This Can't Possibly Work, Right?

On Sunday, the newest edition of the New York Times Hardcover Bestsellers list will debut Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality at #1. This incredible smear takes the job that was done to John Kerry four years ago to an entirely different level. It is penned by Dr. Jerome R. Corsi, author of 2004's Unfit for Command, the polemic that brought down the Democrat in that race. This version, released precisely four years to the month after Unfit, makes no attempt at subtlety.

The book, I am told, strikes basically three notes: Obama the Imam, Obama the Panther, and Obama the Crack-Head. The book argues that Obama has a far closer relationship with radical Islamic fundamentalists than is portrayed, that Obama was left angry and full of "black rage" by his alcoholic, polygamist father, and exorcised these demons through a prolific use of drugs that may continue to this day.

There are already numerous sites posting the factual errors of the work, but more breathtaking is the blatant and naked way it plays toward religious and racial bigotry. I have many conservative friends who saw the Celeb ad McCain ran a few weeks ago, the one with Britney and Paris, and thought preposterous the idea that there was any racial color to it. Morbidly, I am actually curious as to what they think of this, whether they too will be dumbstruck, or will seek instead to defend it.

Not much politics this week: Obama's on vacation; Congress is still on recess; Republicans are still protesting recess; everyone's focus is on Beijing, and what little attention is left centers on obscure separatist enclaves that have suddenly threatened to reignite the Cold War. And the only news on that front is more duplicity from the Russians and more propaganda from everyone else. So no more news tonight, but maybe some tomorrow.