<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207049570287329796.post3478981738768126979..comments</id><updated>2009-03-27T14:11:09.332-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on A Nest of Thorns: Did Barack Obama Win by Memoir?</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.petertrachtenberg.com/feeds/3478981738768126979/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/207049570287329796/3478981738768126979/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.petertrachtenberg.com/2008/11/did-barack-obama-win-by-memoir.html'/><author><name>Peter Trachtenberg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12460301931113593248</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207049570287329796.post-5505803782604243907</id><published>2009-03-04T21:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-04T21:37:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>On what basis do you say that Barack Obama is a me...</title><content type='html'>On what basis do you say that Barack Obama is a mediocrity, except perhaps distaste for his policies or racism? He makes most of his predecessors look like mental defectives or hacks. And his writing is literate, intelligent, and introspective-- maybe not as good as Grant's but way better than Six Crises or Profiles in COurage.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/207049570287329796/3478981738768126979/comments/default/5505803782604243907'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/207049570287329796/3478981738768126979/comments/default/5505803782604243907'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.petertrachtenberg.com/2008/11/did-barack-obama-win-by-memoir.html?showComment=1236220620000#c5505803782604243907' title=''/><author><name>Peter Trachtenberg</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12460301931113593248</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03021211464850285538'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.petertrachtenberg.com/2008/11/did-barack-obama-win-by-memoir.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207049570287329796.post-3478981738768126979' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/207049570287329796/posts/default/3478981738768126979' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207049570287329796.post-1117417810015696913</id><published>2009-03-04T21:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-04T21:28:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The real question: How did a mediocrity like Obama...</title><content type='html'>The real question: How did a mediocrity like Obama get into Harvard Law School?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Expect some serious reporting on that issue.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Peter, why do you say that O's books are well written?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/207049570287329796/3478981738768126979/comments/default/1117417810015696913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/207049570287329796/3478981738768126979/comments/default/1117417810015696913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.petertrachtenberg.com/2008/11/did-barack-obama-win-by-memoir.html?showComment=1236220080000#c1117417810015696913' title=''/><author><name>Mr Apostrophe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05569537698107890737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.petertrachtenberg.com/2008/11/did-barack-obama-win-by-memoir.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207049570287329796.post-3478981738768126979' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/207049570287329796/posts/default/3478981738768126979' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207049570287329796.post-2935461735712392962</id><published>2008-12-02T20:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-02T20:49:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What else could we go on? The world will be differ...</title><content type='html'>What else could we go on? The world will be different next week, much less in January, right?&lt;BR/&gt;A gut call, really.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/207049570287329796/3478981738768126979/comments/default/2935461735712392962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/207049570287329796/3478981738768126979/comments/default/2935461735712392962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.petertrachtenberg.com/2008/11/did-barack-obama-win-by-memoir.html?showComment=1228268940000#c2935461735712392962' title=''/><author><name>DSM III (g.a.e.t.)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14825465032500492310</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.petertrachtenberg.com/2008/11/did-barack-obama-win-by-memoir.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207049570287329796.post-3478981738768126979' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/207049570287329796/posts/default/3478981738768126979' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207049570287329796.post-8476784109142343608</id><published>2008-11-10T12:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T12:04:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Sounds like good news for memoirists...Sterry shou...</title><content type='html'>Sounds like good news for memoirists...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Sterry should read the RS "Maverick" article on McCain to know how fake his memoir is.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/207049570287329796/3478981738768126979/comments/default/8476784109142343608'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/207049570287329796/3478981738768126979/comments/default/8476784109142343608'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.petertrachtenberg.com/2008/11/did-barack-obama-win-by-memoir.html?showComment=1226336640000#c8476784109142343608' title=''/><author><name>Erin C.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07863103315444922206</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.petertrachtenberg.com/2008/11/did-barack-obama-win-by-memoir.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207049570287329796.post-3478981738768126979' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/207049570287329796/posts/default/3478981738768126979' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>