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Related: About this forumCatch Michael Lewis on Charlie Rose!
Last edited Thu Oct 30, 2014, 12:48 PM - Edit history (1)
He defends Obama in a way I've never heard. And he may be writing a book about Obama's last year in office - being there with him to observe it. He's promoting "Liar's Poker" and was asked about the president being seen as "liability". He'd written an article on Obama for Vanity Fair.
As Charlie tried to bash Obama, Lewis resolutely and with a smile offered his wonderfully insightful description. When the interview comes on-line, I'll post it here:
Here's the Vanity Article article:
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2012/10/michael-lewis-profile-barack-obama
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Catch Michael Lewis on Charlie Rose! (Original Post)
SleeplessinSoCal
Oct 2014
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freshwest
(53,661 posts)1. Awesome piece, still not to the end of it. Hope to see that interview here, too. Thanks, SSC!
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,871 posts)2. Interview.
http://www.charlierose.com/watch/60467544
Last 6 minutes or so is about Obama, but whole interview is worth watching re: Wall Street.
Last 6 minutes or so is about Obama, but whole interview is worth watching re: Wall Street.
Cha
(307,360 posts)3. Thank you, SleeplessinSoCal.. sorry, I missed this yesterday!