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Lädt ... Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America (2022. Auflage)von Cody Keenan (Autor)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. NF Well, this was a trip back to the “before” times. Keenan invites the reader behind the scenes of the speechcave at the White House with a focus on ten days in June 2015. This period includes the racist attack at the Mother Emanual AME church in Charleston SC and two major Supreme Court decisions. Seen through the eyes of the chief speechwriter, these events were momentous not just for the people that were personally impacted but for the entire communications staff. Keenan pays homage to rather than idolizing Obama. Watching the process was inspiring as the author shows us his submitted final draft and then reveals Obama’s edits. How fortunate we were to witness their collaboration. I couldn’t help but feel nostalgia for the days of lofty rhetoric emanating from the podium during the Obama years. If your politics don’t align, no worries, this is a story of the hard work done by White House staff in the face of the impossible cascade of joyful and tragic events requiring a response from the Oval Office. Keenan, Obama's chief speechwriter, recounts the days leading up to Obama's eulogy for the pastor killed by the Charleston shooter in 2015. You know, the famous eulogy that ended with Obama singing Amazing Grace. It was also the week that the Supreme Court decisions upholding the ACA, and gay marriage came out. When Obama speaks, you forget that there are many people helping him put those words together. Cody is one, and led a large group of other talented folks. The book also intersperses snippets of Cody's life, his relationship with the president, and other White House staff, and lots of details about the White House and West Wing. Zeige 4 von 4 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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HTML: From Barack Obama's chief speechwriter Cody Keenan, a spellbinding account of the ten most dramatic days of the presidency, when a hate-fueled massacre and looming Supreme Court decisions put the character of our country on the line, and a president's words could bring the nation together or tear it apart. A white supremacist shooting and an astonishing act of forgiveness. A national reckoning with race and the Confederate flag. The fate of marriage equality and the Affordable Care Act. GRACE is the propulsive story of ten days in June 2015, when Obama and his chief speechwriter Cody Keenan composed a series of high-stakes speeches to meet a succession of stunning developments. Through behind-the-scenes moments??from Obama's suggestion that Keenan pour a drink, listen to some Miles Davis, and "find the silences," to the president's late-night writing sessions in the First Family's residence??Keenan takes us inside the craft of speechwriting at the highest level for the most demanding of bosses, the relentlessly poetic and perfectionist Barack Obama. GRACE also delivers a fascinating portrait of White House insiders like Ben Rhodes, Valerie Jarrett, Jen Psaki, and the speechwriting team responsible for pulling it all off during a furious, historic stretch of the Obama presidency??including a gifted fact-checker who took Keenan's rhetoric to task before taking his hand in marriage. GRACE is the most intimate writing that exists on the rhetorical tightrope our first Black president had to walk, culminating with an unforgettable high point: Obama stunning everybody by taking a deep breath and leading the country in a chorus of "Amazing Grace." Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiob Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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