By Dan Proft - Don Wade & Roma Morning Show - WLS 890-AM

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Maybe it is because I have so often been on the receiving end of "The Talk" that I am compelled to say, Trinity United Church of Christ deserved better, Senator Obama.

The "it's not you, it's me" break-up speech? Really? After 20 years of faithfully serving your political purposes in Chicago, all Trinity gets is the pro forma "we wish you the best", "you're better off without us", "we were stifling you" spiel?

No sooner was Trinity kicked to the curb then you were already talking about the new church you and Michelle are going to join. So I guess you do want a relationship, you just don't want a relationship with Trinity anymore, is that it?

Did Trinity mean nothing to you? Your wedding, the children's baptisms, Pastor Wright's racist histrionics (I know, you SAY you were never there for those...)--such sentimentality has no place with your new friends, I suppose, as you go off and court white, middle-class voters in swing states.

I am sure Trinity is sorry for embarrassing you with the sermon by that white priest from the Archie comic strip. They were just trying too hard because they really like you. After all, you put Father Pfleger on your campaign's Catholic advisory council.

Anyway, you too have made a lot of mistakes and Trinity stuck by you. They were cool with your friends like Tony Rezko and Bill Ayers. They did not judge you. And, just like Michelle, Trinity's pride in America is directly proportional to your electoral success, so can you not try and meet them halfway?

I noticed when you broke up with Trinity that you were careful not to say that you disagreed with the church or its teachings, so maybe there's still a chance to make this work?

If not, perhaps the folks at Trinity will have to tell your fancy friends at your new church just who you really are. After all, what kind of person who professes to possess a deep-seated faith would allow media scrutiny to drive them from their long-standing place of worship?

And what kind of President would such a person make?

Senator Obama, you call Trinity back and work it out.