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Grazie, Obama. I miei anni alla Casa Bianca. Memorie semiserie di un giovane scrittore di discorsi. (2017)

di David Litt

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Remember when presidents spoke in complete sentences instead of in unhinged tweets? David Litt does. In his comic, coming-of-age memoir, he takes us back to the Obama years ?? and charts a path forward in the age of Trump.

More than any other presidency, Barack Obama's eight years in the White House were defined by young people ?? twenty-somethings who didn't have much experience in politics (or anything else, for that matter), yet suddenly found themselves in the most high-stakes office building on earth. David Litt was one of those twenty-somethings. After graduating from college in 2008, he went straight to the Obama campaign. In 2011, he became one of the youngest White House speechwriters in history. Until leaving the White House in 2016, he wrote on topics from healthcare to climate change to criminal justice reform. As President Obama's go-to comedy writer, he also took the lead on the White House Correspondents' Dinner, the so-called "State of the Union of jokes."

Now, in this refreshingly honest memoir, Litt brings us inside Obamaworld. With a humorists' eye for detail, he describes what it's like to accidentally trigger an international incident or nearly set a president's hair aflame. He answers questions you never knew you had: Which White House men's room is the classiest? What do you do when the commander in chief gets your name wrong? Where should you never, under any circumstances, change clothes on Air Force One? With nearly a decade of stories to tell, Litt makes clear that politics is completely, hopelessly absurd.

But it's also important. For all the moments of chaos, frustration, and yes, disillusionment, Litt remains a believer in the words that first drew him to the Obama campaign: "People who love this country can change it." In telling his own story, Litt sheds fresh light on his former boss's legacy. And he argues that, despite the current political climate, the politics championed by Barack Obama will outlive the presidency of Donald Trump.

Full of hilarious stories and told in a truly original voice, Thanks, Obama is an exciting debut about what it means ?? personally, professionally, and politically ?? to g… (altro)

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  Karenbenedetto | Jun 14, 2023 |
President Obama’s use of humor was vital to his popularity during his presidency. He owes a lot of his funniest moments to presidential speechwriter David Litt.

Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years, is David Litt’s memoir of his time in the White House. Litt, like most of Obama’s staff, was only in his twenties while he worked for the president. He worked as a senior presidential speechwriter and he was the lead writer for four of President Obama’s White House Correspondents’ dinners.

The book is a look at Litt’s life during the Obama presidency. He was a recent Yale graduate who was swept up by Senator Obama’s campaign. He joins the campaign and spreads the message of Obama in Ohio. He admits to being a little naive during this time, as he was caught up in the myth of Obama, which he defines as the belief that Obama was “the best possible version of a human.”

After Obama wins the election, Litt goes to Washington D.C. and finds his way into the White House, eventually joining Obama’s speechwriting team. For most of Obama’s first term, Litt had little interaction with the President. However, in the second term, he is given increasing opportunities to write Obama’s speeches, especially when a joke was needed (Litt interned at The Onion, and was the head writer at Funny or Die).

In the book, Litt gives a lot of details about working in the White House. We read about bathrooms, cafeterias, the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (not as glamorous as the White House), where the best candy is, and tips for flying on Air Force One. He makes it clear that working in the White House is nothing like the television show The West Wing.

Throughout the book, Litt highlights memorable Obama moments, many of which Litt provides some behind-the-scenes color. Youtube was a constant companion while I read, as I watched what seemed like hours of clips from Obama’s presidency. Some of my favorite clips, which Litt writes about were:

- Obama with Zach Galifianakis on Between Two Ferns
- Keegan Key being Obama’s Anger Management Translator
- Obama’s off-script State of The Union “I have no more campaigns to run” comeback
- Obama singing Amazing Grace shortly after the tragedy in Charleston, South Carolina
- Highlights from Obama’s Correspondent’s dinners

Many of the memorable Obama moments above were seen by millions through social media. Obama was president during social media’s growth. In 2008, when Obama was president, social media was crawling and learning to walk, but eight years later, when Obama left office, social media was sprinting. Litt talks about some of the struggles of speechwriting in an era when a small throw-away sentence can be trending on twitter an hour later, but also how important of a tool it was to get the message out, especially about Healthcare.gov.

This was an enjoyable read. Litt is a skilled writer, and his unique humor is displayed on every page. I laughed audibly a few times while reading his witticisms. David Litt knew what his role was in the White House, and he doesn’t claim to have been a powerful member of the White House staff. In a New York Times interview, he said, “American history would have been totally the same without me, except for a couple of jokes. And I am very proud of those jokes.”

https://samuelpedro.com/review-of-thanks-obama-by-david-litt/
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  samuelpedro1992 | Feb 7, 2022 |
I’m always a little hesitant to pick up a memoir by someone who is writing about their political life. It has nothing to do with the position held or their party affiliation. Generally, the stories are told this way: this happened, then that happened, then this happened. And I literally can’t survive the book. You will not find David Litt’s memoir of his years working as a speechwriter in the White House a list of things he did in chonological order. Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years is a well written tale of landmark events of the Obama presidency that focus mostly on Litt and his desire to rise to the top, including epic failures. It’s funny, it’s honest, and it ends with an upshot of hope I was not anticipating. ( )
  houghtonjr | Jan 1, 2022 |
This book is full of politics, but it's still funny and interesting. It tells the sides of things the public doesn't see. It also gives insider info on what the Obama administration was like. ( )
  ToniFGMAMTC | Feb 17, 2021 |
This is now the third memoir of an Obama staffer I've read about time in that White House, and the most uneven. Litt was a speechwriter that flipped a couple of times between federal service and the campaign, quite a ride for someone in the late 20s to early 30s age cohort. There were a lot of interesting anecdotes about that time, mixed in with personal growth and introspection. I would say the downside of this experience is that the author felt quite smug about achieving this level of success without dwelling on the fact that being from a comfortable Manhattan family, being a straight white male, and having a degree from Yale made that success much more likely. He also glossed over much of what Obama the president stood for, with BIPOC and LGBTQ people mentioned only as part of a winning coalition of voters and not as people. It's a fun story, but if you want a clearer insider look at the Obama administration, I'd recommend starting with Alyssa Mastromonaco's book instead. ( )
  jonerthon | Nov 14, 2020 |
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Remember when presidents spoke in complete sentences instead of in unhinged tweets? David Litt does. In his comic, coming-of-age memoir, he takes us back to the Obama years ?? and charts a path forward in the age of Trump.

More than any other presidency, Barack Obama's eight years in the White House were defined by young people ?? twenty-somethings who didn't have much experience in politics (or anything else, for that matter), yet suddenly found themselves in the most high-stakes office building on earth. David Litt was one of those twenty-somethings. After graduating from college in 2008, he went straight to the Obama campaign. In 2011, he became one of the youngest White House speechwriters in history. Until leaving the White House in 2016, he wrote on topics from healthcare to climate change to criminal justice reform. As President Obama's go-to comedy writer, he also took the lead on the White House Correspondents' Dinner, the so-called "State of the Union of jokes."

Now, in this refreshingly honest memoir, Litt brings us inside Obamaworld. With a humorists' eye for detail, he describes what it's like to accidentally trigger an international incident or nearly set a president's hair aflame. He answers questions you never knew you had: Which White House men's room is the classiest? What do you do when the commander in chief gets your name wrong? Where should you never, under any circumstances, change clothes on Air Force One? With nearly a decade of stories to tell, Litt makes clear that politics is completely, hopelessly absurd.

But it's also important. For all the moments of chaos, frustration, and yes, disillusionment, Litt remains a believer in the words that first drew him to the Obama campaign: "People who love this country can change it." In telling his own story, Litt sheds fresh light on his former boss's legacy. And he argues that, despite the current political climate, the politics championed by Barack Obama will outlive the presidency of Donald Trump.

Full of hilarious stories and told in a truly original voice, Thanks, Obama is an exciting debut about what it means ?? personally, professionally, and politically ?? to g

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