Political analyst and Democratic campaign veteran Mark Hannah and
renowned New Yorker illustrator Bob Staake give Barack Obama the
victory lap he deserves in this compendium that takes the president's
critics head-on and celebrates the president's many underappreciated
triumphs.
Barack Obama's election in 2008 was a watershed moment in American
history that inspired supporters on the Left--and fired up enemies on
the Right. Elected in the midst of multiple crises--a Wall Street
meltdown that imperiled the global economy and American troops entangled
in two foreign wars--Barack Obama's presidency promised, from the start,
to be one of the most consequential presidencies in modern American
history.
Although he stabilized the economy and restored America's prestige on
the global stage, President Obama has been denied the credit he
deserves, receiving instead acidic commentary from political opponents
such as former Vice President Dick Cheney, who declared that Obama was
"the worst president in [his] lifetime"--an accusation that reflects
the politics of resentment and recrimination that has come to
characterize the president's critics.
In The Best "Worst President", Mark Hannah and New Yorker
illustrator Bob Staake swiftly and systematically debunk conservative
lies and disinformation meant to negate the president's accomplishments
and damage his reputation--baseless charges too often left unchallenged
by the national media. The Best "Worst President" is a whip-smart
takedown of these half-truths and hypocrisies, each refuted in a smart,
witty, fact-based style. Hannah and Staake not only defend the president
but showcase his administration's most surprising and underappreciated
triumphs--making clear he truly is the best "worst president" our nation
has ever known.
