Another Conspiracy Theory Debunked

Roque Nuevo says:

This authorship question is not a conspiracy theory: A conspiracy theory

refers to any theory which explains a historical or current event as the result of a secret plot by usually powerful Machiavellian conspirators, such as a “secret team” or “shadow government”, rather than broad social forces and large structures of human collectivities.Wikipedia

In this case, we’re only speculating on the authorship of a book. There is no appeal to secret plots to explain some historical event. It’s just a controversial claim made by a journalist. This can be evaluated on its merits without discrediting it and its authors as “conspiracy theorists” as if they were just some nutjobs, like the 9/11 truthers or Nazi anti Semites.

Northeast Elizabeth certainly has the goods and the logic on her side. The following went unanswered:

Obama gave Ayers audio tapes, a trunkload of notes and a partial manuscript. And nobody disputes that Obama’s only prior works were a poem about apes and figs and a single unsigned law review note and that Simon & Schuster canceled Obama’s contract after he couldn’t finish the book despite a retreat to Bali.

Also not getting a proper response is this:

The documented lies from the Obama camp regarding his relationship with Ayers certainly establish a conspiracy of sorts, which, together with Obama’s documented lack of authorship and cancellation of the book contact, suggest that the conspiracy might extend to the authorship question. Time will tell.

To me it looks as if Will wants to hold himself above any so-called conspiracy theory, as if they were all bunkum. But the problem with conspiracy theories is that conspiracies do exist, as in the Ayers/Obama case that Northeast Elizabeth cites. If we were refer to the Watergate conspiracy, we would not be touting any so-called conspiracy theory but a real conspiracy.

I really don’t care who wrote Obama’s books. If it was Ayers and Obama got the credit and the money, then good for both of them. I don’t see anything illegal here or even really unethical, if both of them agree to the deal. True, they’re fooling the public but that’s what politicians do, after all. So what?

The real problem here is not an obscure authorship question but people’s idolization of Obama. This cannot withstand the idea that the book that inspired millions was ghost written. If this is Will’s problem, then he needs to grow up. If he did that he wouldn’t did himself into holes like the one Northeast Elizabeth go him into.Report