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Posted at 9:28am on Jun. 2, 2008 Pfleger: America the greatest sin against God

By Soren Dayton

Can you believe that Barack Obama gave this guy "at least $225,000" in earmarks?

Obama may be running away from this guy, but this was a leader in Obama's campaign, Obama was a long-time patron with government dollars, and the relationship went both ways.

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.

How many more of these are we going to find? Is the press drilling down on his other "campaign leaders" and Chicago earmarks?

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Posted at 4:28pm on Jun. 1, 2008 Barack's 2nd pastor has another attack on Clinton

By Soren Dayton

Jake Tapper reports that Father Mike Pfleger again has spoken out attacking Hillary Clinton. But this time he threw John McCain in the mix:

"Hillary and McCain would wish they had a preacher with the integrity of Jeremiah Wright. … They got some old weak preacher…some old Joel Osteen cotton candy preacher."

Listen to the audio of the sermon here.

Earlier, Tapper had noted in a story about the local diocese rejection of Pfleger's that:

I just have to say, as someone of faith, I have never before heard a cleric engage in such disdainful mockery from a pulpit. Have you?

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Posted at 12:45am on May 30, 2008 Obama in full retreat: 4 issues in 48 hours

By Soren Dayton

Barack Obama is in full retreat. In the last 48 hours, he has retreated in the following areas:

• Iran. Barack Obama, who used to call for unconditional meetings with Ahmedinejad, now wants "preparations"
• Iraq. Before, he wasn't going to go. Now he is.
• Pfleger. Before there was one offensive pastor. Now there are two.
• Auschwitz and the uncle. Except that there was no Auschwitz and no uncle.

This has got to be hugely embarassing for the Obama campaign. And good for the McCain campaign and the RNC for driving the message on all of Obama's ridiculous policies, gaffes and embarrassing connections.

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