The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media's Favorite Candidate

The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media's Favorite Candidate

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Book Description
He's the media's darling, the fresh face of the Democratic ticket. But what does Barack Obama really stand for--and will his extreme liberal agenda and complete inexperience in global affairs endanger the country? That's what David Freddoso, investigative reporter and National Review Online columnist, examines in The Case Against Barack Obama. In this shocking expose, Freddoso explores the reality behind the rhetoric, the plans behind the promises, and the faults behind the facade, revealing:

* Why Obama's inexperience and extreme left-wing voting record is more dangerous than any threat we face today
* Why the Rev. Wright debacle reveals Obama's poor judgment of character and deceitful nature
* Why it won't be politics of change with President Obama--it will be liberal politics as usual

Freddoso exposes the real Barack Obama: a typical big-government politician, the #1 most liberal U.S. senator, and--if he were commander in chief--a serious threat to our national security.


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1 out of 5 stars Absolute Garbage September 10, 2008
E. Ebs (Dublin)
0 out of 5 found this review helpful

Don't waste your money on this if you're looking to be genuinely informed. The author's primary goal is to cash in on the election.

If you hate Barack Obama and you're looking for something to reinforce your hatred, you can stock up a few copies of this book, read it over and over and over and gift copies to your friends. Unfortunately, you will not be uplifted in any way. But you're just going to look like an idiot any time you get into an intelligent argument and you try to use some of the information in this book.

If it is true that the kind of books a man keeps in his library says a lot about him, you might wanna rethink owning this piece of trash.


1 out of 5 stars An Irresponsible and Shamefully Misleading Book September 10, 2008
Patricia Traxler
0 out of 5 found this review helpful

Whether one is for or against Barack Obama, everyone should be offended by the kind of "reportage" in this dishonest, poorly written, and absurdly misleading book. It's not the first time Jerome Corsi has published "slime" journalism--he even did a hatchet job on John McCain not so long ago. Shame on Corsi, and shame on anyone who doesn't make an honest attempt to factcheck his hamhanded and vicious writing before jumping to erroneous conclusions about Barack Obama, John McCain, or any of the other public figures Corsi has slandered. This embarrassment of a book provides an object lesson in what's wrong with American politics today: There is no real and meaningful conversation about issues and ideals anymore; only the cult of personality and this kind of inane and destructive gutter discourse that illuminates nothing.


5 out of 5 stars Scholarly Approach September 10, 2008
C. H. Livingston (Ft. Worth, TX USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

This book will never get the mileage or popularity of Corso's, but the evidence presented is irrefutable and so obvious One wonders why so many Obama supporters don't get it. To argue against the premise of this book is natural - it's called partisanship - but to argues with the objective presentation of facts is madness. The author attempts to present evidence and facts absent the usual polemics associated with such a book. I believe he succeeds remarkably. It's objective and should cause real fear among all Americans. The author's personal trepidations come through the attempt to avoid partisanship, but the message is clear: if Americans want backbreaking taxes, unjustified redistribution of their earned wealth, a transfer of controlling authority in the U.S from parties beholden to the people to individuals and organizations determined to destroy it, a weakened military and clueless leadership then the Obama tool is The One. If even half of this country is worth saving in the minds of voters, they had better run from this charlatan and his America-hating Marxist cronies and "mentors" as fast as the voting line will let them. The unwritten message is: There is Serious Danger here to our Democratic Republic.


5 out of 5 stars The Truth Hurts September 10, 2008
Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D. (Colorado USA)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful

This clear and cogent book makes the case according to the facts. Christians should especially take heed, since Obama is trying to win them over. Consider just three issues: unborn human life, terrorism, and poverty.

Abortion:

All humans are made in God's image and are such from conception. God forbids murder (unlawful killing). The killing of the unborn is, therefore, immoral and sinful--especially so, since they are utterly helpless. They are among "the least of these" that Jesus told us to care for. (I take abortion to save the life of the mother to not be sinful, but this accounts for only a minute percentage of abortions in the US).

1. Obama would sign The Freedom of Choice Act if it comes to his desk. This would annul every state or local restriction on abortion in the 50 states.

2. Obama would appoint several Supreme Court justices. They would be pro-choice with a vengeance, thus wiping out the possibility of reversing Roe v. Wade, which (along with Doe v. Bolton) opened the floodgates to abortion on demand in the United States. In other words, over 40,000,000 legal abortions in the United States since 1973.

3. Obama would fund abortions through tax payer's money. That is chapter and verse from the Democratic Platform.

4. Obama even opposed the ban on partial birth abortions, and would likely do what he could to bring them back. He opposed a born-alive statute in Illinois that would have allowed hospitals to save aborted babies that survived their own execution.

5. Obama admits he is an ignoramus on when a fetus gets any human rights. It is "above his pay grade." He has also said that we don't know when human life begins. This is a crock. Biology tells us life begins at conception (once a complete genetic code comes into being); since that life comes from humans, it is human life from conception. What else could it be? This is not difficult. But even if one is not sure when human life begins, that does not justify abortion on demand! We should, rather, err on the side of caution, given the momentous stakes at hand.

The National Right to Life gave Obama a rating of o%--the worst possible. The National Abortion Rights Action League gave him a rating of 100%--the best possible. See their documentation of Obama and Biden's views on abortion.

John McCain has become more pro-life recently. He said at Saddleback Community Church that the fetus has human rights from the beginning. He is the polar opposite of Obama on this, as is Sarah Palin.

Terrorism:

Evil is real in the world. The Bible does not forbid the use of force in a just cause. The innocent should be protected against attack.

1. Obama has no military experience. In fact, he has anti-military associations, such as William Ayers, a confessed bomber of American military sites. Like most political liberals, he views terrorism as a criminal justice question, not one of military concern. He has opposed funding for the Iraq war and would likely lose that war if elected, thus turning Iraq into a bloodbath and likely a terrorist stronghold, with the Iranians reigning down on it like vultures. They are already supporting terrorism around the world.

2. Obama views himself as a "world citizen" and would conform to international pressures rather than putting the US first. This would weaken us and make us more vulnerable to attack and lessen our ability to do good in the world.

McCain is a military man and has served in the Senate for over twenty years, getting more experience on these matters. He supported the recently successful troop surge (when it was unpopular) and realizes we cannot pull out of Iraq until the job is done.

The Poor:

Some Christians are deceived into thinking that political liberalism is better for the poor than conservatism. So, since the Bible tells us to care about the poor and the oppressed, we should support the Democrats. Not so fast. Saying you care about them and actually providing meaningful assistance are two different things. The liberal mindset is based on centralized, tax-funded programs. This slows down the economy and encourages dependence. This was the lesson of President Johnson's "War on Poverty." Poverty won. Read Winning the Race by John McWhorter (an African American) on that.

The conservative approach is to limit the power of the state, to cut taxes, and to give people more freedom to develop their skills and work on and give to the causes that concern them. It is not "Let them eat cake," but is based on a different philosophy of economics.

Moreover it is a leftwing fable that conservatives don't care about the poor. Studies show that conservatives give four times more to charity than do liberals. This is because liberals think the state should do this work, not individuals and private associations. (See Arthur C. Brooks, Who Really Cares? and The Acton Institute.)

McCain has articulated his concerns to help those out of work get reeducated and those without adequate health coverage to have more options. However, he does not want to socialize medicine and create a huge bureaucracy.

It is not an option for Christians to neglect the poor and marginalized. However, it is far from obvious that the Democrats have the best plan to help these people. They would certainly not help the unborn, the poorest and most marginalized of all.


5 out of 5 stars Better Than "The Other" Book September 9, 2008
Confederate (Bethesda, MD)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

I almost didn't read this book. Jerome Corsi's volume on Obama seemed to be adequate and, thankfully, it turned my wife from voting for Obama. Still, David Freddeso approaches Obama's past from a strictly historical perspective. How can someone who was so influenced by Marxists and hard core socialists during his formative years possibly help from turning out to be a Marxist or a hard core socialist?

With the nomination of Barack Obama, it marks the second time the Democrats have run a Marxist for president. Al Gore had so many connections with people like Armand Hammer, who personally and financially sponsored both him and his father, that it's more than a little ridiculous to suppose that Gore would have risen through the ranks with a strong commitment to the Constitution and its republican core. Now enter Obama, who has even more connections with communists and hard core socialists like Saul Alinsky, Marshall Davis and campaign aide Sam Graham-Felsen, to name only a few. In fact, as the American Thinker blog noted: "Barack Obama has a thing for Marxists. He befriends them, listens to their counsel, and he even hires them to work in his campaign. And they seem to feel the warmth. President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua, who led a revolution there in 1979, says Barack Obama's presidential bid is a 'revolutionary' phenomenon, and Americans are 'laying the foundations for a revolutionary change.' A captured computer revealed that an unknown person chatted with Marxist FARC guerillas on Obama's behalf (they believed), stating he would be the next President and US policy towards Columbia would change. Frank Marshall Davis, a dear Obama friend and mentor was as a member of the Communist Party USA. Barack Obama just seems to attract Marxists."

Obama, like anyone else, needs to be judged in the context of his past, not from the results of an extreme makeover. How can tax refunds be given to people who don't PAY taxes, for example? And how does he believe corporations would fund tax hikes on their profits? That's right, by passing the taxes on to the consumer...us! It all comes back to our pocketbooks. Obama wants to refund our taxes to people who pay no taxes. Thirty years ago, people would have recognized that for what it is, but hey, those are the social benefits of a dumbed down educational system.

And what of oil? Oil is needed to create and distribute pesticides to protect our crops, to ship them to supermarkets, to make and sustain our roads and highways. Obama's conversion to necessary drilling was a little too quick and insincere for my tastes.

It's okay for Obama and other Marxists to run for office, but hiding their true agendas is what is so agonizingly painful to watch. David Freddeso insists that Obama come clean, and some of Obama's most staunch supporters really don't want that to happen.

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