Obama Zombies: How the Liberal Machine Brainwashed My Generation
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Obama Zombies: How the Liberal Machine Brainwashed My Generation is a book written by Jason Mattera
. Published in 2010 by Simon and Schuster, the book criticizes the methods that Barack Obama
's 2008 presidential campaign
used to organize young voters.
-listening, MTV
-watching followers into a winning coalition that threatens to become a long-lasting political realignment."
, 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. Ann Coulter
and Michelle Malkin
also praised Obama Zombies. To promote his book, Mattera granted interviews to various media outlets, such as The Michigan Review
, a conservative student newspaper at the University of Michigan
. On broadcast media, Mattera was a guest on the Fox News Channel
program Hannity
and radio programs The David Pakman Show The Thom Hartmann Program
. Lachlan Markay of the Media Research Center
blog NewsBusters also interviewed Mattera.
Media Matters for America
, a progressive
media watchdog group, published two articles critical of Obama Zombies: one that corrects Mattera's claim that Obama labels himself as "apologizer in chief" and another arguing that Mattera used dubious sources and misinformation to attack the scientific opinion on climate change
.
best-seller list for hardcover non-fiction, covering the week ending April 3.
Jason Mattera
Jason Joseph Mattera is an American writer, activist, radio host, and editor of Human Events magazine. He entered conservative activism while attending Roger Williams University and has worked for Young America's Foundation....
. Published in 2010 by Simon and Schuster, the book criticizes the methods that Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
's 2008 presidential campaign
Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008
Barack Obama, then junior United States Senator from Illinois, announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States in Springfield, Illinois, on February 10, 2007. On August 27, 2008, he was declared nominee of the Democratic Party for the 2008 presidential election...
used to organize young voters.
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 and 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 iPodIPod
iPod is a line of portable media players created and marketed by Apple Inc. The product line-up currently consists of the hard drive-based iPod Classic, the touchscreen iPod Touch, the compact iPod Nano, and the ultra-compact iPod Shuffle...
-listening, MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
-watching followers into a winning coalition that threatens to become a long-lasting political realignment."
Reception
Stephen Gutowski at Human EventsHuman Events
Human Events is a weekly American conservative magazine. It takes its name from the first sentence of the United States Declaration of Independence...
, 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. Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
Ann Hart Coulter is an American lawyer, conservative social and political commentator, author, and syndicated columnist. She frequently appears on television, radio, and as a speaker at public events and private events...
and Michelle Malkin
Michelle Malkin
Michelle Malkin is an American conservative blogger, political commentator, and author. Her weekly syndicated column appears in a number of newspapers and websites. She is a Fox News Channel contributor and has been a guest on MSNBC, C-SPAN, and national radio programs...
also praised Obama Zombies. To promote his book, Mattera granted interviews to various media outlets, such as The Michigan Review
The Michigan Review
The Michigan Review is the Journal of Campus Affairs at the University of Michigan. Since its inception in 1982, the paper has served as a voice of students...
, a conservative student newspaper at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
. On broadcast media, Mattera was a guest on the Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel , often called Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation...
program Hannity
Hannity
Hannity is a television show on the Fox News network, a replacement to the long-running show Hannity & Colmes. It is hosted by conservative political pundit Sean Hannity....
and radio programs The David Pakman Show The Thom Hartmann Program
Thom Hartmann
Thom Hartmann is an American radio host, author, former psychotherapist and entrepreneur, and progressive political commentator. His nationally-syndicated radio show, The Thom Hartmann Program, airs in the United States and has 2.75 million listeners a week...
. Lachlan Markay of the Media Research Center
Media Research Center
The Media Research Center is a content analysis organization based in Alexandria, Virginia, founded in 1987 by conservative activist L. Brent Bozell III...
blog NewsBusters also interviewed Mattera.
Media Matters for America
Media Matters for America
Media Matters for America is a politically progressive media watchdog group which says it is "dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media." Set up as a 501 non-profit organization, MMfA was founded in 2004 by journalist and...
, a progressive
Progressivism
Progressivism is an umbrella term for a political ideology advocating or favoring social, political, and economic reform or changes. Progressivism is often viewed by some conservatives, constitutionalists, and libertarians to be in opposition to conservative or reactionary ideologies.The...
media watchdog group, published two articles critical of Obama Zombies: one that corrects Mattera's claim that Obama labels himself as "apologizer in chief" and another arguing that Mattera used dubious sources and misinformation to attack the scientific opinion on climate change
Scientific opinion on climate change
The predominant scientific opinion on climate change is that the Earth is in an ongoing phase of global warming primarily caused by an enhanced greenhouse effect due to the anthropogenic release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases...
.
Bestseller list
Obama Zombies reached #14 on The New York TimesThe New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
best-seller list for hardcover non-fiction, covering the week ending April 3.