Well, it looks like Ayers had a big hand in writing Obama’s book (which doesn’t come as a surprise since that was the speculation last year). Ayers was sent the notes and recordings of interviews with Obama family members:

Andersen continues, “In the end, Ayers’s contribution to Barack’s Dreams from My Father would be significant–so much so that the book’s language, oddly specific references, literary devices, and themes would bear a jarring similarity to Ayers’s own writing.”

This quote was taken from Christopher Andersen’s new book, Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage (btw, this is not a conservative hit piece as you can tell from the title).

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