Monday, September 28, 2009

Ayers as Obama's Ghostwriter

There is nothing unusual or wrong with politicians using ghostwriters to get their books in print. It is offensive if the ghostwriter is not credited.

IN the Case of Barack Obama's Dreams of My Fathers, it is astounding that Obama family biographer, Christian Anderson, who wrote the puff book Barack and Michelle, Portrait of an American Marriage has revealed that Obama used Williams Ayers as his ghostwriter.; Remember William Ayers< "Just a guy in the neighborhood I know" who just happened to have founded the weather underground and who participated in the bombing of buildings.

From the American Thnker:

Andersen quotes a Hyde Park neighbor, "Everyone knew they were friends and that they worked on various projects together. It was no secret. Why would it be? People liked them both."

Andersen continues, "In the end, Ayers's contribution to Barack's Dreams From My Father would be significant--so much so that the book's language, oddly specific references, literary devices, and themes would bear a jarring similarity to Ayers's own writing."
President Obama never had much credibility with me anyhow, but when will the left wing, the so-call mainstream media notice.

The clowns at Media Matters noticed. They are trying to spin this as a right-wing hit job by author Christopher Anderson. the trouble is, Anderson is not a right wing pundit and his book is a pro-Obama puff piece.

The funny thing about this is that folks like Chris Matthews touted this book as evidence of Obama's talent and intelligence. I hear from all accounts that William Ayers, although a terrorist, is quite a good writer.

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