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Tarfumes.com - The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
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Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.04960730092
EAN: 9780307237705
ISBN: 0307237702
Label: Three Rivers Press
Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2007-11-06
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Release Date: 2007-11-06
Studio: Three Rivers Press
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“A government that truly represents these Americans–that truly serves these Americans–will require a different kind of politics. That politics will need to reflect our lives as they are actually lived. It won’t be pre-packaged, ready to pull off the shelf. It will have to be constructed from the best of our traditions and will have to account for the darker aspects of our past. We will need to understand just how we got to this place, this land of warring factions and tribal hatreds. And we’ll need to remind ourselves, despite all our differences, just how much we share: common hopes, common dreams, a bond that will not break.”
–from The Audacity of Hope
In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. One phrase in particular anchored itself in listeners’ minds, a reminder that for all the discord and struggle to be found in our history as a nation, we have always been guided by a dogged optimism in the future, or what Senator Obama called “the audacity of hope.”
Now, in The Audacity of Hope, Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics–a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the “endless clash of armies” we see in congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of “our improbable experiment in democracy.” He explores those forces–from the fear of losing to the perpetual need to raise money to the power of the media–that can stifle even the best-intentioned politician. He also writes, with surprising intimacy and self-deprecating humor, about settling in as a senator, seeking to balance the demands of public service and family life, and his own deepening religious commitment.
At the heart of this book is Senator Obama’s vision of how we can move beyond our divisions to tackle concrete problems. He examines the growing economic insecurity of American families, the racial and religious tensions within the body politic, and the transnational threats–from terrorism to pandemic–that gather beyond our shores. And he grapples with the role that faith plays in a democracy–where it is vital and where it must never intrude. Underlying his stories about family, friends, members of the Senate, even the president, is a vigorous search for connection: the foundation for a radically hopeful political consensus.
A senator and a lawyer, a professor and a father, a Christian and a skeptic, and above all a student of history and human nature, Senator Obama has written a book of transforming power. Only by returning to the principles that gave birth to our Constitution, he says, can Americans repair a political process that is broken, and restore to working order a government that has fallen dangerously out of touch with millions of ordinary Americans. Those Americans are out there, he writes–“waiting for Republicans and Democrats to catch up with them.”
From the Hardcover edition.
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Summary: For those who are concerned that they don't yet know Barack Obama
Comment: I read this book a year ago. I knew little about Barack Obama except the obvious; he was an inspiring public speaker and Democratic Senator. I admit, it was his passionate and profoundly moving speeches that piqued my curiousity. I wanted to know if he was genuine as he seemed? Was he as honest? As inspiring? Or was he just another dirty politician? I believe that I gleaned the answers to these questions by reading The Audacity of Hope. Barack candidly and intelligently offers his ideas for how he believes America can best live up to it's potential. The reader gets a clear picture of where he comes from both personally and politically, as well as a clear vision of where he wants to go - of where he CAN go. Seemingly written in his own, carefully chosen words, the reader closes the book with a sense that they have more than glimpsed the man beyong the celebrity. Anyone who reads The Audacity of Hope comes away from the book feeling as if they understand a man who truly has the hope, the heart, the brains (and yes, the brawn) to make a positive change in America- and possibly the world. This man can make America great again. I only hope that America elects to give him that chance.
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Summary: Obama is a mental lightweight
Comment: I browsed this book of lies and half-truths from the man with the messiah complex. Barry O. has no clue as to what makes America great. His election would destroy our economy. With higher taxes and more government regulation on the horizon, what business would want to invest in the future (except maybe trial lawyers). Barry O. would hurt our education system with more political correctness and less true learning.
Barry O. would weaken our military and support every anti-American thug and communist around the world. Our country would be left wide open to unrestricted illegal immigration. This guy is a true empty suit who would be the most liberal President ever. If you have any intelligence at all, you will never follow B. Hussein Obama. Obama is a disaster waiting to happen.
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Summary: I dare anyone who doubts this man to read this book - fantastic
Comment: Wow. This is one smart and insightful guy. I understand that he does his own writing (which is unusual for anyone in Washington). He really has a beautiful vision of America. One where we welcome diversity of opinion an are no longer polarized. I can't imagine anyone not voting for him after reading this one book.
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Summary: Pure pablum
Comment: Slick propaganda in the mold of Jimmy Carter's "Why Not The Best" in 1976. The ink raises many mysteries.
Where is there any evidence that this man can actually write a book, or that he wrote this book?
Where is his college thesis from Columbia, or anything he wrote in undergraduate school?
How does one become President of any Law Review - let alone HARVARD - without writing an article, or a case note, or a comment?
How does any law professor anywhere - even one hired at Univ of Chicago - survive on a faculty without publishing ANYTHING anywhere?
This book appears to be another fraud written by a political ghost writer. Save your money and your hope.
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Summary: What is the message??
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I listened twice and I am still not certain about the real message.
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