| The Book of Obama: From Hope and Change to the Age of Revolt Contributor(s): Rall, Ted (Author) |
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ISBN: 1609804503 ISBN-13: 9781609804503 Publisher: Seven Stories Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | American Government - National - Comics & Graphic Novels | Nonfiction - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Anarchism |
| Dewey: 973.932 |
| LCCN: 2012011253 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.41" W x 9.03" (0.84 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |