2022: I did not think the politics book written by the straight white guy was going to be the first one to make me laugh out loud MULTIPLE times this year, but you win, David Litt.

I've read a bunch of books of various staffers' perspectives on what life was like in the White House under Obama (including but not limited to [b:Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House|31176294|Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House|Alyssa Mastromonaco|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1480286429l/31176294._SX50_.jpg|51813578] and [b:The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir|42872088|The Education of an Idealist A Memoir|Samantha Power|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1565398168l/42872088._SY75_.jpg|66662066]). Thanks, Obama should not be left off your list. I appreciated that Litt acknowledged his privilege several times throughout, and enjoyed his anecdotes about being so close, yet so far, on the White House's metaphorical ladder even more.

Here's a brief collection of some of my favorite quotes. If any of them make you laugh, you will enjoy this book.

"I would have set myself on fire before allowing a sophomore to direct my improv comedy group. When it came to running the country, however, I was pretty sure a freshman Senator could figure it out."
"I don't mean to imply that 2009 was an endless series of House of Cards sex-murders in a desperate climb to the top."
"This was my third chance to make a second first impression on the president."
"How many people have met Barack Obama? Tens of thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands. How many people have found a salmon in the toilet at work?"
"Blinded by my business card, she had leaned in to kiss Rob Lowe's character from The West Wing and instead made contact with me."
"As far as I can tell, the DNC headquarters was designed by someone who had never seen a building before."
"Then, the [well-meaning white people] return to their burrows to eat açaí berries and purchase Jonathan Franzen novels they'll never read."
"So I'm looking through these pictures of the president with the First Lady's bangs, and I'm just wondering, is the joke supposed to be that POTUS looks like Hitler?"
"At age nineteen, for example, I was disciplined for falling short of a science requirement. Jared was disciplined for machine-gunning a dolphin during an offshore training exercise."
"Free from responsibility, Sunny bounded recklessly and put his paws all over everything, like Prince Harry before he settled down."