Barack Obama is set to host a podcast about books that have “profoundly shaped his worldview and our society” In each of six episodes the former US president will discuss one of his chosen titles with a guest.Books will be:Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré.from Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison.The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin.All the Pretty Horses by Corncob McCarthy.Gilead by Marilynne RobinsonAll the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren.Which book are you most looking forward to being discussed. For me its Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. Housekeeping is my favorite book ever and Robinson is easily the best living Christian writer.
>>25457847AtKM is one of my all-time favorite books so I guess that one.
Strong open from obama, I'd watch the mccarthy and le carre ones
>All the Pretty Horses>All the King’s MenDid he just grab a bunch of books standing next to each other on the shelf marked "A"?
No pynchon?
>>25457847>nothing by John Adams>no Adam Smith>no Montesquieu>no Machiavelli>no federalist and anti-federalist papers
>>25457847Yikes.
>all ameritrash
>>25458959Those aren't novels anon.
>>25457847>most insufferably milquetoast man alive award
>>25459146>>25457847>listen to a worthless peace of shit whos greatest achievements were making his country marginally better talk to you about works created by men greater than he'll ever belike id watch hitler give self help advice
>>25459174It was a minor miracle that the Obama administration was able to prevent the USA's economy from lurching into depression after 2008 and you know it. His summer reading lists were always delightful.
>>25459180>It was a minor miracle that the Obama administration was able to prevent the USA's economy from lurching into depression after 2008 and you know it.all the financial analysis I've seen showed if anything it slightly prolonged the market's natural correction.
>>25459180>couldve implemented universal job guarantee, nuke interest rates seperation of interest and investment into seperate banks or set up a privacy focused, transparent federal bank for allkys, neolib leader as shit as biden, carter, reagen and the rest, but just wasnt as retarded in marketing
>>25459174>making his country marginally betteri don't think so
>>25459189He did what he could given the circumstances and the powers that were beholden to him, and we should be thankful for that.
>>25459197>the powers that were beholden>to him,figures the obummer fangirl is a semi-literate baboon
>>25459197>>25459191read and weep, faggots. youre pussy footing around is why the west is in such a dire state, lesser evil retardation.>>25459200this
>>25459200I meant what I said
>>25459207were it that 'powers were beholden to him' as you phrased, indicates that he held the reins of power over others. The logic of what you wrote only coheres if Obummer be given the position of object rather than subject, to wit, 'the powers to which he was beholden.'Another stylistically poor but logically sound construction could have been '[limited, or finite] powers that were beholden to him' indicating he did the best with what he had.
>>25459216nerd
>>25459185Lol they didnt preventshit, the fed used monetary policy to kick the can. Now we don't have a middle class anymore, and tech speculators get more resources than they deserve. ZIRPslop
RECOMMEND TO OBAMA WHAT HE SHOULD PODCAST NEXTI SUGGEST INFINITE JEST
>>25460626Lolita
>>25460642He was just performing with the summer lists, a guy who wa s the first black lawyer president who picks baldwin and le carre and mcarthy i believe
>>25459174> peace of shit whos greatest achievementsAmerigroid does his darndest to express an opinion in the foreign language of English.
>>25457847>most powerful man in the world for 8 years>now a podcastersad, what a downfall.
>>25459202I'm actually pretty good with this ranking (I'd put Washington in the top tier, though)
>>25459202bullshit ranking, Lincoln and FDR were the worst presidents
>>25457847Say what you want to about Obama, but at least he even knows how to read.
