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“Dreams From My Father” is a well-written memoir, IMO. It reveals much about Obama that, in retrospect, he would have been wise to keep hidden.
We typically allow writers and artists to “invent” themselves. But such people usually make terrible politicians - Vaclav Havel excepted. Adolph Hitler and Saddam Hussein (wrote several novels) are more typical.
Secondly, Ayers wrote the thing, and there is evidence Obama didn't even proof it. Ayers doesn't care if something is true or not, only if it “feels honest”.
Actually, Mr. Maraniss, an esteemed journalist and author such as yourself would know that a memoir is actually supposed to be autobiographical and, oh yes, true. (See definitions below from Dictionary.com.) Literature, such as a novel, is where we expect and allow the imagination to run wild. By conflating "literature" and "memoir" into one realm, Maraniss is condoning the lies and exaggerations in the Obamography by granting them some sort of literary license. That technique is right out of the Dan Rather "Fake but Accurate" playbook. It didn't work for Rather either.
Definition of memoir:
1.a record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation.
2. Usually, memoirs.
a. an account of one's personal life and experiences; autobiography.
b. the published record of the proceedings of a group or organization, as of a learned society.
3. a biography or biographical sketch.
It’s called fiction literature!
Yeah, lying is no big deal to liberals if you’re a liberal too. Wonder if he’d be so gracious to cut that amount of slack to a Republican president. Doubtful.
No it’s liberal hypocrisy. They give their own a pass on stuff they’d crucify their enemies on.
Consider Elizabeth Warren. Her lies are really just a colorful family history story.