Posted on 09/21/2008 11:14:55 AM PDT by Not gonna take it anymore
Who is Frank Marshall Davis?
The media have done only a fair-to-middlin' job of creating the impression that Obama's main personal and political contacts have been people other than Ayers and Dohrne and Rev. Wright and Tony Rezko, but if he has any other pals or close associates, I've never heard of them.
Does he have any?
On the other hand, the media has done an excellent job keeping Obama's growing-up mentor and surrogate father Frank Marshall Davis in the closet. Obama may have learned his Alinsky from books, but he grew up at the feet of his red-diaper Mother... and Davis. (As I understand the story, Obama's Kenyan/Moslem father knocked up Obama's single mother, married her in Hawaii to make the kid legit - despite having a wife or wives in Africa - and then hit the road.) Those are the reasons that I am not convinced it's paranoid to have Manchurian Candidate thoughts about Obama. Maybe it's hysterical and fear-mongering - but who really knows this guy Obama, besides his wife? Who is in a position to deny it? Did a single person who has known him personally witness to his real self, to his character, at the Dem convention? Or anywhere else?
No. Isn't that odd? Most 40+ year-olds have at least one colleague and friend who has known them and has worked with them over many years and can witness publicly to their character, habits, and core beliefs. Here's an Accuracy in Media piece on Frank Davis, with the AP's efforts to minimize the relevance of the relationship. Davis' reported homosexuality and pornographic avocation may be irrelevant, but his committment to Communism is not.
At any rate, it's not what you would call an American Story.
Thanks, Meek OneGOP, and PhilDragoo.
Good work. There are a lot of detectives on FR!
Ping to #18 and #20.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2087157/posts?page=18#18
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2087157/posts?page=20#20
Thanks to Lucyt for the ping.
Thank you Meek. I’ve been rummaging through my bookmarks BTW. A lot of BO links, too many to swamp in a ping.
Grab Bag Link List of Obama:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2086960/posts?page=5#5
Thanks and bttt.
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