OBAMA: RESIGNING FROM TRINITY

On Saturday, Obama announced the news he was leaving his church in Chicago -- as most of the political press corps was covering the DNC meeting in DC. It sure looked like a bad news dump. The campaign is trying to deny it, but it's hard to argue otherwise. The Washington Post: “The resignation came Friday in a letter Obama sent to the church's head pastor, the Rev. Otis Moss III. ‘We make this decision with sadness. Trinity was where I found Christ, where we were married and where our children were baptized,’ the letter said. ‘But as you know, our relations with Trinity have been strained by the divisive statements of Reverend Wright, which sharply conflict with our own view.’”

Not surprisingly, plenty of news organizations yesterday camped out in front of Obama's now-former church. The Los Angeles Times: "As thousands of churchgoers gathered on a warm spring morning Sunday, some directed their anger toward those they blamed for the loss of a favored son: the media. ‘Why won't they leave?’ Melissa Dwight-Washington asked.”

“Block after block, along West 95th Street and the side streets leading up to Trinity, reporters peppered her and other anxious churchgoers with questions about Obama's departure. Glaring at the satellite trucks and clusters of news camera crews, she shook her head in disgust. ‘Leave us alone,’ she mumbled. ‘They've already driven one of our best away.’”

Father Michael Pfleger, who made mocking comments about Hillary Clinton at Obama’s Trinity United Church in Chicago eight days ago, apologized (sort of) at his church, St. Sabina’s, yesterday, "I apologize for anyone who was offended and who thought it to be mockery," he said, per the AP. “Pfleger said he's received more than 3,000 angry e-mails since he was a guest preacher last Sunday at Trinity United Church of Christ, Obama's former church.”

The New York Times explores whether Obama's more open policy on Cuba might allow him to win the support of younger Cubans. "Polls of the community have confirmed a tilt toward engagement, especially through travel. A survey in April 2007 by Florida International University found that 55.2 percent said they favored ‘unrestricted’ travel to Cuba for all Americans - a reversal from three years earlier, when 53.7 percent said they opposed it."
Posted: Monday, June 02, 2008 9:10 AM by Domenico Montanaro
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