Obama Praised 'Searing and Timely' Book by Ayers

[Dos Equis]

Obama Praised 'Searing and Timely' Book by Ayers
FOXNews.com

Monday, October 20, 2008


Barack Obama provided a glowing endorsement of a book by domestic terrorist William Ayers in the Dec. 21, 1997 Chicago Tribune.

Barack Obama, who has consistently downplayed his relationship with William Ayers during his presidential campaign, once gave a glowing endorsement of a book by the former domestic terrorist and was mentioned by name in the book itself.

A blogger unearthed the Dec. 21, 1997, endorsement in the Chicago Tribune and posted photographs of the praise for Ayers' book on Zombietime.com Saturday.

Featured next to a smiling photograph of himself, then-State Senator Obama called Ayers' book, "A Kind and Just Parent: Children of the Juvenile Court," a "searing and timely account of the juvenile court system, and the courageous individuals who rescue hope from despair."

The book, which details life at the Chicago Juvenile Court prison school, mentions Obama by name on page 82 when it describes Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood:

"Our neighbors include Muhammad Ali, former mayor Eugene Sawyer, poets Gwendolyn Brooks and Elizabeth Alexander, and writer Barack Obama. Minister Louis Farrakhan lives a block from our home and adds, we think, a unique dimension to the idea of 'safe neighborhood watch': the Fruit of Islam, his security force, has an eye on things twenty-four-hours a day."

The Obama campaign said the blurb was not a full-fledged review of the book.

"He didn't do a review. He provided one line about the book to the Tribune," campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt told FOXNews.com.

A month before the item appeared, on Nov. 20, 1997, Michelle Obama, then dean of student services and director of the University Community Service Center, held a panel at the University of Chicago that featured both Barack Obama and Ayers.

"Ayers will be joined by Sen. Barack Obama, Senior Lecturer in the Law School, who is working to combat legislation that would put more juvenile offenders into the adult system," the University of Chicago Chronicle reported on Nov. 6, 1997.

Obama has been criticized for refusing to elaborate on the extent of his relationship with Ayers and for claiming to have had no idea Ayers was a co-founder of the Wesather Underground, which claimed responsibility for bombing the Pentagon, U.S. Capitol and a New York Supreme Court justice's home in the Sixties.

The Obama campaign has noted that Obama was 8 years old when Ayers and the Weather Underground were active and has no link to their activities. Ayers has said he has "no regrets" about his participation in the domestic terror group.

"A Kind and Just Parent" was in stock at Amazon.com and ranked 51,273 in sales on Monday.

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/20/obama-praised-searing-timely-book-ayers/

[The Coach]

Barack Obama, who has consistently downplayed his relationship with William Ayers during his presidential campaign, once gave a glowing endorsement of a book by the former domestic terrorist and was mentioned by name in the book itself.

A blogger unearthed the Dec. 21, 1997, endorsement in the Chicago Tribune and posted photographs of the praise for Ayers' book on Zombietime.com Saturday.

Featured next to a smiling photograph of himself, then-State Senator Obama called Ayers' book, "A Kind and Just Parent: Children of the Juvenile Court," a "searing and timely account of the juvenile court system, and the courageous individuals who rescue hope from despair."

The book, which details life at the Chicago Juvenile Court prison school, mentions Obama by name on page 82 when it describes Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood:

"Our neighbors include Muhammad Ali, former mayor Eugene Sawyer, poets Gwendolyn Brooks and Elizabeth Alexander, and writer Barack Obama. Minister Louis Farrakhan lives a block from our home and adds, we think, a unique dimension to the idea of 'safe neighborhood watch': the Fruit of Islam, his security force, has an eye on things twenty-four-hours a day."

The Obama campaign said the blurb was not a full-fledged review of the book.

"He didn't do a review. He provided one line about the book to the Tribune," campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt told FOXNews.com.

A month before the item appeared, on Nov. 20, 1997, Michelle Obama, then dean of student services and director of the University Community Service Center, held a panel at the University of Chicago that featured both Barack Obama and Ayers.

"Ayers will be joined by Sen. Barack Obama, Senior Lecturer in the Law School, who is working to combat legislation that would put more juvenile offenders into the adult system," the University of Chicago Chronicle reported on Nov. 6, 1997.

Obama has been criticized for refusing to elaborate on the extent of his relationship with Ayers and for claiming to have had no idea Ayers was a co-founder of the Wesather Underground, which claimed responsibility for bombing the Pentagon, U.S. Capitol and a New York Supreme Court justice's home in the Sixties.

The Obama campaign has noted that Obama was 8 years old when Ayers and the Weather Underground were active and has no link to their activities. Ayers has said he has "no regrets" about his participation in the domestic terror group.



http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/20/obama-praised-searing-timely-book-ayers/

[24KT]

Have you read the book? If so, did it stink, or was it brilliant? Do you condemn the book?

[IFBBwannaB]

Have you read the book? If so, did it stink, or was it brilliant? Do you condemn the book?

How about his book by Obama, listen to it and give us your opinion:

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[24KT]

How about his book by Obama, listen to it and give us your opinion:

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Are you asking for an opinion of Obama's book "Dreams From My Father"?

...or my opinion of the youtube video you posted?  They are two different things.

Have you even read Obama's Book, ...or is your knowledge or familiarity with it limited strictly to that video?

The youtube video you link is a spin job with an agenda. It takes words out of context, mixes them with random unrelated footage in an attempt to alter the original message.

The actual book on the other hand was an interesting, inciteful, look at Barack Obama, his life, his thoughts, his experiences, as well as the ancestral and contemporary forces that shaped his life.

[IFBBwannaB]

Are you asking for an opinion of Obama's book "Dreams From My Father"?

...or my opinion of the youtube video you posted?  They are two different things.

Have you even read Obama's Book, ...or is your knowledge or familiarity with it limited strictly to that video?

The youtube video you link is a spin job with an agenda. It takes words out of context, mixes them with random unrelated footage in an attempt to alter the original message.

The actual book on the other hand was an interesting, inciteful, look at Barack Obama, his life, his thoughts, his experiences, as well as the ancestral and contemporary forces that shaped his life.

I wonder why you take the time to write a long reply that is race related yet completely ignore the footage of the committee investigating the Democrats (some personal advisers to Obama) and the direct connection to Obama helping Acorn force banks to give bad loans.
Now that's true racism.

In regards to the book, if he said those things there I don't care if they are upside down , what he said it enough for me.

[24KT]

I wonder why you take the time to write a long reply that is race related yet completely ignore the footage of the committee investigating the Democrats (some personal advisers to Obama) and the direct connection to Obama helping Acorn force banks to give bad loans.
Now that's true racism.

1st:
That was not a long reply. If you think it was, ...you don't know me, and obviously haven't read many of my posts 

2nd:
You asked me about a book, and show a hodgepodge of unrelated footage having nothing to do with his book.

3rd:
Obama did not help Acorn to force banks to give bad loans.
Obama represented Acorn in a lawsuit that allowed Americans to register to vote through the DMV

4th:
You're an idiot!

In regards to the book, if he said those things there I don't care if they are upside down , what he said it enough for me.

What was depicted was an inaccurate perversion of what Obama was actually saying.
His words, taken out of context, were him reciting some of the kinds of racist rhetoric both stated & unstated that he heard from various people throughout his life. He describes the kneejerk reactions to ideas, books etc that he saw in others, as well as his attempts to dig deeper than the mere surface of things to get to the roots of the discontent he witnessed, and peoples' attempts to cope

It's pretty apparent that inaccurate perverse bullshit IS enough for you. Your scribbles scream it.

[IFBBwannaB]

1st:
That was not a long reply. If you think it was, ...you don't know me, and obviously haven't read many of my posts 

2nd:
You asked me about a book, and show a hodgepodge of unrelated footage having nothing to do with his book.

3rd:
Obama did not help Acorn to force banks to give bad loans.
Obama represented Acorn in a lawsuit that allowed Americans to register to vote through the DMV

4th:
You're an idiot!

What was depicted was an inaccurate perversion of what Obama was actually saying.
His words, taken out of context, were him reciting some of the kinds of racist rhetoric both stated & unstated that he heard from various people throughout his life. He describes the kneejerk reactions to ideas, books etc that he saw in others, as well as his attempts to dig deeper than the mere surface of things to get to the roots of the discontent he witnessed, and peoples' attempts to cope

It's pretty apparent that inaccurate perverse bullshit IS enough for you. Your scribbles scream it.

As a lawyer and a community organizer he helped Acorn, deal with it.

Here is a video to help you understand how deep Obama is in it, from the level of a community organizer to lawyer to senator to presidential candidate...I wonder how someone like him that was deep in didn't see it yet many Republicans including McCain did and warned from it.

Quote from him on how he helped the affordable housing "important agenda" :

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

Obama Praised 'Searing and Timely' Book by Ayers
FOXNews.com

Monday, October 20, 2008


Barack Obama provided a glowing endorsement of a book by domestic terrorist William Ayers in the Dec. 21, 1997 Chicago Tribune.

Barack Obama, who has consistently downplayed his relationship with William Ayers during his presidential campaign, once gave a glowing endorsement of a book by the former domestic terrorist and was mentioned by name in the book itself.

A blogger unearthed the Dec. 21, 1997, endorsement in the Chicago Tribune and posted photographs of the praise for Ayers' book on Zombietime.com Saturday.

Featured next to a smiling photograph of himself, then-State Senator Obama called Ayers' book, "A Kind and Just Parent: Children of the Juvenile Court," a "searing and timely account of the juvenile court system, and the courageous individuals who rescue hope from despair."

The book, which details life at the Chicago Juvenile Court prison school, mentions Obama by name on page 82 when it describes Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood:

"Our neighbors include Muhammad Ali, former mayor Eugene Sawyer, poets Gwendolyn Brooks and Elizabeth Alexander, and writer Barack Obama. Minister Louis Farrakhan lives a block from our home and adds, we think, a unique dimension to the idea of 'safe neighborhood watch': the Fruit of Islam, his security force, has an eye on things twenty-four-hours a day."

The Obama campaign said the blurb was not a full-fledged review of the book.

"He didn't do a review. He provided one line about the book to the Tribune," campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt told FOXNews.com.

A month before the item appeared, on Nov. 20, 1997, Michelle Obama, then dean of student services and director of the University Community Service Center, held a panel at the University of Chicago that featured both Barack Obama and Ayers.

"Ayers will be joined by Sen. Barack Obama, Senior Lecturer in the Law School, who is working to combat legislation that would put more juvenile offenders into the adult system," the University of Chicago Chronicle reported on Nov. 6, 1997.

Obama has been criticized for refusing to elaborate on the extent of his relationship with Ayers and for claiming to have had no idea Ayers was a co-founder of the Wesather Underground, which claimed responsibility for bombing the Pentagon, U.S. Capitol and a New York Supreme Court justice's home in the Sixties.

The Obama campaign has noted that Obama was 8 years old when Ayers and the Weather Underground were active and has no link to their activities. Ayers has said he has "no regrets" about his participation in the domestic terror group.

"A Kind and Just Parent" was in stock at Amazon.com and ranked 51,273 in sales on Monday.

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/20/obama-praised-searing-timely-book-ayers/

This is again a null issue....its not a book instructing people to go out and blow up neighborhoods....


Won't earn McCain any cool points