Jerome Corsi made the rounds on all the talk shows promoting his new book, “The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality.” Corsi seems to have a particular interest in people that run for president. You may remember him. In the last presidential election he wrote “Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry.” He is still proud of that one. I didn’t like the attack on Kerry, so I decided to see if I could find out if this was just another smear campaign or was there something sinister about Obama that I needed to know.
Corsi is currently a reporter with World Net Daily, a conservative so-called, news website.
I asked Corsi what he wanted everyone to know about Obama. His reply was surprisingly mundane. The two things we got around to discussing were that Obama was liberal (actually, Corsi says “leftist liberal) and he was going to raise taxes on 90% of Americans.
Corsi’s book has resulted in anti-Corsi websites and publications which contend that many of his allegations are false. Corsi essentially admitted that there were some errors in his book, but said the attacks focused on minor discrepancies, and not the major contentions. It seems obvious in talking with him that he loves the controversy; it sells books, gets him interviews and makes him rich. Can’t say I blame him, but neither can I say this guy is a serious historian.
I don’t know about the errors, but I didn’t consider it a revelation to find Obama being accused of being a liberal or a leftist liberal, or that he might raise taxes (but, I don’t think it will be on 90% of working Americans). Hell, I am one of the most conservative people I know (used to be a Republican) when it comes to waste and efficiency in government, but I am also a liberal, a damn big liberal when it comes to me versus corporate America. People should win that struggle, not corporate America. The problem in this country is we like simple name tags for complex issues.
As for raising taxes, Americans may never admit it, but somebody better raise somebody’s damn taxes. Bush tax cuts haven’t kept the economy out of the toilet and this administration has made deficit spending a thing to be proud of. Either we pay more in taxes or our kids and grandkids do. We are the ones who allowed this, and I think this generation ought to pay the bill, not my kids.
Of course, that kind of talk is heresy. All Corsi has to do is say “Obama is going to raise taxes!” and half the brains (actually, a little more than half) in this country go dark, no further thought, just total blind acceptance that this must be true and must be bad.
I am reading Corsi’t book, but have not finished it. I try to be read books that I am probably not going to like to see if there is anything in them that I consider valid or worthwhile. So far, I think this one is not worth my time, but that is probably due to the fact that I am suspicious of Corsi’s purpose. Sorry, Jerome, but the purpose of the book is not to make anyone stop and think, just to stop thinking. The sad thing is that many Americans, too many, prefer the latter to the former.
But Corsi says he is no Republican. He is a supporter of the Constitution Party which is nothing more than the right wingingest of Republicans manipulating the constitution without a clue as to what it means to anyone but themselves. But, that is another interview.
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