Author: Philip Berg
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781979990295
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
5 years in the making, this book represents the hard work and dedication that world renown political advocate, lawyer and activist has put into proving that Barack Obama was not qualified to be the President, and has and continues to commit acts of treason against America, even now that he is out of office. This is a true eye opener, with Phil's first person accounting of events. If you only read one such book on this topic, this should be the one! Obama Exposed details Obama's birth; his parents' divorce; his mother's remarriage; his adoption in Indonesia, where his name became "Barry Soetoro; his illegal terms as U.S. Senator and President; all of Obama's scandals; and why he must be brought to justice! Berg, a life-long Democrat and a Life Member of the NAACP, has pursed his efforts to expose Obama because of Obama's blatant disregard of the U.S. Constitution and Obama's ongoing efforts to change the United States to the detriment of its citizens. Obama Exposed discusses: Eric Holder and his conflict-of-interest; Benghazi cover-up; Obama not enforcing his "red line" in Syria and the repercussions; Obamacare - repeal or major changes; sealing the southern border; change 2008 immigration law; Obama bowing down to Foreign Leaders; Obama not saluting the American Flag and not wearing an American flag pin; the scandals and major issues including: IRS - abolish; Fast & Furious; ISSI/ISSL - Radical Islams; VA; Illegal Immigration; Israel/Hamas conflict; Bergdahl prisoner exchange; Obama taking away "our" 1st and 2nd Amendments, Freedom of Speech and Right to Bear Arms; AP; Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi; Malaysia MH17 - Obama could have avoided the destruction; illegal aliens, Cuba; Community College; Keystone Pipeline; Bill Clinton's comments; Rush Limbaugh; Donald Trump; Judge Jeanine Pirro; Oprah Winfrey; and Jane Fonda. Berg also includes chapters on Obama's lies and treason.
Obama Exposed
Author: Philip Berg
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781979990295
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
5 years in the making, this book represents the hard work and dedication that world renown political advocate, lawyer and activist has put into proving that Barack Obama was not qualified to be the President, and has and continues to commit acts of treason against America, even now that he is out of office. This is a true eye opener, with Phil's first person accounting of events. If you only read one such book on this topic, this should be the one! Obama Exposed details Obama's birth; his parents' divorce; his mother's remarriage; his adoption in Indonesia, where his name became "Barry Soetoro; his illegal terms as U.S. Senator and President; all of Obama's scandals; and why he must be brought to justice! Berg, a life-long Democrat and a Life Member of the NAACP, has pursed his efforts to expose Obama because of Obama's blatant disregard of the U.S. Constitution and Obama's ongoing efforts to change the United States to the detriment of its citizens. Obama Exposed discusses: Eric Holder and his conflict-of-interest; Benghazi cover-up; Obama not enforcing his "red line" in Syria and the repercussions; Obamacare - repeal or major changes; sealing the southern border; change 2008 immigration law; Obama bowing down to Foreign Leaders; Obama not saluting the American Flag and not wearing an American flag pin; the scandals and major issues including: IRS - abolish; Fast & Furious; ISSI/ISSL - Radical Islams; VA; Illegal Immigration; Israel/Hamas conflict; Bergdahl prisoner exchange; Obama taking away "our" 1st and 2nd Amendments, Freedom of Speech and Right to Bear Arms; AP; Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi; Malaysia MH17 - Obama could have avoided the destruction; illegal aliens, Cuba; Community College; Keystone Pipeline; Bill Clinton's comments; Rush Limbaugh; Donald Trump; Judge Jeanine Pirro; Oprah Winfrey; and Jane Fonda. Berg also includes chapters on Obama's lies and treason.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781979990295
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
5 years in the making, this book represents the hard work and dedication that world renown political advocate, lawyer and activist has put into proving that Barack Obama was not qualified to be the President, and has and continues to commit acts of treason against America, even now that he is out of office. This is a true eye opener, with Phil's first person accounting of events. If you only read one such book on this topic, this should be the one! Obama Exposed details Obama's birth; his parents' divorce; his mother's remarriage; his adoption in Indonesia, where his name became "Barry Soetoro; his illegal terms as U.S. Senator and President; all of Obama's scandals; and why he must be brought to justice! Berg, a life-long Democrat and a Life Member of the NAACP, has pursed his efforts to expose Obama because of Obama's blatant disregard of the U.S. Constitution and Obama's ongoing efforts to change the United States to the detriment of its citizens. Obama Exposed discusses: Eric Holder and his conflict-of-interest; Benghazi cover-up; Obama not enforcing his "red line" in Syria and the repercussions; Obamacare - repeal or major changes; sealing the southern border; change 2008 immigration law; Obama bowing down to Foreign Leaders; Obama not saluting the American Flag and not wearing an American flag pin; the scandals and major issues including: IRS - abolish; Fast & Furious; ISSI/ISSL - Radical Islams; VA; Illegal Immigration; Israel/Hamas conflict; Bergdahl prisoner exchange; Obama taking away "our" 1st and 2nd Amendments, Freedom of Speech and Right to Bear Arms; AP; Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi; Malaysia MH17 - Obama could have avoided the destruction; illegal aliens, Cuba; Community College; Keystone Pipeline; Bill Clinton's comments; Rush Limbaugh; Donald Trump; Judge Jeanine Pirro; Oprah Winfrey; and Jane Fonda. Berg also includes chapters on Obama's lies and treason.
The Obama Effect
Author: Seth K. Goldman
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN: 1610448243
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Barack Obama’s historic 2008 campaign exposed many white Americans more than ever before to a black individual who defied negative stereotypes. While Obama’s politics divided voters, Americans uniformly perceived Obama as highly successful, intelligent, and charismatic. What effect, if any, did the innumerable images of Obama and his family have on racial attitudes among whites? In The Obama Effect, Seth K. Goldman and Diana C. Mutz uncover persuasive evidence that white racial prejudice toward blacks significantly declined during the Obama campaign. Their innovative research rigorously examines how racial attitudes form, and whether they can be changed for the better. The Obama Effect draws from a survey of 20,000 people, whom the authors interviewed up to five times over the course of a year. This panel survey sets the volume apart from most research on racial attitudes. From the summer of 2008 through Obama’s inauguration in 2009, there was a gradual but clear trend toward lower levels of white prejudice against blacks. Goldman and Mutz argue that these changes occurred largely without people’s conscious awareness. Instead, as Obama became increasingly prominent in the media, he emerged as an “exemplar” that countered negative stereotypes in the minds of white Americans. Unfortunately, this change in attitudes did not last. By 2010, racial prejudice among whites had largely returned to pre-2008 levels. Mutz and Goldman argue that news coverage of Obama declined substantially after his election, allowing other, more negative images of African Americans to re-emerge in the media. The Obama Effect arrives at two key conclusions: Racial attitudes can change even within relatively short periods of time, and how African Americans are portrayed in the mass media affects how they change. While Obama’s election did not usher in a “post-racial America,” The Obama Effect provides hopeful evidence that racial attitudes can—and, for a time, did—improve during Obama’s campaign. Engaging and thorough, this volume offers a new understanding of the relationship between the mass media and racial attitudes in America.
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN: 1610448243
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Barack Obama’s historic 2008 campaign exposed many white Americans more than ever before to a black individual who defied negative stereotypes. While Obama’s politics divided voters, Americans uniformly perceived Obama as highly successful, intelligent, and charismatic. What effect, if any, did the innumerable images of Obama and his family have on racial attitudes among whites? In The Obama Effect, Seth K. Goldman and Diana C. Mutz uncover persuasive evidence that white racial prejudice toward blacks significantly declined during the Obama campaign. Their innovative research rigorously examines how racial attitudes form, and whether they can be changed for the better. The Obama Effect draws from a survey of 20,000 people, whom the authors interviewed up to five times over the course of a year. This panel survey sets the volume apart from most research on racial attitudes. From the summer of 2008 through Obama’s inauguration in 2009, there was a gradual but clear trend toward lower levels of white prejudice against blacks. Goldman and Mutz argue that these changes occurred largely without people’s conscious awareness. Instead, as Obama became increasingly prominent in the media, he emerged as an “exemplar” that countered negative stereotypes in the minds of white Americans. Unfortunately, this change in attitudes did not last. By 2010, racial prejudice among whites had largely returned to pre-2008 levels. Mutz and Goldman argue that news coverage of Obama declined substantially after his election, allowing other, more negative images of African Americans to re-emerge in the media. The Obama Effect arrives at two key conclusions: Racial attitudes can change even within relatively short periods of time, and how African Americans are portrayed in the mass media affects how they change. While Obama’s election did not usher in a “post-racial America,” The Obama Effect provides hopeful evidence that racial attitudes can—and, for a time, did—improve during Obama’s campaign. Engaging and thorough, this volume offers a new understanding of the relationship between the mass media and racial attitudes in America.
The People Vs. Barack Obama
Author: Ben Shapiro
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476765154
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
American conservative political commentator, Ben Shapiro presents his arguments of wrong doingings by the Obama administration.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476765154
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
American conservative political commentator, Ben Shapiro presents his arguments of wrong doingings by the Obama administration.
Rising Star
Author: David Garrow
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062641859
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 2214
Book Description
New York Times Bestseller Rising Star is the definitive account of Barack Obama's formative years that made him the man who became the forty-fourth president of the United States—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Bearing the Cross Barack Obama's speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention instantly catapulted him into the national spotlight and led to his election four years later as America's first African-American president. In this penetrating biography, David J. Garrow delivers an epic work about the life of Barack Obama, creating a rich tapestry of a life little understood, until now. Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama captivatingly describes Barack Obama's tumultuous upbringing as a young black man attending an almost-all-white, elite private school in Honolulu while being raised almost exclusively by his white grandparents. After recounting Obama's college years in California and New York, Garrow charts Obama's time as a Chicago community organizer, working in some of the city's roughest neighborhoods; his years at the top of his Harvard Law School class; and his return to Chicago, where Obama honed his skills as a hard-knuckled politician, first in the state legislature and then as a candidate for the United States Senate. Detailing a scintillating, behind-the-scenes account of Obama's 2004 speech, a moment that labeled him the Democratic Party's "rising star," Garrow also chronicles Obama's four years in the Senate, weighing his stands on various issues against positions he had taken years earlier, and recounts his thrilling run for the White House in 2008. In Rising Star, David J. Garrow has created a vivid portrait that reveals not only the people and forces that shaped the future president but also the ways in which he used those influences to serve his larger aspirations. This is a gripping read about a young man born into uncommon family circumstances, whose faith in his own talents came face-to-face with fantastic ambitions and a desire to do good in the world. Most important, Rising Star is an extraordinary work of biography—tremendous in its research and storytelling, and brilliant in its analysis of the all-too-human struggles of one of the most fascinating politicians of our time.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062641859
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 2214
Book Description
New York Times Bestseller Rising Star is the definitive account of Barack Obama's formative years that made him the man who became the forty-fourth president of the United States—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Bearing the Cross Barack Obama's speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention instantly catapulted him into the national spotlight and led to his election four years later as America's first African-American president. In this penetrating biography, David J. Garrow delivers an epic work about the life of Barack Obama, creating a rich tapestry of a life little understood, until now. Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama captivatingly describes Barack Obama's tumultuous upbringing as a young black man attending an almost-all-white, elite private school in Honolulu while being raised almost exclusively by his white grandparents. After recounting Obama's college years in California and New York, Garrow charts Obama's time as a Chicago community organizer, working in some of the city's roughest neighborhoods; his years at the top of his Harvard Law School class; and his return to Chicago, where Obama honed his skills as a hard-knuckled politician, first in the state legislature and then as a candidate for the United States Senate. Detailing a scintillating, behind-the-scenes account of Obama's 2004 speech, a moment that labeled him the Democratic Party's "rising star," Garrow also chronicles Obama's four years in the Senate, weighing his stands on various issues against positions he had taken years earlier, and recounts his thrilling run for the White House in 2008. In Rising Star, David J. Garrow has created a vivid portrait that reveals not only the people and forces that shaped the future president but also the ways in which he used those influences to serve his larger aspirations. This is a gripping read about a young man born into uncommon family circumstances, whose faith in his own talents came face-to-face with fantastic ambitions and a desire to do good in the world. Most important, Rising Star is an extraordinary work of biography—tremendous in its research and storytelling, and brilliant in its analysis of the all-too-human struggles of one of the most fascinating politicians of our time.
Obamacare Wars
Author: Daniel Béland
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700635076
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Not five minutes after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law, in March 2010, Virginia’s attorney general was suing to stop it. And yet, the ACA rolled out, in infamously bumpy fashion, and rolled on, fought and defended at every turn—despite President Obama’s claim, in 2014, that its proponents and opponents could finally “stop fighting old political battles that keep us gridlocked.” But not only would the battles not stop, as Obamacare Wars makes acutely clear, they spread from Washington, DC, to a variety of new arenas. The first thorough account of the implementation of the ACA, this book reveals the fissures the act exposed in the American federal system. Obamacare Wars shows how the law’s intergovernmental structure, which entails the participation of both the federal government and the states, has deeply shaped the politics of implementation. Focusing on the creation of insurance exchanges, the expansion of Medicaid, and execution of regulatory reforms, Daniel Béland, Philip Rocco, and Alex Waddan examine how opponents of the ACA fought back against its implementation. They also explain why opponents of the law were successful in some efforts and not in others—and not necessarily in a seemingly predictable red vs. blue pattern. Their work identifies the role of policy legacies, institutional fragmentation, and public sentiments in each instance as states grappled with new institutions, as in the case of the exchanges, or existing structures, in Medicaid and regulatory reform. Looking broadly at national trends and specifically at the experience of individual states, Obamacare Wars brings much-needed clarity to highly controversial but little-understood aspects of the Affordable Care Act’s odyssey, with implications for how we understand the future trajectory of health reform, as well as the multiple forms of federalism in American politics.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700635076
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Not five minutes after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law, in March 2010, Virginia’s attorney general was suing to stop it. And yet, the ACA rolled out, in infamously bumpy fashion, and rolled on, fought and defended at every turn—despite President Obama’s claim, in 2014, that its proponents and opponents could finally “stop fighting old political battles that keep us gridlocked.” But not only would the battles not stop, as Obamacare Wars makes acutely clear, they spread from Washington, DC, to a variety of new arenas. The first thorough account of the implementation of the ACA, this book reveals the fissures the act exposed in the American federal system. Obamacare Wars shows how the law’s intergovernmental structure, which entails the participation of both the federal government and the states, has deeply shaped the politics of implementation. Focusing on the creation of insurance exchanges, the expansion of Medicaid, and execution of regulatory reforms, Daniel Béland, Philip Rocco, and Alex Waddan examine how opponents of the ACA fought back against its implementation. They also explain why opponents of the law were successful in some efforts and not in others—and not necessarily in a seemingly predictable red vs. blue pattern. Their work identifies the role of policy legacies, institutional fragmentation, and public sentiments in each instance as states grappled with new institutions, as in the case of the exchanges, or existing structures, in Medicaid and regulatory reform. Looking broadly at national trends and specifically at the experience of individual states, Obamacare Wars brings much-needed clarity to highly controversial but little-understood aspects of the Affordable Care Act’s odyssey, with implications for how we understand the future trajectory of health reform, as well as the multiple forms of federalism in American politics.
Culture of Corruption
Author: Michelle Malkin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1596986468
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Barack Obama's approval ratings are at an all-time low. A recent Gallup poll found that half of the Americans polled said Obama did not deserve a second term. Weary of the corruption that gushes from the White House faster than a Gulf Coast oil spill, voters are ready to put a cap on smear campaigns, pay-to-play schemes, recess appointments, and Chicago politics. In the updated paperback edition of her #1 New York Times bestselling book Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies, Michelle Malkin says, "I told you so," citing a new host of examples of Obama's broken promises and brass knuckled Chicago way.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1596986468
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Barack Obama's approval ratings are at an all-time low. A recent Gallup poll found that half of the Americans polled said Obama did not deserve a second term. Weary of the corruption that gushes from the White House faster than a Gulf Coast oil spill, voters are ready to put a cap on smear campaigns, pay-to-play schemes, recess appointments, and Chicago politics. In the updated paperback edition of her #1 New York Times bestselling book Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies, Michelle Malkin says, "I told you so," citing a new host of examples of Obama's broken promises and brass knuckled Chicago way.
Obama and the Secret Revealed
Author: Mimi K Phillips
Publisher: ICHOOZ PRESS LLC
ISBN: 0982636806
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
This book is about human potential-revealing the Nine Secret Tools Obama consciously used to achieve what many thought as impossible by winning the 2008 Presidential election. The Nine Secret Tools that helped Obama to turn his life around to victory is now at your reach. In this book you will learn about Obama's secret to success and if you wondered how Obama overcame career obstacles to become Commander-in-Chief or financial troubles to become Millionaire-in-Chief, then you will want to read this book. This book is destined to be a classic, loaded with inspiring quotes from Benjamin Franklin, Mark Twain, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Benjamin Disraeli, Napoleon Bonaparte, Martin Luther King Jr., Viktor Frankl, Nelson Mandela, Napoleon Hills, Norman Vincent Peale and others.Like Obama, the wisdom of the Nine Secret Tools can be used by anyone to make any dream come true. Apply the Nine Secret Tools to reach your highest potential in all areas of your life.
Publisher: ICHOOZ PRESS LLC
ISBN: 0982636806
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
This book is about human potential-revealing the Nine Secret Tools Obama consciously used to achieve what many thought as impossible by winning the 2008 Presidential election. The Nine Secret Tools that helped Obama to turn his life around to victory is now at your reach. In this book you will learn about Obama's secret to success and if you wondered how Obama overcame career obstacles to become Commander-in-Chief or financial troubles to become Millionaire-in-Chief, then you will want to read this book. This book is destined to be a classic, loaded with inspiring quotes from Benjamin Franklin, Mark Twain, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Benjamin Disraeli, Napoleon Bonaparte, Martin Luther King Jr., Viktor Frankl, Nelson Mandela, Napoleon Hills, Norman Vincent Peale and others.Like Obama, the wisdom of the Nine Secret Tools can be used by anyone to make any dream come true. Apply the Nine Secret Tools to reach your highest potential in all areas of your life.
The Center Holds
Author: Jonathan Alter
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451646100
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
From the bestselling author of The Promise, the thrilling story of one of the most momentous contests in American history, the Battle Royale between Obama and his enemies from the 2010 midterms through the 2013 inauguration. The election of 2012 will be remembered as a hinge of history. With huge victories in the 2010 midterm elections the Republican Party had blocked President Obama at every turn and made plans to wrench the country sharply to the right. 2012 offered the GOP a clear shot at controlling all three branches of government and repealing much of the social contract dating back to the New Deal. Facing free-spending billionaires, Fox News, and a concerted effort in 19 states to tilt the election by suppressing Democratic votes, Obama repelled the assault and navigated the nation back to the center. In The Center Holds, Jonathan Alter produces the first full account of America at the crossroads. With exclusive reporting and rare historical insight, he pierces the bubble of the White House and the presidential campaigns in a landmark election that marked the return of big money and the rise of big data. He tells the epic story of an embattled president fighting back with the first campaign of the Digital Age. Alter relates the untold story behind Obama’s highs and lows, from the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound to the frustration of the debt ceiling fiasco to his unexpected run-ins with black and Latino activists. There are fresh details about the Koch brothers, Grover Norquist, Roger Ailes, and the online haters who suffer from “Obama Derangement Syndrome.” Alter takes us inside Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan’s Boston campaign as well as Obama’s disastrous preparation for the first debate. We meet Obama’s analytics geeks working out of “The Cave” and the man who secretly videotaped Romney’s infamous comments on the “47 percent.” The Center Holds will deepen our understanding of the Obama presidency, the stakes of the 2012 election, and the future of the country.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451646100
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
From the bestselling author of The Promise, the thrilling story of one of the most momentous contests in American history, the Battle Royale between Obama and his enemies from the 2010 midterms through the 2013 inauguration. The election of 2012 will be remembered as a hinge of history. With huge victories in the 2010 midterm elections the Republican Party had blocked President Obama at every turn and made plans to wrench the country sharply to the right. 2012 offered the GOP a clear shot at controlling all three branches of government and repealing much of the social contract dating back to the New Deal. Facing free-spending billionaires, Fox News, and a concerted effort in 19 states to tilt the election by suppressing Democratic votes, Obama repelled the assault and navigated the nation back to the center. In The Center Holds, Jonathan Alter produces the first full account of America at the crossroads. With exclusive reporting and rare historical insight, he pierces the bubble of the White House and the presidential campaigns in a landmark election that marked the return of big money and the rise of big data. He tells the epic story of an embattled president fighting back with the first campaign of the Digital Age. Alter relates the untold story behind Obama’s highs and lows, from the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound to the frustration of the debt ceiling fiasco to his unexpected run-ins with black and Latino activists. There are fresh details about the Koch brothers, Grover Norquist, Roger Ailes, and the online haters who suffer from “Obama Derangement Syndrome.” Alter takes us inside Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan’s Boston campaign as well as Obama’s disastrous preparation for the first debate. We meet Obama’s analytics geeks working out of “The Cave” and the man who secretly videotaped Romney’s infamous comments on the “47 percent.” The Center Holds will deepen our understanding of the Obama presidency, the stakes of the 2012 election, and the future of the country.
Unmasking Obama
Author: Jack Cashill
Publisher: Post Hill Press
ISBN: 1642934461
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
During the Obama years, an asymmetrical media war was waged to control the critical first draft of American history. There is no fair way to record that history without first acknowledging the war. The field of battle shaped up as follows: on the right, the alternative conservative media and the “responsible” right, occasionally working together, often working at odds; on the left, the mainstream media, the social media giants, Hollywood, Broadway, the federal bureaucracies, the national security apparatus, and what Ray Bradbury would call “firemen”—the virtual book burners, amateur and professional. Rarely at odds, these forces routinely worked together to amplify what Obama adviser Ben Rhodes famously called the White House’s “messaging campaign.” Money, resources, and power overwhelmingly favored the left, but the right had the equalizer on its side—the truth.
Publisher: Post Hill Press
ISBN: 1642934461
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
During the Obama years, an asymmetrical media war was waged to control the critical first draft of American history. There is no fair way to record that history without first acknowledging the war. The field of battle shaped up as follows: on the right, the alternative conservative media and the “responsible” right, occasionally working together, often working at odds; on the left, the mainstream media, the social media giants, Hollywood, Broadway, the federal bureaucracies, the national security apparatus, and what Ray Bradbury would call “firemen”—the virtual book burners, amateur and professional. Rarely at odds, these forces routinely worked together to amplify what Obama adviser Ben Rhodes famously called the White House’s “messaging campaign.” Money, resources, and power overwhelmingly favored the left, but the right had the equalizer on its side—the truth.
The New New Deal
Author: Michael Grunwald
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451642342
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
In a riveting account based on new documents and interviews with more than 400 sources on both sides of the aisle, award-winning reporter Michael Grunwald reveals the vivid story behind President Obama’s $800 billion stimulus bill, one of the most important and least understood pieces of legislation in the history of the country. Grunwald’s meticulous reporting shows how the stimulus, though reviled on the right and the left, helped prevent a depression while jump-starting the president’s agenda for lasting change. As ambitious and far-reaching as FDR’s New Deal, the Recovery Act is a down payment on the nation’s economic and environmental future, the purest distillation of change in the Obama era. The stimulus has launched a transition to a clean-energy economy, doubled our renewable power, and financed unprecedented investments in energy efficiency, a smarter grid, electric cars, advanced biofuels, and green manufacturing. It is computerizing America’s pen-and-paper medical system. Its Race to the Top is the boldest education reform in U.S. history. It has put in place the biggest middle-class tax cuts in a generation, the largest research investments ever, and the most extensive infrastructure investments since Eisenhower’s interstate highway system. It includes the largest expansion of antipoverty programs since the Great Society, lifting millions of Americans above the poverty line, reducing homelessness, and modernizing unemployment insurance. Like the first New Deal, Obama’s stimulus has created legacies that last: the world’s largest wind and solar projects, a new battery industry, a fledgling high-speed rail network, and the world’s highest-speed Internet network. Michael Grunwald goes behind the scenes—sitting in on cabinet meetings, as well as recounting the secret strategy sessions where Republicans devised their resistance to Obama—to show how the stimulus was born, how it fueled a resurgence on the right, and how it is changing America. The New New Deal shatters the conventional Washington narrative and it will redefine the way Obama’s first term is perceived.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451642342
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
In a riveting account based on new documents and interviews with more than 400 sources on both sides of the aisle, award-winning reporter Michael Grunwald reveals the vivid story behind President Obama’s $800 billion stimulus bill, one of the most important and least understood pieces of legislation in the history of the country. Grunwald’s meticulous reporting shows how the stimulus, though reviled on the right and the left, helped prevent a depression while jump-starting the president’s agenda for lasting change. As ambitious and far-reaching as FDR’s New Deal, the Recovery Act is a down payment on the nation’s economic and environmental future, the purest distillation of change in the Obama era. The stimulus has launched a transition to a clean-energy economy, doubled our renewable power, and financed unprecedented investments in energy efficiency, a smarter grid, electric cars, advanced biofuels, and green manufacturing. It is computerizing America’s pen-and-paper medical system. Its Race to the Top is the boldest education reform in U.S. history. It has put in place the biggest middle-class tax cuts in a generation, the largest research investments ever, and the most extensive infrastructure investments since Eisenhower’s interstate highway system. It includes the largest expansion of antipoverty programs since the Great Society, lifting millions of Americans above the poverty line, reducing homelessness, and modernizing unemployment insurance. Like the first New Deal, Obama’s stimulus has created legacies that last: the world’s largest wind and solar projects, a new battery industry, a fledgling high-speed rail network, and the world’s highest-speed Internet network. Michael Grunwald goes behind the scenes—sitting in on cabinet meetings, as well as recounting the secret strategy sessions where Republicans devised their resistance to Obama—to show how the stimulus was born, how it fueled a resurgence on the right, and how it is changing America. The New New Deal shatters the conventional Washington narrative and it will redefine the way Obama’s first term is perceived.