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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:41 AM Original message |
Who is Obama's ghostwriter? |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. either Bill Cosby |
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dchill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. He didn't need one... |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. That's because Todd was a ghostwriter. |
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dchill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. True, but it's one thing to accuse... |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
3. I'm finding it hard to even find a reference to a ghostwriter. Dreams From My Father was |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
4. His first book was not ghost-written |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
5. Who is the guy suspected of writing the speeches that Obama & Governor Deval Patrick share? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. He's not "suspected"; he's their speechwriter |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. "You do know that politicians don't write their own speeches, right?" |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I guess that's why I posted this article about his speechwriters weeks ago, eh? |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Obama said he writes most of his speeches, then on a private plane told a reporter |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. He's a lot more involved than most politicians |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. Yup. He is Obama's Rove |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. From everything I heard he wrote them |
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Khaotic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
7. Bob the Builder? |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. Pretty sure he wrote the first book himself |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. Matthews on MSNBC this AM: Obama's second book obviously collaborative effort |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. You don't need a ghostwriter when God speaks through you! n/t |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. ahhhhahahah true that |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
17. don't tell anyone, but it is Barrack. He does most of Obama's speeches also /nt |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Ted Soensen wrote all of Obama's speeches since before Boston |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I guess he wrote his books, and also probably his thesis at Harvard also /nt |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. No, it's this guy: |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. no this guy....Passing the Torch: Kennedy's Touch on Obama's Words |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. "I've given them a phrase or suggestion or two," Sorensen admits. |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. ahh thank you |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
18. Arthur M. Schlesinger |
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HeraldSquare212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
27. He said yesterday that he wrote two books. |
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