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  • RE: Forbes article

    From Earl Croasmun@1:124/311 to Bob Ackley on Sat Sep 18 09:33:12 2010
    There's an excellent article on Obama in the current issue of Forbes.
    It was written by, of all people, Dinesh D'Souza.

    I haven't read it, although I have seen some of the fallout. It is
    probably well-written and not just a string of blind rants since he (unlike some writers such as Michelle Malkin) has a brain and tends to use it.

    But I don't have much interest in works that try to psychoanalyze a public figure, or trace their early life, or look at their family tree, or
    whatever, to try to show how they think or who they "really" are deep down inside. I am interested in what he is doing, and what he is going to do.
    The "why" doesn't mean that much.


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  • From Bob Ackley@1:300/3 to Earl Croasmun on Sat Sep 18 18:41:48 2010
    Replying to a message of Earl Croasmun to Bob Ackley:

    There's an excellent article on Obama in the current issue of
    Forbes. ~> It was written by, of all people, Dinesh D'Souza.

    I haven't read it, although I have seen some of the fallout.

    I haven't. Other than a rather vicious post from Sauer - who apparently
    hasn't read the article and got his materrial from an ultra-left wing site that's apparently up in arms over the article. I suspect that 'The Nation'
    is a bit too right-wing for his tastes.

    Jeff Binkley noted in another echo that the WH is rather upset with
    Forbes over the article.

    It is probably well-written and not just a string of blind rants since he (unlike some writers such as Michelle Malkin) has a brain and tends
    to use it.

    Forbes is pretty good with fact-checking its material. It rarely has to print corrections or apologies - but I have seen a few in the thirty plus years I've subscribed to the magazine.

    But I don't have much interest in works that try to psychoanalyze a
    public figure, or trace their early life, or look at their family
    tree, or whatever, to try to show how they think or who they "really"
    are deep down inside. I am interested in what he is doing, and what
    he is going to do. The "why" doesn't mean that much.

    If you know why somebody does something you can predict future behavior
    fairly accurately.

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