{"id":6676,"date":"2009-09-24T09:10:35","date_gmt":"2009-09-24T09:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/09\/did-ayers-write-dreams-from-my.html"},"modified":"2009-09-24T09:10:35","modified_gmt":"2009-09-24T09:10:35","slug":"did-ayers-write-dreams-from-my","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/09\/did-ayers-write-dreams-from-my.html","title":{"rendered":"Did Ayers write “Dreams From My Father?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, it looks like Ayers had a big hand in writing Obama’s book (which doesn’t come as a surprise since that was the speculation last year). Ayers was sent the notes and recordings of interviews with Obama family members:<\/p>\n

Andersen continues, “In the end, Ayers’s contribution to Barack’s Dreams from My Father<\/a>\"\" would be significant–so much so that the book’s language, oddly specific references, literary devices, and themes would bear a jarring similarity to Ayers’s own writing.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This quote was taken from Christopher Andersen’s new book, Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage<\/a>\"\" (btw, this is not a conservative hit piece as you can tell from the title).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, it looks like Ayers had a big hand in writing Obama’s book (which doesn’t come as a surprise since that was the speculation last year). 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