Outsider in the White House

Special Audio Edition

By: Bernie Sanders, Huck Gutman, John Nichols - afterword

Narrated by: Joe Barrett, Brian Sutherland

Bernie Sanders' campaign for the presidency of the United States has galvanized supporters all over the country, drawing attention to issues of economic, racial, and social justice and spotlighting one of the most interesting and unconventional candidates in decades.

In a special afterword, Nation editor John Nichols assesses Sanders’ Senate career and describes how it led to a presidential campaign that is changing the American discussion of politics and the presidency.

Sanders tells the story of a passionate and principled political life as well as his blueprint for the nation that works for everyone. He describes cutting his teeth in the Civil Rights Movement, building a grassroots political movement, and becoming the first independent elected to the US Congress in 40 years.

The story continues into the US Senate and through the dramatic launch of his presidential campaign.

©2014, 2015 David Roediger, Afterword 2015 by John Nichols (P)2015 Audible, Inc.

Great I know more about Bernie Sanders!!

Bernie Sanders is truly the greatest American hero of our time. Whether history will reflect that depends on his movement! This is essential reading for all Americans wanting to bring back the true American Dream and turn around the USA's course to the bottom.

Disappointing at best

As a huge Bernie fan, I was really looking forward to this book, but was disappointed at best. Although many of the stories are interesting and informative, it is very unorganized, scattered, and hard to follow. It jumps back and forth in time and campaigns, and just doesn’t make sense. At one point, after discussing his final term (and even final meeting) as mayor, then jumping to a national race, the book returns to the campaign and election of his final term as mayor. As much as I like Bernie, I finally had tin stop listening.

All of us are outsiders, but we do not need to be.

His book cleanly and positively demonstrates Senator Sanders' campaign ideology and political history, without overloading the reader with haughty rhetoric or empty promises. Let it be known, if you read This book, regardless of your stance on Bernie, you will walk away with a much greater understanding of what he represents, and the reason why people love him so much.

Get involved, volunteer for your primaries and caucuses, and campaign, and maybe America will have a leader like Senator Sanders.

Enlightening and terrifying.

I am on my second listen and its starting to dawn on me just how lucky Bernie is that he hasn't been assassinated. This book is the most enlightening book I ever read. It really brings to light just how deep the corruption is and the common knowledge that no matter what you choose, you lose, is truer than you may think. There are multiple times in this wonderful audiobook that Bernie goes over how he fought against policies that gave the rich huge federal money and took from the working class expecting them to pay for it all the while both Democrats and Republicans supported this. Clearly they are both in the back pocket of the rich, and they know it.

I'd kiss the ground Bernie walks on, as much as I'd kiss the ground George Carlin walks on. He fought against a system designed to destroy him and even though the fight was useless, madness, and futile, he kept fighting, on and on, endlessly. He stood by his words and even after being slapped, booed, hated, and even having his family stalked. He kept going.

He is at the end of his life and he got to watch our entire country fall into pieces while the Democrats and Republicans not only assisted in this but profited off of it. It is disgusting. I cannot imagine what it feels like to watch everything he fought for to be destroyed little by little. Its saddening. To this day, he is still just an outcast, and this book aged like fine wine. Or milk, depending on how you view it.

Showcases a Life of Achievement and Integrity

Any additional comments?

Was hoping that the Author (Bernie Sanders) could have narrated, but Joe Barrett and Brian Sutherland do a great job nonetheless.