Thanks, Obama: My Hopey Changey White House Years
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (962 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1538454440 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 468 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
David’s labors remind of us a not-so-distant past when words mattered. “A fast, funny ride through the halls of power.” (Kirkus)“By turns moving and hilarious, David Litt’s rollicking account of his journey from campaign field grunt to presidential speechwriter is an irresistible read.” (David Axelrod, former Senior Advisor to Barack Obama and author of Believer: My Forty Years in Politics)“David Litt has done the impossible: written a smart, insightful, and funny White House memoir you don’t have to be a political junkie to love. He’ll make you miss Obama more than
He is currently the head writer/producer for Funny or Die's office in Washington, DC. Described as the "comic muse for the president," David was the lead writer on four White House Correspondents' Dinner presentations and has contributed jokes to President Obama's speeches since 2009. David Litt entered the White House in 2011 and left in 2016 as a special assistant to the president and senior presidential speechwriter. . David has also written for The Onion, McSweeney's In
Like many twentysomethings, David Litt frequently embarrassed himself in front of his boss's boss. 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. 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 email? 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.. In this 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. Along with remarks on issues like climate change and criminal justice reform, he was the president's go-to writer for comedy. At age twenty-four, Litt became one of the youngest White House speechwriters in history. Unlike many twentysomethings, Litt's boss's boss was President Obama