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    Obama hypes his new book

    Media falls all over each other in their own slobber.

    https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim...rary-president

    The guy who mocked the bitter clingers to guns and religion is going to lecture about divisiveness. Obama has now split his memoirs into two volumes. This one will cover his life up through the takedown of Osama bin Laden in 2011. Don't bother looking for Reverend Wright in the index.
    AP writer Hillel Italie won the prize for laying it on thick:
    The 768-page book is the most anticipated presidential memoir in memory, as much or more because of the quality of the writing than for any possible revelations. He has been called the most literary president since Abraham Lincoln and has already written two highly praised, million-selling books: Dreams from My Father and The Audacity of Hope, both of which have been cited as aiding his presidential run in 2008 and making him the country's first Black president.
    Even with a substantial list price of $45, The Promised Land is virtually guaranteed to sell millions of copies. But it will face challenges far different from most presidential memoirs, and even from former first lady Michelle Obama's blockbuster book, “Becoming,” which came out two years ago. Because of the pandemic, the former president will likely be unable to have the spectacular arena tour that Michelle Obama had.



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    I didn't get to read michelle's book, Becoming. I assume it is a memoire of her transitioning from male to female?

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    It is a book of the smartest man that the man knows!

    He is so smart that he claims global warming is upon us and putting us in eminent danger. Then spends 16 million on a house located on the coast.
    I am tired of everyone fighting with each other. This is all by design.

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    I wonder who wrote it. What percentage of the profits do ghost writers get? Or is it just a fixed price?
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    Is it called "Lies from a liar"?

    The natural follow up book would be "More lies from a liar".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    I wonder who wrote it. What percentage of the profits do ghost writers get? Or is it just a fixed price?

    I was gonna say that! $#@!!





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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    I wonder who wrote it. What percentage of the profits do ghost writers get? Or is it just a fixed price?
    Why do you assume that he didn’t write it himself?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    I wonder who wrote it. What percentage of the profits do ghost writers get? Or is it just a fixed price?
    The answer might lie (pardon the pun) in Obama's stable of speechwriters.
    Several people write speeches for President Obama. One of Obama’s favorites is Jon Favreau who was hired as Obama's speechwriter shortly after Obama's election to the United States Senate. Obama and Favreau grew close, and Obama referred to him as his "mind reader." He went on the campaign trail with Obama during his successful presidential election campaign. When Jon Favreau left the White House in 2013, Keenan took over as Director of Speechwriting.

    Another speechwriter for Obama was David Litt who later wrote a book about his experiences. There have been several other, too, ... https://www.quora.com/Who-writes-spe...-Obama?share=1

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lummy View Post
    The answer might lie (pardon the pun) in Obama's stable of speechwriters.
    You do know that every president has speechwriters, right? Trump's stink, but they still exist.

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    You do know that Obama's speeches are completely worthless strings of sometimes-eloquent but always kitschy sound bytes while our President's authentic unfettered communications are patriotically confidence-inspiring?

    Don't you?

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