TY - BOOK AU - Corsi,Jerome R. TI - The Obama nation: leftist politics and the cult of personality SN - 9781416598060 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - E901.1.O23 C826O U1 - 328.73092B 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Threshold Editions/Simon & Schuster KW - Obama, Barack KW - Personality KW - Political aspects KW - United States KW - Public opinion KW - Presidents KW - Election KW - 2008 KW - Presidential candidates KW - Right and left (Political science) KW - Left-wing extremists KW - Politics and government KW - 2001-2009 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-339) and index; Preface; Who I am and Why I wrote this book --; Introduction --; pt. 1; Roots --; 1; Myths from his father --; 2; Strangers in strange lands --; 3; Black rage, drugs, and a Communist mentor --; 4; Kenya, Odinga, Communism, and Islam --; pt. 2. The; making of a radical politician --; 5. The; ideology of "change" --; 6; Tony Rezko and "The Chicago way" --; 6; Meet Reverend Wright --; pt. 3. The; candidate is the message --; 8. The; cult of personality --; 9. A; far-left domestic policy --; 10; Obama's antiwar, anti-Israel foreign policy --; Conlcusion; Defeating Obama --; Notes --; Index; This title is also available as an eBook N2 - Barack Obama stepped onto the national political stage when the then-Illinois State senator addressed the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Soon after Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate, author Jerome Corsi began researching Obama's personal and political background. This book is the result of that research. By tracing Obama's career and influences from his early years in Hawaii and Indonesia, the beginnings of his political career in Chicago, his voting record in the Illinois legislature, his religious training and his adoption of Christianity through to his recent involvement in Kenyan politics, his political advisors and fundraising associates and his meteoric campaign for president, Corsi shows that an Obama presidency would, in his words, be "a repeat of the failed extremist politics that have characterized and plagued Democratic Party politics since the late 1960s."--From publisher description UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0825/2008034318.html ER -