The Official President Obama, Michelle Obama and Family Appreciation Thread.

[fortyacres]

 

[fortyacres]

 

[playmaker88]

https://youtu.be/65I5aEYiaIs

Just reminded me i istill havent read it i got a gang of article in my read folder.. one must prepare him/herself for Ta-nehisi

 

[Trillfate]

https://twitter.com/Yubbie007/status/828966516871815168
https://twitter.com/Balvinsanity/status/828997702281207808

 

[atribecalledgabi]

https://youtu.be/65I5aEYiaIs

Just reminded me i istill havent read it i got a gang of article in my read folder.. one must prepare him/herself for Ta-nehisi

You ain't lying. Even his black panther comics are heavy and wordy af

 

[stringer bell]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/obama-twelfth-best-president-cspan

Obama Ranks 12th Best In C-SPAN Survey Of Presidential Historians

Former President Barack Obama was ranked 12th best among 43 former presidents in in C-SPAN’s third-ever survey of dozens of presidential historians.

The network asked 91 presidential historians to rank every former president on 10 leadership attributes. C-SPAN also performed the survey in 2000 and 2009.

Obama ranked favorably compared to his immediate predecessors: George W. Bush ranked at No. 33 (up from 36 in 2009), George H.W. Bush was No. 20 (down from 18), and Bill Clinton held steady at No. 15.

Ronald Reagan was judged the ninth best president of all time, up from No. 10 in 2009.

In a press release accompanying the results, historian Richard Norton Smith, an academic adviser for the project, noted that five of the top 10 judged presidents in the American pantheon served between 1933 and 1969.

“It reinforces Franklin Roosevelt's claim to be not only the first modern president but the man who, in reinventing the office, also established the criteria by which we judge our leaders,” he said.

C-SPAN asked historians to rate each president, on a scale of 1-10, on 10 difference leadership attributes: "Public Persuasion," "Crisis Leadership," "Economic Management," "Moral Authority," "International Relations," "Administrative Skills," "Relations with Congress," "Vision/Setting An Agenda," "Pursued Equal Justice for All," and "Performance Within the Context of His Times."

 

[fortyacres]

Barack and Michelle Obama agree Penguin Random House book deal

Former US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle have agreed a book deal with Penguin Random House.

"The company has acquired world publication rights for two books, to be written by President and Mrs Obama respectively," the publisher said.

Titles and other details have not been disclosed but the deal is believed to be worth over $60m.

Mr Obama is the author of the bestsellers Dreams from My Father and The Audacity of Hope.

Mrs Obama has written American Grown - a book about food and gardening.

"With their words and their leadership, they changed the world, and every day, with the books we publish at Penguin Random House, we strive to do the same," Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle said.

"Now, we are very much looking forward to working together with President and Mrs Obama to make each of their books global publishing events of unprecedented scope and significance."