Why in the world don’t the separation of church and state people have a cow when a lefty uses federal money to fund a youth center at a church? Is it because they only care when Republicans do it? And why in the world would the Catholic church need money? They have billions, let them pay for their own youth center.

Typical of Mr. Obama’s earmarks was a $100,000 grant for a youth center at a Catholic church run by the Rev. Michael Pfleger, a controversial priest who was one of the few South Side clergymen to back Mr. Obama against Mr. Rush.Father Pfleger has long worked with South Side political leaders to reduce crime and improve the community. But he has drawn fire from some quarters for defending the Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and inviting him to speak at his church. Father Pfleger, who did not return calls for comment, is one of the religious leaders whose “faith testimonials” Mr. Obama has posted on his presidential campaign Web site.

So, it’s clear that Obama knows this pastor and has probably heard him preach. He earmarked money for him (unless he’s earmarking money for people he doesn’t know):

“As I have traveled this country, I’ve been impressed not by what divides us, but by all that unites us. That is why I am deeply disappointed in Father Pfleger’s divisive, backward-looking rhetoric, which doesn’t reflect the country I see or the desire of people across America to come together in common cause,”

Is this the first time he’s heard Pfleger’s “backward-looking rhetoric?” Yeah, I’m buying that. Every time I’ve heard Pfleger he sounded like he’d drunk deeply at the well of Black Liberation Theology and hated whitey (which is pretty odd since he is whitey — apparently he suffers from WLG).Here’s the video:So, do you you think McCain earmarked funds for Hagee? Oh yeah, that’s right, he doesn’t do earmarks.I know Obamanites, you don’t want to waste your time with this silliness and want to stick to issues, move on, nothing to see here. Funny how often you say that :-)Update: Do you think Obama will apologize for the response of his fellow congregants to the remarks? They certainly weren’t disappointed by it, they cheered their approval. BTW, this is a priest that Obama has known for decades. Funny how the people that Obama hangs with are such radicals and view race in a completely different way than Obama claims to view it. I doubt he’s as post-racial as he claims:

Father Michael 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.