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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:24 PM Original message |
Bush Has Entered "Book-Reading Competition With Karl Rove" & He's Winning |
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Lefty-Taylor (310 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh puleeeeze!!! And I just came up with a cure for cancer. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. that's more likely than Bush picking up a book to read |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. Of course, they were picture books.... |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. Most people who read books don't have to announce it in a press release. |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. nor are they paid for negligence on the job |
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shain from kane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Clinton got a bj. n/t |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 07:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
44. so iran's to get a bj. |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 07:43 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Are you sure |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 07:53 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. depends what one means by 'blow' |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. bush reading Camus? No way! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. And Hamlet! |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. Nice to see he's 'edumicating' himself. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. So does he get a star on his chart when he's finished one |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. Competition? |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:35 PM Original message |
Yes ... |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. Rove vs Bush..give me a fucking break..it is called P R O P A G A N D A |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. .. |
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shain from kane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. See Abe run. See Abe win. See Civil War, Oh, Fiddle-dee-dee. I don't |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. Say WHAT??? ... the brainy Rove??? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. That's right. Rove is not a genius. He's a criminal. n/t |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Funny, that. If you google "Karl Rove photographic memory" |
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patricia92243 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. Did Bush think Rove would seriously beat him. Rove is no fool, he knows w |
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Montagnard (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
17. The Explains How He Knew |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
18. My God what will his base think? IF it is true. |
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klook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
19. Wow, and he came back from vacation after only 10 days!! |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
20. Who do they think they're kidding? |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. The Cat in the Hat Comes Back |
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guinivere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. The next five |
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KatyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 03:41 AM Response to Reply #20 |
60. don't forget |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
22. Hey Chuckle Nuts, reading 60 books means you are not doing your |
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MissWaverly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
24. The only thing I want him to read is his resignation |
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patricia92243 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
25. Is there a way to get a list of the books, and let some of our readers her |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Here's a link: |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. I don't even think he's reading the titles |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 06:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Well, when you skip over the big words |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
26. Gravitas? (gulp, spit-take, wheeze) GRAVITAS? |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
54. Sad to say, I can see him giving a speech and using that word a |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. Does an "Archie" comic book count as a book?? |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
32. Could he at least made the time and effort to read the Constitution ???? |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:13 PM Response to Reply #32 |
53. I mentioned that later... |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 05:36 AM Response to Reply #53 |
61. "maybe Chimpy could have his daughters read it to him...", THESE girls??? |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
33. I bet his own very thin book, "Things Which Interest Me", is on the list |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
34. As if the very notion of a "book reading competition" screams GRAVITAS? |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
37. The fact that these are round numbers make this suspect to me... |
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:09 PM Response to Reply #37 |
51. Nice catch. |
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klook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
38. Here's one of his favorites |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
39. If you're going to make up stuff |
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Missy M (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
40. I read what his list of books are for his summer reading.... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
41. Is Bush TRYING to alienate his base?! HAHAHAHA! READ, Bushie, READ! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
42. Next, we'll hear Junior is making copious marginal notes in Kirkegaard's |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
43. My Pet Goat vs. Mein Kampf |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
45. The president had a summer reading program? |
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tibbiit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
46. Next we will see pictures of him |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Let me know when he starts chopping down cherry trees (n/m) |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 12:26 AM Response to Reply #46 |
56. We don't swallow it, but it's pervasive, isn't it. nt |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
50. cheating. like jack sparrow,.... pirate. bush..... cheating |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
52. Maybe if the AWOL Cowboy read the US Constitution for once, I'd be happy |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-21-06 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
55. He has time to read a book every 3.9 days? |
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aaronbees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 03:10 AM Response to Original message |
57. "Choose Your Own Adventure" books? .... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 03:30 AM Response to Original message |
58. What hardworking person of ANY profession has time to read 60 books? |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 03:33 AM Response to Original message |
59. Just reading the title doesn't count, George. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 05:45 AM Response to Original message |
62. A lie: plain and simple |
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soup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 06:01 AM Response to Original message |
63. Well, that changes EVERYTHING. |
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Crankie Avalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
64. Are we truly supposed to believe he's read 60 books in under eight months? |
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symbolman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
65. Reading and Comprehension are two different animals |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
66. IS your pResident learning? |
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peaches2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
67. When does he read all these books? |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-25-06 12:53 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. My Pet Goat? |
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SeveneightyWhoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-25-06 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
68. I have a new-found respect for George W. Bush. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-25-06 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
69. Well he sure as hell isn't running the country |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-25-06 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
71. I wonder how many of those 50 books Rove read |
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