Obama's Ayers book review
By Rizzuto
Tue Oct 21, 2008 - For the record, I’m not saying that Obama is a terrorist, just that he offered a glowing review of a terrorist’s book.
After months of flat out denial, the Obama blurb surfaces. Of course, this is no thanks to the main stream media, who were too busy looking into Joe the Plumbers tax status. This from Zomblog:
Obama’s review of Ayers’ book says, “A searing and timely account of the juvenile court system, and the courageous individuals who rescue hope from despair.”
I had seen mentions of the existence of this review in a very few media outlets, including CNN, National Review, American Spectator, and a handful of others. But because the review was published before the Chicago Tribune began digitizing and archiving its articles online, there was no direct Web link to the review itself — only citations of it. So, out of curiosity, I took it upon myself to visit a library in San Francisco, and using the library’s Lexis-Nexis access and its archive of microfilm versions of major newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, I finally tracked down a copy of the actual review itself.
Turns out the review was very short — what I had thought (from reading the citations in the online articles) were just short quotes from it was in fact the entirety of the review. But it was accompanied by a photo of Obama, standing by his statement. The review was part of a column called “Mark My Word,” in which Chicago notables praise their favorite current books.
Don't deprive yourself of the rest of this story, the rabbit hole goes deeper. These two were chummier than the Obama's have been letting on.
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