Welcome To The "I Hate Obama Book Club"
Tue, 02/14/2012 - 1:16am —
Bill Press
The following is an excerpt from Bill Press' new book, "The Obama Hate
Machine," published by Thomas Dunne Books.
The American landscape, unfortunately, is peppered with presidential
libraries, most of which are not worth the time or money for a visit.
Each president gets one.
But with Barack Obama, it's going to be different. He will become the
first former president to require two presidential libraries: one to
house the personal papers and historical record of America's first
African-American president;
the second to house the mountain of Obama hate books that have been
published during his time in office.
Who says President Obama hasn't helped grow the economy? Just ask
conservative imprints Regnery Publishing or Encounter Books .
The Daily Beast's John Avlon was the first to track down the
anti-Obama literature in detail. By his count, there were five books
attacking Obama published even before he reached the White House. By
year three of his presidency, a staggering sixty-seven books, at a
minimum, had been published that demonized Barack Obama — far more
than either Bill Clinton or George W. Bush had to contend with — and
the number keeps growing.
Even though throwing mud at Bill Clinton was a favorite pastime of the
far right, keeping Regnery and other publishers busy, only eleven
anti-Clinton books had been published by his two-year anniversary.
George Bush got off even easier. According to Avlon, only five
anti-Dubya books had hit the shelves by the same time in his
presidency. Only in 2004, after his contentious reelection campaign,
did the number of anti- Bush books reach forty-six.
Granted, some of these anti-Obama books can be dismissed as nutty
screeds written by crazies nobody ever heard of and self- ublished
through services like CreateSpace. But most were in fact released by
mainstream publishing houses. And the list of authors includes a
former attorney general of the United States, a former ambassador to
the United Nations, a former Speaker of the House, a former Ohio
secretary of state, prominent conservative commentators, and at least
four top national radio and TV talk- show hosts: Sean Hannity, Bill
O'Reilly, Michael Savage, and Laura Ingraham.
Together, they command a broad audience. And together, in print as on
the airwaves, they have decided that the only way to bring down
President Obama is not to challenge his policies but to undermine his
personal credibility. In their warped world, Obama is not just wrong
on the economy; he is a Marxist-socialist Manchurian candidate
channeling the radical, antiimperial politics of his father and
grandfather.
With such a flood of hate literature— its lies duly repeated and
promoted on radio, cable television, and online— it's no surprise that
so many Americans are willing to believe demonstrably false things
about Barack Obama. As this book goes to print, 25 percent of all
Americans, and 41 percent of all Republicans, believe Obama was not
born in the United States. One of every five Americans still believes
he is a Muslim, and a whopping 55 percent are convinced he's a
socialist. "I read it in a book, I saw it on television, so it must be
true."
But, as with all the other arms of the Hate Obama Machine, the hate
Obama literature differs both in quantity and intensity. It's not a
handful; it's an avalanche. It's not thoughtful political dissent;
it's a wave of ugly personal attacks— as evidenced by even a quick
glance through each of the anti- Obama titles.
Don't worry. You don't have to read them all. I've skimmed them for
you. (Click here to see the list of 67 anti-Obama books in full,
including six that take a more traditionally populist -- and less
right-wing -- tone.) This is the URL:
http://www.nationalmemo.com/article/67-anti-obama-books
Here's a quick look at some of my favorites:
10. Cullen, Mike. Whiny Little Bitch: The Excuse-Filled Presidency of
Barack Obama.
Publisher: Quite Right Books, June 2010.
Between the Covers: The title says it all. Don't expect much from this
book, and you won't be disappointed. Even one sympathetic reviewer had
to acknowledge that it's no "in- depth" account of the Obama
administration. It's a thin book, full of thin and stale criticisms of
Obama's messianic complex, his slighting of allies, his being too hard
on Wall Street, his surrounding himself with cronies, his race
baiting, etc., etc. Cullen proves there's an audience for any
anti-Obama drivel, no matter how shallow.
18. Geller, Pamela and Robert Spencer. The Post-American Presidency:
The Obama Administration's War on America.
Publisher: Threshold Editions, July 2010.
Between the Covers: If you truly believe that Barack Obama is "the
most radical individual ever to occupy the White House," this is the
book for you. Geller and Spencer sound yet another call to arms to
Americans concerned about Obama's plot to destroy our free- market
system and nationalize major segments of our economy. Billed as "the
true patriot's handbook," Geller's book urges conservatives to rise up
and stop Obama in his tracks, while there is still any America left to
defend.
51. O'Leary, Brad. The Audacity of Deceit: Barack Obama's War on
American Values.
Publisher: WND Books, September 2008.
Between the Covers: Lucky for Barack Obama I didn't read this book
before the 2008 election, or I would never have voted for him. How
could anyone other than an outright Communist vote for him after Brad
O'Leary told you what his real agenda was. No kidding. Few people
realized that Barack Obama had these seven top goals: to raise the top
tax rate to 60 percent; to grant citizenship to twelve million illegal
immigrants; to appoint Supreme Court justices who would overturn the
Second Amendment; to take 25 percent of farmland out of production; to
transfer care of children under five from parents to government; to
set up new government agency to decide which medical procedures
seniors qualify for; and to make it easier for more Democrats to get
elected by allowing felons to vote. Of course, that may have been a
good way to scare people. But it didn't work. And, needless to say,
not one of O'Leary's predictions has come true.
http://www.nationalmemo.com/content/welcome-i-hate-obama-book-club
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Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
Have a great day,
Tommy
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Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
Have a great day,
Tommy
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