Sometimes the most important thing is not what you hear, but what you don’t hear. Obama challenged critics to explain why they think he is a socialist. Almost immediately people like Glenn Beck provided quick and well documented answers. Glenn Beck says that Obama’s grand parents were socialists who like to hang around with communists. So far, no one has come forward and said that this was inaccurate. Instead we learn that Stanley Dunham, Obama’s grandfather had an FBI file that was destroyed in 1997. We may never know, but it wouldn’t be surprising to learn that the FBI had a file on someone who was friends with a known communist like Frank Marshall Davis.
David Remnick, a card-carrying member of the “I Love Obama” media chorus just published a new biography of Obama. This was reviewed by Jack Cashill, from The American Thinker. Cashill has an axe to grind, because Remnick rips him for claiming that Obama’s books were actually written by William Ayers, so keep that in mind. But Cashill writes that Remnick describes Obama as an “unspectacular” student at Columbia. At least they apparently found someone who remembers him at all. Cashill also writes that Remnick quotes Communications Professor John McKnight as saying: “I don’t think [Obama] did too well in college.” This would be an interesting comment from someone who apparently wrote a letter of recommendation for Obama when he applied for Harvard Law School.
[A side note. If Obama did poorly in communications, based on his assumed rhetorical brilliance and speaking skills, he must have been plain awful in his other classes. There apparently is only one sample of writing by Obama while at Columbia that even Remnick describes as “muddled.”]
Note what you do not hear. You do not hear anyone saying that Obama’s grandparents and mother were incorrectly characterized as socialists who like to hang around with communists. You do not hear anyone disputing the characterization of Obama’s performance at Columbia as miserable. No one has a good explanation why someone who did poorly at Occidental, did poorly at Columbia and won’t release his LSAT scores got admitted to Harvard. Frankly, the theory of Obama having a rich sugar daddy from Saudi Arabia, who probably made a large donation to grease the skids, makes a lot more sense than the media myth that he was universally recognized as being exceptionally brilliant.
The Rod Blagojevich trial is getting ready to start. This means that documents will be unsealed and witnesses will be cross examined. There are a lot of rumors on the internet about Obama’s direct involvement in deals that look a lot like corruption. Some of these deals allegedly involve Blagojevich. This trial might be more dangerous for Obama than you think.
Lt. Colonel Lakin is about to be Court Marshaled for refusing to deploy to Afghanistan. He says he will not deploy until Obama proves he is a U.S. citizen. He will probably lose, but previous lawsuits demanding proof of Obama’s citizenship were dismissed because the plaintiffs could never establish standing to file a lawsuit. The Obama administration got them dismissed by saying the plaintiffs could not prove they would be harmed. It is remotely possible that by being subject to a Court Marshal, Lt. Colonel Lakin may meet the necessary threshold. It just might result in a court ordering Obama to produce his original birth certificate. (I find it hard to believe he was born in Kenya, but he sure has spent a lot of time, effort and money to prevent release of this document.)
Obama disappeared over the weekend. Bizarre story. Apparently the White House press pool showed up and he was gone. The story was that he went to his daughters soccer game, but there are other reports there was no game. Weird. At best he definitely ducked the White House press pool for some reason.
Pandora’s Box had been opened and who knows what we will find.
TDM