Hugh Hewitt has a few stories about Obama's shady friends.
#1: Obama's Friend and Financier Owes $800k In Vegas
Obama's friend, neighbor, mentor and financier Tony Rezko waits for the jury to come back in Chicago, and while he does, more bad news arrives from Las Vegas:A Las Vegas judge has issued a felony arrest warrant for a politically connected Chicago businessman whose ties to Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama have become an issue in the campaign.
Antoin “Tony” Rezko, who is standing trial on federal corruption charges in Chicago, is wanted in Las Vegas for failing to pay $472,275 in gambling debts to Caesars Palace and Bally’s and related processing fees to the Clark County district attorney’s office.
The total unpaid Strip bill comes to more than $800,000, however, because the Bellagio obtained a judgment of default against Rezko a year ago for not repaying $331,000 in gambling markers.
A federal jury has been deliberating Rezko’s fate the past two weeks following two months of testimony in a corruption trial linked to the administration of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
Sounds like Charles Barkley (owes lots of $ to Vegas).
#2: Father Michael Pfleger, Another Radical Friend Of Obama's
Jake Tapper has the background on Pfleger:
a fiery liberal social activist and a white reverend at an African-American church -- St. Sabina’s Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago -- is a longtime friend and associate of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, having known him since the presidential hopeful was a community activist. In September, the Obama campaign brought Pfleger to Iowa to host one of several interfaith forums for the campaign.
Their relationship spans decades. 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.
Here's a recent video:
Simply unbelievable! What kind of "sermon" was that?
When do they every talk about Jesus at this church?
6 comments:
This guy should be asked to leave the Catholic Church. What a disgrace. I am sick to death of Obama and his friends.
There really needs to be a Catholics Against Obama blog. I would think Catholics would be embarrassed by this priest's antics, the $100K earmark Obama got for his youth center and the "faith testimony" on Obama's website.
Obama's Catholic?
Uh no, he isn't....get your facts straight.
He can't leave a religion he doesn't practice.
Trinity isn't a Catholic church.
Dear MoK, the comments above refer to Father Pfleger, not Obama. Father P. should be disciplined by the Catholic Church. I would also think Catholics would generally disabove of his rhetoric. No one believes Trinity Church or Obama are Catholic.
The point is that what does Obama have to do with a Catholic Priest speaking at Trinity?
Since when does a "member" (now former) of marginal attendance have any say/responsibility in the decisions of the pastoral leadership and who speaks in the pulpit?
The sermon, arguably inappropriate in nature was nothing hateful in nature...irrespective of our various "likes" and "dislikes."
And if someone is sick of "Obama and his friends"...what does that say for John McCain and his Republican cronies like Bush, Cheney, Abramoff, DeLay, Gonzales, Libby, etc.
A little consistency and intellectual honesty is in order.
So, as citizens, we are not allowed to question whether or not Obama can attend a church for over 20 years, listening to pastors who spew nothing but hate, and wonder if Barack, who could be the President of these United States, subscribes to those same beliefs? I find it hard to believe he doesn't agree with these leaders of his church, otherwise he would have walk out disgusted after hearing it the first time, not return time and time again. So, you bet it matters what church, or what friends Obama pals around with. It speaks volumes about the man -- and his supporters who see nothing wrong with this type of opinion or sermon.
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