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| Author | Jason Mattera |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Threshold Editions |
Publication date | March 23, 2010 |
| Media type | Print 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.
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]
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] 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]
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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