Rejected Titles for Barack Obama’s Book: The Audacity of Hope

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The Paucity of Dope
The Audacity of Expectorants
Why Not Sanguinity?
Axis: Bold as Love
Half-Black Like Me
Why Jesus Don’t Love You
The Impudence of a Lack of Pessimism
Righteous In-Dig-Nation (get it?)
Expecting the Opposite of Despair
Positively Main Street
Hope is Four Letter Word
Is This a Self-Help or a Trade Book?
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
The Impudence of Optimism
The Mendacity of Apprehension
The Dream of the Blue Turtles
The Audacity of Audacity
Why Bad Things Happen to Good People
Don’t Touch Me There, Mister

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