DV:

Hang around a while. You obviously have some brainmatter at work, and your contrbutions are welcome.

While it is true autobiographies are not the best source material, it is also true that you can see a person's thought processes, their selection of importances, and which things bring out their strongest feelings, in their writing.

This is just as true of Obama as it was of Thomas or Rousseau. The need for a grain of salt does not bury the other, telling flavors in the mix.

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