diverse as ronald reagan and hillary clinton. ronald reagan s mentor, ben cleaner, isn t mentioned one time in his memoir. you submit his influence, davis influence was would you say it was more than anyone else? would you say that davis influence on barak obama s political thinking was more than anyone else? i would say this: during those formative years, the adolescence, teen years, from 1970 all the way to 1979, from the time he was nine years old until he went off to college, i would say nobody qualifies as a mentor as much as frank marshall davis. obama by his own admission was a stoner in high school. this guy, davis, lived in hawaii. he was kind of a bitter guy who didn t like the american system. obama s grandfather introduced the young barry as he was called back then, to mr. davis. and then basis basically gave him advice on life.
him advice on life. i don t see anything in your book or in president obama s book that says davis tried to incull indicate him with communist doctrine. that s right. that s an important point. i say in the book that the book s called the communist. it s about davis being a communist and not obama. do you think barak obama is a communist? no, i don t. cause there are some people who do. right. i certainly don t say that and i think that what die in the book is i lay out it s really about davis. this is what davis believed. there is 20 chapters in the book. 90% of them are about davis. and i think he was an influence on obama. i do go through the long list of remarkable similarities. you ve got davis bashing wall street, calling for taxpayer funding of universal health care, talking about fundamental change, advancing fundamental change, bashing the rich, the wealthy, calling for taxpayer funding of public works projects to keep america out of the great
him advice on life. i don t see anything in your book or in president obama s book that says davis tried to incull indicate him with communist doctrine. that s right. that s an important point. i say in the book that the book s called the communist. it s about davis being a communist and not obama. do you think barak obama is a communist? no, i don t. cause there are some people who do. right. i certainly don t say that and i think that what die in the book is i lay out it s really about davis. this is what davis believed. there is 20 chapters in the book. 90% of them are about davis. and i think he was an influence on obama. i do go through the long list of remarkable similarities. you ve got davis bashing wall street, calling for taxpayer funding of universal health care, talking about fundamental change, advancing fundamental change, bashing the rich, the wealthy, calling for taxpayer funding of public works projects to keep america out of the great
as diverse as ronald reagan and hillary clinton. ronald reagan s mentor ben cleaver isn t mentioned one time in his memoirs. bill: davis influence was would you say that it was more than anyone else? would you say that davis influence on barack obama s political thinking was more than anyone else? well, i would say, this that during those formative years. adolescents, teen years from 197 o all the way to 1979 from the time he was nine years old until he went off to occidental college. i would say non say nobody qualifies as a mentor as as much as. he was a stoner in high school. this guy davis lived in hawaii. weighs kind of a bitter guy who didn t like the american system. obama s grandfather introduced the young marry as he was called back then to mr. davis. davis basically gave him advice on life.
as diverse as ronald reagan and hillary clinton. ronald reagan s mentor ben cleaver isn t mentioned one time in his memoirs. bill: davis influence was would you say that it was more than anyone else? would you say that davis influence on barack obama s political thinking was more than anyone else? well, i would say, this that during those formative years. adolescents, teen years from 197 o all the way to 1979 from the time he was nine years old until he went off to occidental college. i would say non say nobody qualifies as a mentor as as much as. he was a stoner in high school. this guy davis lived in hawaii. weighs kind of a bitter guy who didn t like the american system. obama s grandfather introduced the young marry as he was called back then to mr. davis. davis basically gave him advice on life.