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 presidentâs critics head-on and celebrates the presidentâs many underappreciated triumphs.
Barack Obamaâs election in 2008 was a watershed moment in American history that inspired supporters on the Leftâand fired up enemies on the Right. Elected in the midst of multiple crisesâa Wall Street meltdown that imperiled the global economy and American troops entangled in two foreign warsâBarack Obamaâs presidency promised, from the start, to be one of the most consequential presidencies in modern American history.
Although he stabilized the economy and restored Americaâs 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 âthe worst president in [his] lifetimeââan accusation that reflects the politics of resentment and recrimination that has come to characterize the presidentâs critics.
In The âBest Worstâ President, Mark Hannah and New Yorker illustrator Bob Staake swiftly and systematically debunk conservative lies and disinformation meant to negate the presidentâs accomplishments and damage his reputationâbaseless charges too often left unchallenged by the national media. The âBest Worstâ 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 administrationâs most surprising and underappreciated triumphsâmaking clear he truly is the best âworst presidentâ our nation has ever known.