

I Know Why Obama Smokes:
My Nerve-Wracking 2024 Run for Public Office
A New Book by
Dedria Barker
What does A Black woman running for an obscure public office in Lansing, Michigan have to do with Barak Obama, the first African American POTUS ? Everything. Cause when you're campaigning all candidates do the same things: Ask for money, ask for votes, ask for money, spend the money, knock on doors, talk, ask for money. And wait for the vote to come in. It's the most nerve-wracking popularity contest since middle school. In I Know Why Obama Smokes, candidate Dedria Humphries Barker reveals how campaigning is sometimes more of a war with trusted elected officials than even the media knows, and at the same time the most worthwhile thing an American can do. Obama smokes because times being what they are, holding on to something real is all that any one person can do for their democracy.