

Thanks, Obama
My Hopey, Changey White House Years
Author: David Litt
Narrator: David Litt
Unabridged: 9 hr 28 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 09/19/2017
Author: David Litt
Narrator: David Litt
Unabridged: 9 hr 28 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 09/19/2017
David Litt is the New York Times best-selling author of Thanks, Obama: My Hopey Changey White House Years. From 2011-2016, David wrote speeches for President Obama, and was described as ""the comic muse for the president"" for his work on the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Since leaving the White House, he served as the head writer and producer for Funny Or Die's office in Washington, with a focus on improving youth turnout in the 2018 election, and developed a sitcom based on his life in D.C. He frequently appears on CNN and MSNBC to discuss current events.
I did not mean to rate my own book - and I can't figure how to unrate it. I do think it deserves five stars, but I mean really, wouldn't it be weird if I didn't?......more
Listen up, all you who suffer from Trump Overload Syndrome: this book is for you! Applied in small doses, it is guaranteed to bring relief, for it allows you to imagine a universe in which Obama is still president and all is right (almost) with the world. Such fantasies are unhealthy, you say? We all......more
Does anyone else remember when the American presidency was focused and functional? You can agree or disagree with Barack Obama’s policies and philosophy, but it’s hard to deny that his White House did a pretty good job with organization and communication. David Litt was a part of that, at age 24. Li......more
David Litt’s fantastic memoir Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Yearsworks in many different ways. The book is a laugh out loud series of highly comedic and spit-take inducing vignettes that you will spend hours retelling in less funny versions to supremely patient acquaintances and love......more
My first book of 2019!!! 4.5 stars! I love finding new autobiographies about people that I've never heard of and reading them. I really enjoyed this story! David Litt did a great job in this book. "More than any other presidency, Barack Obama’s eight years in the White House were defined by young peo......more