WASHINGTON – WND staff writer Jerome Corsi's blockbuster expose, "The Obama Nation," rocketed to the No. 1 spot on the New York Times best-seller list for Aug. 17 when it was released and has stayed there ever since.
It's also generated a lot of antagonism.
"Obama's campaign says the book is full of factual inaccuracies that include: the wrong date for the Obamas' marriage, that Obama is currently using drugs like marijuana and cocaine, that Obama was raised with an Islamic education, that Obama wants to weaken the military and more easily disproven allegations. Corsi states that he doesn't need to prove anything. Well, I guess anyone can print fiction and call it non-fiction," wrote Martin A. Hogan in a review on Amazon.com.
However, the continued high profile of the unanswered questions raised in the book and its staying power atop best-sellers rankings have given a lot of other readers another perspective.
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"Given the import of the position sought, Obama's background and record must be detailed. If this reveals some inconvenient truths (such as Barack and Michelle's long-term relationship with Rev. Wright or his friendship with Ayers), so be it. Unfortunately, simply revealing facts or questioning these relationships gets calls for silence and threats of legal action. So much for free speech," wrote John Dorman on Amazon.
Among many startling accusations, the book links Obama to the massacre of Christians in Kenya. It also raises questions about his being raised in Indonesia, his links to 1970s radical Bill Ayers, his participation in a church whose pastor, Jeremiah Wright, announced to his congregation "God d*** America," and other controversies.
Said an anonymous reviewer on Amazon, "As one of the most liberal U.S. senators and one who has been part of a 'church' that seems more anti-American or more interested in wallowing in black resentment than worshiping God, Dr. Corsi isn't the only one wondering who Sen. Obama really is."
He continued, "Obama's life is an interesting one, full of a number of achievements, but it is one that raises a number of questions about this man who is not far from occupying the Oval Office. In many ways, Sen. Obama is an unknown quantity. … For some his rhetoric is more important than his deeds, beliefs, inclinations, history. Others who are interested in the latter would find this book by Dr. Corsi worthwhile, to see what an Obama White House might mean."
Contributed Michael Hanson, "I don't think Corsi even scratched the surface on how quickly and smoothly Obama dovetailed his way into the most corrupt political machine in the country. … His ties to Tony Rezko are fairly well known, even if the press does all it can to give Obama cover on this, and Corsi devotes a good deal of time cutting through the spin of Obama's 'boneheaded' friendship."
Those who reacted negatively toward the book also were called out by Dorman: "It is clear that many of them have not read this book. I've just finished …. and the statement that 'this book makes absolutely no attempt to be objective in any way' is simply untrue."
Corsi previously co-authored the No. 1 New York Times best-seller, "Unfit for Command," in 2004 – a book that helped sink Sen. John Kerry's presidential hopes.
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