I'd love to see any religions tax free status revolked;    BUT!!!    Oh do forgive me   one and  all; please.    I agree with the man.

    Condi Rice  and/or  Colin Powell   would  be my choice for president  over and above  McCain and Obama; I'll settle for veep though.    

     Bitch if you want about this Canadian,  but I grew up in South Brewer  Maine,   "Go Witches!!" in the U.S. of A. Hell  I'm still a Patriots fan. 

Is talking politics a violation?

Colin Powell maybe, but Condi? Are you fucking serious? I'm gonna have to defer to The Donald on this one. She hops all over the fucking world and has accomplished jack shit. She's an ineffective schill for an illigitimate administration.

Rather than sit through a boring tirade by a blowhard pastor is there anything actionable in the video?

It's clear he's using church property for the videos.  He is free to criticize Obama's positions on issues as much as he wants, or call him the devil or white trash or whatever else he does.  However, the moment he says to not vote for Obama or to vote for someone else then he has violated his tax status.

The IRS is reluctant to revoke the tax status of a church unless there is a direct endorsement.

no, not if it's insinuation, unfortunately.

does the name Hagee ring a bell? of course, McCain would deny, but the guy is a walking contradiction who has to have things fed to him by handlers in order to have any coherence.

I'm with ya Rich, I just don't want to spend govt resources if the case isn't clear cut.  If someone can show me that it is a clear cut case I'll create a video with the offending segments (in case he deletes his upon the start of the shitstorm), put it on the homepage, and send info out to 50,000 people to ensure the govt does the deed.  But I would be more worried about the govt coming down on me for some sort of oddball harassment charge if I organize such an event and am wrong. 

A few people sending requests in though will hopefully draw enough attention to at least have it looked at.  Shit, I don't even think churches should be tax exempt for conducting their standard business (as many here would agree). 

With that said, does anyone have info on what is legal in cases like this?  D-Cubed?

edit in: I think the liar in the video knows the law which is why he didn't specifically state to endorse McCain or not vote for Obama.  He created a shield in his "urge McCain to select Powell" and "Obama may be a muuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrddddddddeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrr" routine. 

I'll tell you what Rich, to help deal with this issue I'll make a move that I was trying to steer clear of in case we do try to get non-profit status.  I myself was so concerned about 501c3 laws that we've steered clear of engaging in endorsement of candidates.  However I have been disgusted lately by the dishonesty out of anyone arguing on behalf of lately that I will now use a portion of the site to expose John McCain and his double-talk express.  The first action will be linking to and creating a video area promoting the work of http://therealmccain.com/

I will put my 501c3 ideas on the back burner and check into laws later as it applies to groups that have exposed dishonest fucks like McCain and attempted to attain 501c3 status after the fact.  If it turns out that I myself can't attain such status because of it, well then I guess we'll get to use our clout to endorse candidates, and talk shit on the ones not deserving of holding political positions. 

I have a feeling that in order to be cleared later we would simply need to remove the offending content, so we will likely limit our anti-McCain work to specific areas of the site that make it easier to remove down the road.  So you won't see us doing this in all threads on this issue, but you will see us doing it.  My signature is getting changed now to a promotion for http://therealmccain.com/ hmmmmm  about 5,000 posts on this site, wonder what that will do for their efforts. 

Way to put a hurting on your boy McCain, Pastor James David Manning. 

Rich, rest well knowing it was you bringing this issue to my attention that was the nail in the coffin on this.  Here we go get ready for the anti-McCain ride.

Geez, I didn't realize he so openly endorsed Obama like that.

I know people in Arizona that have time and again proven he's been an asshat at least since the 70's, and this one guy who knew him during the Vietnam Conflict. The veteran that knew him states time and again how his actions were directly responsible for the deaths of 120 people on the U.S.S. Forestal. I have no reason to doubt a Navy chief who was there.

He's on the legal side of a very thin line.  First, he can't be sued for slander about drug use because Obama wrote a book several years ago in which he talked about doing coke.  So, just like AA tells members they're alcoholics whether or not they're currently drinking, some people would call anyone who used to do drugs a drug user.  That's probably enough gray area to make his speech non-slanderous.

Second, in order for it to be considered slander (iirc), you have to say it knowing it to be false.  So lying about someone to damage them is slander; passing unsubstantiated rumour around is probably not.

When he said that about the US president should be Christian it wasn't a swipe at Obama - this was fairly long ago - when it looked like Hillary Clinton was the most likely Democratic candidate. I forget how it came up. Anyway, his saying that means he disagrees with the Constitution. I'm sure there are plenty of other places he does to when it comes to church/state separation.