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Obama's Pushback...Part 2

Posted by Darrick Johnson on Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:16:57 PM
More from Barack Obama's ill advised "rebuttal" to the Jerome Corsi book...

LIE: “This reference establishes that Obama Senior was considered at the time to be ‘a radical economist’ and leaves no doubt that Obama Senior had gravitated from his longtime family supporter Tom Mboya to the more extreme communist position openly advocated by and identified with Odinga Odinga.” [pp 110-111]

REALITY: NO ONE WITH “A SHRED OF INTEGRITY” OR INTELLIGENCE WOULD CALL OBAMA SR A COMMUNIST BASED ON HIS ACADEMIC WORK

Kenya Expert, Economist And UCLA Visiting Professor Dr. Omwami Said That Obama Sr.’s Projections And Critiques Are So Spot On That He Plans On Assigning The Paper In His Future Classes.

"But Kenya expert Dr. Raymond Omwami, an economist and UCLA visiting professor from the University of Helsinki who has also worked at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, said Obama Sr. could not be considered a socialist himself based solely on the material in his bylined piece. Omwami points out Obama Sr.’s paper was primarily a harsh critique of the controversial 1965 government document known as the “Sessional Paper No. 10.” Sessional Paper No. 10 rejected classic Karl Marx philosophies then embraced by the Soviet Union and some European countries, calling instead for a new type of socialism to be used specifically in Africa… Obama Sr.’s projections and critiques are so spot on, says Omwami, that he plans on assigning the
paper to his classes in the future.” [Politico, 4/15/08]
 
To paraphrase.  "My dad wasn't a communist.  He was a an innovative socialist.  See, even this visiting UCLA professor and economist, a right wing credential if ever there was one, thinks he was a moderate."
 
In one fell swoop, Obama's team declares that Obama's dad was a far left guy (not such a big deal, but not something you want voters thinking about), and more damaging, reveals that Obama and his staff, as many conservatives have observed, are so far left and out of touch that they find a UCLA economist an objective expert, and that socialism (like communism, but without the mass-killing) is not a problem.
 
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Obama's Pushback...

Posted by Darrick Johnson on Thursday, August 14, 2008 9:45:28 PM
Barack Obama's crack staff just put out a response to the New York Times best seller "Obama Nation" by Jerome Corsi.  From the looks of it, it would have been a good day for Obama's staff to go on vacation with their boss, rather than publish this response.
 
First, as others have pointed out, this looks a lot like using a hatchet as a flyswatter.  I haven't read Corsi's book, but I think its fair to say the book, while selling very well, wasn't going to be influential to undecided or Obama-leaners.  The press that protected John Edwards from unfriendly facts wasn't going to put Corsi's allegations on a front page anytime soon.
 
Second, Obama's response reads like a North Korean or Cuban state-run publication, lots of over-the-top adjectives, non-sequiters, but not a lot of substance.  Its the kind of thing that you only see from organizations where ideologies aren't exactly diverse, and editors don't feel free to say things like "you might want to tone that phrase down a bit...", or "...that doesn't make our case very well..."
 
Third, Obama's response doesn't answer the claims that it purports to, and in many cases, brings Obama's major weaknesses back to the forefront.
 
An example...

LIE:

“As a vice president, Madelyn Dunham would have earned enough to be well off, even if not rich.” [p 71]

REALITY: DUNHAMS LIVED MODESTLY

Obama’s Grandparents Rented A Two Bedroom Apartment In Honolulu.

The Chicago Tribune reported,

“At age 11, Obama was sent to Hawaii to live with his grandparents. They lived in a modest two-bedroom Honolulu apartment in order to save money for Obama’s tuition to attend the Punahou Academy, an elite private school.” [Emphasis mine] [Chicago Tribune, 10/22/2004]

Let's get this straight...A two-bedroom apartment in Honolulu isn't exactly an Airstream trailer.  A quick search on CNN's money page reveals that Honolulu housing today costs about 63% more than my hometown of Greeley, Colorado, part of the flyover country that Obama thinks he can appeal to.   Obama's defense on the very gentle charge of being "well-off" points out that he lived in a expensive area, and went to an elite private school.  Well done.
 
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