Thanks, Obama : my hopey changey White House years / David Litt.
"A different kind of White House memoir, presidential speechwriter David Litt's comic account of his years spent working with Barack Obama and his reflection on Obama's legacy in the age of Trump. Like many twentysomethings, David Litt frequently embarrassed himself in front of his boss's boss. Unlike many twentysomethings, Litt's boss's boss was President Obama. At age twenty-four, Litt became one of the youngest White House speechwriters in history. Along with remarks on issues like climate change and criminal justice reform, he was the president's go-to writer for comedy. As the lead on the White House Correspondents' Dinner speech (the "State of the Union of jokes"), he was responsible for some of President Obama's most memorable moments, including Keegan-Michael Key's appearance as Luther, Obama's "anger translator." With a humorist's eye for detail and a convert's zeal, Litt takes us inside his eight years on the front lines of Obamaworld. In his political coming-of-age story, he goes from starry-eyed college student--a self-described "Obamabot"--To nervous junior speechwriter to White House senior staff. His behind-the-scenes anecdotes answer questions you never knew you had: What's the classiest White House men's room? What's the social scene like on Air Force One? How do you force the National Security Council to stop hitting reply-all on every e-mail? In between lighthearted observations, Litt uses his experience to address one of today's most important issues: the legacy and future of the Obama movement in the age of Donald Trump"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062568458
- ISBN: 0062568450
- ISBN: 9780062568441
- ISBN: 0062568442
- Physical Description: 310 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | A note regarding facts -- Introduction -- Arugula on Air Force One -- Part one. Obamabot. . -- 1 Rapture -- 2 How to not land a White House job -- 3 Cleared to work -- 4 Corridors of power -- 5 Salmon in the toilet -- 6 Is Obama toast? -- 7 Going Eastwood -- 8 That first real taste of blood -- Part two. Our (teensy) place in history. -- 9 Hitler and Lips -- 10 Juice in purgatory -- 11 Holy war -- 12 In the barrel -- 13 Bucket -- 14 Big rock candy mountain -- 15 he finish line -- Epilogue. Squishing the scorpion -- Acks. |
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