Why is Gingrich pushing Dinesh DSouzas crazy theory about Obamas “Kenyan anti-colonialism”?
The release of a new book by Dinesh D’Souza prompts a perennial question: Why do people keep publishing books by Dinesh D’Souza? There’s a simple answer. Newt Gingrich provided it to me and National Review’s Robert Costa on Saturday night. After the premiere of his documentary America at Risk, Gingrich mused about the brilliance of D’Souza’s Forbes magazine cover story about the “roots of Obama’s rage,” based on his upcoming book with that title. The roots, according to D’Souza, were in mid-1960s, Marxist-inspired, Kenyan anti-colonialism. Gingrich repeated those words—”Kenyan, anti-colonial”—and called the article “brilliant.” “I’m going to actually get it, post it, and send to people regularly,” said Gingrich. “It’s the most interesting insight. You guys,” he said, nodding at Costa, “might want to do a conference on it, unless AEI does it.” Getting Newt Gingrich to endorse your article is, in the year 2010, a nuclear trigger. Within a few hours, Gingrich was condemned by every Democr
