‘The Audacity of Deceit: Barack Obama’s War on American Values’ Outselling Michael Moore’s and Senator Obama’s Latest Books
Despite running into a censorship blockade in several media outlets, Brad O’Leary’s blockbuster new book, The Audacity of Deceit: Barack Obama’s War on American Values, is enjoying success thanks to the power of talk radio.
The book’s website, http://www.barackobamatest.com/, is also spreading like wildfire. The site has exploded on the electoral scene and attracted over a quarter million visitors in just two weeks.
All of this success has come despite Time Warner refusing to run paid print advertisements in the conglomerate’s Money and Fortune magazines. Surprisingly, paid advertising for the book was also rejected by nearly all Catholic diocesan newspapers — only two out of over 190 diocesan papers nationwide agreed to run ads for the book. Both Time Warner and Catholic newspapers deemed the ads “too political.”
Regardless of this print media obstacle, talk radio appearances by O’Leary on stations coast-to-coast continue to propel the book and website’s success.
The Audacity of Deceit recently skyrocketed past Barack Obama’s and Michael Moore’s latest books on Amazon.com’s ranking of “election” books. And the book’s controversial website, http://www.barackobamatest.com/, has truly gone viral, attracting over 100,000 visitors in the past 48 hours.
Print Ad Controversy
The print ad that Time Warner refused to run simply consisted of public polling data that highlighted the differences in opinion between the 30 percent of Americans who do not pay federal income taxes, and the 70 percent who do.
The ad that was rejected by nearly all Catholic diocesan newspapers also consisted of public polling data that highlighted what a majority of Catholics believe on various issues related to abortion, as well as Obama’s well-documented positions on those same issues. Though the ad was deemed in accordance with Church teaching on abortion, only two dioceses agreed to run the ad.
“As a Catholic, I’m horrified that Catholic editors would censor an ad that simply provides public polling data on the abortion issue, follows church teaching on abortion, and shows Barack Obama’s position on the issue,” said Brad O’Leary. “Catholics nationwide deserve to know the truth — they should not be kept in the dark by their diocesan newspapers.”
According to a recent ATI-News/Zogby America poll, a majority of Americans (56 percent) and Catholics (54 percent) consider the refusal of Catholic papers to run the ad “censorship” as well.
Although the ads have run into censorship, there are publications that have agreed to run them.
The “taxes” ad was run by Investor’s Business Daily and also appears in the current issue of Forbes magazine. Investor’s also plans to publish an opinion piece written by O’Leary that reveals the stark contrast between taxpayers and non-taxpayers. The “abortion” ad that was deemed “too political” by Catholic editors is currently appearing in USA Today and The Weekly Standard.
To learn more about Barack Obama’s stance on the issues, and take a five minute test to see how your views match-up with his, go to: http://www.barackobamatest.com/.
Jim Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police and he’s a staff writer for the New Media Alliance (thenma.org). In addition, he’s the new editor for the House Conservatives Fund’s weblog. Kouri also serves as political advisor for Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor Michael Moriarty.
He’s former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights nicknamed “Crack City” by reporters covering the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he served as director of public safety at a New Jersey university and director of security for several major organizations. He’s also served on the National Drug Task Force and trained police and security officers throughout the country. Kouri writes for many police and security magazines including Chief of Police, Police Times, The Narc Officer and others. He’s a news writer for TheConservativeVoice.Com and PHXnews.com. He’s also a columnist for AmericanDaily.Com, MensNewsDaily.Com, MichNews.Com, and he’s syndicated by AXcessNews.Com. He’s appeared as on-air commentator for over 100 TV and radio news and talk shows including Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, Fox News, etc. His book Assume The Position is available at Amazon.Com. Kouri’s own website is located at http://jimkouri.us
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This is a great article and is exactly what we need to focus on in the coming days. The financial crisis, health care and the economy are all important issues but I think the moral issues facing us are far more important.
I’m not surprised by the Catholic response however, and it’s the reason I would never refer to myself as a Catholic again. There are good Catholics, but for the most part, the church has lost its way along with many of the American people.
September 27th, 2008