https://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/08/13/ny-times-tries-to-torpedo-anti-obama-book-succeeds-in-spreading-its-message/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 19:24:43 -0400<![CDATA[Oh dear, Oh dear, Oh dear. Jerome Corsi, author of the bestselling Unfit for Command in 2004, a book that turned the phrase &#8220;swift boat&#8221; into a verb and helped defeat John &#8220;Reporting for Duty&#8221; Kerry, has written a new book about Barack Hussein Obama (yes, I know I am not supposed to mention his middle name, but I am going to anyway) called The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality. It&#8217;s officially published only today (you can order it from Amazon here), but already it is # 1 on The New York Times bestseller list with 475,000 copies in print so far. The Times, naturally, is in a swivet lest Corsi&#8217;s book undermine The Messiah&#8217;s planned advent in November and they have wheeled into print with a longish dismissal masquerading as a review today. &#8220;Significant parts of the book,&#8221; the authors write (the Times requires two reviewers when a serious demolition job is commissioned), &#8220;have already been challenged as misleading or false in the days since its debut on Aug. 1.&#8221;]]>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:00:48 -0400<![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2008/08/13/ny-times-tries-to-torpedo-anti-obama-book-succeeds-in-spreading-its-message-n115086