Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Dr. James D. Manning: "God Save America"


I was sent a link of a video of Dr. James David Manning, a minister with Atlah World Ministries. The video was described to me as an "in your face" look at Barack Obama. As I responded to the person who sent the link to me,
this is not so much "in your face" as angry with a lot of name-calling. Dr. Manning makes some very valid points (about O's father, mother, his family, the lack of his resume, etc.) but he's way too racist for me... the name calling seriously offends me. If he could just have left the race thing and name-calling out of it, it w/b a much more powerful indictment of O.
I disagree STRONGLY with this preacher's personal attacks on Senator Obama and his penchant for name-calling... but many people have told me at least once -- in discussing Rev. Wright -- that I don't understand preaching styles in black churches... Dr. Manning makes some VERY VALID POINTS in his strongly enunciated opposition to and denunciation of Sen. Obama, which, among others, include:

  • Why doesn't Sen. Obama measurably discuss his mother in either of his books?
  • Why DOES he praise the father that abandoned him physically, emotionally and financially and call his book, "Dreams OF MY FATHER".
  • If he wasn't listening to Rev. Wright in all his hate-filled, anti-American sermons for 20 years, why was Obama's book "Audacity of Hope" named for one of Rev. Wright's sermons? (And if he wasn't listening, what was the point of attending??)
  • Why aren't any of the members of Sen. Obama's family (grandmother, aunts, uncles, sister/brother-in-laws, nieces, nephews) at any of his appearances? Do they know something that we don't know?
  • Why haven't we been able to see the transcripts and his work from Columbia University and Harvard Law?? After all, we would expect to see a full out resume (and for some jobs, work samples) if he were going to work for us in any other job... AND THIS IS FOR THE THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES! Why haven't we seen his work? What's Obama hiding?
  • Do not tell me you are voting for Obama's "policies" if you cannot tell me what those policies entail or tell me what your candidate stands for... because you are voting based on RACE.
Although Dr. Manning makes valid points based on the issues, I actually believe Dr. Manning has a problem with Sen. Obama because Obama is white. Here's the link to the video. Warning: It contains some objectionable (disparaging) name calling (blacks and whites).

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