Reply #10: On The Shelves

[OrdinaryTa]

You can't judge the Mid-Manhattan branch by the books that are on the shelves, because that indicates only that patrons are not reading them. Maybe the New York Public Library is obligated to buy books from both sides of the political spectrum. These are some of the books I saw on the shelves yesterday:

The Right Man: The Surprise Presidency of George W. Bush by David Frum. Frum is the speechwriter who came up with the term "axis of evil". Interviewed in the Atlantic Monthly, Frum calls George Bush a man of powerful intellect:

... When you lay out the case for war—here's what we know about terrorism; here's what we know about the relationship between terror organizations and Iraq; here's what we know about the weapons Iraq is trying to acquire, why wouldn't we want to stop it?—people will often say, especially abroad, Well, maybe we would want to stop it if the United States weren't led by this bellicose moron. So it is very important for the people of the United States and the world to know that he is not a bellicose moron. He is a man of powerful intellect and a man of great restraint. Knowing that is an important contribution to huge decisions that the world has to make ...

http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/interviews/int2003-02-12.htm



The other books on the shelves included:

George and Laura : Portrait of an American Marriage by Christopher Andersen


Anyone Can Grow Up: How George Bush and I Made It to the White House by Margaret Carlson


Let Freedom Ring: Winning the War of Liberty over Liberalism -- by Sean Hannity