As the year comes to a close, 23/6 takes a moment to say goodbye to all the bit players and historical footnotes who helped make 2008's news extra special. We'll probably never see them again, so before they go we'd like to say... "We're gonna miss you buddy."

2008 was the year of the crazy-ass pastor. Both Obama and McCain seemed to have bullpens full of Christian pastors waiting to be put in the game and say something crazy that could be streamed on Youtube for a few weeks. McCain had Rev. Hagee ("Hitler was a hunter sent by God") and Rev. Parsley ("Let's wage a war on Islam"). While Obama had the breakout star pastor, Rev. Jeremiah "God Damn America" Wright. But he also had the guy who proved to be our favorite of all the crazy pastors, Rev. Michael Pfleger. Check out this guy's material after the jump...

Dude is funny! And how about that Hillary Clinton impression? Is that spot-on or what? Pfleger's sermon got looped on cable news networks for about a week after delivering that sermon at Rev. Wright's Trinity United Church, then he disappeared. It seems like he should have gotten a little more play, but in the end he just didn't have "it." And by "it," we mean he wasn't a scary black man.

But we loved Pfleger and we think he should give up the church and try being a stand-up (though audiences might have trouble laughing at a white guy who sounds that black). Having been raised Catholic, and having suffered through a decade of the most boring church services imaginable, we bet if we had come across a Rev. Pfleger while growing up we might still believe in God. We'll probably never hear from him again so let us take this moment to say Rev Pfleger, we're gonna miss you, buddy!

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