Some in the far-flung reaches of the right wing have been chattering that President Obama’s memoir, Dreams From My Father, was really written by radical activist Bill Ayers.
At a recent book festival, National Journal (sub. req.) put the question to Ayers himself.
“Here’s what I’m going to say. This is my quote. Be sure to write it down: ‘Yes, I wrote Dreams From My Father. I ghostwrote the whole thing. I met with the president three or four times, and then I wrote the entire book.'” He released National Journal’s arm, and beamed in Marxist triumph. “And now I would like the royalties.”
Much of the conspiracy theory chatter comes from conservative writerJack Cashill, who also claims Ayers got Obama into Harvard — even though the two didn’t meet until after Obama arrived in Chicago. Christopher Andersen, who recently released a book about the First Couple’s marriage, also claims Ayers helped Obama extensively with the memoir.
