The Smallest Minority

Ah, a perfect spot for everyone to read this column by Thomas Sowell.

Here are the opening four paragraphs:

" Critics of Senator Barack Obama make a strategic mistake when they talk about his "past associations." That just gives his many defenders in the media an opportunity to counter-attack against "guilt by association."

"We all have associations, whether at the office, in our neighborhood or in various recreational activities. Most of us neither know nor care what our associates believe or say about politics.

"Associations are very different from alliances. Allies are not just people who happen to be where you are or who happen to be doing the same things you do. You choose allies deliberately for a reason. The kind of allies you choose says something about you.

"Jeremiah Wright, Father Michael Pfleger, William Ayers and Antoin Rezko are not just people who happened to be at the same place at the same time as Barack Obama. They are people with whom he chose to ally himself for years, and with some of whom some serious money changed hands."

There are two money quotes that are, in Kevin's parlor, simply priceless:

"This is a serious book with 35 pages of documentation in the back to support the things said in the main text. In other words, if you don't believe what the author says, he lets you know where you can go check it out."

and the final paragraph:

"David Freddoso's book should be read by those people who want to know what the facts are. But neither this book nor anything else is likely to change the minds of Obama's true believers, who have made up their minds and don't want to be confused by the facts."

Bullseye.

Don't be confused by facts or by "his" books - that's just another projection screening device. It's highly likely he did not write "Dreams From My Father" alone and that Bill Ayers did most of the work.

That kind of passive voice self description is the mark of a sociopath, IMO.