Radical-in-Chief

An in-depth examination of President Barack Obama and his policies by veteran journalist and political commentator Stanley Kurtz. A personable figure, a thoughtful politician, and an inspiring orator, Obama has hidden his core political beliefs from the American people—sometimes by directly misrepresenting his past and sometimes by omitting damaging information to disguise its real importance. The President presents himself as a post-ideological pragmatist, yet his current policies grow directly from the nexus of socialist associates and theories that has shaped him throughout his adult life. Stanley Kurtz makes an in-depth exploration of the President’s connections to radical groups such as ACORN, UNO of Chicago, the Midwest Academy, and the Socialist Scholars Conferences. He explains what modern “stealth” socialism is, how it has changed, and how it continues to influence the Democratic Party. He sheds light on what The New York Times called a “lost chapter” of the President’s life—his years at Columbia—and proves that Obama’s youthful infatuation with socialism was not just a phase. Those ideas have shaped his political views and set the groundwork for the long-term strategy of his administration. It could be argued that Obama’s past no longer matters, but, in a sense, it matters more than the present. If Americans understood in 2008 the facts Kurtz reveals in this shocking political biography , Obama would not be president today. According to Kurtz, the fears of his harshest critics are justified: our Commander-in-Chief is a Radical-in-Chief.