posted by on August 14 at 15:50 PM

The Politico informs us that the Obama people have started punching back at Corsi’s Obama Nation, in the form of a free 41-page PDF file titled Unfit for Publication with this cover:

I’ve only just begun to read this free ebook (!), but I can tell you that it offers a page-by-page attack on the ‘facts’ in Obama Nation. It also declares that Corsi is a “bigoted fringe author” and one of their first reasons in the long list that he’s nuts is that he’s a 9/11 Truther. (Also, the book ends with pulled quotes that prove Corsi to be a Catholic-hater and racist.)

One can only hope that this PDF gets distributed as quickly and efficiently as news of Obama Nation’s publication has spread over the last few days. I can tell you that the introduction to the ebook is one of the most satisfying fuck yous I’ve ever read in politics. I was going to put this after the break, but then I remembered all the people who accused me of advertising for Obama Nation yesterday, and so I’m leaving it all above the fold. Please read it.

UNFIT FOR PUBLICATION: Setting the Record Straight on the Lies in Jerome Corsis The Obama Nation Once again, bigoted fringe author Jerome Corsi is trying to make money off of an election, spinning garbage as journalism and relying on the right-wing echo chamber to pump up sales. Make no mistake: The Obama Nation: is nothing but rehashed lies. The allegations: rehashed lies Corsis falsehoods about Barack Obama have been discredited by numerous news organizations, which have questioned his scholarship, his conclusions, and his ideological bent. This report will take you through the allegations point by point. Despite Corsis high opinion of his own scholarly abilitieshe childishly touts the number of footnotes it contains, for examplehe gets many of even the most basic facts wrong, like the year the Obamas got married. As you might expect from the books shoddy foundation, many of its claims are also completely false. The Obamas never gave a million dollars to a Kenyan politician. Obama has no secret plan to destroy the military. Obama has regularly shared many of the facts about his family that Corsi claims he has covered up. The author: a discredited, fringe bigot Of course, the lies in The Obama Nation almost pale in comparison to the bizarre, conspiratorial views that Jerome Corsi has advocated in his broader work. He believes that President Bush is trying to merge the United states with Mexico and Canada. He believes that there is a literally unending supply of oil beneath the ground. And in perhaps the gravest sign that his views cant be trusted, he alleges government cover-up of the 9/11 attacks and denies that airplanes were to blame for the towers collapse. And it doesnt stop there. Corsi has penned a litany of bigoted, hateful commentscrossing the line so thoroughly that even the right-wing operatives behind Swift Boat Veterans for Truth disavowed him. This is a man who smears the Catholic Church, calls the Pope senile, and regularly demeans public servants in vile sexual and racial terms. In short, his record of attacks is disgusting and false, and so is this book.

Go download the PDF now.