Wild theories of 'Obama Nation' author (Politico exposes bigoted smear-merchant Corsi)

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Wild theories of 'Obama Nation' author
By: Kenneth P. Vogel
August 13, 2008 10:08 PM EST

The folks behind “The Obama Nation,” the wildly successful but factually disputed new book trashing presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, are casting it as a scholarly, thoroughly researched work.

But its author has left a trail of wild theories, vitriol and dogma that have called into question his credibility.

Jerome Corsi, who rose to prominence as the co-author of a book attacking 2004 Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, penned another tome asserting oil is a nearly infinite resource that continues to generate naturally, and posted a series of online comments through 2004, including suggestions that Hillary Rodham Clinton is a lesbian and Muslims worship Satan.

In an interview with Politico, Corsi pointed out that he’s apologized for Internet postings ripping Muslims and Catholics, and said they don’t undermine the integrity of his new book.

“I wrote those to be provocative and I said I would not use that kind of politically incorrect language again, and I don’t believe I have,” he said.

The outrageous allegations haven’t stopped Corsi, who boasts a Ph.D. in political science from Harvard, from achieving mainstream success. The Obama book was published by a new Simon & Schuster imprint that is run by Mary Matalin, a top Republican strategist and media personality.

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On the blog FreeRepublic.com, Corsi wrote that pedophilia “is OK with the Pope as long as it isn't reported by the liberal press,” that “RAGHEADS are Boy-Bumpers as clearly as they are Women-Haters” and that Kerry is “Anti-Christian, Anti-American.”

Last year, Corsi released a book charging President Bush was secretly plotting to create a North American Union by merging the U.S. with Canada and Mexico.

The idea that there is a secretive plan for a North American Union is a favorite bogeyman for small-government conservatives but has been derided as baseless by mainstream thinkers and officials.

In blasting Corsi and the theory, a columnist at the influential conservative blog Human Events wrote, “I don't think Corsi is any more worthy of being taken seriously than those who think Jews rule the world or the ‘Truthers’ who think President Bush is responsible for 9/11.”

http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=BE600A90-18FE-70B2-A8078732499BF999

MediaMatters original page on Corsi -- http://mediamatters.org/items/200408060010

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1. Classic non-apologizing apology for his anti-Muslim & -Catholic crap;

saying he's sorry for being "politically incorrect" in his language without coming close to saying he was wrong.

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2. I love the double standards. Islamic Extremists are "women haters"

but RWers who believe many of the same things about women are simply believers in "family values."