Bibliograph

The book of obama, Ted Rall

Type

Label

The book of obama, Ted Rall

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The book of obama

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Ted Rall

Summary

How did a charismatic young president elected in an atmosphere of optimism and expectation lead the United States to the brink of revolution? From a chance encounter in the early 1980s to the Democratic primaries of 2007-08, syndicated columnist and political cartoonist Ted Rall was one of the first to size up Barack Obama as we know him now: conservative, risk-averse and tonedeaf. In The Book of Obama Rall revisits the rapid rise and dizzying fall of Obama--and the emergence of the Tea Party and Occupy movements--and draws a startling conclusion: We the People weren't lied to. We lied to ourselves, both about Obama and the two-party system. We voted when we ought to have revolted

Target audience

adult

Creator