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Dreams From My Literary Agent (Some fishy things about that Obama memoir)
NRO Campaign Spot ^ | 7/31/2008 | Jim Geraghty & Robert Stacy McCain

Posted on 07/31/2008 2:22:44 PM PDT by mojito

It's an old point about Obama's early life experience, but when I read about the formation of the book Dreams From My Father, a thought or two similar to Robert Stacy McCain's ran across my mind:

"A 28-year-old law student gets written up in the newspapers, then gets a call from a literary agent? She calls him?

The agent then signs this 28-year-old nobody — whose only credential as an author is student law journal stuff — with Simon & Schuster. Hello? In what alternative universe does this happen?

He misses his deadline, but that's OK, because he then gets another big contract with a $40,000 advance. At this point, Obama's story is reminding me of another popular book, The Peter Principle.

But the real killer is how, having gotten a contract based on a proposal for a book about race relations, Obama pulls a bait-and-switch, and instead delivers ... a memoir.

A memoir! Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?? Unless you led the league in RBIs and helped the Yankees win the Series, how the hell does a 28-year-old get away with selling a memoir to a major publisher for $40,000?"

(Excerpt) Read more at campaignspot.nationalreview.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dreamsofmyfather; nobama08; obama
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The Messiah moves in mysterious ways.
1 posted on 07/31/2008 2:22:44 PM PDT by mojito
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McCain’s post is here:

http://rsmccain.blogspot.com/2008/05/authors-against-obama.html


2 posted on 07/31/2008 2:24:59 PM PDT by mojito
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Because someone with big BIG money and influence is behind him, that’s why!

He, Obama, is the ultimate facade of an empty suit whose beliefs mirror those of the person backing him.

My primary suspect for the puppet master is George Soros.


3 posted on 07/31/2008 2:26:49 PM PDT by SatinDoll (Desperately desiring a conservative government.)
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You are NOT supposed to have noticed that connection to Soros’ money.


4 posted on 07/31/2008 2:29:14 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: SatinDoll

Was just discussing this with a friend today.

Like the Wizard of Oz, who is behind the curtain??


5 posted on 07/31/2008 2:31:53 PM PDT by Vinnie (You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
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To: SatinDoll
Because someone with big BIG money and influence is behind him, that’s why!


6 posted on 07/31/2008 2:33:10 PM PDT by Ditto (Global Warming: The 21st Century's Snake Oil)
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To: SatinDoll
Because someone with big BIG money and influence is behind him, that’s why!


7 posted on 07/31/2008 2:33:14 PM PDT by Ditto (Global Warming: The 21st Century's Snake Oil)
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Hahahahahahaha!

“The turtle is on the fencepost.”


8 posted on 07/31/2008 2:34:14 PM PDT by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: mojito

You cannot talk about Obama’s ears, wife, pastor, birth certificate, smoking habits, or book deals.


9 posted on 07/31/2008 2:45:00 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The democRATS are near the tipping point.)
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To: SatinDoll
>"My primary suspect for the puppet master is George Soros."

Putin, or Hackaloogieonmydinnerjacket, are prime candidates also. Or some Saudi, they shure have the ENEMEDIA bought off lock stock and barrel!

10 posted on 07/31/2008 2:54:05 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (I will stand with the Muslims ~B Hussein Obomber Verito Possumus~Verified Sleeper!)
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To: SatinDoll

HBO is a Damein with Handlers watching over him from early age?


11 posted on 07/31/2008 2:57:21 PM PDT by Deaf Smith
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It could be Oprah. They attended the same church and she was the first to push his candidacy, on her show. $40K is pocket change for her.


12 posted on 07/31/2008 2:59:50 PM PDT by Judges Gone Wild
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To: SatinDoll
My primary suspect for the puppet master is George Soros. BINGO!

Or - "The Communist Party USA views the 2008 elections as a tremendous opportunity to defeat the policies of the right-wing Republicans and to move our country in a new progressive direction."

Or - "AFL-CIO Kicks Off Campaign to Dispel Obama Rumors 7/29/2008 - The New York Times reports that the AFL-CIO will "mail fliers to more than 600,000 union members in four battleground states - Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin - telling them that Mr. Obama is not a Muslim and often wears a flag pin on his lapel." To dispel rumors that Obama is a Muslim, the flier states, "Barack Obama took the oath of office on his personal family bible. It was Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison, who was sworn in on the Koran."

Or - Louis Farrakhan - "Obama's mother married Lolo Soetoro, a Wahabbi extremist who lived in Indonesia. When Obama's mother moved to Indonesia—before she married her second Muslim husband—she enrolled her son in Francis Assisis Catholic School. He was enrolled as a Muslim because he was a Muslim. The enrollment form required each student to choose one of five state-sanctioned religions when enrolling: Buddhist, Catholic, Hindu, Muslim, or Protestant. Had he been a lifelong Christian, or even a recent convert, he—or his mother—would have circled Protestant."

Just imagine who Barack Hussein Obama would surrond himself with should he become president....he owes these people big time.

13 posted on 07/31/2008 3:04:01 PM PDT by yoe ( Socialism/Marxism with Obama who is history and geographically challenged about America .)
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To: mojito

Barack Hussein Obama is entirely a creation of George Soros Productions, much the same as Jiminy Cricket was conceived and created at Walt Disney Studios. Jiminy was Disney celluloid and Barack is a Soros android.


14 posted on 07/31/2008 3:04:34 PM PDT by RedWireNut
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To: mojito

Obama’s legal rep for his publishing deal, is Williams & Connolly of DC. Same firm, defended Clinton in Whitewater.
Same firm, hired infamous PI Terry Lenzner and associates.
Many persons with inside knowledge of Clinton’s dealings,
ended up dead (often via “arkancide”). Connect the dots..


15 posted on 07/31/2008 3:05:09 PM PDT by research99
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Isn't Simon & Schuster the same publishers who gave big advances to the Clintons and others on the left for books? A great way to funnel money to select people and make it appear as if legit.
16 posted on 07/31/2008 3:09:23 PM PDT by Dante3
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To: mojito

Jack Cashill checks in on the origin of this book in his latest blog. You can read it here:

http://www.cashill.com/natl_general/who-wrote-dreams.htm


17 posted on 07/31/2008 3:11:22 PM PDT by RedWireNut
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The agent, Jane Dystel, is the daughter of publisher Oscar Dystel (Bantam Books), a longtime Dem Party contributor. Don’t know if her Dem roots had anything to do with her decision to publish Obama, but it seems possible.


18 posted on 07/31/2008 3:34:20 PM PDT by CivilWarguy
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To: SatinDoll

Someone has put the turtle on the post.

The people who surround him are the names we’ve known for the better part of 40 years. So why is it that the agenda is always the same and the face is the only thing that changes?


19 posted on 07/31/2008 3:36:30 PM PDT by weegee (Hi there.)
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To: SatinDoll

My candidates for the source of most of those “small donations” under $200 is either Soros or the Arabs, maybe in tandem. It only takes a computer program to break up 200$mil into those little unreportable bites and most of that money comes from the internet.


20 posted on 07/31/2008 3:45:49 PM PDT by arthurus
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