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To polish tarnished image Obama is following in Fergie's footsteps - publishing a children's book
London Telegraph Blogs (U.K.) ^ | November 16, 2010 | Cristine Odone

Posted on 11/16/2010 12:54:09 PM PST by Schnucki

So THAT’s what he’s been up to! We were wondering what Barack Obama could be doing, as the Tea Partiers encircled the White House like coyotees sniffing a dying beast. What was on his mind, when he turned in such lack-lustre performances in India and China? What’s troubling him, that the great communicator should prove so distant and tongue-tied when out on the campaign road?

Now we know. The most powerful man on the planet was writing a children’s book. Of Thee I Sing is dedicated to his two daughters and praises a host of American heroes, but of course we all know what this is all about: polishing the President’s tarnished image. We know it, because we’ve seen it all before. Hillary, Fergie and Madonna: when they were scorned and taunted for being past their sell-by date, they didn’t sit there and take it, they got writing children’s books. They wrote of villages and little helicopters, of Mr Peabody’s apples and great big worms. Who cared what the subject matter was, the important thing was to produce a book. A children’s author, you see, conveys an image of someone nice and clever,

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: fergie; hillary; madonna; obama
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To: screaminsunshine

Neither. The man is a lunatic.


21 posted on 11/16/2010 1:17:46 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: ml/nj

“The Boy Who Ran Like a Duck”

By Barry Obama

22 posted on 11/16/2010 1:19:59 PM PST by KeyLargo
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To: 70th Division

AH, He found something he could write him self.”

I wouldn’t be so sure of that.

That said, he will undoubtedly be awarded the Nobel literature prize for this work!


23 posted on 11/16/2010 1:26:11 PM PST by ConservativeDude
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To: Gaffer
  If his children's book is being ghost written by a domestic terrorist...well... what's that going to look like?
24 posted on 11/16/2010 1:27:19 PM PST by Maurice Tift (You can't stop the signal, Mal. You can never stop the signal.)
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To: 70th Division

Ha!! I think he knows he’s a goner in the next election, and he’s just trying like h$#@ to milk his name and position for all it’s worth before he gets booted out.

He’s making hay while the sun shines, as they say.


25 posted on 11/16/2010 1:28:19 PM PST by SMARTY (Conforming to non-conformity is conforming just the same.)
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To: Schnucki

26 posted on 11/16/2010 1:30:25 PM PST by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: Schnucki

Someone should tell him that it didn’t work too well for Fergie.


27 posted on 11/16/2010 1:31:04 PM PST by Jean2
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To: Schnucki

The only thing Obama polishes is his crack pipe.


28 posted on 11/16/2010 1:43:09 PM PST by thethirddegree
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To: Schnucki

The book “praises a host of American heroes”. My guess is the following “American heroes” are profiled:

1. Saul Alinsky
2. Jeremiah Wright
3. Bernardine Dohrn
4. William Ayers
5. New Black Panther Thugs
6. Eugene Debs
7. Anthony K. “Van” Jones
8. Richard Cloward
9. Frances Fox Piven
10. Woodrow Wilson
11. Margaret Sanger
12. Wade Rathke (ACORN founder)
13. Frank Marshall Davis


29 posted on 11/16/2010 1:45:30 PM PST by wise_caucasian
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To: Schnucki

This guy is such a buffoon!!!! What do you want to bet this will become mandatory reading in every school in the US?

It sounds to me like the real puppet master in the US is Lorne Micheals... you just can’t make this sh*t up! Everyday is so absurd now, it’s like a SNL skit!


30 posted on 11/16/2010 1:46:00 PM PST by BruCru (I think, therefore I am conservative!)
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To: Schnucki

He probably had THAT ghost written, just like his multiple biographies.


31 posted on 11/16/2010 1:56:06 PM PST by cake_crumb (President Reagan on ObieCare: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRdLpem-AAs&feature=player_embedded#)
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To: Schnucki
Isn't this old news?

I recall there being a discussion about this book some months ago.

32 posted on 11/16/2010 2:04:18 PM PST by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: 1_Rain_Drop

nevermind. Seems the book is coming out today. Kinda cool timing... on the eve of his 666th day in the white hut.


33 posted on 11/16/2010 2:11:56 PM PST by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: Schnucki
It's up on Amazon...


34 posted on 11/16/2010 2:53:08 PM PST by Rio
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To: Schnucki

Is the media sure it is a “childrens” book. These days, they may not be able to know the difference.


35 posted on 11/16/2010 3:38:01 PM PST by castlegreyskull
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