Posted on 04/06/2010 7:39:01 AM PDT by urtax$@work
Reviewed by Steve Weinberg
Barack Hussein Obama is the 44th President of the United States because he:
A. Has exhibited overweening ambition since his college years
B. Possesses an impressive intellect
C. Exudes charisma in person and on television
D. Chose Chicago as the place to try out his seemingly delusional career plan
E. Married a remarkable woman who hoped he would not enter electoral politics but supported him anyway
F. Benefitted from a series of circumstances beyond his control, including the demise or retirement of politicians who would have blocked his way to the White House
G. Discovered a path in a racist, xenophobic society to benefit from his bi-racial heritage and his youthful experiences in other societies
H. All of the above
The correct answer is "H," as David Remnick's stupendous biography -- The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama -- makes abundantly clear.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.chron.com ...
Sounds like a ponderous fairytale with a million gaps and overcompensated minutia to cover it.
(The “Bridge” is the morphing/transformation from Free Republic to socialist state)
Really, i am looking forward to all the holes to appear about this "copious detailed" book, and you never know what useful information we can glean (mine) from this work.
Stupendous? This is a professional review that describes the book as stupendous?
No thanks.
I’ll wait for the “Rise and Fall of Barack Obama”.
It should be a quick read, true to history and have a happy ending.
“America is racist and xenophobic...”
Yea, I loved that line, too. How can a nation comprised largely of immigrants be xenophobic?!
“Stupendous? This is a professional review that describes the book as stupendous?”
They were confused with ‘stuporous’.
Talk about sugar-coating the truth, I watched
an interview with the author last night on
Charlie Rose.
It’s a bunch of tripe, and with some notable
mischaracterizations, serious ommissions,
even outright lies.
Remnick’s definitely secured his future facetime
with the tyrant in writing this glossy fantasy.
Charlie Rose is a worthy accomplice in the fantasy.
“This is a professional review that describes the book as stupendous?”
Yes, the reviewer was signaling that he’d thoroughly assessed the book using rigorous criteria and in no way let his emotions cloud his judgment.
Think anyone would EVER have the balls to directly ask that arrogant prissy snot such a question?
I suffered it until almost to the end, that was a performance, not an interview.
/bingo
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