In early December a member of DailyKos wrote quite a negative review of Obama’s "Audacity of Hope". At the time I read the Book Review, I was skeptical. Living in Chicago and having met with Obama twice at fund raisers, the reviewers take on the book seemed unfair (but having not yet read the book, I felt limited in my response). However, when earlier this week Obama announced his exploratory committee and similar views were expressed (ie. Obama is not a real progressive, Obama is Lieberman lite, Obama’s views on the war are not definitive enough, Obama’s views are not out there enough, Obama is not strident enough on gay rights), I feel compelled to reply and try to summarize some of the arguments in the book (of course not as well as Obama, but cheaper and shorter to read).
This diary therefore tries achieve 2 things, summarize Obama’s book and reject some of the other claims made against him.
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