I'm Growing Convinced that Bill Ayers Did In Fact Ghostwrite Barack "Rara Avis" Obama's Book —Ace

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I'm Growing Convinced that Bill Ayers Did In Fact Ghostwrite Barack "Rara Avis" Obama's Book —Ace

Nautical metaphors may sink Obama. Ayers, a rich kid, delights in yachting and oceanic metaphors.

Strangely, so does a memoir by poor single-parent kid Barack Obama.

But it's the curious anecdote of the Hudson River flowing both ways, depending on the tides, appearing in both Bill Ayers' and "Barack Obama's" book that is the tell.

Thanks to Uncle Jefe.

Time Line: Maybe Jack Cashill should take note of this -- Ayers, a prolific writer, seems to stop writing his own books when "Obama's" books are being written.

And... Barack Obama did not only serve on a board with William Ayers.

He also served on a board, as late as 2004, with William Ayers' brother, John Ayers.

I'm sure this is all just because he was a guy in the neighborhood, though.

Thanks to wes.

[Goreknowshowtocheat]

Who cares...we cannot get it covered. Hugh Hewitt said the birth certificate is not a problem. The Republicans have a death wish. The BC thing is, of course, important if he is an illegal alien but not to our Hugh Hewitt.

[Bahbah]

I actually agree with this, and have for some weeks now. I have some background in literature and, while Cashill is a bit out there for me on some things, I think he is right on this.

Authors, good ones, have a distinctive voice. Voracious and careful readers can almost always pick it up. It’s in the imagery, the cadence.

Obama didn’t write his books. Maybe bits and pieces, but not much.

[3D-JOY]

I am beginning to agree...have to think whether I want to read Ayers books to make a judgement.

I think I will leave the decisions to those with a stronger stomach! LOL

[woofie]

If Ayers is rich why is he a radical and not a conservative?

Another question for the Pajama folks: How did Barack sell so damn many books ...these were not diet books...First time authors seldom make a million $

My book is “My Momma aint Fat !...Stories from my Rich White Heritage “

I have sold 2 copies

[MichaelAsher54]

I heard there's a good chance this will be covered. Don't let it die. Spread it far and wide.

Did Bill Ayers Write Obama’s “Dreams”? (Part I)

Did Bill Ayers Write Obama’s “Dreams”? (Part II: Deconstructing the Text)

Did Bill Ayers Write Obama’s “Dreams”? (Part III: Why it Matters)

More Proof Ayers Ghosted Obama's "Dreams"

Obama did not write "Dreams From My Father"

Nautical Metaphors Could Sink Obama

 

[TheClintons-STILLAnti-American]

"My book is “My Momma aint Fat !...Stories from my Rich White Heritage “

I have sold 2 copies"

Is that available on Amazon?

I'll be your third customer.

[woofie]

The books are in my basement

[beezdotcom]

Who said anything about a birth certificate in this post?

[somerville]

Nope, he wrote it. The guy who edited his books is a friend of mine, and Obama did indeed write his own books. Look elsewhere for scandal, but not there. You ain’t gonna find it in the books.

[Taliesan]

Interesting...prove it.

[SomeCallMeTim]

Authors, good ones, have a distinctive voice. Voracious and careful readers can almost always pick it up. It’s in the imagery, the cadence.

Exactly! I have bought, and read, both of O'Bambi's books... they were DEFINITELY NOT written by the same person... I don't need no stinking experts to KNOW this...

[ml/nj]

But it's the curious anecdote of the Hudson River flowing both ways, depending on the tides, appearing in both Bill Ayers' and "Barack Obama's" book that is the tell.

Would you add some details about this please.

ML/NJ

[pissant]

Jack Cashill has nailed Obama’s ass to teh wall on this. IT is Ayers book.

[bvw]

Wow — friggin sh^t of a b*lls-on job, Ace!

[Bahbah]

The guy who edited his books is a friend of mine, and Obama did indeed write his own books

somerville, if I had a ranch, and I'm safe here because I don't, I would bet it that he did not. The writer of Dreams really enjoys the craft, likes to do it, immersez himself in his own self-expression. Ayers writes extensively. Tons of stuff. Obama does not. There is much against which to compare the "voice" of Ayers against the book. From Obama, nothing.

Obama has never really produced anything. I can believe he could pull off sitting with an editor and taking suggestions. Most could do that even if they hadn't, especially if they hadn't, actually written the thing.

[chickpundit]

I’ve watched a show called History Detectives on PBS a few times. They took an old book to a university professor who used “authorship attribution software” to determine the likelihood a book was written by a particular author. I wonder if an analysis could be done on Ayers book and Obama’s, as well as a few controls.

[Brown Deer]

This is required reading for 8th graders in Racine.

Office of Communication

Summary
o The Racine Unified School District had not been contacted by any parents regarding concerns with the 8th grade literature textbook.
o The book was adopted in 2007 and was used during the 2007-2008 school year.
o The book was chosen by a group of teachers and was chosen because of its explicit alignment of the Wisconsin State Standards.
o This textbook is one of the most popular in the nation and is used by all 8th grade students in the Racine Unified School District as well as other students throughout the country.
o The selection that a parent expressed concern to an online blogger, “Dreams of My Father” by Barack Obama, fits into the curriculum through the community unit.
o The choice of this selection was to provide a contemporary and multicultural figure to explore the unit on community.


Rationale:
The 6th – 8th grade English/Language Arts 9 year book adoption rotation cycle took place in 2007. The textbook was chosen from 6 different publishers because it is based on Instructional Process and Understanding by Design pedagogy. Its remedial program, Bridges, allows for flexible grouping in reading and more fully be integrated into the language arts program. All levels – remedial, regular, and advanced – sequence more smoothly from the K – 5 programs. With the 2008 edition, McDougal Littel is providing the Interactive Reader that coordinates with Bridges as well as an Advanced Interactive Reader that provides Pre-Advanced Placement and Pre- International Baccalaureate books and materials. Furthermore, writing, grammar and vocabulary study are embedded in the reading selections. There is a separate and consumable grammar workbook, which will be free for the life of the adoption. Study guides and study kits in Spanish are provided.

Flexible, ongoing assessment options in both print and electronic formats are integrated with the selections to help assess student learning using a variety of strategies.

The 2008 McDougal Littel series has the Wisconsin State Standards noted in the columns of the teachers’ editions. This alignment is a major strength of the program and a valuable resource for teachers.

Selection:
The selection committee consisted of 6 teachers presently teaching middle school reading and/or language arts at our middle schools. Three Central Office staff members were also part of this committee. Teachers were asked to notify parents so that any parent or guardian was able to join the committee. The committee made the selection in April of 2007. The recommendation to adopt this series was made after a series of meetings that reviewed our present program, examined local and state standards, and reviewed the programs presently available for adoption. The committee used the Tregoe Decision Process to eliminate four of the six different series. The final two were the Holt Elements ofLiterature and the McDougal Littel Language of Literature. The committee’s Tregoe scoring unanimously chose the McDougal Littel series because it had the best transition from elementary to middle school, supported Instructional Process/Understanding by Design, allowed for Continuous Progress, had texts available online, and offered Pre AP and IB programs. The embedding of skills in the thematic approach is considered the best instructional practice at this time.

RUSD Position:
The Racine Unified School District DOES NOT endorse any candidate or political party. The choice of this selection was to provide a contemporary and multicultural figure to explore the unit on community.

Unit in Question:
The Racine Unified School District is a multicultural school district with 49% of our student body comprising students of color. Identifying materials that reflect our student population is a priority. The selection in question is part of a larger unit centered around the question, “If the people within a community accept each others’ difference, how do individuals and their community benefit and prosper?” The selections, “Dreams of My Father” and “Out of Many, One”, fit into the curriculum by requiring students to engage in the central question around these and other selections. Other selections that are part of this unit are the novel, 145th Street Short Stories and other selected poems from the Literature by McDougal Littel anthology.

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[SirJohnBarleycorn]

Hugh Hewitt said the birth certificate is not a problem. The Republicans have a death wish. The BC thing is, of course, important if he is an illegal alien but not to our Hugh Hewitt.

These are entirely separate issues. The birth certificate issue appears to be nonsense.

There was a birth announcement in the Honolulu Advertiser at the time. Obama's certificate of live birth was shown to and photographed by these people:

http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/born_in_the_usa.html

We are supposed to believe the above evidence is fraudulent and that his mother, whose parents were living in Honolulu and who was attending the University of Hawaii, nevertheless decided to leave and flew half way around the world to Kenya to have her child born in a third world hospital. Yeah, sure.

Logically that is entirely unconnected to the issue of whether Ayers helped ghost-write Obama's book. On this latter issue, there is intriguing evidence. Apart from the textual comparison, there is the suggestion from Rashid Khalidi that Ayers helped him out with his own book ("He let me use his kitchen table"). Khalidi was close to both Obama and Ayers.

By tainting the spurious birth certificate issue with this issue of the authorship of Obama's book you undercut people trying to raise a legitimate issue about the book.

[TheClintons-STILLAnti-American]

"The books are in my basement"

So you're not kidding about it?

If you want to email me I'll buy a copy.