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Who Wrote Dreams From My Father?
The American Thinker ^ | October 9, 2008 | Jack Cashill

Posted on 10/12/2008 10:28:49 PM PDT by Hugin

Prior to 1990, when Barack Obama contracted to write Dreams From My Father, he had written very close to nothing. Then, five years later, this untested 33 year-old produced what Time Magazine has called -- with a straight face -- "the best-written memoir ever produced by an American politician."

The public is asked to believe Obama wrote Dreams From My Father on his own, almost as though he were some sort of literary idiot savant. I do not buy this canard for a minute, not at all. Writing is as much a craft as, say, golf. To put this in perspective, imagine if a friend played a few rounds in the high 90s and then a few years later, without further practice, made the PGA Tour. It doesn't happen.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: author; ayers; itstheeconomystupid; obama
Did a search and didn't see this posted. A must read.
1 posted on 10/12/2008 10:28:49 PM PDT by Hugin
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To: Hugin

It is a great article, that’s why it has already been posted twice. Maybe next time you should search a little better.

Who Wrote Dreams From My Father?
Posted: Thursday, October 09, 2008 7:26:16 AM by Jack Bull
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101253/posts

Who Wrote Dreams From My Father? (From the author’s analysis, Bill Ayers was the ghostwriter!)
10/09/2008 12:10:06 AM PDT · by neverdem
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101151/posts


2 posted on 10/12/2008 10:36:27 PM PDT by FloridianBushFan
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To: Hugin

IT was posted a couple of times before. But worth keeping in the forefront.


3 posted on 10/12/2008 10:36:41 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: steve0

FYI


4 posted on 10/12/2008 10:36:47 PM PDT by BossLady (Say Hello to .....Jericho....)
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To: Hugin

Re-forming Chicago schools into communist re-education facilities.

Ayers Is No Education 'Reformer'

5 posted on 10/15/2008 10:14:46 PM PDT by XHogPilot
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