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Subject: In Obama's own words (Very, very Scary)
 
This guy wants to be our President and control our government. Pay close attention to the last comment!!

 

Below are a few lines from
Obama's books. These are passages in his own words:
 
From Dreams of My Father: 'I ceased to advertise my mother's race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites.'
 
From Dreams of My Father: 'I found a solace in nursing a
 pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother's race.'
 
From Dreams of My Father: 'There was something about him that made me wary, a little too sure of himself, maybe. And white.'
 
From Dreams of My Father: 'It remained necessary to prove which side you were on, to show your loyalty to the black masses, to strike out and name names.'
 
From Dreams of My Father: 'I never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn't speak to my own. It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa, that I had packed all the attributes I sought in myself, the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois and Mandela.'
 
And here's the clincher: (grab on to something when you read this:)
 
From Audacity of Hope: 'I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.'
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Passages from Barack Obama’s Books
A recent email forward allegedly quotes passages from Senator Obama's books related to race and religion. The majority of these are alterations, deliberate manipulations, and in one case, an outright fabrication, of Obama's words.

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SMEAR EMAIL
From Dreams From My Father: 'I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mothers race.'
FACT
Nothing close to this quote appears in Dreams from My Father

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SMEAR EMAIL
'There was something about him that made me wary, a little too sure of himself, maybe. And white.'
FACT
FULL QUOTE From Dreams From My Father:
"He offered to start me off at ten thousand dollars the first year, with a two-thousand-dollar travel allowance to buy a car; the salary would go up if things worked out. After he was gone, I took the long way home, along the East River promenade, and tried to figure out what to make of the man. He was smart, I decided. He seemed committed to his work. Still, there was something about him that made me wary. A little too sure of himself, maybe. And white--he'd said himself that that was a problem." [Page 142]

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SMEAR EMAIL
'I never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn't speak to my own. It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa, that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself, the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois and Mandela.'
FACT
FULL QUOTE From Dreams From My Father:
"All my life, I had carried a single image of my father, one that I had sometimes rebelled against but had never questioned, one that I had later tried to take as my own. The brilliant scholar, the generous friend, the upstanding leader--my father had been all those things. All those things and more, because except for that one brief visit in Hawaii, he had never been present to foil the image, because I hadn't seen what perhaps most men see at some point in their lives: their father's body shrinking, their father's best hopes dashed, their father's face lined with grief and regret.
"Yes, I'd seen weakness in other men--Gramps and his disappointments, Lolo and his compromise. But these men had become object lessons for me, men I might love but never emulate, white men and brown men whose fates didn't speak to my own. It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa, that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself, the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois and Mandela. And if later I saw that the black men I knew--Frank or Ray or Will or Rafiq--fell short of such lofty standards; if I had learned to respect these men for the struggles they went through, recognizing them as my own--my father's voice had nevertheless remained untainted, inspiring, rebuking, granting or withholding approval. You do not work hard enough, Barry. You must help in your people's struggle. Wake up, black man!
"Now, as I sat in the glow of a single light bulb, rocking slightly on a hard-backed chair, that image had suddenly vanished. Replaced by...what? A bitter drunk? An abusive husband? A defeated, lonely bureaucrat? To think that all my life I had been wrestling with nothing more than a ghost!" [Page 220]

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'I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.'
FACT
FULL QUOTE From Audacity of Hope:
"Whenever I appear before immigrant audiences, I can count on some good-natured ribbing from my staff after my speech; according to them, my remarks always follow a three-part structure: "I am your friend," "[Fill in the home country] has been a cradle of civilization," and "You embody the American dream." They're right, my message is simple, for what I've come to understand is that my mere presence before these newly minted Americans serves notice that they matter, that they are voters critical to my success and full-fledged citizens deserving of respect.
"Of course, not all my conversations in immigrant communities follow this easy pattern. In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly; they need specific assurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during World War II, and that I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction." [Page 260-261]
        I want to add about the second statement...to clarify..as this really does not do a good job. Obama went to Chicago to be a community organizer....to help bring the white people and black people together...His boss, was white. He hired Obama because he felt a black man could help bridge the gap. He wanted whites and blacks alike to help bring the community together.   And the way they did this was through the community churches.


Linda, thank you for posting that.
It is sad that crap like this comes up. DONN, you have not read the book. Please read it before you post crap like this. You are part of the problem...not the solution.lorster2008-07-01 21:33:43Several weeks ago this was posted and I then posted the actual comments and clarification to the erroneous statements.  If you're going to start a topic about Obama, make sure that it's factual before you post.  Try going to Scopes to check it out.  Also, this is really old stuff and is just being recyled to keep the fires burning.  So sad.   LindyYeah, when you get an email like this, it is very easy to check it's validity at snopes.com.  That is if you care about the truth.DONN, you must work for Obama's campaign. I think you're really onto something with this reverse psychology bit.It's amazing how half quotes get out there, alot of it from the media.