Whoa-whoa-whoa, Barack Up A Second!

I don't think people understand equality any more.



From the video (for when the video is taken down at some point in the future):
"They have found themselves a good Negro, and so they're going to vote for him. Now that's the kind of Negro... 'Now Jesse Jackson...Look over there at...' --Here's what all those middle-America white folk are saying...Here's what they're saying, all those liberal bleeding-heart white folk...here's what they're saying: 'Jesse Jackson, look over there. Now if you'll be a good boy like Barack and don't talk bad to us, don't smart-mouth us, don't talk about us, don't say nothing about us, we'll vote for you too. See, Barack's a good Negro.'"

So now not bringing up race is being a race-traitor? A bright new future boils down to repeating the horrors of the past? I'm sorry, Mr. Honorable James David Manning, but you're not helping The Dream out any. You're saying you want to be separate, that being a black politician demands that you denounce white politicians at every turn. That's separation from white folks, and I'm pretty sure I heard your father and his friends looked down on that sort of thing a few years back.

Of course, I also heard that politics was about making friends with as many people as possible so they like you and your ideas enough to completely fill in the bubble next to your name on any given Tuesday... but maybe I'm getting American politics confused with a popularity contest or American Idol or something similarly exactly-like-American-politics. So, you'll understand if I've been working under the assumption that making people not like you is a good way to get people to not vote for you.

But then, I shouldn't really expect that kind of consideration from you, since you do have videos on your site titled "Reverend Manning Repents" and "Sing O Ye Barren" -- and both of them do begin with a short speech by a young woman identified thusly:



Not the kind of thing you want to associate with "barren" or "repenting" is all I'm saying.