The Amateur, Edward Klein
The Amateur, Edward Klein
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The Amateur
Barack Obama in the White House

Author: Edward Klein

Narrator: John McLain

Unabridged: 6 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/15/2012

Synopsis

Its amateur hour at the White House. So saysNew York Timesbestselling author Edward Klein in his political exposThe Amateur. Tapping into the publics growing sentiment that President Obama is in over his head,The Amateurargues that Obamas toxic combination of incompetence and arrogance has run our nation and his presidency off the rails. Obama was both completely inexperienced and ideologically far to the left of most Americans when he entered the White House, says Klein. And he was so arrogant that he didnt even know what he didnt know. Klein, who is known for getting the inside scoop on everyone from the Kennedys to the Clintons, reveals never-before-published details about the Obama administrations political inner workings, as well as Barack and Michelles personal lives, including the inordinate influence Michelle wields over Barack and her feud with a high-profile celebrity; therealreason Rahm Emanuel left the White House (it wasnt for family reasons); why Valerie Jarretts role is closer to that of Rasputin than impartial senior advisor; how Obama has purposefully forgotten and ignored those who put him in power, including the Kennedys and the Jewish and African American communities in Chicago. From Obamas conceited and detached demeanor, to his detrimental reliance on Michelle Obama and Valerie Jarretts advice, to the Obamas extravagant and out-of-touch lifestyle,The Amateurreveals a president whose ignorance and incompetence are sabotaging himself, his presidency, and America.

About Edward Klein

Edward Klein is the author of the New York Times bestsellers All Too Human and Just Jackie. He covered John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign, served as a foreign correspondent in Asia, and was foreign editor of Newsweek. During his eleven years as editor in chief of the New York Times Magazine, it won the first Pulitzer Prize in its history. He is the author of the novel The Parachutists.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mike (the Paladin) on September 05, 2012

This is another book that I know going in will be disliked by some before they ever pick it up (actually they'll never pick it up, so...). Only a few days ago I accidentally got into a "discussion" here. Someone was informing others that President Obama was really a moderate. He used the phrase, "ri......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on January 22, 2014

According to Ed Klein, President Obama's White House is run by amateurs and those hungry for power. This easy to read book is like a soap opera without the sex. I do admit that while reading, I feel like a rubbernecker that can't look away from a horrible accident. It is the juiciest gossip a conser......more

Goodreads review by Trekscribbler on June 04, 2012

THE AMATEUR: A Top Notch Expose If only for the sake of the argument, let’s put aside one’s political ideology for the moment, and let’s simply take a good long look at temperament. If President Barack Obama’s temperament as discussed in great detail here in Ed Klein’s stellar political portrait, THE......more

Goodreads review by Hillari on May 24, 2012

I feel a little bit ashamed, admitting to you that I read this. It's like you caught me reading porn. Oh, not because I'm a liberal offended by a hack job on 'my candidate.' Full disclosure here, I'm quite conservative, politically speaking. I've lived enough decades to embody the old saw of being a......more

Goodreads review by Brian on July 28, 2012

I will state upfront that I did not vote for Obama last time and I will not vote for him this time. I read this book to validate my original theory behind not voting for Obama because I felt that he was too inexperienced to be President and that his term in office would be amateur hour. So how could......more

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