Book · 2011 · Politics and government
Dreams From Our Founding Fathers
First Principles in the Age of Obama
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Key to this strategy is self-publishing his first book dreams from our founding fathers.
The best things said about it
And he's not only read desantis's most recent book but he won up Me by reading his little-known 2011 book dreams from our founding fathers.
Ezra Klein The Ezra Klein Show · Jun 2023 It's called dreams from my founding fathers get it uh yes it is a a pretty uh overt and unsubtle dig at Obama's dreams from my father.
Carlos Lozada The Ezra Klein Show · Jun 2023 He actually wrote a book that I am sure he had to have written himself because he didn't have a bunch of people around him helping it was uh dreams of our founding fathers there were only 100 or so copies published.
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Dreams From Our Founding Fathers is an early, self-published book by Ron DeSantis that outlines his political philosophy and draws direct inspiration from American history. The book was a subject of discussion among several podcast hosts analyzing the political background of the Florida governor. On Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans discussed the self-published text to explain how DeSantis patterned his political career and strategy after conservative media figures. A host on Timcast IRL, specifically Matt Brainerd, also brought up the early work, praising its depth and noting that it was an obscure publication with only a limited number of copies printed. On The Ezra Klein Show, Ezra Klein and guest Carlos Lozada analyzed the publications of the politician, with Klein noting that Lozada went above and beyond by reading the little-known 2011 book. Lozada discussed the publication during the interview, pointing out that its title was an obvious and deliberate jab at Barack Obama's memoir, Dreams from My Father. Across these discussions, the podcast guests and hosts used the text to examine the early intellectual development and political positioning of the prominent conservative figure.
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Carlos Lozada it's called dreams from my founding fathers get it uh yes it is a a pretty uh overt and unsubtle dig at Oba… 1
“it's called dreams from my founding fathers get it uh yes it is a a pretty uh overt and unsubtle dig at Obama's dreams from my father”
Ezra Klein and he's not only read desantis's most recent book but he won up Me by reading his little-known 2011 book d… 1
“and he's not only read desantis's most recent book but he won up Me by reading his little-known 2011 book dreams from our founding fathers”
Robert Evans key to this strategy is self-publishing his first book dreams from our founding fathers 1
“key to this strategy is self-publishing his first book dreams from our founding fathers”
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“he actually wrote a book that I am sure he had to have written himself because he didn't have a bunch of people around him helping it was uh dreams of our founding fathers there were only 100 or so copies published”
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“did you guys know that he wrote a book called dreams from our founding fathers”