He is a registered Democrat and a dyed in the wool liberal.
He wrote a book titled "Tell Newt To Shut Up!", an account of the so-called Gingrich Revolution of '94, co-authored with Michael Weisskopf (1996).
He also wrote :
First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton (1995).
The Clinton Enigma: A Four-and-a-Half Minute Speech Reveals This President's Entire Life (1998).
The Prince of Tennessee: Al Gore Meets His Fate, a biography of Al Gore co-authored with Ellen Nakashima (2001).
He is an editor at the Washington Post.
He went on TV yesterday and said "this is not an Anti-Obama book. I just wanted set the record straight".
that's how I know.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cl-Mar0PGc]David Maraniss on Obama mythology - YouTube[/ame]
Nailed it, Zander!
They thought him 'godlike'...and now they are crushed as
more and more of the truth is revealed....
....and in this case....by a fellow Liberal no less!!!
Brings to mind this from Coulter's "Demonic"...
As Le Bon says, the “primitive” black-and-white emotions of a crowd slip easily into “infatuation for an individual.” Liberals worship so many political deities that they must refer to them by initials, just to save time- FDR, JFK, RFK, MLK, LBJ, and O.J.
Ever hear a conservative get weepy about “RWR” or refer to something as hokey as “Camelot”?
Passionate adoration are the primitive emotions of a mob, sentiments generally associated with women, children, and savages, according to Le Bon. Check out some of her examples….
And these:
1. The New York Time’s Judith Warner reported, “Many women- not too surprisingly – were dreaming about sex with the president [Obama]”.
Sometimes a President Is Just a President - NYTimes.com
2. “…the Obamas are not just a beacon of hope, inspiration and
“demigodlikeness,” Ibid.
3. NBC’s Matt Lauer noted that “people” have called Obama “ ‘
The Savior,’ ‘The Messiah,’ ‘The Messenger of Change,’ “ Today Show, NBC, October 20, 2008.
4. Andrea Mitchell- “but Obama is a rock star!" …” NBC’s Andrea Mitchell during MSNBC’s live coverage of the Democratic convention, July 27, 2004
5. “Obama seemed the political
equivalent of a rainbow — a sudden preternatural event i
nspiring awe and ecstasy....” Time’s Joe Klein, October 23, 2006 cover story, "Why Barack Obama Could Be the Next President."
Bet they wish they hadn't said that....
...but, still some true-believers on the board.
Oh, man....are these the best of times or what???
Can't wait for November.