“You may
know a man by the company he keeps” – Proverb
There have
been many variations of this proverb…you may have heard it as “judge a man by
the company he keeps.”
Best-selling
author/scholar Dr. Paul Kengor really makes no judgments in his new book The Communist, an accounting of
self-proclaimed communist Frank Marshall Davis and his mentoring of a young,
would be President, Barack Obama.
When you
stack this carefully researched, detailed and notated book alongside the
President’s relationship with domestic terrorist turned college professor Bill Ayers
and his wife, fellow Weather Underground terrorist, Bernadine Dohrn and the
Reverend Jerimiah “God Damn America” Wright it makes for a thought provoking
portrait of those who influenced the development of President Obama’s political
mindset.
Aside from
not reading the book, slinging the usual mud and name-calling, Kengor’s
detractors will undoubtedly try to minimize the level of influence that Davis
had on the young Obama, and will shout about the dangers of “guilt by association.”
Those complaints don’t stand up to scrutiny, when you know that Obama himself
regularly referenced the influence “Frank” had in his life in his autobiographical
memoir “Dreams From My Father”.
So who was
Frank Marshall Davis? Kengor details Davis’ life from a youth growing up in
racially constricted Kansas, to his becoming (literally) a card-carrying member
of the Communist Party USA (#47544 based on his FBI file) a Communist
sympathizing columnist and mentor to Barack Obama. In the prophetic final line
Kengor rightly proclaims; “The people who influence our Presidents matter.”
Kengor
extensively details the brutal racism that Davis was subjected to and
speculates that it may have moved Davis to the dark side and a ripe candidate
to be attracted to communism. Davis became a community activist, not only
through his columns for the Chicago Red Star newspaper, but also as a labor
movement activist.
Davis Influencing Obama
The most
striking part of The Communist is
what I can only describe as the constricting, concentric circles that seem to
surround President Obama; the incredible “coincidences” and crossing of paths
between Davis and those who continue to influence the President and his
decision making process. The Valarie Jarrett’s and David Axelrod’s of the
world.
Davis’
influence is clear.
What would
motivate a newly elected President, in one of his first acts in office, to
return a bust of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill; a gift from one of
our staunchest allies, that held a place of honor in the George W. Bush Oval Office?
A quick read of Davis’ scathing writings on Churchill might be a good
indication to the cause of this bizarre move.
Davis’
formula for economic recovery in the 1940s may seem familiar with his
Qbama-esque “public works projects” (shovel ready jobs), anti-Wall Street “big
business” and “wealth redistribution” writings.
While Obama
decries “tax cuts for the rich”, Frank Marshall Davis decried “GOP would spare
the rich with (a)20 percent tax cut plan”…January 11, 1947! Is it any wonder
that Conservatives say that the Democrat party have no new ideas?! Davis and
the Red Star regularly accused Republicans of wanting to “hurt the poor and pad
the wallets of the rich…with phony tax cuts that only benefit the rich and corporations.”
Sound familiar?
One of Davis’
favorite target of scorn was General Motors. He regularly derided GM’s wealth
and referred to GM leadership as “General Motors Hitlers.” Obama “saved GM” by
nationally the company and seizing control with the government bailout. Davis
favored redistribution of wealth to have “healthcare for everybody.” The crippling
financial and healthcare meltdown we face due to Obamacare is still to come.
Is Barack
Obama a Communist? I will suggest you follow Kengor’s advice; read the book and
decide for yourself. Is he misguided politically and has he been negatively
influenced by the company he keeps? In
my opinion…without question.
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