Replying to a message of Earl Croasmun to Bob Ackley:

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

 EC> 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.

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

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

--- FleetStreet 1.19+