Now I Know Why Obama Wrote Two Books
I always thought it was strange that Barack Obama had already written two memoirs and he was not even 50 years old. After reading this article about a transitional period of his life, I now know why he wrote two books. "Dreams From My Father" was published in 1995 before he entered politics. In that book, Obama made some comments regarding the subjects of race and white people that would surprise and offend some people.
When Obama was recruited and convinced to run for president, he had to write a second book to refute and change some of his controversial passages in the first book. Obama even admitted that fact when he said, “Certain passages have proven to be inconvenient politically". "The Audacity of Hope" was published in 2006. I believe at this time he knew he was going to run for president.
The controversial passages in the "Dreams" book could not prevent Obama from being elected to the Illinois State Senate representing the South side of Chicago. This area includes the home of the Nation of Islam and Trinity United Church of Christ. The passages may have caused him problems in the U.S. Senate race if people had really paid attention. The Republican's in Illinois were so consumed with their own internal mess that they were just consumed with fielding a candidate in the Senate race.
However, Obama and his political backers knew that those very same passages would prevent him from winning the Democratic nomination and maybe the presidency. This is why he wrote "Audacity". He may have been inspired by his minister's sermon, but that's not why he wrote the book. He wrote that book to clean up the mess he made in the first one. This is what politician's do.
