A Promised Land

Obama uses his superb story telling talent to guide the reader from one event to another. The sneak peak Obama offers to the reader on what goes on behind the scenes of the presidency is truly awakening, often we take for granted the complex government that does so much as a dysfunctional gridlocked affair of suits, ties and bills, but Obama undoes that notion and places a quantifiable value on American politics. Also, it is just a pleasure to listen to someone with higher than a fifth grade vocabulary tell a story about their time in the White House..

I see a fair amount of the one star reviewers have not even read this book. Going out if their way to prove many points he makes. it is almost humorous. Nonetheless this is a fantastic book. One that gives a rare behind the scenes look at the presidency as a whole. Not just Obama's but the job itself with all the ups, downs, and nuisance that comes with it. Anyone who grew up in this time, wants to learn more, or is interested in politics and changing the world should read/listen to this book. He outlines just about everything from the first half of his Presidency, days as Senator, and as a state Senator. It is a stark piece of realism that shows the true nature of the job. Plus with the president reading it to you himself the emotion in his voice over certain parts in unmatched. Going through you can find anger, joy, rage, and sorrow that you yourself will feel. No matter how you feel about President Obama you should listen, if not to hear the opposing view from the man who lived it

What a fake, self-stimulating person. He continues to flood the media with his deceitful accounts of his version of "history", in a continued attempt to make Americans fall in love with his empty shell. He hurt this country more than we will ever know - in just health insurance alone! Not to mention sending OUR $$ To our ENEMIES. What a fool.