[Pflienews] PharmFacts E-News Update: Abortoholic Barrie Hussein outed by Corsi's book

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*PharmFacts E-News Update -- 8 Sept 2008 AD

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http://wwwworldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=74627
 
ELECTION 2008

*Abortoholic Barrie Hussein is outed;
Corsi to campaign: 'Where's the beef?'

*Highlights holes in attack against 'The ObamaNation'

September 07, 2008

© 2008 WorldNetDaily


Jerome Corsi, author of the New York Times No. 1 best-seller "The Obama 
Nation," is asking the Obama presidential campaign "Where's the beef" in 
its 40-page list of criticisms of the book.

Shortly after Corsi's book was released and it rocketed to the top of 
the Times' list, Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee for 
president, launched a personal attack on Corsi.

"I don't find myself particularly scary or particularly risky, but I 
mean, they're good at it. So they've got these ads with Paris [Hilton] 
and Britney [Spears] and they've got some guy who just wrote a book. He 
just makin' stuff up, just makes stuff up. But it gets a lot of play on 
Fox News. After a while people starting thinking, 'God, he does have a 
funny name,' or believing false rumors about me they get in e-mails 
about Obama's religion or patriotism," he told an audience on a campaign 
stop.

The reference to "some guy" is Corsi, the senior staff writer for WND 
whose "The Obama Nation" is an in-depth report explaining why the U.S. 
senator from Illinois should not be president.

Obama's campaign then quickly assembled a long list of what it 
characterized as "lies" in Corsi's book, calling the document "Unfit for 
Publication." However, today the author has released a point-by-point 
rebuttal to the criticisms, revealing a host of "glaring logical errors" 
in the document, which "is so defective ... we wonder if the Obama 
campaign ever reviewed the piece before Obama operatives rushed it into 
print."

Corsi notes that the critique simply, and repeatedly, asserts without 
proof, that "The Obama Nation" contains lies.

For example, the book reveals the links between Chicago developer Tony 
Rezko, who recently was convicted on 16 of 24 corruption counts for 
trading on his clout as a top adviser and fundraiser to Gov. Rod [aka 
Slodoban] Blagojevich.

Reports reveal Obama once counted Rezko as a friend and fundraiser, and 
the book raises a series of questions about Rezko's apparent links to 
the real estate transaction through which the Obamas bought a Chicago home.

The Obama campaign alleged the following statement from the book was a 
"lie:"

    "Rezko came up with a solution. His wife, Rita, bought the vacant 
lot at full price, permitting Obama and Michelle to negotiate buying the 
house for $1.65 million, a discount of $300,000 from the asking price." 
[page 165]

The "reality" announced by the campaign was this: "Obamas Made the Three 
Offers on the House, Including the Highest; The Price of the House Was 
Not Contingent on the Price of the Lot."

Said Corsi: "What is not disputed by the Obama rebuttal is that Obama 
and Michelle bought their dream property home for $1.65 million, a sum 
that was $300,000 less than the initial asking price. The first part of 
the 'reality' claim is once again non-responsive. Whether or not the 
Obamas made three offers on the house is irrelevant.

The house was still sold for $1.65 million, $300,000 less than the 
initial asking price. Also, that the accepted offer was the highest is 
self-apparent. The quotations offered by the Obama rebuttal to support 
this 'reality' claim appear to be refuting an argument that the Obamas 
did something 'wrong' by negotiating to buy the lot with the house, 
while Rezko bought the vacant lot.

"A close reading of the sentence from page 165 of 'The Obama Nation' 
quoted above makes clear that I am not charging the Obamas violated any 
law in negotiating with Rezko to buy the dream property. Once again, 
'Unfit for Publication' appears to be refuting a straw man argument I 
did not make.

Whether Obama and Rezko worked together to produce a combined offer that 
was acceptable to the sellers seems apparent from the information 
available on the transaction. Again, I make no argument in 'The Obama 
Nation' that this type of buyer coordination is inherently illegal. The 
contention in this section of 'The Obama Nation' is that Obama acted 
unwisely to consummate this deal with Rezko, a shady character who is 
now a convicted felon in federal prison. Obama himself admitted this 
point when he told the Chicago newspapers the dream property transaction 
was 'a bonehead deal,' something 'Unfit for Publication' does not deny," 
Corsi wrote.

Likewise, the campaign described as a "lie," the following from the book:

    "Rezko agreed to pay the $14,000 cost of building the fence and 
Obama agreed to pay his landscaper to mow Rita's lot for her." [page 166]

Instead, the campaign's "reality," is: "Municipal Code Stated that Rezko 
Had to Pay for the Fence."

Explained Corsi, "Again, the 'reality' response is non-responsive. 
Whether or not the municipal code stated that Rezko had to pay for the 
fence is irrelevant to the fact that Rezko agreed to pay the $14,000 
cost of building the fence and Obama agreed to pay his landscaper to mow 
Rita's lot for her.

In other words, even if the municipal code stated Rezko had to pay for 
the fence, that fact does not make it a lie that Rezko agreed to pay the 
$14,000 cost of building the fence and Obama agreed to pay his 
landscaper to mow Rita's lot for her. If anything, the fact that the 
municipal code stated Rezko had to pay for the fence might explain why 
Rezko agreed to pay the $14,000 to build the fence and Obama agreed in 
turn to pay his landscaper to mow Rita's lot for her. 'Unfit for 
Publication' fails here to produce any fact or argument that would make 
the quoted statement from page 166 of 'The Obama Nation' a "lie."

During "The Obama Nation's" residency atop the Times' best-sellers, it 
has garnered a lot of attention and generated a lot of antagonism.

"Obama's campaign says the book is full of factual inaccuracies that 
include: the wrong date for the Obamas' marriage, that Obama is 
currently using drugs like marijuana and cocaine, that Obama was raised 
with an Islamic education, that Obama wants to weaken the military and 
more easily disproven allegations. Corsi states that he doesn't need to 
prove anything. Well, I guess anyone can print fiction and call it 
non-fiction," wrote Martin A. Hogan in a review on Amazon.com.

However, the continued high profile of the unanswered questions raised 
in the book and its staying power atop best-sellers rankings have given 
a lot of other readers another perspective.

"Given the import of the position sought, Obama's background and record 
must be detailed. If this reveals some inconvenient truths (such as 
Barack and Michelle's long-term relationship with Rev. Wright or his 
friendship with Ayers), so be it. Unfortunately, simply revealing facts 
or questioning these relationships gets calls for silence and threats of 
legal action. So much for free speech," wrote John Dorman on Amazon.

Among many startling accusations, the book links Obama to the massacre 
of Christians in Kenya. It also raises questions about his being raised 
in Indonesia, his links to 1970s radical Bill Ayers, his participation 
in a church whose pastor, Jeremiah Wright, announced to his congregation 
"God d*** America," and other controversies.

Said an anonymous reviewer on Amazon, "As one of the most liberal U.S. 
senators and one who has been part of a 'church' that seems more 
anti-American or more interested in wallowing in black resentment than 
worshiping God, Dr. Corsi isn't the only one wondering who Sen. Obama 
really is."

He continued, "Obama's life is an interesting one, full of a number of 
achievements, but it is one that raises a number of questions about this 
man who is not far from occupying the Oval Office. In many ways, Sen. 
Obama is an unknown quantity. ... For some his rhetoric is more 
important than his deeds, beliefs, inclinations, history. Others who are 
interested in the latter would find this book by Dr. Corsi worthwhile, 
to see what an Obama White House might mean."

Contributed Michael Hanson, "I don't think Corsi even scratched the 
surface on how quickly and smoothly Obama dovetailed his way into the 
most corrupt political machine in the country. ... His ties to Tony 
Rezko are fairly well known, even if the press does all it can to give 
Obama cover on this, and Corsi devotes a good deal of time cutting 
through the spin of Obama's 'boneheaded' friendship."

Those who reacted negatively toward the book also were called out by 
Dorman: "It is clear that many of them have not read this book. I've 
just finished .... and the statement that 'this book makes absolutely no 
attempt to be objective in any way' is simply untrue."

Corsi documented a long list of points that the campaign tries to make 
for which it lacks documentation.

"'The Obamas never gave a million dollars to a Kenyan politician,' the 
first page asserts. Yet 'The Obama Nation' never made this claim. 'The 
Obama Nation' notes a memorandum is circulating in Kenya that 'Friends 
of Senator BO' gave approximately $1 million to the presidential 
campaign of Raila Odinga, but 'The Obama Nation' noted the authenticity 
of that document is still in question," Corsi wrote.

"The first page asserts 'Obama has no secret plan to destroy the 
military.' Again, 'The Obama Nation' made no such claim. 'The Obama 
Nation' claimed instead that an Obama presidency would leave the United 
States a militarily weakened nation," Corsi continued.

Nearly 20 times, Corsi explains that the Obama campaign criticism simply 
is "non-responsive" to the questions raised in the book.

"Approximately 15 percent of the total document, are devoted to ad 
hominem attacks against me," he continues. "Since the days of ancient 
Greek rhetoric, ad hominem attacks have been considered the lowest form 
of argumentation. Typically, debaters or apologists only resort to ad 
hominem attacks only when they have already lost the argument because 
they are unable to win through evidence and logic. Ad hominem attacks 
attempt to discourage the listener from paying attention to the 
arguments made. The problem is that ad hominem arguments fail to refute 
the substantive contentions of the person who is being attacked 
personally," Corsi wrote.

"I trust unbiased readers will see the ad hominem attacks leveled at me 
by 'Unfit for Publication' for what they are -- attacks unworthy of any 
serious effort to elect a candidate to the highest political office in 
the United States," he said.

Corsi previously co-authored the No. 1 New York Times best-seller, 
"Unfit for Command," in 2004 -- a book that helped sink Sen. John 
Kerry's presidential hopes.


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