Duty:  I would never vote for Obama again after reading this book.  EIP
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Mr. Gates is very frank and factual about the stress of being Sec. of Defense.  His compassion for our servicemen and women is very real and commendable.  He did his very best to serve his country in one of the world's most demanding jobs.
EIP
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The One Star reviewers simply have not read this book.  They are reduced to "attacking the messenger".  This book opened my eyes to the radical and dangerous hidden agenda of a slick huckster.  I am a moderate, and was very skeptical about some of the things I've heard about Obama's past and friends.  When he admitted to going to Reverend Wright's radical church for 20 yrs, I knew I'd have to take a closer look for myself. I have done extensive research on Corsi's sources in this book, which he cites specifically.  My conclusion is that Obama DOES have radical ties with terrorists, radical anti-Americans, Socialists, etc etc.  I also realized that Obama's socialist fiscal policies will absolutely wreck our economy and put trillions of dollars of debt squarely on the backs of our children and grandchildren.  Corsi might be a bad guy, but facts are facts, and much of the book is sourced from Obama's own books and statements (By the way, isn't it odd for someone to write an Autobiography in their 20s? - Seems like they might be trying to establish certain things as facts, for the purpose of running for public office).  Anyway, if you are on the fence about Obama, you need to read this book.  If you just want to hide your head in the sand and HOPE for CHANGE, you aren't going to like these facts.
All in all:
1. The research checks out.
2. Corsi isn't a good guy.
Then again, Corsi isn't running for President.
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As other reviewers note, this is an uncomfortable book written by an angry man.  After reading it, I was angry too, at the ridculous way we continue elect ignorant government officials, at the pussy-footing way we fight "wars" based on European opinion, how Israel continues to play the US as the big goofy uncle with a big wallet,  but most of all at the way our leaders openly and blatantly continue to lie to us.  After reading this book you will realize that virtually nothing that any US government official of any party or level said after or since 9/11 about the causes and aftermath is true.

This book is a rare opportunity to pick the brain of someone who has studied and breathed the Middle East for more than 20 years, attempting to serve an ungrateful and completely clueless Washington by providing good advice, multiple options, and a chance to really 'do the right thing' all of which was completely ignored and came home to roost on 9/11 and the events since.

The book is heavily footnoted which some may find distracting, but I found the sometimes-lengthy asides to be both useful and interesting, and I plan to follow up reading many of his cited references for use in independent research and general information, particularly with the total collapse of broadcast news and journalism in general.
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This was a hit piece written to discredit and slander Mr. Romney as he was in the process of running for President of the United States.  I can only assume that the writer of this trash was someone with a political agenda who had no intention of presenting a fair look at this candidate for the US Presidency.  If I had known the true intent of the writer and the agenda of them, I would not have wasted my time with this garbage.  To anyone looking at this book for casual reading don't waste your time.  I see now why this book was free
2076351
The demonic personality of Obama is displayed very clearly.  Other reviewers did an excellent job in itemizing out the topics covered in this book.  However, I recommend Obamafile.com on the internet to update this information.  Obama is a dangerous man.  Even more dangerous is a fully democratic government which would unleash leftist policies on the American Republic overnight.  Hard working middle class white Americans would be oppressed by the juwish puppet Barack Obama.  Obama wants to teach sex ed to children, endorses abortion and is for every despictable thing you can imagine.  At a juwish group, he demonstrated his hatred of white Americans of whom he said clung to their guns and Bibles.  You bet we do Obama with the likes of you trying to enter public office to take away the right to cling to those guns and Bibles.  Obama is a threat to our freedoms in a way worse than Clinton.  This is an excellent book.  However, many other important facts aren't really addressed: such as, is he even an American citizen?  How did this poor kid get into Harvard law school and then run for state senator?  Is he a queer as two mysteriously murdered people at his church said?  The only people I know who cling to their guns are the crips and the bloods in LA, not white people who are too busy funding the welfare state of such low lifes.
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Yikes.  Obama is the Manchurian candidate.  People are so caught up by their emotions that they blind to the truth of man and his agenda.  They voted for the man based on race alone and then call anyone who did not do likewise a racist.  They hate anyone who writes anything negative or in this case truthful about Obama, while portraying themselves as humble and open minded.  Some call him their Lord, Savior and Messiah, while in the same breath claim to be a Christian.  Most if not all of them will not read this book, but instead have a knee jerk reaction to it, claiming it is all lies, but cannot offer no defense to the issues it raises.

This books does not invent stories, instead it collects them like pieces of a puzzle to produce a overall view of not only Obama but nearly everyone surrounding him.  None of they come up smelling like roses, not a one.  Read it, challenge each story and Google the "transparent" facts and then come to your own conclusion.  In the end you will not call Obama your Lord, Savior or Messiah, you will have an opinion based on facts and not media sound bites.  Then pray to God, to the truth Lord and Savior, the Messiah, that you are not be mislead again.
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I did not like her book. She labels people as Black or White. Old or young. A great liberal or disgusting conservative.  This book is to discredit Hillary Clinton and set up Michelle Obama.

Donna Brazille .... I expected more from a woman that calls herself a good Christian.
1329949
I'll be honest I didn't finish the book, it's that bad. I read lots of books, both right and left wing, most of them, while not necessarily good are readable. This book is just plain horrific. Perhaps the one underlying theme of this book is FEAR

Al seems to be paralyzed with fear. He lives in constant fear of other 9/11 style attacks, he lives in fear of corporations, he lives in fear of conservative book writers and fear of FOX news.. He writes that all us should also be in this fear, unfortunately Mr. Franken seems to surround himself with liberals, a group that paradoxically has used fear and propaganda for over a century to control the masses, it now seems that one of the their strongest weapons has turned against them.

I feel sorry for the likes of Al and his minions, but if you listen long and hard enough, you can hear their faint and distant cries for help. It's clear they suffer from a unique pathology that is slowly driving them insane. They are, at their core, very, VERY afraid. They are afraid because ultimately, they are ignorant. They are ignorant of much of the world that exists outside their own. This basic ignorance leads to their overwhelming and permanent state of fear. The fear quickly paralyzes them and they become consumed with placating all supposed adversaries. They are too afraid or to selfish to placate their supposed adversaries themselves so instead they want the government to do it.

Since I do not suffer from this fear concept and I do not need a tome of propaganda I found this book to be incipiently tedious.

Caveat Emptor
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There is so much I dislike about this book.
There was far too much political posturing in this book to make it enjoyable in the slightest.
I stopped reading at the halfway mark and regret that I ever started reading it.
It is clear that the author has no concept of recent history or what each party stands for.
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I can't believe I read the whole book.  The most interesting part to me was all that goes into a presidential campaign, but the book was poorly written.  The candidate was so smarmy; he was constantly hugging women and calling them honey.  He thought all women wanted him.  He had an elevated opinion of himself and we eventually discovered that he was truly evil.

I would not recommend this book to anyone!
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This guy was my Representative for many years.  What a disaster he is.  Typical right-winger, anti-Obama, anti-Clinton, anti, anti, anti.  But this book will play to his base. (Unfortunately his replacement as my Rep (Huizenga) isn't any better.
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I am a conservative, but found this book to be sub-standard in every way. Couldn't read it to the end - plus am angry with NewsMax for endorsing it and making me buy it, as they clearly must have an anti-Hilary agenda, so much so that it clouds their minds.

I don't wish to see her as President either, but that doesn't make me sink so low as to slander and trash her in such a distasteful way, and neither should they.

While reading the book I kept getting one feeling, and one feeling only: That someone must have paid Klein an awful lot of money to write it. Otherwise, who would write such a book on their own volition?
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Wow, where do I start. If you're a Hillary loving Liberal Snowflake you'll love this book. I should have stopped reading it at the point where the clueless author writes "With an Ak-47 that they purchased online". First of all you can buy whatever you want but it requires by federal law to go through an authorized FFL dealer for purchase you CANNOT JUST BUY A WEAPON ON THE INTERNET FOOL. (That was my first clue), then second the author wants you to feel all broken up and sorry for people that decide to use heroin, like it's not their choice and that they should be coddled and taken care of because of their poor choices.

Please!! I am thankful I didn't waste any time on any of the other volumes of this series and equally thankful for Kindle Unlimited so I didn't have to pay any actual real money for this drivel.
37093
Oh, please! The illiterate idiots who gave the 1 star reviews couldn't possibly have read this book in the one day it has been out. Anyone who writes incoherent run-on sentences like that probably couldn't even read this book in a month.  It is obvious to anyone with a brain that the media was biased for Obama and I haven't even read the book (yet).  Having said that, Obama is my president now. That is more than most liberals ever said about George W. Bush. They never got over the fact that no recount, not even by the NY TIMES, ever showed that Gore won Florida. I hope Obama governs the way that he campaigned because if his administration is a success, it will be good for America.
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I'm something of a political junkie and was eagerly awaiting this book.  As a subscriber to the Washington Post. I read Dan Balz's columns during the election and feel that he didn't do much more than regurgitate them here.  It's  a long boring slog.  The author doesn't even get to the general election until about page 300.  There are 27 chapters in the book and many read like stand alone essays. Having a couple of chapters on whether Obama is a boring person is well...boring.  And reading a fifteen page chapter on an asterisk like Tim Pawlenty is mind numbing.  In general the author dawdles on the front end,and compresses the general election in the back end, no doubt thinking of his publication deadline.  The author spends only a few sentences each on the subjects of Michele Bachmann, Obamacare, and Benghazi, but takes 15 pages to describe the process of selecting Paul Ryan as VP. About the only new thing I learned about in the book was the arguments going on back stage with Chris Christie before he went on stage to give his keynote address at the GOP convention.

The very substantial role played by the new media e.g.; Fox News (which vetted all the GOP candidates at length), AM talk radio, and the internet blogs is never mentioned.  There are very few new, juicy revelations in the book. It's obvious the author interviewed all the candidates and personages in the book and didn't want to offend any. You get the feeling he wants to keep his sources intact. The author never reveals an ounce of wit, humor, cynicism, or passion in the book. It's as dry as reading a 340 page Wikipedia entry.

The author is pretty even handed in describing the events, but I'm not sure who the intended audience is for this book. The Romney partisans would probably just as soon forget the whole thing, and the Obama partisans will probably enjoy reading Jonathan Alter's book on the election more, since he leaves no doubt as to whose side he is on.

The author is careful not to give his feelings on many subjects other than the electorate is hopelessly divided and the election solved nothing.  Enjoy.

Stanly R. Schneider
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I had to buy this because I can't ignore a train wreck. Also, I wanted to get a better understanding of the forces of hate and ignorance.

First off, anyone who thinks this is an objective critique of Obama is seriously deluded. Limbaugh (David, i.e. Rush's brother) didn't approach this subject with indifference, and didn't gather and evaluate data objectively before coming up with the conclusion that Obama is trying to destroy the country. Do you think he's being fair in this book? Give me a break! The book does not contain one positive statement about Obama. What does that tell you?

There is a lot of repeated material, and the peppering of anecdotal indictments of Obama are about trivial issues, most of which have a tenuous connection with Obama. Limbaugh nit-picks about trivial matters that have no effect on the day-to-day lives of Americans, like Obama's support of gay marriage.

For a contrast, try reading a book by a real journalist, like Bob Woodward, e.g. "Obama's Wars", "The Price of Politics". In these books, Obama is portrayed as a human -- not a god or a demi-god -- with strengths and weaknesses, and a very important job to do (which Obama takes very seriously).

The book was too long, and only needed to be a paragraph at most, stating crux of the issue: "Obama is black". What pisses off Limbaugh even more is that in addition to being black, Obama is smart and effective at forwarding his agenda, which is helping the people of America, and making America stronger. All the fancy, technical-sounding, flowery language that fills out the book does more than make the book thick enough to be noticed in a book shelf; it also fans the hatred that pervades "our great republic" and helps produce more Timothy McVeigh's. I wonder how many people will be inspired by this book to want to assassinate the president.
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I very sincerely think that you should not write about economy if you haven't read this book.

I also believe that every representative in Congress should read it.

Mr. Obama too.

Only republicans can be excused, for even in the case they can read, their religion keeps them from understanding anything about Keynes and keynesians. God please have mercy on brainless mean people