Posted on 06/23/2012 2:30:16 PM PDT by John Semmens
Barack Obama biographer David Maraniss says right-wing political opportunists are misusing his book. The book in question is Barack Obama: The Story. In this book, Maraniss cited dozens of instances in which Obama’s autobiography—Dreams from My Father—presented a false picture of the President’s early life.
“First of all, the idea that these people would bother to read my book is a bit of a stunner for me,” Maraniss admitted. “I mean, I’m for Obama all the way. I can’t fathom why anybody on the right would read me.”
“Second, they’re being completely unfair to the President,” Maraniss complained. “He wrote Dreams from My Father long before he decided to run for president. He had no way of knowing that he would become so famous that people might want to look more closely at his life story. He was just trying to spice up an otherwise dull narrative by adding a few tall tales—all of which would’ve been forgotten if he hadn’t been elected president.”
Maraniss contended that those harping on Obama’s propensity for lying were “missing the bigger picture. What some are calling lies could just as easily be seen as evidence of a fertile, creative mind. Take those bits about his grandfather being tortured by the British. That was pure dramatic genius. What other American politician could credibly claim to have had a relative that was tortured? This and other fictitious incidents added zest to a book that desperately needed it. Who’s to say that this kind of creativity isn’t what this country needs?”
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news posts you can find them at...
http://constitutionclub.org/2012/06/22/semi-news-a-satire-of-recent-news-24/
Readers:
Remember this is semi-news (i.e. satire). Keep that in mind before getting too spun up like I almost did.
John:
Congratulations, you got me.
Best Regards.
Readers:
Remember this is semi-news (i.e. satire). Keep that in mind before getting too spun up like I almost did.
John:
Congratulations, you got me.
Best Regards.
“What other American politician could credibly claim to have had a relative that was tortured?”
Ummm perhaps John McCain has a thing or two to say about being tortured
Pardon the double post; slow link today.
know your opposition. Same reason many have read the Manifesto, Rules etc.
I guess he didn’t realize how dangerous the truth is to The Won.
A polite way of saying he has shiite for brains.....
There is more truth in a John Semmens semi-satire than there is in Obama’s autobiography.
Another good one John!
But I think you are drifting into the Great Karnak territory:>)
AWWWWW!
Poor Baby!
Maybe he ought to ask for valid ID (including long form birth certificate) from everybody who wants to buy his book.
Confirmed communists, socialists, progressives, MSM doofuses and radicals only!
Pooh-Bah. Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.
Truth Hurts , hey there’s a song there
That's all reality seems to be to Marxists: a dull narrative in need of spice.
Dear Mr. Maraniss,in which section of a bookstore are “autobiographies”?Are they in”Fiction”??
Dear Mr. Maraniss,in which section of a bookstore are you likely to find”Auto-Biographies”?Would that be”Fiction”??
Aw GEEZ! Good one John. Got some head shakin’ chuckles going here with Mrs. RQSR, and myself.
Excellent!
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