Comments on: The ‘Bill Ayers Wrote Obama’s Memoir’ Train Rolls On http://washingtonindependent.com/61242/the-bill-ayers-wrote-obamas-memoir-train-rolls-on National News in Context Mon, 06 May 2013 11:16:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: bgates http://washingtonindependent.com/61242/the-bill-ayers-wrote-obamas-memoir-train-rolls-on/comment-page-1#comment-85532 bgates Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:33:04 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=61242#comment-85532 Imagine it's not Obama and Ayers. Imagine it's just two guys, one of whom had written five books, the other zero, and the second guy brings the first a bunch of oral histories, a partial manuscript, and a pile of notes. Who would you suspect was most responsible for the finished product?<br><br>OK, pretending is hard for the reality-based; for added truthiness, suppose the second guy had already burned through half of the advance for the book provided by the publisher without writing anything, and had a deadline looming with yet another publisher. Would you credit the guy who had already written five books, or the guy who had already failed to write this book? Imagine it's not Obama and Ayers. Imagine it's just two guys, one of whom had written five books, the other zero, and the second guy brings the first a bunch of oral histories, a partial manuscript, and a pile of notes. Who would you suspect was most responsible for the finished product?

OK, pretending is hard for the reality-based; for added truthiness, suppose the second guy had already burned through half of the advance for the book provided by the publisher without writing anything, and had a deadline looming with yet another publisher. Would you credit the guy who had already written five books, or the guy who had already failed to write this book?

]]> By: Tom_Maguire http://washingtonindependent.com/61242/the-bill-ayers-wrote-obamas-memoir-train-rolls-on/comment-page-1#comment-85404 Tom_Maguire Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:54:59 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=61242#comment-85404 "That, if true, is interesting and reveals that Obama misrepresented his friendship with Ayers last year."<br><br>Well then, with your permission I will continue to find it interesting.<br><br>The rest of this post seems to amount to "Cashill's wlder claims make no sense, so ignore everything." Unconvincing - what about Andersen's story of Ayers/Obama/Dreams is implausible or factually wrong?<br><br>Or do you think he made it up to hype his book? The target market for that valentine to Barack and Michelle had to be adoring lefties, not righties looking for dirt. “That, if true, is interesting and reveals that Obama misrepresented his friendship with Ayers last year.”

Well then, with your permission I will continue to find it interesting.

The rest of this post seems to amount to “Cashill's wlder claims make no sense, so ignore everything.” Unconvincing – what about Andersen's story of Ayers/Obama/Dreams is implausible or factually wrong?

Or do you think he made it up to hype his book? The target market for that valentine to Barack and Michelle had to be adoring lefties, not righties looking for dirt.

]]> By: Rush Limbaugh Shouldn’t Talk About Ghostwriters | GSA Schedule Services http://washingtonindependent.com/61242/the-bill-ayers-wrote-obamas-memoir-train-rolls-on/comment-page-1#comment-83171 Rush Limbaugh Shouldn’t Talk About Ghostwriters | GSA Schedule Services Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:19:06 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=61242#comment-83171 [...] see that Rush Limbaugh is buying into the the thinly sourced “Bill Ayers wrote Obama’s first memoir” conspiracy theory, helping push this from the fringe to the conservative mainstream. (Limbaugh’s birther jokes [...] [...] see that Rush Limbaugh is buying into the the thinly sourced “Bill Ayers wrote Obama’s first memoir” conspiracy theory, helping push this from the fringe to the conservative mainstream. (Limbaugh’s birther jokes [...]

]]> By: techweenie http://washingtonindependent.com/61242/the-bill-ayers-wrote-obamas-memoir-train-rolls-on/comment-page-1#comment-82975 techweenie Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:06:40 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=61242#comment-82975 B b b but Barak Obama hates white people! B b b but Barak Obama hates white people!

]]> By: mantis http://washingtonindependent.com/61242/the-bill-ayers-wrote-obamas-memoir-train-rolls-on/comment-page-1#comment-82973 mantis Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:05:01 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=61242#comment-82973 He also wrote Obama's birth certificate. It obviously contained many similar phrases to his own birth certificate, such as "Born on" and "Mother's Name". <br><br>Ironclad. He also wrote Obama's birth certificate. It obviously contained many similar phrases to his own birth certificate, such as “Born on” and “Mother's Name”.

Ironclad.

]]> By: strangely_enough http://washingtonindependent.com/61242/the-bill-ayers-wrote-obamas-memoir-train-rolls-on/comment-page-1#comment-82965 strangely_enough Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:53:36 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=61242#comment-82965 <i>“an older man who had been active in the civil rights efforts in Chicago in the sixties.”</i><br><br>That proves it. I mean, how many of them could there be? “an older man who had been active in the civil rights efforts in Chicago in the sixties.”

That proves it. I mean, how many of them could there be?

]]> By: strangely_enough http://washingtonindependent.com/61242/the-bill-ayers-wrote-obamas-memoir-train-rolls-on/comment-page-1#comment-82959 strangely_enough Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:39:48 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=61242#comment-82959 And Ayers wrote Palin's. And Ayers wrote Palin's.

]]> By: mantis http://washingtonindependent.com/61242/the-bill-ayers-wrote-obamas-memoir-train-rolls-on/comment-page-1#comment-82952 mantis Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:31:15 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=61242#comment-82952 I think Sarah Palin wrote Obama's memoir. I think Sarah Palin wrote Obama's memoir.

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