IS HE RIGHT? Gingrich ‘Slammed’ for Saying Obama May Hold ‘Kenyan’ Worldview

A few days ago I posted links to Dinesh D‘Souza’s article in Forbes about Obama’s mind. It’s simple title, “How Obama Thinks,” says a great deal about the ambitions of the article.

D‘Souza explores many facets that may affect Obama’s view of the world. But his focus on the convictions of Obama’s father are the centerpiece. Obama’s father once wrote a passionate piece called “Problems Facing our Socialism:”

The senior Obama proposed that the state confiscate private land and raise taxes with no upper limit. In fact, he insisted that “theoretically there is nothing that can stop the government from taxing 100% of income so long as the people get benefits from the government commensurate with their income which is taxed.”

D’Souza explored the anticolonial thinking behind the piece and the posited this:

Remarkably, President Obama, who knows his father’s history very well, has never mentioned his father’s article. Even more remarkably, there has been virtually no reporting on a document that seems directly relevant to what the junior Obama is doing in the White House READ MORE...