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Its amateur hour at the White House. So says New York Times bestselling author Edward Klein in his political expose The Amateur. Tapping into the publics growing sentiment that President Obama is in over his head, The Amateur argues that Obamas toxic combination of incompetence and arrogance has run our nation and his presidency off the rails. Obama was both completely inexperienced and ideologically far to the left of most Americans when he entered the White House, says Klein. And he was so arrogant that he didnt even know what he didnt know. Klein, who is known for getting the inside scoop on everyone from the Kennedys to the Clintons, reveals never-before-published details about the Obama administrations political inner workings, as well as Barack and Michelles personal lives, including --The inordinate influence Michelle wields over Barack and her feud with a high-profile celebrity --The real reason Rahm Emmanuel left the White House it wasnt for family reasons --Why Valerie Jarretts role is closer to that of Rasputin than impartial senior advisor --How Obama has purposefully forgotten and ignored those who put him in power, including the Kennedys and the Jewish and African American communities in Chicago From Obamas conceited and detached demeanor, to his detrimental reliance on Michelle Obama and Valerie Jarretts advice, to the Obamas extravagant and out-of-touch lifestyle, The Amateur reveals a president whose ignorance and incompetence are sabotaging himself, his presidency, and America.
About the Author
Edward Klein is a well-known editor, writer and public speaker with a distinguished career in American journalism.
After serving an apprenticeship as a copy boy for the New York Daily News, he became a reporter for The World Telegram & Sun, where he covered Brooklyn street gangs and the courts.
He earned a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, which awarded him a traveling fellowship to Japan. There, he learned to speak Japanese and traveled throughout Asia as a foreign correspondent for United Press International.
Upon his return to New York, he joined Newsweek, where he became foreign editor and then assistant managing editor with jurisdiction over foreign and military affairs.
From Newsweek, he joined The New York Times. As editor in chief of The New York Times Magazine, he led this flagship publication of the Sunday Times to new heights of public interest and editorial excellence. During his editorship, The New York Times Magazine won the first Pulitzer Prize in its history.
Since leaving The Times, Edward Klein has written many articles for Vanity Fair and other national magazines. For almost 20 years, he wrote Parade magazine's "Walter Scott's Personality Parade," the most widely read column in the English language.
His nonfiction books have all appeared on The New York Times Best Seller List. They include: All Too Human: The Love Story of Jack and Jackie Kennedy; Just Jackie: Her Private Years; The Kennedy Curse; Farewell Jackie: A Portrait of Her Final Days; The Truth About Hillary; Katie: The Real Story; Ted Kennedy: The Dream That Never Died; The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House; Blood Feud: The Clintons Vs. The Obamas; Unlikeable: The Problem With Hillary; and Guilty as Sin: Uncovering New Evidence of Corruption and How Hillary Clinton and the Democrats Derailed the FBI Investigation.
Edward Klein is also a novelist. He is the co-author of If Israel Lost the War and the author of The Parachutists.
