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Impressive, eh?
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Very.
If only he'd still been in office - he'd have been able to implement what he learnt & really save GM...
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:o :o Wow, ...I didn't know Dr. Seuss had penned so many titles.
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Impressive, eh?
WOW!!! :o hahaha
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oh boy.... getting deep
Karl Rove writes: Bush Is a Book Lover.
With only five days left, my lead is insurmountable. The competition can't catch up. And for the third year in a row, I'll triumph. In second place will be the president of the United States. Our contest is not about sports or politics. It's about books.
It all started on New Year's Eve in 2005. President Bush asked what my New Year's resolutions were. I told him that as a regular reader who'd gotten out of the habit, my goal was to read a book a week in 2006. Three days later, we were in the Oval Office when he fixed me in his sights and said, "I'm on my second. Where are you?" Mr. Bush had turned my resolution into a contest.
In 2006:
At year's end, I defeated the president, 110 books to 95. My trophy looks suspiciously like those given out at junior bowling finals. The president lamely insisted he'd lost because he'd been busy as Leader of the Free World.
In 2007, Rove also won, 76 to 51. And this year, Rove is ahead 64 to 40.
And this:
Each year, the president also read the Bible from cover to cover, along with a daily devotional.
I did the math. Bush read 186 books in 1,095 days, for an average of one book every 5.9 days. And these aren't thin novels. They're lengthy (mostly) non-fiction books. Obviously, Bush's presidency wasn't a full-time job.
Note: I read 57 books in 2008, for an average of one book every 6.4 days.
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He's a smart guy. He went to Yale and Harvard Business.
I'm also reading "Netherlands" right now, and it's taking me just as fucking long as Obama (but it is very good).
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He's a smart guy. He went to Yale and Harvard Business.
I'm also reading "Netherlands" right now, and it's taking me just as fucking long as Obama (but it is very good).
What did that set the Bush family back in donations to those institutes to make it happen?
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;)
Thing reeks of total Rovian Politics of inventing or re-inventing "character".
In 2006, with Bush's post-Katrina approval rating at 37%, Rove and company devised the George Bush Man of Letters strategy to try and improve his image and the Bush vs. Rove reading challenge was born. On August 20th of that year U.S. News & World report ran a story, "A humbled presidency," in which the new intellectualized George Bush is introduced. In the piece White House aides claimed that President Bush had already read 60 books and Rove had read 50.
As Pierre Tristam noted in his November of 2007 post Behind Charlotte Simmons' Burqah: What Bush Reads, Bush would have to be reading more than two books a week. "At 350 pages for the average book, that's more than 700 pages a week. Assuming the man reads 30 pages an hour, that's at least three hours a day of book-reading."
Tristam calls it "the myth of Bush as a one-man Library of Alexandria."
Also, according to the 2006 final results, Rove read 60 books from the middle of August to the end of the year to get to his 110. He would of had to average more than 3 books a week to get there, a mere 3x his stated goal of reading a book a week in 2006.
Well maybe I am, as Rove suggests, a small-minded critic devoured by bitterness but this just doesn't add up. If Bush and Rove truly wanted to share their passion for reading and love of books they could have been a lot more vocal about it. Think of the online book social network and community building possibilities? Think of all that potential and needed revenue for authors and publishers that could have been had if they would have shared their reading lists with the public.
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He's a smart guy. He went to Yale and Harvard Business.
I'm also reading "Netherlands" right now, and it's taking me just as fucking long as Obama (but it is very good).
He's what's called "old money". He didn't belong at either of those schools.
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He's what's called "old money". He didn't belong at either of those schools.
I was being facetious.
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I was being facetious.
Emoticon that shit. >:(
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TA delivers, as always!
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Total bullshit. Bush probably COULDN'T read a book to save his life.
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So what?Why is that so hard to believe?I read a book every couple of weeks while doing cardio.Why is it so hard to believe that George Bush reads.Id believe he reads before Id believe Olberman reads.
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So what?Why is that so hard to believe?
Drunks don't read.
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TA delivers, as always!
Yeah now two people have see this and his viewership went up 100% with 240. Keep ballwashing for a failure. When u back the next popular guy...we'll make sure to remind u of where ur heart lies.
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Drunks don't read.
But cocaine and pot abusers like Obama do???
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olbermann beat oreilly among viewers 18-34 viewers last month. in fact it was the top rated 8 pm cable show.
OReilly still gets the old folks, I suppose.
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But cocaine and pot abusers like Obama do???
Only one of these men chose to abuse their substance while in office.
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lol... imagine the obama hatred we'd hear if Obama showed up this smashed and embarassed us in front of the world...
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lol... imagine the obama hatred we'd hear if Obama showed up this smashed and embarassed us in front of the world...
Apologizing to the world endlessly and embarassingly is bad enough. I wish he were drunk, maybe he would not make speeches that are filled with utter pap and nonsense.
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lol... imagine the obama hatred we'd hear if Obama showed up this smashed and embarassed us in front of the world...
I used to have a video of Bush picking his nose in public. I swear you'd think the guy was drilling for oil.
it was one of the most embarassing and disgusting things I've ever seen a politician do in public. :-X
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olbermann beat oreilly among viewers 18-34 viewers last month. in fact it was the top rated 8 pm cable show.
OReilly still gets the old folks, I suppose.
Really?I know that in May 2008 he beat Oreilly for ONE week and that was because FOX covered the primaries and Oreilly was on vacation on a Friday and Ingham guest hosted.However,I have not heard that before that month or since that month.Make sure you have your years and month correct.I believe that"vicory" was in 2008,NOT this year.
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But cocaine and pot abusers like Obama do???
Unlike Bush, Obamas cocaine use didn't hinder him. He wrote books. Books without pictures. Books that little bush couldn't understand.
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Unlike Bush, Obamas cocaine use didn't hinder him. He wrote books. Books without pictures. Books that little bush couldn't understand.
Ha ha. Do you really think he wrote those books???
They all have ghost writers.
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So what?Why is that so hard to believe?I read a book every couple of weeks while doing cardio.Why is it so hard to believe that George Bush reads.Id believe he reads before Id believe Olberman reads.
The shocking thing is not that someone as stupid as Bush can make it through a book. The shocking thing is that a sitting president has time to read up to 3 novels a week. Even for a housewife, that's an impressive number I guess there was a reason he's the only president who looked younger and more radiant when he left office than when he was inaugurated.
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The shocking thing is not that someone as stupid as Bush can make it through a book. The shocking thing is that a sitting president has time to read up to 3 novels a week. Even for a housewife, that's an impressive number I guess there was a reason he's the only president who looked younger and more radiant when he left office than when he was inaugurated.
Obama takes EVERY weekend off and starts his work day at 9:00am and travels around and doesnt do a goddmam thing all week but make speaches and figure out a way he can rape the working man.
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Obama takes EVERY weekend off and starts his work day at 9:00am and travels around and doesnt do a goddmam thing all week but make speaches and figure out a way he can rape the working man.
how did you learn his schedule? I remember him on TV giving a speech during the swine flu mess. it was a sunday.
So much for your theory that he doesn't work sundays.
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Obama takes EVERY weekend off and starts his work day at 9:00am and travels around and doesnt do a goddmam thing all week but make speaches and figure out a way he can rape the working man.
Thats because he is just a figure head doing the bidding for his puppet masters.
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how did you learn his schedule? I remember him on TV giving a speech during the swine flu mess. it was a sunday.
So much for your theory that he doesn't work sundays.
It was reported on MSNBC you dildo.By the way,Im still waiting for the explanation how Olberman beat Oreill LAST month.Did you check to make sure you were right,or was it another case of your sloppy posting?
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Obama takes EVERY weekend off and starts his work day at 9:00am and travels around and doesnt do a goddmam thing all week but make speaches and figure out a way he can rape the working man.
In additions to weekends, bush was the most absent POTUS of all time.
So your point.... is? What?
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Ha ha. Do you really think he wrote those books???
They all have ghost writers.
Obama actually did not have a ghost writer. He wrote the books himself.
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Obama actually did not have a ghost writer. He wrote the books himself.
Bullshit!!Bill Ayers probably ghost wrote them.NO ONE knows if he wrote them or had someone else do it.Take his word for it if you want,I dont.
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It was reported on MSNBC you dildo.By the way,Im still waiting for the explanation how Olberman beat Oreill LAST month.Did you check to make sure you were right,or was it another case of your sloppy posting?
Sloppy posting? hey, you managed to make 1 post without bashing people of a diff race, so you do deserve some credit.
MSNBC #1 News Network Among Young Viewers, Adults 18-34, in Primetime
MSNBC was the number one cable news network among younger viewers, Adults 18-34, in March, in M-F and M-Su primetime and in sales prime (7 p.m.-2 a.m. ET).
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/q1_2009_ratings_msnbc_tops_cnn_in_prime_time_112780.asp
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If you can't prove he didn't, you can't argue against anyone saying he did.
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Bullshit!!Bill Ayers probably ghost wrote them.NO ONE knows if he wrote them or had someone else do it.Take his word for it if you want,I dont.
This coming from someone who still thinks Obama forged his birth certificate.
Seriously, Billy, you are a sociopath and a loon and are afraid of facts.
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Sloppy posting? hey, you managed to make 1 post without bashing people of a diff race, so you do deserve some credit.
MSNBC #1 News Network Among Young Viewers, Adults 18-34, in Primetime
MSNBC was the number one cable news network among younger viewers, Adults 18-34, in March, in M-F and M-Su primetime and in sales prime (7 p.m.-2 a.m. ET).
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/q1_2009_ratings_msnbc_tops_cnn_in_prime_time_112780.asp
Hey stupid ass.Where does it say that Olberman BEAT Oreilly?
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This coming from someone who still thinks Obama forged his birth certificate.
Seriously, Billy, you are a sociopath and a loon and are afraid of facts.
HEY YOU FILTHY homo LOVING LITTLE BITCH.NOT ONLY ARE YOU A FREAKING PUNK ASS BITCH BUT YOUR A LIAR AS WELL.SHOW ME ONE POST EVER!!!!!WHERE I SAID THAT,IMPLIED THAT OR EVEN COMMENTED ON THAT.YOUR A FILTHY LITTLE LYING guy.WHY SHOULDNT THAT SURPRISE ME THOUGH WHEN YOU THINK GAY NARRIAGE IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.I GUESS YOU CARE ABOUT THE THINGS YOU ARE.
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HEY YOU FILTHY homo LOVING LITTLE BITCH.NOT ONLY ARE YOU A FREAKING PUNK ASS BITCH BUT YOUR A LIAR AS WELL.SHOW ME ONE POST EVER!!!!!WHERE I SAID THAT,IMPLIED THAT OR EVEN COMMENTED ON THAT.YOUR A FILTHY LITTLE LYING ####.WHY SHOULDNT THAT SURPRISE ME THOUGH WHEN YOU THINK GAY NARRIAGE IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.I GUESS YOU CARE ABOUT THE THINGS YOU ARE.
you need to lower the "HRT" dose, man. Definitely seem a little edgy lately.
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HEY YOU FILTHY homo LOVING LITTLE BITCH.NOT ONLY ARE YOU A FREAKING PUNK ASS BITCH BUT YOUR A LIAR AS WELL.SHOW ME ONE POST EVER!!!!!WHERE I SAID THAT,IMPLIED THAT OR EVEN COMMENTED ON THAT.YOUR A FILTHY LITTLE LYING ####.WHY SHOULDNT THAT SURPRISE ME THOUGH WHEN YOU THINK GAY NARRIAGE IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.I GUESS YOU CARE ABOUT THE THINGS YOU ARE.
Nice meltdown. Are you off your meds or something, nutjob?
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Nice meltdown. Are you off your meds or something, nutjob?
Wow,bezerk fury,what a scary name.You must be a real tough guy.Ha,ha,ha.Oh brother what a tool.
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Obama takes EVERY weekend off and starts his work day at 9:00am and travels around and doesnt do a goddmam thing all week but make speaches and figure out a way he can rape the working man.
The weekend thing is not true. The current administration's "business casual" weekend dress code is written about often.
I don't know for certain if he starts his day at 9 am regularly, but he has been in the office past 10 pm frequently, so this must eat in to his nightly reading time quite a bit.
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HEY YOU FILTHY homo LOVING LITTLE BITCH.NOT ONLY ARE YOU A FREAKING PUNK ASS BITCH BUT YOUR A LIAR AS WELL.SHOW ME ONE POST EVER!!!!!WHERE I SAID THAT,IMPLIED THAT OR EVEN COMMENTED ON THAT.YOUR A FILTHY LITTLE LYING ####.WHY SHOULDNT THAT SURPRISE ME THOUGH WHEN YOU THINK GAY NARRIAGE IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.I GUESS YOU CARE ABOUT THE THINGS YOU ARE.
You make a lot of posts like this. You're like that avatar of the angry little guy pounding his keyboard so hard that his limbs fly off in a bloody rage.
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Wow,bezerk fury,what a scary name.You must be a real tough guy.Ha,ha,ha.Oh brother what a tool.
Good one, brah.
You're obviously quite unbalanced.
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Good one, brah.
You're obviously quite unbalanced.
Oh no,a gutless internet icon thinks Im unbalanced.Oh no,what will I do?How will I make it through the day?By the way,what the fuck is brah?Is that some cool new attempt at showing how hip you are?Did you get that hanging out at the club?Again,what a tool.
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Drunks don't read.
YES THEY DO!!!!...They can read a Scotch label from a Bourbon label and decide which one they want to get DRUNK ON
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HEY YOU FILTHY homo LOVING LITTLE BITCH.NOT ONLY ARE YOU A FREAKING PUNK ASS BITCH BUT YOUR A LIAR AS WELL.SHOW ME ONE POST EVER!!!!!WHERE I SAID THAT,IMPLIED THAT OR EVEN COMMENTED ON THAT.YOUR A FILTHY LITTLE LYING ####.WHY SHOULDNT THAT SURPRISE ME THOUGH WHEN YOU THINK GAY NARRIAGE IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.I GUESS YOU CARE ABOUT THE THINGS YOU ARE.
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HEY YOU FILTHY homo LOVING LITTLE BITCH.NOT ONLY ARE YOU A FREAKING PUNK ASS BITCH BUT YOUR A LIAR AS WELL.SHOW ME ONE POST EVER!!!!!WHERE I SAID THAT,IMPLIED THAT OR EVEN COMMENTED ON THAT.YOUR A FILTHY LITTLE LYING ####.WHY SHOULDNT THAT SURPRISE ME THOUGH WHEN YOU THINK GAY NARRIAGE IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE.I GUESS YOU CARE ABOUT THE THINGS YOU ARE.
I am highly amused by the fact that you do not deny that you are a sociopath.
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So what?Why is that so hard to believe?I read a book every couple of weeks while doing cardio.Why is it so hard to believe that George Bush reads.Id believe he reads before Id believe Olberman reads.
hahahahaha, epic post lol... Gee, I have no idea why it would be hard to believe Bush would read a book every 6 days or less for years. Nothing in his character would lead me to believe otherwise LOL... And I'm sure Rove would not lie to us in these matters. He would never do something like that. ahahahahahaha... I'm totally convinced! :D
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I am highly amused by the fact that you do not deny that you are a sociopath.
I'm highly amused that you dint deny loving guys.
Do you even understand what a sociopath is?If I were a sociopath I WOULD have shot Tiller.I wouldn't have cared about the consequences or even thought it would be wrong.I said the guy who shot him was a hero BUT should be put to death for breaking the law.I'm Fully AWARE OF WHATS RIGHT AND WRONG,the difference between us is YOU think your right,but almost the entire country disagrees with YOUR VIEWS [check your position on gay marriage,socialism etc].Its actually YOU who are WAY out of the mainstream.51% of Americans identify themselves as pro life.I'm in the mainstream there.I watch FOX news,I'm in the mainstream there.YOU just think you have been elected as the ruler of whats mainstream and whats extreme.Here is a clue,YOU HAVE NOT BEEN!
Now,the other thing I'm highly amused at is you accused me of saying Obama forged his birth certificate.I said I never said or even thought that.You never corrected yourself,never said you were wrong,never said sorry.You are just like 240,attack,get called out on it,then move on to the next attack.Pretty gutless way to debate.
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I'm highly amused that you dint deny loving ####.
Do you even understand what a sociopath is?If I were a sociopath I WOULD have shot Tiller.I wouldn't have cared about the consequences or even thought it would be wrong.I said the guy who shot him was a hero BUT should be put to death for breaking the law.I'm Fully AWARE OF WHATS RIGHT AND WRONG,the difference between us is YOU think your right,but almost the entire country disagrees with YOUR VIEWS [check your position on gay marriage,socialism etc].Its actually YOU who are WAY out of the mainstream.51% of Americans identify themselves as pro life.I'm in the mainstream there.I watch FOX news,I'm in the mainstream there.YOU just think you have been elected as the ruler of whats mainstream and whats extreme.Here is a clue,YOU HAVE NOT BEEN!
Now,the other thing I'm highly amused at is you accused me of saying Obama forged his birth certificate.I said I never said or even thought that.You never corrected yourself,never said you were wrong,never said sorry.You are just like 240,attack,get called out on it,then move on to the next attack.Pretty gutless way to debate.
You aren`t a Sociopath? How many times have you told me that you`d like to smash my face in or break my legs? Moreover, its not just me, but you threaten others as well.
I have yet to see a single post where you exhibit at least some sort of decency or some sort of regard to other fellows of the human race.