Why Obamas Communist connections are not headlines

[Brian.Pearson]

Originally Posted by BigJon3475

The relationship may have begun sooner and been closer. Mr. Ayers was in graduate school at Columbia University when Barack Obama was an undergraduate there in the early 1980s. Did they meet then? A few years later, Michelle Obama and Mr. Ayers' wife, Bernadine Dohrn, also a former terrorist, worked at the same time for the Chicago law firm Sidley Austin.
Investigative reporter Jack Cashill has noted some intriguing coincidences between Sen. Obama's 1995 autobiography, "Dreams From My Father," and Mr. Ayers' 2001 book, "Fugitive Days," for which Sen. Obama wrote a dust-jacket blurb. Both books have the same lyrical style and are filled with nautical imagery, which would come naturally to Mr. Ayers, who spent a year as a merchant seaman, but which appear nowhere else in Mr. Obama's writing.
Excerpts from "Fugitive Days" and from "Dreams From My Father" both scored 54 on reading ease and a 12th-grade reading level on the Flesch Reading Ease Score, Mr. Cashill found. Scores can range from 0 to 121. Excerpts from "Fugitive Days" averaged 23.13 words a sentence. "Dreams" averaged 23.36 words a sentence. Excerpts from Sen. Obama's second book, "The Audacity of Hope," average 29 words per sentence, and a ninth-grade reading level, Mr. Cashill said.


PrairiePundit: Did Ayers help Obama write his first book?

I think that is what I was thinking about, thanks. While it may not be considered proof by many, I do believe it is persuasive.

[Katarina Witt]

Persuasive? No. Conincidental? Perhaps.

[magellan]

Originally Posted by Brian.Pearson

I'll try to find it -- it is something I stumbled over a couple of weeks ago. In essence, the book had numerous nautical metaphors which Obama would not likely use or be familiar with, whereas another man known to Obama was.

Wow, so that proves it. Nautical metaphors.

I just realized no one here has read anything Obama has written. At least I've studied McCain's plans.

[Brian.Pearson]

Originally Posted by Katiana

Persuasive? No. Conincidental? Perhaps.

Few people adopt different writing styles. I sometimes paint a picture with one kind of imagery or another, but never one to the exclusion of others.