Herb Denenberg on the radical influences on Obama
Herb Denenberg: “Mr Freddoso [author of The Case Against Barack Obama, a new book] writes: ‘Although they should not be overstated, Obama has many radical ties. As a teenager, he had a communist mentor who told him not to trust white people. LATER HE WOULD STEEP HIMSELF IN THE RADICAL PHILOSOPHY AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZER [AND SOCIALIST] SAUL ALINSKY AND TRAIN OTHERS IN HIS TEACHINGS. He would inherit his first elected office from an admirer of the USSR, and seek to placate and even sign pledges for the same kinds of radical groups she associated with, some of whom identify themselves as socialists and communists. As a candidate for president, he has chosen some extremists as political advisors and he counts some among his fundraisers.’ “
“Mr. Freddoso says that Mr. Obama’s associations with Marxists and radicals may not prove he is one of them, but then concludes, ‘HIS IDEIOLOGICAL INFLUENCES ARE DECIDEDLY RADICAL, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION FOR VOTERS.’ Mr. Freddoso says the background he provides in this chapter 7 of his book on radical influences is important because it helps answer the following questions he puts:
*WHY DOES OBAMA ASSOCIATE WITH SUCH PEOPLE?
*WHAT INFLUENCE HAVE THEY HAD ON HIM?
*WHAT DO THESE RELATIONSHIPS TELL US ABOUT HIS JUDGMENT AND THE TYPE OF PEOPLE WITH WHOM HE WILL ENTRUST EXECUTIVE POWERS IF ELECTED?”
“He [Freddoso] spends 30i pages in answering those questions, but I think the answers are fairly obvious. HE [OBAMA] WOULD NOT BE IMMERSED WITH RADICALS ALL HIS LIFE IF HIS THINKING WEREN’T CONGRUENT WITH THEIRS. They have had a profound influence on him, as demonstrated by his radical, socialist programs and proposals. THE RADICAL TYPE WOULD INHABIT HIS CABINET AND EXECUTIVE BRANCH AS THEY REPRESENT HIS THINKING AND THE KIND OF CHANGE HE THINKS AMERICA NEEDS.” — Herb Denenberg.