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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 03:49 AM Sep 2012

Obama’s Way


Obama's Way
By Michael Lewis

To understand how air-force navigator Tyler Stark ended up in a thornbush in the Libyan desert in March 2011, one must understand what it’s like to be president of the United States—and this president in particular. Hanging around Barack Obama for six months, in the White House, aboard Air Force One, and on the basketball court, Michael Lewis learns the reality of the Nobel Peace Prize winner who sent Stark into combat.

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Full nine page article here: http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2012/10/michael-lewis-profile-barack-obama




A Good Read

Actually this is a VERY Good Read



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Obama’s Way (Original Post) Tx4obama Sep 2012 OP
That took me a bit but what an incredible read! He really is a President of the people. Firebrand Gary Sep 2012 #1
What a wonderful article. n/t demgrrrll Sep 2012 #2

Firebrand Gary

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1. That took me a bit but what an incredible read! He really is a President of the people.
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 05:30 AM
Sep 2012

One of the things I love the most is how he chooses the people over the connected. Skipping a social gathering to play golf with White House cooks? How cool is that?

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