Obama Zombies

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Obama Zombies: How the Liberal Machine Brainwashed My Generation
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Author Jason Mattera
Language English
Publisher Threshold Editions
Publication date
March 23, 2010
Media typePrint hardcover
ISBN 1-4391-7207-2

Obama Zombies: How the Liberal Machine Brainwashed My Generation is a book written by Jason Mattera. Published in 2010 by Simon & Schuster, the book purports to reveal methods that Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign used to organize or mislead young voters.

Contents

Content

The official summary of the book begins: "For an entire year, otherwise clear-thinking members of the most affluent, over-educated, information-drenched generation in American history fell prey to the most expensive, hi-tech, laser-focused marketing assault in presidential campaign history." According to publisher Simon & Schuster, Mattera "reveals the jaw-dropping lengths Barack Obama and his allies in Hollywood, Washington, and Academia went to in order to transform a legion of iPod-listening, MTV-watching followers into a winning coalition that threatens to become a long-lasting political realignment." [1]

Reception

Stephen Gutowski at Human Events , for which Mattera is editor, praised the book, which he said "well chronicles how liberals have taken advantage of and brain-washed" college-aged voters. [2] </ref> On broadcast media, Mattera was a guest on the Fox News Channel program Hannity [3] and radio programs The David Pakman Show [4] [5] The Thom Hartmann Program . [6]

Media Matters for America, a progressive media watchdog group, published two articles critical of Obama Zombies: one that disputes Mattera's claim that Obama labels himself as "apologizer in chief" [7] and another claiming that Mattera used questionable sources and information to criticize the scientific opinion on climate change. [8]

Bestseller list

Obama Zombies reached #14 on The New York Times best-seller list for hardcover non-fiction, covering the week ending April 3. [9]

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References

  1. Obama Zombies. Simon & Schuster. ISBN   9781439172087 . Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  2. Gutowski, Stephen (March 26, 2010). "Book Review: Obama Zombies: How the Liberal Machine Brainwashed My Generation". Human Events. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  3. Hannity, Sean (March 25, 2010). "Waking Up the 'Obama Zombies'". Hannity. Fox News. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
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