divisive talk he has been listening to for all these years.

you are the people you surround yourself with. yep yep

I wonder if the Obamas know anybody who is not a blasphemous preacher, a marxist, an anarchist, or a crook?
I am sure they didn’t know Pfleger was a hater, just like they didn’t know Ayers liked to blow stuff up.
You have to give them credit for running in a very unique and eclectic circle.
If they have any of their group’s pictures hanging on their walls, it must look sort of like a post office.
If an Obama supporter’s utterances fall on deaf ears, could one assume that they never said anything?

I want a special comment from Keith, but I wont hold my breath.

Senator Obama is not a democrat. He is a Socialist/Marxist and far too many people he has around him for 15 to 20 years are not very nice people. His whole campaign has been a culture of deception. He will say or do anything to mislead the voters and win the election.

You are judged by the company you keep. The Trinity United Church does not worship the good Lord. The Father does not belong to the Catholic Church. I am voting for McCain.

Senator Obama is not a democrat. He is a Socialist/Marxist and far too many people he has around him for 15 to 20 years are not very nice people. His whole campaign has been a culture of deception. He will say or do anything to mislead the voters and win the election.
Posted by: Martin | May 29, 2008 9:24:15 PM
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Take out the word Obama and replace it with Clinton and you got it right.

Did it ever occur to anyone that Obama has every capacity to actually be offended by these types of comments given that he is biracial and was raised in a white family?
My situation is exactly the same and another interesting element that people who are not similiarly situated do not appreciate, is that people (both black,white and otherwise) feel less comfortable making these statements in the presence of a person of such a background.
Any cogent or at least coherent thoughts?

“His(Her) whole campaign has been a culture of deception. He(She) will say or do anything to mislead the voters and win the election.”
You hit the nail on the head my dear Martin. This is the reason that Hillary is no longer the choice of democrats in the country. How things change in less than 6 months. Remember how Hillary was adored way back then.

A different Preacher but it is filmed at Obama’s church. Obama disowned ((((FINALLY )))))HIS RACIST PREACHER. BUT DIDN’T DISOWN HIS CHURCH NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER RACIST PREACHER AT HIS CHURCH ,,,,,,, TOALLY DISGUSTING
WHEN ARE PEOPLE GOING TO GET A CLUE

The Obama supports are screaming and waving their arms for Hillary to get out NOW! Obama WON! OBAMA WON!!!
See, the fact is as of today, Obama has won nothing yet. There will be some serious and damaging accusations coming out on Saturday. Why do you think Hillary is staying in this? This information could potentially destroy the Obama bid to become the Democratic nominee.

To—HuH: You are uninformed. My statement stands. Please learn to read something other than the distortion Obama has posted on his web site.

WOW—The Obama supporters are getting scared and deperate in their postings. Looks like a bunch of score losers to me. Clinton is still ahead in popular votes.

Hillary is considering 2 choices at this time. Either take it all the way to convention, which the race is such a dead heat she has every right to by law, considering Ted Kennedy was 800 delegates behind and took his campaign to the convention, or the other choice is to seriously considering running as a third party independent and taking her 17 million voters with her to run against Obama & McCain

Every-time I google-news, It just keeps growing. Even MSNBC had it.

I am fed up with the double-speak coming out of the Obama campaign and those closely associated with his candidacy. “We’re for bringing the country together” – when its politically expedient and only on his terms. The degree of disrespect shown toward Senator Clinton is breathtaking and now inexcusable. I will either vote for McCain or abstain from the presidential contest!!

This is disgusting! I am appalled that the Obama campaign did not denounce him BY NAME. Obama is such a HUGE hypocrite and same old politics. Hillary brings REAL change.

It is in the LS Web site Vanessa. I can’t post the link or it will get immediately deleted. It is LS, at his word press site. Just google LS full name with a comma then Obama. Like I said, I an not saying any of it is true, but either way, it will cause huge problems for Obama.

I still say for us Dems to get back in the White House Obama & Hillary should both swallow their pride & huge egos and run on the same ticket. Bitter enemies have united before, so it should not be that difficult since they are running on the same platform. The pair of them would be nearly unbeatable in the GE.

this is all the clinton camps fault
lol
like they havent been using divisive language FROM THEIR OWN MOUTHS
this isnt even obama…
THEY USE DIVISIVE LANGUAGE AT EVERY CAMPAIGN STOP
hillary you have 6 days

Again, it’s Obama’s Church, different pastor but same hateful, divisive message. If Obama is unable to contain the hate in his own backyard, his own tight church community, he certainly will not be able to contain this kind of hate when he is president. If you want to be in charge of enforcing the laws of the land, you must prove that you are disposed to enforce them equally. Obama should go to his own church and tell the hatemongers to sit down and shut the heck up. He obviously will do nothing as a presidential candidate so we can assume he will do nothing on this as president. Black separatist white haters are the same as the KKK, and I don’t want a president who feels comfortable in either camp.

Didn’t Obama claim that Otis Moss was a “great young preacher”? Wasn’t Mr. Moss (he’s no Reverend) praising what Mr. Pfleger just said about Hillary Clinton? I think it’s time for Obama to leave that hateful church. It will be to late for me no matter what he does but he should still leave that church.

Very strange that Mua, Huh?, Wm in Florida, and Nat Turner all have the same IP.
If an Obama supporter’s utterances fall on deaf ears, could one assume that they never said anything?

You have to wonder about a candidate who chooses a “person of faith” like this to write a testimonial for him:
“Father Michael Pfleger
Senior Pastor, St. Sabina Church, Chicago, IL
I�m concerned by issues of poverty and issues of justice and equal access and opportunity especially when dealing with children and education and healthcare. Also, the war in Iraq is non-negotiable: end it! The faith community has to be a prophetic voice to bring us to where we ought to be as a country. Its voice should call every individual to be their best and not assimilate into anything less. Obama is calling back those who have given up and lost hope in the political system both young and old in the belief that we can fix it. He has the intellect for the job and I haven�t heard anyone since Robert F. Kennedy who is causing such an emotional and spiritual awakening to the political possibilities.”
Blah, blah, blah, what a crock.

Thank God for the midwest and southern states where people of faith get to vote for a candidate for president who is proud to be an american who supports and defend the constitution of the unites states of america. Senator McCain will prevail in November. For the first time in my adult life I will be voting for a republican.

Hillary did indeed apologize for the RFK remark, which was uttered in connection with the length of the campaign and why someone would be urged to drop out of a 50/50 race. Neither candidate can win the nomination without the superdelegates, and they have said that their choice will be the person that can win the Presidency, that is their right. She is in a closer position than Ted Kennedy was when he ran all the way to the convention, which by the way is her right to do so if she chooses! Hillary is by far the stronger candidate, and the ugliness in these posts doesn’t change that. Clinton/Obama ticket maybe?

As far as I can see, Pflegger (sp) is right. Hilary is crying and whining. She never expected a Black man to beat her. Her supporters are admittedly racist. They said so themselves. No threats were made to her volunteers. There were no bomb threats at any of her campaign offices. No one has threatened her life publicly. No one is accusing her of things that others do or say.
She has caused lots of problems in this campaign. She has in fact, disgraced the democratic party to no end. Atleast you NEVER hear Senator Obama making these statements himself. Atleast he isn’t hinting around for her assasination or how he dodged bullets in Bosnia. In no way can you compare the statements made by these creeps with the statements that came from Hilary’s own mouth. She should be stopped and made to shut up. She never apologized to Senator Obama not once about her stupid comment regarding assasination. Why should Obama answer to anyone for what somebody else says? He is not responsible for what comes out of somebody else’s mouth. Let’s take a look at the Clinton’s associates.

lib wrote: >>>Why should Obama answer to anyone for what somebody else says? He is not responsible for what comes out of somebody else’s mouth
Yes he is – at this stage in the game – when Obama has pretended it was only Wright and not HIS entire church basing their religion on hating whites.

worldcitizen vote for whomever you like. I voted for whites all my voting life. I believe, yes I will, try a Black person this time. Give him a chance. He can’t do worse than the some of the ones we had.

When Hillary apologizes to Obama for her monstrous RFK comment then Obama should apologize for an insignificant
comment from this guy.

Jo, I’m having a great time! I love this. It is great to be supporting the winner. It is also great to converse with ignorance and racism too. This is great. I am even staying up late to do this. Yawn

Sure Lib, sure.
Even the CNN Obama supporters were looking pretty grim tonight as they discussed this.
Like I said, Obama CANNOT survive Round Two of another raving lunatic pastor/friend.
Can’t wait for the general election!

So the classless Clintons are seeking to stir things a bit. lol
Clinton was on video with assassination comments.
And Obama got blamed for Clinton’s OWN WORDS! lol
So Obama gets blamed for Clinton’s assassination comments.
And Obama is getting blamed for this priests comments.
All because the VIRTUOUS Obama has no self-indicting words of his own! lol

Lib, when one of your campaign themes is unity and you have this kind of circle of friends, then you become nothing more than a fraud.

Jo, I am not worried about Senator Obama not in the least. He will do fine. No matter who Hilary pays to try and railroad his campaign, what color he is etc. He will do just fine. I don’t watch soap operas and the reverend wright and this pastor is just what that is. Decent educates people are more concerned about the issues. Not what John said to Sue. This is usually the case. When some people see others doing great, they just try to jump on the band wagon.

Yes Lib, he’ll do fine in the primary. However he’s finished in the general.

I should also note that the Drudge Report has not a mention of this pastor. Nothing. Instead, the entire page is filled with Hillary bashing. Isn’t it time for the mainstream media to get back to real reporting and stop taking its cues from that internet-age yellow journalism rag.

Lib, as I recall Robertson and Hagee and Falwell were not the pastors of ANY of our presidents AND certainly not for 20 years.
And if they had been, they never would have been elected.
Your arguments get weaker and weaker with each post.

McCain is one happy man tonight!

The figuring wise Americans should do with respect to Iraq is simple:
How and what has Iraq invasion BENEFIT to Americans.
How and what has Iraq invasion COST to Americans?
Simple accounting suggests that Iraq has been a BIG LOSS in every way! No benefit to Americans!
Only a foolish ‘businessman’ would not know to ‘cut his losses’.
Only a foolish ‘businessman’ would not know when to give up on a LOST & COSTLY CAUSE as the Iraq war is.

That’s the point HUH, most people want to make a big deal out of this because they look for ANY reason to justify their hate for Senator Obama. It’s unhealthy to dislike any of the candidates this passionately. Especially since we all live in the same country. When you don’t want to vote for someone because of their color like the people in WV, PA and IN. That’s disgraceful. There are people of ALL colors fighting to defend this country and anyone of them no matter what their color should be able to come back home and be the president or whatever they want to be. I believe firmly that Hilary and Bill have made race and issue in this campaign and NOT Obama.

Obama is a flat tire.
I am so tired of this goon already.
Dirty politics is his game, glossed over with oratory fluff.
Let the delegates and party leaders have this “Emperor has no Clothes” masquerade. It’s stale and comical.
I’ll support democracy and the people’s vote.
Hillary Clinton, the only smart choice.

I have been trying to e-mail Father Pfleger and the Cardinal all night, no success. Did they pull the plug? Father Pflegers audience appeared highly amusing at his comments and posturing. I believe his words are equal to Don Imus 3 words that got him fired. That racial door swings both ways and it’s time to stop this and know that if it were said about Jesse Jackson’s daughter in law, he would be on Nightline!! Hang your heads in shame Father, Barack, Rev Wright, Jesse,and Al Sharpton. Where is the voice of peace and vision? Not coming from this mans mouth. Resign, maybe Don Imus or Michael Richards can give you a few tips. I call for it now@!

Obama’s “Crazy Uncle” attic was already getting pretty crowded….
Now they have to make room for one more.

After all they were in the House of God

As one who is from a caucus state I am tired of hearing all the whining from the Clintons or blaming Obama for the words of others over whom he has no control.I don’t know if Hillary got an apology from the Pastor who preached an hour on adultery when she was in Church (I don’t think Bill was there). Father Pfleger was never Obama’s pastor but has long been an outspoken voice for the poor and downtrodden in Chicago and had to deal with the racism so long present in his own church. What he said was nothing new as many other commentators outside of a church had talked about her whining or the sense of Clintonian entitlement as if we were to see the second coming of Eva Peron. Obama wasn’t there for the guest sermon andonce again the bigots who back Clinton hsve to go to a non issue. By the way, what happened to the gas tax rebate that was her issue a few weeks ago– just more hot air from Hillary in an attempt to pretend she cares for the common person about as phony as Bill’s $400,000 speeches or her sticking up for the little person while on the Wal Mart national board.

Davis and your guy Obama will not-quite-but-almost be president. And that’s all you’ll get. Almost.
Hope you are happy with that.

Davis,
I don’t believe in the prediction that Obama will win landslide just because people are angry with Bush. Remember Kerry? So many people were talking about how Kerry would win. But he didn’t. Obama is evern weaker than Kerry. Think the kind of problems he has now with Jews, women, working class. Kerry was doing better than him at this time when he got nomination.

Jo,
We’ll see about that…
Tell me are you voting for that old war mongering, abortion rights squashing, bottom of his class, post tramatic stress victm???
Ya, I thought so – you and the rest of the bitter Hillary sore losers….

Davis, I’m voting for the guy most of America will vote for.
John McCain. He’ll be your next president so get use to it.

I wonder how many people saw the CNN piece tonight on Anderson Cooper who had NO IDEA that’s how Obama won his state senate seat – by using lawyers to challenge his competition.
Wow. Just wow. It was very eye opening.

Obama will never be an option for us …
Our conscience points us to MCCAIN if Hillary is not the nominee ..
The Democrats deserve to lose the White House is they put up Obama as their nominee …

Attention all Americans who believe in a fair race: Obama’s Illinois strategy is being used again here in the Dem race … in Illinois, he got a team of lawyers together who poured through the paperwork of the opposing candidates and found technical errors in their filing papers which Obama then used to succeed in having them disqualified from the race … so Obama ran unopposed. Sound familiar???
This is a matter of public record as reported by numerous “news” outlets, including the Chicago Tribune, who has endorsed Obama.
Here again, Obama is trying to drive out the competition so that he can run unopposed. It isn’t hard to see why the media is helping him: all that campaign money he’s raising … where does it go? For media ads and coverage … he’s a cash cow for the media.
Now Obama is trying the same dirty tricks and tactics to try to secure an unopposed run as the Dem nominee. We, the people, need to stop him. No matter how you feel about the candidates, the process of electing our next Dem nominee needs to be democratic and open … not a one-way, unopposed ticket for the media’s cash cow.

Obama’s no better please!!!!
Obama wouldn’t know honesty if it jumped up and bit him…He’s nothing more than gutter trash.
He sat in the pews of a church and heard nothing in reference to his illustrious pastor that was derogatory……He realized how STUPID that sounded so, he launched this master speech that would set the record straight.. Even had the audacity(love this word) to tell US that WE had racial issues. I like that touch! I guess he would know coming from a racially charged atmosphere for two decades. Made this bit production of Hillary’s tax information which revealed nothing we didn’t already probably know. But, have received campaign contributions far exceeding their total 8 year gross income…Oh my goodness that one is crazy.
Took questionable donations from none other Tony Rezko……But was the only living soul in Chicago that didn’t know the dynamics associated to him. Didn’t know him still even though he sold you the house and lived right next door…… I love it!
Can’t be held responsible you were oblivious of everything that was going on around you. Receiving money from unregistered lobbyist, their families, as well as other business associates….. But, because they were unregistered it was OK……. Call that a little double standard wouldn’t you say? Didn’t understand the voting process while in the Senate and oops my Senate records mysteriously disappeared.. Yeah right! EVERYBODY is looking at him like maybe we have a nut loose.
He made this great BIG issue oh my god Hillary has embellished her trip to Bosnia she is not to be trusted…But you on the other hand…..This next one is one of my personal favorites he truly should be nominated for an award……….
Your father was airlifted into America by way of the Kennedy’s in 1959. Story brought a tear to my eye of how your parents were able to meet through the kindness of the Kennedy’s…….Unfortunately your father came here in 1960 the air lift had already occurred……So that says…. It never happened!

1962ottumwa, I think you asked what Spin Doctor, started the Muslim “rumoors” It was Obama himself. He wants to get the Muslim Votes and Black Muslims and other American Muslims like his “allegiance” however wink/wink it may appear to you. Do some checking on the internet and see, they are promoting Obama and registered Democrat, so think about it… those are voters and Obama wants all the votes he can get, while appearing not to be campaigning to Muslims… Yes he is.
The glib handling of criticism of his relationship with the anti-American (“God Damn America!”) and anti-Israel (“a dirty word for Negroes”) Reverend James Wright may have bought him a little time. But the legacy of dissimulation about his long-concealed identity is about to come crashing down around the ears of Barack Hussein Obama, courtesy of the assembled testimony of his family, friends, classmates and teachers.
Obama’s official campaign site has a page titled “Obama has never been a Muslim, and is a committed Christian.” The page states, “Obama never prayed in a mosque. He has never been a Muslim, was not raised a Muslim, and is a committed Christian who attends the United Church of Christ.”

Here’s an interesting list:
1. He joined and remained active in a church where racism and anti-American hate is routinely preached. He and his family attended, and heavily contributed for about 20 years. This has received worldwide attention, as show in the link below.
Ten Must-See Videos from The Times Online
Obama first claimed not to know about Wright’s inflammatory statements. He later admitted he did.
CBS News
Flip-Flip Video
CBS News
OOPS… didn’t notice. Or else he forgot.
Rev Wright, one of the ministers, even promoted Obama and denigrated Hillary Clinton from the pulpit spurring an IRS investigation as to the validity of their non-profit status. The Obama campaign is also reported to have campaigned on at least one occasion at church events, furthering the curiosity of the IRS.
WCBS TV
Obama Speech at General Synod of the United Church of Christ
But, OOPS… he didn’t know. Or didn’t mind.
2. Senator Obama bought stock in two companies whose investors included his 2004 campaign political donors. One, in fact, was developing medicine to treat avian flu — with the stock purchase coming right before Obama introduced legislation to increase funding to combat the virus.
The other company, SkyTerra, received government permission to build a national wireless network on the day Obama purchased his shares. Among the principal owners of this business were four people who had raised more than $150,000 for Obama. Attorney Obama claimed later that they were in a semi-blind trust, that just didn’t legally work out. When this became public, Obama sold the stock.
Chicago Sun-Times
New York Times
Oops… he didn’t know. Or didn’t he mind?
3. Senator Obama came into politics through the famously corrupt Chicago political machine, with the help of some of the slimiest characters imaginable. (Several major players who helped him are have been indicted for graft, fraud, etc. Obama now keeps a rep at Rezko’s trial every day to monitor testimony.) Obama has had to donate to charity much of the money they gave him to get his start, though the admitted dollar amount keeps increasing as time goes on. It’s now up over $250,000. Tony Rezko, currently at trial on federal charges of attempted extortion, money laundering, and fraud, was also involved in the purchase of Obama’s home at well below market value.
Huffington Post
Chicago Sun-Times
New York Times
Not so well publicized is the fact that Obama wrote letters to the Illinois Dept of Housing, recommending Rezco’s company, North Kenwood, LLC, for the housing projects that soon became slums, causing inhumane hardship for their residents.
Obama Letters
These slums, later repossessed, were in Obama’s district while he was an Illinois senator. In fact, some are about a mile from his home, and several are still boarded up. Obama professed to be unaware of any problems. During the Democratic debate on January 21, 2008, Obama, in fact, gave the impression that he had merely done about 5 hours of legal work for “this individual.”
The Rezko Foreclosed Properties
telegraph.co.uk
No Quarter
Rezko Watch
Chicago Tribune: Almost Believable
OOPS… he didn’t know. Or did he care?
4. According to the Sun-Times, Barack Obama, “allegedly decent guy and agent of change” in Washington, requested an earmark in 2006 for $1 million taxpayer dollars for the University of Chicago Hospitals, where is wife, Michelle Obama, was a vice president. Said hospital, by the way, gave Michelle Obama a huge raise (nearly $200,000, more than doubling her salary) in 2005 after Barack was elected to the United States Senate.
Michelle Obama
Chicago Sun-Times
According to The Chicago Tribune, “Obama had a special connection to Maytag: Lester Crown, one of the company’s directors and biggest investors whose family, records show, has raised tens of thousands of dollars for Obama’s campaigns since 2003.” Maytag closed its refrigerator plant in Galesburg, Ill during Obama’s 2004 Senate campaign, but Crown says Obama never raised the fate of the Galesburg plant with him. Obama’s campaign responded “that the senator did not know Crown sat on Maytag’s board until the Tribune noted it last September in a story about the closing of the Maytag headquarters in Newton, Iowa.”
Chicago Tribune
Obama Truth
Oops… he didn’t know? Or didn’t he care?
5. Obama took donations from federal lobbyists and political action committees for his House and Senate races and his own Hopefund political action committee. He only stopped taking this political money — and began speaking out against it — when he launched his presidential campaign in February 2007. However, he still takes hundreds of thousands of dollars from their high level employees.
Politifact
The Hill
Politifact
Oops… he didn’t know? Or doesn’t mind?
6. Opponents have asked Senator Obama to release the records from his term of state office in Illinois. Since he has little other experience in politics (he did, after all, declare his presidential candidacy barely 2 years after election to the US Senate), this doesn’t seem an unreasonable request. The records might also shed light on his relationship with Rezko and some of the other corrupt individuals he rubbed shoulders with during his climb up through Chicago politics. But lo and behold, the records all seem to have mysteriously disappeared.
Politico
The Pantagraph, a central Illinois newspaper
Questions have also been raised about Obama-sponsored legislation during the last year he was in office there. It is alleged that, in the interest of making Obama appear more prolific, then Illinois Senate Majority Leader Emil Jones appointed Obama as sponsor of many pieces of legislation, even though other senior senators had spent many years working on the bills.
“I took all the beatings and insults and endured all the racist comments over the years from nasty Republican committee chairmen,” State Senator Rickey Hendon, the original sponsor of landmark racial profiling and videotaped confession legislation yanked away by Jones and given to Obama, complained to me at the time. “Barack didn’t have to endure any of it, yet, in the end, he got all the credit.”
“I don’t consider it bill jacking,” Hendon told me. “But no one wants to carry the ball 99 yards all the way to the one-yard line, and then give it to the halfback who gets all the credit and the stats in the record book.”
As a result, Todd Spivak of the Houston Press noted, “During his seventh and final year in the state Senate, Obama’s stats soared. He sponsored a whopping 26 bills passed into law — including many he now cites in his presidential campaign when attacked as inexperienced.”
Houston Press
Oops… he didn’t know? Or did he mind?
7. Obama’s website sported a page for the New Black Panthers organization until it was discovered and reported by the media. It was quickly removed. Obama denounced their support, but the New Black Panthers’ Winter 2008 newsletter still carries a full page ad for his campaign on page 36. Though the origin of the ad is not stated, it contains logos, graphics and quotes from the Obama website, which Obama could have ordered removed as a copyright violation.
The NBP page, before its deletion.
NBP Winter 2008 Newsletter
OOPs… he didn’t know.
8. In addition to the controversy concerning his numerous “present” votes while in the Illinois legislature, Obama also maintains that he just pushed the wrong button on 5 or 6 other votes. (Let’s not even go there!)
According to the New York Times, however, an examination of Illinois records shows at least 36 times when Mr. Obama was either the only state senator to vote present or was part of a group of six or fewer to vote that way, causing many to question whether he was really just trying to avoid taking a stand.
LA Times on Obama votes
Real Clear Politics
New Your Times
Obama also has an exceptionally high no-show ration for votes since coming to the Senate.
Media Matters
OOPS… he didn’t know? Or didn’t he care?
9. On Wednesday, Feb 27, 2008, CTV reported that a senior member of Obama’s campaign, Austan Goolsbee, spoke directly with the Canadian Consulate General in Chicago to assure them that if Obama publicly spoke about opting out of NAFTA, they should not take it seriously. It would just be political posturing… campaign rhetoric. Obama flatly denied the report, attacking both Senator Clinton and Senator McCain for their comments on the issue.
On March 4, the New York Times, among other sources, revealed that the conversation had indeed taken place, and published the memo. The Canadian government announced that an investigation would begin to find out who was responsible for leaking the memorandum concerning the conversation.
CTV News
New York Times
New York Times published the memo
OOPS… he didn’t know.
10. Obama’s position on the war in Iraq, in spite of the October 2002 speech, has not been as unwavering as he would have us believe.
# He wrote in The Audacity of Hope that by March of 2003, “I began to suspect that I might have been wrong.”
# In July, 2004, he told the Chicago Tribune, “There’s not that much difference between my position and George Bush’s position at this stage.”
# Once elected to the US Senate, he told Charlie Rose on PBS, “Once the decision was made, then we’ve got to do everything we can to stabilize the country, to make it successful, because we’ll have too much at stake in the Middle East. And that’s the position that I continue to take.”
# Obama continued that tack in his speech of November, 2005. Mirroring the Bush administration’s position, he asserted on January 26, 2006, that “it remains my position that we have a role to play in stabilizing the country as Iraqis are getting their act together.” In this interview on Meet the Press, he further stated, “My position has been that it would not be responsible for us to unilaterally and precipitously draw troops down regardless of the politics, because I think that all of us have a stake in seeing Iraq succeed.”
# It wasn’t until October of 2006 that he called for “all the leadership in Washington to execute a serious change of course in Iraq.”
# A month before he announced his presidential candidacy he repositioned himself again, saying for the first time, “It’s time to start bringing our troops home.”
# It wasn’t until May of 2007 that Obama voted against funding for the war for the first time.
# In June, 2007, Obama voted no to Senator John F. Kerry’s proposal to remove most combat troops from Iraq by July 2007, warning that an “arbitrary deadline” could “compound” the Bush administration’s mistake. He voted instead for a Republican-sponsored resolution that stated the Senate would not cut off funding for troops in Iraq.
Commentary Magazine
Obama Gets the Facts Wrong
Clinton Takes on Obama
MSNBC
The Boston Globe
OOPS… did he forget?
11. Senator Obama is chair of of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Subcommittee on Europe, having been appointed in early 2007. According to Congressional Records, the subcommittee’s jurisdiction includes “all matters, policies and problems concerning the continent of Europe, including the European member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.” That means it has jurisdiction over NATO.
As Senator Clinton asserted in a recent debate, “NATO is critical to our mission in Afghanistan. He’s held not one substantive hearing to do oversight, to figure out what we can do to actually have a stronger presence with NATO in Afghanistan.”
Politifact
OOPS… he didn’t know… or did he forget?
12. Senator Obama told Tim Russert in January of 2006 that “I will serve out my full six-year term.”
From the official transcript of Meet the Press:
MR. RUSSERT: But there seems to be an evolution in your thinking. This is what you told the Chicago Tribune last month: “Have you ruled out running for another office before your term is up?” Obama answered, “It’s not something I anticipate doing.” But when we talked back in November of `04 after your election I said, “There’s been enormous speculation about your political future. Will you serve your six-year term as United States senator from Illinois?” Obama, “Absolutely.”
SEN. OBAMA: I will serve out my full six-year term. You know, Tim, if you get asked enough, sooner or later you’re going to get weary and you start looking for new ways of saying things. But my thinking has not changed.
MR. RUSSERT: So you will not run for president or vice-president in 2008?
SEN. OBAMA: I will not.
Obama formed an exploratory committee in January of 2007 and declared his candidacy two months later.
Meet The Press Transcript January 22, 2006
“Obama Takes the Russert Test” from The Swamp
Obama Learns the Washington Ways
OOPS… he forgot.
13. Senator Obama promised to use public financing for the general election if his Republican opponent would do the same. Now, apparently after he realized how much more money he could have at his disposal, he has reversed himself.
League of Women Voters
Mr Obama’s Waffle
OOPS… he forgot.
14. Obama bragged in the Iowa debate about the “nuclear legislation I’ve passed.” When he encountered resistance from the nuclear industry… including Illinois-based Excelon, the country’s largest nuclear plant operator and one of Mr. Obama’s largest sources of campaign money, he edited his bill several times, making it weaker each time. The bill, however, never passed. It died. But Mr Obama gained a chief political strategist… David Axelrod. In October 2007, Obama resubmitted the bill in its watered-down version.
Nuclear Leaks and Response Tested Obama in Senate
OOPS… he forgot.
15. Senator Obama purports to be in favor of “universal” health care, utilizing private insurance, on the campaign trail. In fact, he adamantly denied advocating single payor. But there was a time when he was in favor of the single payor system.
Video
The Swamp
OOPS… he forgot.
16. While campaigning, Obama told several hundred people in Iowa, “No lobbyists need apply to my White House.”
However, in contrast to his pledge to fight against the influence of special interests, his record on employing lobbyists isn’t quite so pristine. Several high level members of his campaign are registered lobbyists, including his New Hampshire campaign manager. Lately, he has softened his campaign line to, “They are not going to run my White House.”
The Boston Globe
The Wall Street Journal
Politico
The Washington Post
The Hill
Obama actually seems very comfortable working with lobbyists on legislation. To site just one example…
According to ABC, Obama “has quietly worked with corporate lobbyists to help pass breaks worth $12 million,” that gave two overseas companies tariff suspensions. Both companies also have facilities in Illinois.
One of these companies, Nufarm, told its shareholders it was making “more money than ever before in North America because it had increased its prices on its U.S. and Canadian customers, predominantly farmers.” This had the effect of profiting business interests in his state, while punishing its farmers.
According to ABC News, “With a dozen tariff suspension bills to his name, Obama stands out as the most prolific of any Democratic presidential hopeful on the topic.”
Despite Rhetoric, Obama Pushed Lobbyists’ Interests
OOPS… he forgot. Or didn’t he mind?

This kind of talk coming from a pulpit is despicable. This church is not a church, nor is it’s preachers and guest preachers men of God. Senator Obama sits idly by while his church continues to define him. His circle of friends continues to define him. He will never be good for America.
Senator Clinton has been disrespected long enough by the opposition. She deserves the nomination, and I will support her all the way to the White House. There are those that claim her background dictates her as being unworthy of the nomination. Her background pales in comparison to all the things I’ve learned about Senator Obama and his associations.
Vote No on Obama. Vote Yes for Clinton.

With all the new scandals coming out for Obama, it is no wonder Hillary stays in the race.

kerry,
Go ahead and vote for McInsane, McBush, McWhatever, it doesn’t matter.
You and the 100 or so regular Hillary or McBottomOfHisClass bloggers can do whatever you want, no one her is trying to convince the unconvertible Hillary delusional people…
You all are nothing but a fly speck in this upcoming election. Do you think the people that blog on these ABC blogs do it to convert people?? Ha, ha, ha!
We are here to beat the cr*p out of your stupid drunken lying candidate, and hopefully make sure she and her “has been” husband, NEVER darken the halls of the White House again!!!

The violence of Davis and other Obama supporters has convinced me to never support their candidate. All of them are sexist, and none of them have any constructive comments to offer. They are the reason why political discourse in this country is so debased.
Obama supporters are violent and out of touch.

Several prominent civil rights attorneys said Democrats must fully seat the FL and MI delegation. Senator Arlen Specter stated a Congressional hearing might be called.
Gallup Poll – Clinton 50%–McCain 43%

You are judged by the company you keep. The Trinity United Church does not worship the good Lord. The Father does not belong to the Catholic Church. I am voting for McCain.
Posted by: Mark | May 29, 2008 9:24:26 PM
Oh really? Judged by the company you keep? Didn’t Jesus Christ keep company with prostitutes? Hmmmmm… you better double check what you post before you post it… you just slandered Jesus Christ… the religious freaks will be after you now since you just judged Him to be a slimeball. Have a nice day.

The Obama supporters are so very nasty and vile in their postings. No wonder Senator Obama will not win. He will never be able to bring people together but has surely caused more divisions. Many, many voters have left the Democtatic Party because of his Socialist/Marxist agenda.

Jo,
We do have a plan like you said.
My friends would like to switch party or stay home in November if Hillary is not the nominee which look like DNC already made up their minds.
Posted by: catleya | May 30, 2008 2:42:08 AM
So let me get this straight.. since your candidate isn’t going to make it to the nomination.. you’re going to stay home? LOL .. oh wait.. gonna switch parties to become republican?? LOLOLOL.. what a troll you are… no democrat is going to switch to becoming a republican. That is just plain stupid for even suggesting such a thing.
So, your candidate isn’t going to win so you want to take your ball and go home… LOL. You’re acting like a 5 year old.

Where oh where did the fake Davis go, oh where oh where can you be…
Where are you Kerry????
Hillary has lost her little sheep, so oh where oh where can kerry be?

We know this much about Obama: He started running for President before his first Senate term was finished. He has had a 17-year relationship with Rezko whose trial has yet to be completed. He has written untruths in his books about when and how his mother and father married. He was untruthful when he tried to drammatize how his father came to this country with help from John Kennedy. He plaigiarized “his” famous “words” speech, a speech already given by Deval Patrick. He has lied about the sources of his campaign money. He had a shady deal with Rezko and his wife to buy his home and adjacent property, and continues to lie about it. He has had a 20-year relationship with his pastor, friend, and spiritual advisor who has thousands of words with ranting and raving hatred sermons condemning America and “damning” America. That is just the surface. He had a lot of audacity to run when he had so little experience, but, we know that people like Kerry and Kennedy urged him to run. They think that the American voter will follow their lead. Not this time. We have seen a great lack of wisdom and experience in his words and decisions. We have seen too much double talk in the debates, his speeches, and his decisions.

Tired of hearing about OBAMA and his speeches …
We just want to COUNT ALL THE VOTES IN ALL THE STATES, INDLUDING MI AND FL …
And if the Democrats INSIST on OBAMA, they can have their OBAMA for nominee …
We will leave and join with the Republicans because we really believe the Presidency is far bigger than any political party …
We vote the candidate, not the party …
And the next best candidate for the Presidency of the United States after Hillary is MCCAIN.

The Liberals think this is their chance to get into power. Pound a bunch of legislation thru, then get BOOTED out of office, just like the Carter circus.
This is why they dont want Hillary. They want their liberal agendas and the ability to manipulate Obama.

A VOTE FOR OBAMA WILL GET REV. WRIGHT IN THE WHITE HOUSE

What a petty and horrible statement issued by Clinton. She still has to be polorizing until the end. The priest apologized and Obama issued a statment. Enough said.

If Obama wants to link McCain to Bush then surely Obama has a direct link to these hateful pastors and church, a church that he defends and is a member of. Obama’s church members are even cheering these hateful sermons on.
If you haven’t notice Obama has a ever growing list of very questionable friendships and associations.
As the election continues so does the increase in race tensions, some uniter that Obama. So far far there has been more divsion then uniting sine Obama has entered this campaign.

HILLARY GO AWAY WE DONT WANT YOU!
33-18 YOU LOST AND YOU GOING TO LOSE NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU WHINE AND SNIPE
PS JPT THANKS FOR FINDING OUT WHO “THEM” IS THE OTHER DAY !

LATEST NEWS: Pelosi and Reid wants to move up the convention to June. Sentence for breaking the rules: Only one of them gets to vote.

I think the Rev was absolutely correct!
Hillary doesn’t care about anything except her own lust for power. When she came in 3rd in IA, she had to cry to NH voters to get sympathy.
Afer all, she was supposed to win right?

Reports of the tape and its contents in the media discuss only his remarks about Clinton. That is not the biggest problem here.
What is not discussed is the extreme racist remarks which are more than divisive and have no place being said by a priest of the Catholic church. God knows that my church did not do enough to try to prevent the Holocaust and other race related injustice. A priest can do much for the poor etc. without engaging in racist diatribes that promote anger, hatred and eventually violence.

LA in Indiana,
Hill and Bill will be gone soon enough and the democrats will unite behind Barack…
There will be those that wont vote for Barack because of his race and they are the sameones that have been and will be screwed by the republicans that offer no path for the poor and middle class to move forward just tax cuts for the rich and screw the rest.
Did you see the polls in CA today and NY Obama leads hillary as the party nominee by a landslide 51 to 38 percent
Obama will win and Clinton will be done soon and then we can get on to kicking the RNCs butt!

Look, this guy is correct in that white people do benefit from the sins of their ancestors. Bill Clinton himself addressed this when he was president. This is not a problem that gets solved overnight, and it will not get solved with inflammatory rhetoric like this. It gets solved on a day to day, working with local governments and state governments, along with the federal government. During the 8 years of the Clinton presidency, these things were beginning to be accomplished. It will not happen overnight. As to the disgusting language in regards to Senator Hillary Clinton, that is beyond the pale. Senator Obama needs to apologize for this to Senator Clinton, whether publicly or privately. And yes, to answer someone else’s comment, Senator Clinton did apologize for the remarks of Geraldine Ferraro.

LA in Indiana
Obama can and will be elected dont believe people on these blogs half of them are racebaiting republicans and dont believe the media its in their interest to make the race seem close if there was no drama the’d be no reason for us to watch in the end Mcbush will have his ass kicked…
Obama will be the 44th POTUS
The polls where done May 16-27..

Obama will soon join Camp Kerry.. as the big loser, come November.

Hey LA in indian
Dont get sucked into the racebaiting !
This isnt a race about race its a race about the past vs the future!
This is only a story because Hillarys campaign is making it one because they rather be talked about then forgoten..
THIS IS THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN SAYING LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME…. IM STILL HERE
The Clintons old news and will be gone soon!

LA in Indiana,
Have a nice day : )

Serious Question about the pastor’s comment….
ISN’T TRUTH A DEFENSE?
What did he say that was actually untrue?
Besides, that’s how HRC defended her assassination hope.

ann,
What part didnt you understand about the bitter remarks ?
People who vote repulican do so because they vote on one issue wether its guns or god…
When they looked at the big picture they would see that the democrats have more to offer them in their interest than republicans do..
Republicans are for the rich and super rich… They offer Tax cuts to the rich.. Nothing for the working man nothing for the poor working man…
Its true!

I’m tired of hearing the Axelrod/Wright/Pfleger/Obama version of the truth spun in a passive-aggressive way that blames the targets of their screed.
What Pfleger said was typical of the ugly, dirty divisiveness that Obama’s campaign has used in a really sneaky way. Lets see whether Obama’s teflon holds this one off.
Clinton is the strongest and most qualified candidate and IF Axelrod et al get their way, then I am writing in Clinton’s name. There is no way I will vote for this empty suit fed to the American public on “coolness” and infatuated “what ifs”.

For the priest’s support of Obama earmarked $100K to one of the priest’s outreach programs. Is this the “future you want”? Obviously this type of fanatical rant gets rewarded by Obama. Obama doesn’t have to say those words, but he rewards them generously.
Now his campaign is strong arming his own superdelegates. Is this the change you all want?

That’s really a good one. Someone from the CLINTON camp crying divisive behavior from an Obama supporter.
I guess the “hard working…WHITE hard working American” statement wasn’t meant to be divisive…I guess the less educated Americans wasn’t meant to say he is elite…I guess the Kennedy assassination comment was meant to UNITE this country.

I am so sick of Obama and his spiritual advisers…Do they even believe in God?…do they ever preach the word? DISGUSTING! Just like Obama, DISGUSTING!

Obama did not make the comments and to anyone’s knowledge did not write the sermon and was not in the audience. On the other hand, Hillary Clinton did state that the reason she was staying in was that Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June. Hillary Clinton did, in fact, practically endorse John McCain. So despite everything that is written here to the contrary, Obama is more presidential and more deserving of the position of president. Also, I agree with Rupert Murdoch, Obama will win by a landslide in November.

There is a reason why 17 million Hillary supporters are behind her nomination and will not vote for Obama, yesterdays release of the Pfleger’s vidio is one of the reasons. Obama can’t win in November, the DNC better read the ‘Tealeafts’

When it is time to vote in November, many will put country before party in choosing the POTUS.
Obama is not the nominee yet and now old news is breaking into the MSM…

This is the worst sort of politics with the worst sort of candidate. It is just insanity that the Democratic party is supporting Obama. They need to put up Clinton or wait potentially another eight years for another serious run at it.

Why the HELL isn’t this church paying taxes???? This is a violation of Federal law!!! Sic the IRS on Obama’s church & Pfleger’s church!
And “Rev.” Pfleger, psssst—you’re not black. Hate to tell you…
So now I know the Catholic church tolerates both pedophilia and misogyny.
Why would I EVER vote for Obama if this is the caliber of his supporters?

What kind of church is trinity? I cannot even imagine the Lord or His apostles preaching such hate and vitriol as Wright or Pfleger. Be assured, you are known by the company you keep. Your chioice of friends reflects yopur judgement and discernment. Obama is sorely lacking in both areas. He is NOT qualified to be my President.

Senator Clinto says that: “We are disappointed that Senator Obama didn’t specifically reject Father’s Pflegler’s despicable comments about Senator Clinton, and assume he will do so.”
Well, I and others remain disappointed that Clinton did not apologize to Obama for Clinton’s despicable and not-so-subtle allusion to the possibility of an Obama assassination. We still assume she will do so.

It is so funny to me to hear the response of the Clinton campaign to these comments! Talk about babyish hypersensitivity…Sen. Clinton, how in the world do you expect to deal with 4 years of being president if you can’t deal with this guy’s comments?
And maybe the reason why you don’t like what he’s saying is that it’s too close to the truth…you have always felt entitled, as if being Queen of the United States..Oops! I meant “President of the United States” was supposed to be your royal right. Sez who? Do you really think you deserve the White House simply because of the embarrassment you had to endure at the hands of Former President Clinton?
Your campaign makes noises like this preacher was hitting you “below the belt”…kinda sounds like the way you and the former president character-attacked Sen. Obama in S.C. to me….
Grow up, or get out of the race.