audacity of hope review

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	• The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper)) Barack Obama Random House Large Print, 2006 - 608 pages average customer review:based on 541 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

audacity of hope review

good book, political writings intermixed with personal experiences to convey the ideas in a better way. I'm planning to keep it and re read chapters from time to time.

Amazing!

I finally got a chance to read Barack Obama's bestseller, and I can say,

I am really impressed. I knew from his speeches that he was quite

knowledgeable about our government and world affairs, but wow! The

chapter on the Constitution should be mandatory reading for anyone going

into law or politics.

I can't say that I agree with everything he says. I do think that what he

says makes a lot of sense.

What was really fascinating to me about this book, was the myths it

exposed, without really trying to, like the one about Obama being new to

politics. Not true. He actually has more campaign and elected experience

than Hillary Clinton.I can believe that after seeing the difference in the

way the two of them ran their campaigns. She underestimated her opponent,

and failed to raise enough funds to sustain her campaign.

He realized he was in it for the long haul, and prepared

accordingly.

Also, some of the flak about Jeremiah Wright was addressed in the book. I

thought that was intriguing, since the furor came out after the book was

already written. It seems that the whole issue is more complicated than

some people try to make it.

Some final comments about Obama's judgment are in order. First, for some

one who is "new" to politics, he has sure made his elders look pretty

foolish. His speech,given in 2002, was more than an "I get a bad feeling

about this war", kind of speech. He actually reveals in the book what he

said in detail. He showed specifically why the war was a bad idea, and

what would happen to our nation as a result.His accuracy was scary. I

must say that even die-hard

conservatives have given him begrudging praise for it. Contrast Obama's

view on Iraq with John McCain's, who actually had a lot to do with pushing

the country to go to war in the first place. That comparison doesn't bode

well for someone whose running for president, largely on his war

experience. Then there's the issue of Pakistan, where McCain, Hillary

Clinton, and George W. Bush ganged up on Barack, because he said he would

take out Al-Queda if Musharraf was unable or unwilling to hand them over.

Excuse me, but wasn't that the Bush foreign policy to begin with? It's

funny because after the three of them criticized Obama, the U.S. military

takes out an Al-Queda force in Pakistan, of all places, killing the third

ranking officer under Osama Bin-Laden. Guess what three musketeers no

longer mention Pakistan?

This isn't that strange if you read the book, though, because Obama

reveals very clearly why his strategy for Iraq and other rogue nations is

more sound and more compelling than the Bush administration's.

I think Obama is more than some "flash in the pan". I think he is a titan

on the political scene, and his influence is still rising. This book

gives a good glimpse of someone who may well be our next president.

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AMust Read

With all the false rumors floating around the internet, this is a must read for anyone who wants the real story about what Obama thinks and stands for.

A Must Read

This is a wonderful way to learn more about the man who is the democratic candidate running for the President of the United States. It offers insight as to how Barack views the world, politics, and relationships. It provides the opportunity to understand how Barack approaches issues and obstacles and his general outlook on life. This book is both enlightening and inspiring. I would also recommend reading, Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama, first which gives the background of Barack's upbringing and puts his views and style into the context they originated from. Both books will remove any uncertainty readers may have about the man we see today.

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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.?

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