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Perhaps one of the biggest political stories of the year is being completely overlooked by the Obama-struck mass media. A new biography by veteran author Christopher Andersen, "Barack and Michelle: Portrait of a Marriage," reveals that former Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers wrote most, if not all of President Obama’s book "Dreams From My Father."
In a series of American Thinker articles over the past year, PhD author and columnist, Jack Cashill has been asserting just that. But while he found striking similarities between the two men’s writing styles he could never conclusively prove Ayers' ghost authorship. Andersen’s book does.
Cashill relates: "relying on inside sources, quite possibly Michelle Obama herself, Andersen describes how Dreams came to be published -- just as I had envisioned it in my articles on the authorship of Dreams.
"With the deadline pressing, Michelle recommended that Barack seek advice from 'his friend and Hyde Park neighbor Bill Ayers.' Despite a large advance, Obama found himself 'hopelessly blocked.’ After four futile years of trying to finish, Obama ‘sought advice from his friend and Hyde Park neighbor Bill Ayers.' This he did 'at Michelle’s urging.'"
Andersen explains their rationale: "Everyone knew they were friends and that they worked on various projects together. It was no secret. Why would it be?"
I don't know, but it was certainly considered a secret by candidate Obama, and the media bent over backwards to keep it that way.
This was not the first time Mr. Obama was "blocked" either. Shortly after he was elected the first black president of the Harvard Law Review, an aggressive literary agent named Jane Dystel secured a $125,000 advance from Simon & Schuster for him to write his book. An astounding sum for a first-time author, he never delivered. After years of waiting, the publisher dropped him.
Dystel then secured him a second advance for $40,000 from Random House, and in 1995 "Dreams" was finally published. After gaining his U.S. Senate seat, Mr. Obama summarily dumped Dystel in favor of someone cheaper. She was understandibly infuriated. It is worth noting that as president of the Harvard Law Review, Mr. Obama wrote one short article. For such a supposedly gifted writer this is truly odd. And as Cashill has noted, Obama's few other writing samples are "sophomoric".
Furthermore, "president" of the Law Review is not the same as "editor" of the Law Review. Being editor requires a commanding knowledge of both writing skills and law. It is a very demanding job. Being president, on the other hand, is more of a figurehead position.
Andersen concludes: "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."
During his campaign, candidate Obama took great pains to distance himself from Ayers, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and the many other radicals he knew. But investigation by many independent journalists overcame the media blackout to reveal extensive connections between the two men.
It is old news now that Ayers and Obama served on the boards of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge and the Woods Fund together, but in total, Obama worked with Ayers and other radicals on least six related non-profit boards and shared the same office for three years with Ayers and fellow radicals, Susan and Mike Klonsky.
Now this latest revelation about Ayers' ghostwriting suggests that not only did they work together, but Ayers essentially gave Obama his voice.
All this has somehow been lost on mass media's intrepid investigative journalists. Nary a peep.
Barack Obama is no literary giant. Furthermore, his steadfast refusal to provide any concrete information about any details of his past, his college grades, past job performance, or even voting record in the Illinois Senate, makes one wonder if Mr. Obama has any qualifications -- besides a polished public persona -- at all.
He is looking more and more like a mere construct, a carefully crafted mouthpiece for a cabal of anonymous radicals furiously working to secure a permanent foothold in the halls of power. Consider just a few of his "Czar" picks:
Kevin Jennings the openly homosexual "Safe Schools Czar" who encouraged pedophilia;
Cass Sunstein, the "Regulatory Czar" who believes, among other things, that animals should have the right to sue humans in court;
Van Jones, like Ayers, a self-described communist, fortunately resigned under a cloud. As "Green Jobs Czar," Jones was to distribute stimulus money based on formulas worked up by the Apollo Alliance, run in NY by Jeff Jones. No relation to Van, Jeff is an old Weather Underground friend of Bill Ayers.
Valerie Jarrett -- the "other side of Obama’s brain," -- has spent a lifetime working with and around the American Communist Party and is thoroughly plugged-in to Chicago radical networks. Valerie is the one who recruited Van Jones.
The list goes on and on. The challenge is finding anyone even remotely moderate.
Obama’s early denial of Ayers is ringing ever hollower. Rather than being just "some guy in my neighborhood," Ayers and Obama are fused at the hip. And Ayers is typical of the rabid, anti-American lunatics Barack has surrounded himself with.
Meanwhile, the media silence is deafening.
God help us.
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Congrats on your new column Jim. It'll give me something to look forward to every week.
This compilation of information about the mysterious Obama and his press corp, also reminds me that not only did they work together on the Woods Fund and the Annenberg Challenge (and what poor performances both were) - they actually shared office space for three years. Not just offices in the same building, but they occupied the same office space during that time. No one would report it when it was so important to do so.
I love your work, Mr. Simpson. So glad to see you at the Examiner.
So the point is …he is communist loving, Harvard illiterate radical who is going to over-turn our great political system, which has been tested and proven for over 200plus years into socialist regime. If he can do that in 4 years, then I think he would be considered a genius. Won’t you agree?
Chaz Is Hugo Chavez a genius? How about Hitler?
Chaz:
He would be a genius, wouldn't he? The point of this article is that it is NOT he. It is an extensive network that has been building momentum for decades. He is but a cog.
And in choosing Obama over Hillary, Soros and co. saw a more photogenic, well-spoken politician, who had the added advantage of being black. They knew that having the race card at hand would be a tactical advantage in helping get their radical agenda put in place.
They got it right, wouldn't you agree?
Great work Jim. Every week more revelations confirm the man is a mirage. Ayers was a ghost writer for a ghost: the Riyadh candidate, son of Saul Alinsky, cryto-Stalinist, empty suit, liar.
What would Obama have to do in order for the press to give him any negative coverage about anything?
And as for his being a genius, he certainly is not acting alone but is a mere puppet of international banksters like George Soros and his ilk. They have been getting their ducks in a row since the 60's. All the president's czars are a part of that same movement.
Clowder-Piven method of totally overwhelming the system and bringing down the economy in progress right now.
Congratulations Jim! The truth can not be hidden from freedom loving, educated people. Communist upper level decision makers
acknowledge among themselves that their methods in bringing down a country will not stand under close scrutiny and severe pressure. I believe this is where we are now in America, WE THE PEOPLE are seeing the lies daily.
Good story Jim. Too bad it wasn't given more coverage before the election last... probably wouldn't have mattered anyway. One has to be amazed at Bill Ayers and his ability to survive his association with the Weather Underground (WU) and fugitive status to now occupy a position so close to the President. I wish others could know Bill as I do and recognize his determination to destroy our Country and Our way of life! This is no joke and Bill's success over the past 40 years is all the proof one needs to take note of. Good luck and I look forward to reading your articles in the future.
Great! I have followed Jim Simpson's articles for years and he always has the facts we're looking for.
Fake from the inside out! Please tell me the glow is fading!
Jim you’ve always been on top of many great revelations. I just hope that the corruption that surrounds this administration will eventually be addressed before our country is brought to its knees.
Both your article and the comments on it are astounding. Both show an incapacity for the use of critical intelligence, not to even mention the intellectual dishonesty of how you choose to present your smear. Saying that something has been said by an "author" does not make it so. And surrounding the accusations with quotes is only one example of the dishonesty of your article. They permit you to take on the aspect of honesty, i.e., merely quoting the views of another person. You do not, however, deal critically or intelligently with the quotes you use. You simply take them at face value. That the quotes are taken from a third-rate hatchet job based on little to no evidence only adds to your article's problems. The result: you fail to make a case to anyone beyond "nutty conspiratorialists." Your treatment of issues would benefit from weighing all evidence involved in a matter, then coming to a judicious conclusion that SEEKS TO BE FAIR. Your article is a moral and intellectual failure.
Perhaps the story is not getting traction because it's just not that sensational. It is not unusual that a politician would put out an image-enhancing book early in his political career. McCain also produced such a book. It is certainly not unusual that some books by persons who are known for things other than their writing are ghost-written. We take for granted that politicians use speechwriters, for example. Apparently, the scandal is that the ghost-writer was not acknowledged, and that the writer was (horrors!) Bill Ayers. Small potatoes, I think.
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