Obama Nation-An Assessment
Obama Nation, by a certain Jerome Corsi is the best selling book right now. I’m not sure if this is good news or bad news. On one hand, I agree with the book’s basic premise that Barack Obama would be a disastrous left-wing failure of a president. On the other hand, the messenger is severely flawed. Dr. Corsi is a well-known figure, who basically invented the term “swift boating” in a highly dishonorable attack on Senator Kerry. Much of his book about John Kerry is full of claims with poor evidence and pure exaggeration. This book about Obama is not likely a lot better. My concern is that the messenger may take away from the message. There is no need to exaggerate the truth about Obama. The truth is pretty damning. However, when the author make spurious claims about the practice of Islam and drug use, he doesn’t help his case. Rather it allows the Obama campaign to discredit the entire book, by highlighting some of the falsehoods.
Tags: Jerome Corsi, Obama Nation
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August 19, 2008 at 6:56 pm
at the end of the day, whispermongering is bad enough…. But shouting uninformed negativity from the rooftops is even worse and …. makes one rather visible.
Perhaps Jerome is a closet Obamist. It is entirely possible.
Obama is a nice looking man who speaks well.
What’s not to like?