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After perusing all these comments, heading back in time as it were, I reach the bottom of the page and see the only one that should have been posted at all. Many thanks to David for point out that "this isn't newsworthy." To be fair though, in his own eyes Rove is simply still doing his job. A job which, at this point, appears to be following the coattails of Oliver Stone by trying to get us to "identify with" or "feel sympathy" for the outgoing President Bush. Personally, I DO feel sympathy for and can actually identify with Mr. Bush. When life hands you lemons, some people make lemonade...most others are left juggling incessantly until they all hit the ground. So maybe he wasn't the best man for the job...but...who is? You never know how cold the water is until you actually jump in.

And remember, no matter what religion you fancy...

Love is Peace....Peace is Love. There is no longer room for hate.

Let's see:
*Rove attempted to steal yet another election for Bush and Co.,
*Bush could have thwarted the 9-11 attacks but didn't even try,
*Bush let the real 9-11 leaders get away because he wanted to invade Iraq, which he was able to do because he and his bunch told one lie after another, including that everyone in the world believed Sadam had WMDs,
*Bush allowed the war to be poorly planned by Rumsfeld instead of listening to military who spoke truth to power and paid for it with their careers.
*Bush was aware of state governors attempting, with state banking directors, to put a stop to the mortgage mess, but instead of helping, he used a law from the Civil War to keep the states from protecting their citizens....

In other words, Bush was at least partially responsible for the deaths on 9-11, for even more military deaths and maimings, and even MORE Iraqi deaths and maimings; also for much of the current financial mess.......

But it's so cute that he and Karl have this little book-reading contest.

Don't you think that you should change your 'Greatest name in news' ??? I do.

THERE ARE SO MANY TERRIBLE THINGS THESE TWO MEN HAVE DONE, BUT CNN FOCUSES ON THE READING CONTEST?????

S H A M E O N Y O U ! ! !
You owe REAL NEWS and TRUTH to Americans!

The only credit Bush gets for keeping this country safe, was by leaving American troops in harms way as bait in a war he lied about to get us into for profit. One where he IGNORED his generals, his commanders on the ground, when they asked for more troops from '03 until Republicans lost the mid term elections '06. Then and only then did he comply with that request. Surge my Democratic icon! George W. Bush ensured a lengthy war keeping the troop count low until '07. It allowed insurgents of all stripes to pour across Iraq's borders and get good and dug in. Longer war, more profit. George Bush & Co. conspired to steal two elections in order to INVADE Iraq to start this war for PROFIT. If you people had only paid attention. Bush should be having to retire with his war profits in Saudi Arabia with his friends instead of in Texas. I've always wondered, if only you'd paid attention! My God! Dear God, If only they'd paid attention!

I read a good bit myself – in what spare time I can find. The Fall of Rome, The Dark Side, Colin Powell, Voyager Out, Brainless, The History of the Blues, Desert Queen, The End of Iraq, Two Years Before the Mast being the latest few. I suppose I've revealed the Liberal, Left Wing, Intellectual leanings of those of us that believe in a diversity of interest, thought and perspective.

Bush has been a great President? He, Cheney, Addington and several others may well end up being convicted of war crimes after they lose the power to corrupt and intimidate. They have insulted, demeaned and disgraced our Constitution in a ways that are almost unimaginable. If justice is eventually served to the world community, they may well be exposed, indicted and convicted for what they've done to our country, our Constitution, our international reputation and our economy.

Those of us that apparently compose the, uh, "ungramattical" 80% of Americans that think the reign of King George II is a disgrace may well be mistaken – perhaps we simply can't tell the difference between the lackies, the criminals and the fools that have had control of our nation for the past eight years.

How many years, or generations, will it take to repair the damage this group of egomanics have managed to inflict?

For all of you haters of Bush out there, here's one for you: How do you think a JUNIOR Senator, with only around 2 years of service, became eligible to run for President? How do you think he got his seat in Illionois? Change? I don't think so–the only change we'll ever see in the White House these next 4 years, is the color of the skin of our next president. He has reportedly even paid more money for his inauguration bible than any president before him too. There's change for you. And Hillary? Come on man, where is the change? NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!!!

Bush has done a great job, some say even an excellent job as President, and I believe the history books will agree with me in years to come. Had it NOT been for President Bush, the economy recession would have happened his very first term, but he held our economy together longer than it should have been elsewise.

No, Alicia, that logic won't work. Logic doesn't work with the Bush Lovers on this post. Note: I am not calling out Conservatives, as many are my friends, and, in fact, I share many economic views with them. This is about those who refuse to acknowledge the Bush adminstration's poor decisions.

In fact, Alicia, you can expect that the recession will be blames on Clinton's presidency (8 YEARS AGO!!!!) and the attacks will be blamed on Clinton admin's failed infrastructure! Ha!

Please remind us all of the CIA's special memos to the adminstration about eminent attacks! Please tell me that if Clinton's admin/Congress advocated failed economic and lending policies, that a new admin could have figured that out in 8 YEARS! 8 YEARS! There's no excuse.

Concerning the story, I may carry a full 18 credit med school load, but I don't see how it's possible that I could EVER read 1-2 historical works per week–let alone run a country and do it! That's BS, Karl, but I will be the first to admit–you are the best at what you do.

Enough is enough for Rove. Americans are tired of Rove, as he has nothing to offer!

I am obviously not the President of the United States, but as someone who works for a living, has children, and does not have a Chief of Staff and other aides, I barely have enough time to read 12 books a year much less 95 to 110. Karl Rove should have gone to prison for leaking the identity of a CIA operative to the press. A stunt like that, just to damage someone's credibility for criticizing the administration's unjust and unfounded reasons for going to war in Iraq, could have breached national security. If justice had been served, Rove could have achieved a personal best of 200+ books per year behind bars.

hahahahaha....bush, the intellectual. what propaganda bs.

you people are all very articulate and witty.

Bush kept us safe? Just because we send Americans to die in Iraq an Afganistan doesn't mean Americans are not getting killed. That was what they wanted – for us to send Americans over there to get killed. But if the makes you feel better, then by al means, give praise to Bush.

Truthfully, America is safer because of the people of the United States of America. Now if Bush's actions had crushed al Queda, then the boast would be valid.

Has anyone else ever wondered which of Bush's cronies from college and named to his Cabinet was the one who got him his 'C' average?

Unfortunately, reading does not equal comprehension and knowledge does not equal wisdom. However much of the former President Bush does or does not have, her certainly doesn't any of the latter, for "by their fruits ye shall know them."

Oh and Chris W...in Tampa..can I have some of that wave of Kool Aide too?

For all the reading Bush may have done..he learned nada, zilch, or maybe once thing..how to fictionalize reality to make it look better than it is. I wonder if he's ever tried to sell a tiger his own coat?

So, either the Bush White House is lying (again), or our current President is spending a lot of valuable time engaged in some sort of macho competition when he should be focusing on the challenges facing this nation.

Therman Dabler – Reagan won by a landslide. Obama won by a "demacratic landslide".

Grey Eagle..you ROCK! I wouldn't mind reading the whole thing :)
ROFLing and your little poetry there.

Well Bush beat me in the contest..but then again I Read the book ROOTS by Alex Haley by the time I was in 5th grade..why???? because there weren't any books left in the library in the elementary level for me to read.....

Bush probably read all the easy ones (and not while in elementary school either..he probably wrote his final paper on the pros and cons of Green Eggs and Ham)) . . And besides..any history is better than HIS history as it will be written. I cannot imagine the poor ghost writer that is gonna have to write his memoirs for him. Wow...you couldn't pay me enough.

I cannot believe this guy made it to president twice with the help of so many people (even if the first time it was a stolen presidency).

The United States should have the courage to deal on its own land and terms with this people, either as war criminals or checking their facts for any other of so many other crimes and felonies committed while in office.

Yes, it is unlikely, may set a dangerous precedent. That's why the case should be made solid charges. If you cannot handle the international implications of war criminal charges, find a corruption charge for at least some of these people.

Republicans need to stop calling themselves conservatives. It makes those of us who actually are look bad.

Who needs SNL when you can read this comments. Hilarious!!!!

karl bye bye you are a fat piece of you know what go eat another cheeseburger you and dick chaney need more than shoes thrown at you bye bye

Coming straight from India – I lived in states for some good years and was very critical of bush but after seeing what's happening in India I have to give it to him – he kept US of A safe for 7 years.

To REAL GOP.....9-11 happened on the BUSH WATCH!!!

The RECESSION we are all now in happened on the BUSH WATCH!!

Don't you all have a race or ethnic group to make fun of?

Of course Rove read more books. Shrub still has a job, no matter how poorly he does it, and Rove spent a large part of the year without one. Of course, his unemployment was because of criminality, so he gets no sympathy, but still.

Could some one possibly try to tell Bush & Rove that we (America) are supposed to be a Republic and why we are not supposed to be a Democracy. Perhaps someone has an extra copy of Aristotle's papers. Or they could Google " Aristotle government republic " and also learn about checks and balances with oversight/regulation, Yes sadly we cannot trust everyone especially in profit making adventures! John
http://www.spiritualpeaceproject.com/

For Dave Roth...you seem to forget our current president DID NOT win election twice. The first election was given to him. Now Obama WON an election.

Small minority? Obama won in in a relative landslide.

The last paragraph says that Bush read 40 books this year, and 95 books in 2006. This is contrary to the implication two paragraphs earlier that the tally was 110-95 this year.

But lets be fair...95 books in a year isnt bad...

Rove read how to dismantle the Constitution; Bush read comic books. Who won?

All of this Bush bashing by you liberals is sad. I wonder if you will be just as critical of Obama during the next 4 years or will you put on the same Clinton goggles you've had packed away for the next time a Dumocrat got elected POTUS. I don't know why this stupid little reading contest is news but apparently they must be trying to reduce their coverage of Obama since all the other MSM can't seem get off his jock. I'm thankful that most of you idiots posting on this board only represent a fraction of American society. I would hate to believe you actually represent the vast majority. This country would truly be on the way to destruction if that were the case.

Aw, he's such an easy target:

It doesn't count as reading a book if you only look at the pictures in the middle, especially if you still move your lips while doing so.

There is no way this President has read this many books in a year. He goes to bed at 8 – 10 o'clock every night. Supposedly, he's running the free world during the day. He would have to be among the world's fastest readers to achieve this rate, or else be staying up until the wee hours of the night to accomlish this literary feat of consumption. The smart money says this "contest" between Bush and Rove is a simplistic and childish attempt to bolster the President's shoddy intellectual bona fides. Swing....and a big miss.

It amazes me how many people are so willing to slander a president who has kept them safe for the last 7 years. You may not like the president, but at least give him credit for not using the office to advocate some sort of celebrity status. He wasn't renting out the Lincoln bedroom to rich Hollywood elites. You moronic liberals are so idiotic and narrowminded. You call President Bush stupid, but how many of you graduated from Yale? Sure, you can pull a few strings to get in, but you have to possess the mental energy to actually graduate. And don't forget his grades were higher than your previous savior and hero, John "Herman Munster" Kerry. The quarter of Americans, who, according to CNN polls, still respect the president, are the Americans who still believe in the greatness of America and the truth of American sovereignty. So, I am one of those 25 percent who will say Godspeed, Mr. President. Please remember that there are still many people who believe in you and realize the tough job you took on while you were in office.

OK, regardless of your political stance, ridiculous name-calling like "Dumbya" or emphasizing the Hussein in Obama's name derogatorily really adds nothing to the world or to the democratic process. I don't care if you're Democrat or Republican, but please make actual, intelligent arguments instead of putting out this blathering filth.

Nice reading list – but the real questions are: 1. Does he finish the books? 2. Does he actually learn something from them?

Does a bag of pretzels come with Dubya's book?

Modern liberals are apologists for idealogy above philosophy, persons so consumed with a perspective that anything not in step with their point of view is to be bashed and lambasted from any and all angles. The posts on this board only show the limited minds of the anti-Bush fifth column.

This story isn't as newsworthy as the one CNN did awhile ago about people who had proof of Sasquatch...and it's a lot less believable.

Yup you are all right, President Bush is an idiot. He's the idiot that won the hardest job in the world to get not just once, but twice.
It never ceases to amaze me that the same people that call President Bush and idiot are the same people that think he is the evil mastermind that plotted 9/11 so he could manipulate the oil markets.

I fail to see how this is of any importance or relevance in a time of war and economic turmoil. I mean it's cool and all that the President reads such educated history books, but shouldn't he be trying to solve the country's problems instead?

I'm just amazed that the leader of the free world with so many things going on, like a recession, and two wars has time to ready a book or two a week, how's that possible? Especially when so many are these huge historic pieces, as well as the Bible.

It just feels like Rowe continuing to spin W as something he's not. When you read the Rowe article is sounds desperately like part of a plan to reshape the president's failed legacy under a weak excuse that he was a misunderstood president, that people never gave him the intellectual credit he was due.

I believe that Bush read all these books. Because he sure as HELL didn't do anything else while he was in office!

Usually people who are avid readers are also eloquent speakers. It is possible that the number of gaffes the President has had in his speeches could be due to stress, or perhaps his case does not follow what his normally expected from the well read population. The layman cannot be sure which is the case, since it is equally plausible that this entire news story is inaccurate, as there have been a number of inaccuracies emanating from this administration.

I have no problem believing that Bush read all those books. Contrary to popular belief, he isn't stupid.

Arrogant, incurious, authoritarian, simplistic and amoral? Yes. But not stupid.

At least Uncurious George can recall having read "Green Eggs and Ham" (the last book he read)– unlike Sarah Palin, who could only recall: "All of 'em any of 'em that are put before me over the years." To vote for those bird brains proves how much Republicans hate this country.

what a load of crap. Bush reads comic books and People magazine on the toilet.

Even harder ..yesterday , I beat a one legged man in an a$$ kicking contest.
I rule

Carl, audio books don't count

I think it's quite possible that George read that many books cover to cover....the front cover and the back cover BUT it still doesn't mean he knew what he was reading and as for the person who suggested sending a copy of the Constitution to Cheney please please please DON'T send any matches!

Shrub likes books with lots of pictures,lots and lots of pictures........

I didn't even know that Bush could read!

He forgot to add the Satanic Bible

Just watch David Lettermans GREATEST MOMENTS IN PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES to see just how articulate "W" really is ..........nothing against comic books but that is the extent of GW'S comprehensive abilities

Thanks, Southern Hottie.

I hardly think an active president has the time to read literature.

Could be that Bush is literate and just corrupt.

Just another lie... from someone who did better as the ...
cheerleader ..!! .......rather ... than the manager!!

It's true that there was no mention of comprehension - saying that you read a book is meaningless. Of course, neither Bush nor Rove have anything significant to do, so they both read a lot.

For the person who criticised us for not mentioning what we've read lately - I am reading Jane Austen novels, something I hadn't got around to till this year, currently Emma after Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Mansfield Park (I'm doing them in order, obviously). I am also reading The Spectator, and influential daily journal written by Addison and Steele in the 1700s. And I'm reading and have read zillions of other books this year, too many to count.

Hey Intelligent Voter

They should make it a Federal offense for 'intelligent voters' like you to vote for the same idiot twice, and not even realizing the blunder you made, even now.

Thank God Kerry didn't win, he would have challenged his advisors to watch more Vietnam home-movies of John Kerry than him. As dumb as you liberals think Bush is, John Kerry had a lower GPA in college.

Wow!

Bush can read?

From what I know, that no big deal Karl – anyone can beat Bush in a reading contest.

Whats next? An IQ contest!

Those of you who think that Bush is a good man please go to Arlington National Cemetery and see what his lies and greed have caused. The man belongs in prison for crimes against humanity along with his puppet master Chaney. He claims to be a good Christian man but his actions just prove that this is another lie from a man who probably can’t even spell truth much less know what it means. How do you Bush lovers think the people who have lost their homes because of this egomaniac’s stupidity when they read that this sorry excuse for a man bought a two-million dollar home to retire in? Be real people Bush and his Gestapo have done more to hurt this country than the maniacs of 9/11.

Okay, GW read 95 books in a year. Imagining his reading skills – that explains why the country got neglected on its way to this hell!

Still, at time of great stress, we all know what he reads: "My Pet Goat".

What? They haven't arrested Rove yet?

When did George W learn to read?

rove isn't being fair. first he has to give 'w' reading lessons.

Even if I were to take them at their word, what I would regret is that they never seem to read things that might present views other than those they already hold. I would love to be able to pick the book a week for them. reading things that reinforce your blind faith ideas can be worse than not reading. It can cause you to really believe the things you have said.

He actually reads?? Too bad he didn't learn anything from his reading. Perhaps had he spent that time learning how to run the country instead running it into the ground we all might be better off.

On the plus side he can enjoy all the reading he wants in 25 days. Have a nice retirement George. You deserve the rest after all the damage your sheer incompetency did in the last eight years.

Reality Czech,

Obama hasn't taken office and yet your right wing red necks are already telling us what you see in the tea leaves. Get a life and face the fact bush was and is a disaster. 80% of Americans polled say they won't miss him. I hate the man!

I betcha Bush only reads the last page first so he will know the ending berfor he falls asleep at 9 pm each night

Could some one possibly try to tell Bush & Cheney that we (America) are supposed to be a Republic and why we are not supposed to be a Democracy. Perhaps someone has an extra copy of Aristotle's papers. Or they could Google " Aristotle government republic " and also learn about checks and balances with oversight/regulation, Yes sadly we cannot trust everyone especially in profit making adventures! John
http://www.spiritualpeaceproject.com/

Unless you've read 40 books this year and worked at least 50 hours a week while being on call the rest of the time I would advise those posting to thoughtfully refrain from being so self-righteously contemptuous.

After reading some of these comments I try to imagine what many of you will think when Obama receives the same level of respect that Bush has received from his critics. I just can't believe the level of blind, searing hatred towards him derived from years emotionally laden sound bites and the total lack of shame. There are just so many people that don't believe they have to show respect for anyone or anything.

Little wonder bush would read those kinds of books. He's led us into two wars and seems to put military might ahead of diplomacy when ever possible! We have been betrayed by a man who only wants war!

Bush can read....but only comprehend to a limited extent. How did
he screw up this country so badly??......by listening to Rove, Cheney,
Rumsfield, etc. It turned out very badly. This 'contest' is a sad
reminder. 1/20/09...it can't come soon enough.

95 books in one year? yah, RIGHT! I would say I'm a reasonably fast reader, and have a pretty light-to-moderate schedule with work and life, and I maybe read 6-8 books per year. If you mean to tell me that the President of the United States has the time to read 95 books per year, you're either a) full of it, or b) it explains why the economy has fallen apart over the last few months. Perhaps if Bush was spending the time reading intelligence reports, economic forecasts, and the news, we would be in better shape than we are.

OH MY GOD!! BUSH CAN READ??

So, that is what he has been doing the past 3 years....didn't anyone give him some history books to read before he took us to war?

But, at this point, who in their right mind believes anything Karl Rove says?

Somewhere down the list - there was a question as to what impeachable or illegal offense the administration may have committed.

I would say that 1) the illegal domestic wiretap program and 2) the use of secret prisons in Europe and 3) the clear authorization of torture (aka waterboarding - an offense that some enemies in WWII were convicted of during the trials!) would be sufficient actions.

If the Congress were so inclined, these are offenses of sufficient weight to merit removal from office IMHO.

Nah... it's too easy...

You are all stupid and have no idea what you are talking about. Too bad it is not a crime to be stupid so you can be locked away.

can someone tell the"inteligent voter" how to spell intelligent

I don't think Dumbya reads the books. He just reads the titles, and it takes him a year to do so.

"There will be a point in the future when many of you media following sheep will realize that President Bush was a good president and that Obama is just another liberal empty suit"

There have already been many points in the present when right-wing parrots repeat this sentiment and then brood dejectedly, because they know that it is just wishful thinking on their part, with no hope whatsoever of the vast majority of Americans even considering it.

Another "inteligent voter" defending Bush...too rich..it just keeps getting better..I suppose the excuse offered is that "real Americans" can't spell. The R's are doomed as long as they continue to open their mouths.

@ "An Inteligent Voter"

Four reasons why you are not "inteligent":

1. The Democrats in Congress have higher approvals than Bush

2. The Republicans have lower approvals than the Democrats AND Bush

3. Obama's approvals are sky high right now

4. Intelligent is spelled this way, not inteligent

What's next? Challenging someone in a wheelchair to a high jump contest? Bra-vo Mr Rove. Bra-vo.

Bush and Rove do a good thing by pushing reading and people want to turn this into a bashing event. I did not vote for Obama but I would pick a better subject it I decide to bash em...

This is NEWS? That ANYONE read more books than G.W.? Every first grader read more books than G.W. this, or any, year.

one fish two fish red fish blue fish was all rove needed to put him over w's reading of "everybody poops".

Please, everyone, chill!
The story is simply unbelievable and an obvious plant.
First, there is no way anyone can verify whether either man read that many books.
Second, there is no way, even if either read that many books–in a year–whether either read any of the books cited, or any other books of any title.
Third, the stretch, any patently false statement, is that Bush read Camus' "The Stranger".
How and why was he interested in such a novel? No explanation.
This is simply ore of the same from these two guys: I said it, therefore it must be true.
I bet nobody in MSM even does a single Scooby Doo.
110 books in 52 weeks; 95 in the same period. Pulllleeeeze!
Go away and take your books with you!

Maybe he should have read less and ran the country more. That would have been about one book every three days. That's explains why the country is in a mess. He was in the bathroom reading while the country was going down the tolet.

Show Me MO,

you actually think of yourself as a thinker?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

you're funnier than Adam Sandler,

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...

I see them both reading little pieces of paper behind iron bars.

Who here believes that Dubya read a single book off of his list? Even if he had, who here believes that it would be news?

Insert joke about beating Bush in a reading contest here.

Re: Bush

Conventional wisdom would side with the logic that "W's" vocabulary or intelligence might just raise a measurable bleep on the old radar screen after a couple of book readings....if he retained anything.

I went to school in New Haven; where exactly is Bush's Yale ?

contest of the prince & kroven the troll ,from the land of blackgole", the winner" -rode away on a Scooter!

To: Show Me MO

If not thinking "Bush is a fine dude" makes me a Kool-Aide drinker, let Kool-Aide Man crash through the wall of my house & pour out all over me & drown me in waves and waves of "Hey it's Kool-Aide Man" goodness. Once W is out of office I'd like to see him show his face round my America, the "real America", you know, down here with us un-rich, unconnected working people. Cause a few shoes is child's play to what he deserves and would get from millions and millions of us who got sumthin for the likes of him and Dick Cheney.
More Kool-Aide?!?!!?

Rove, Bush..Bush, Rove. I'm over them. Good riddance to their like; an inept Donald Rumsfeld, a corrupt Dick Cheney, a token/puppet Condi Rice, the very incompetent George W. Bush a corrupt/above the law Alberto Gonzales and the rest of the scandal ridden Republicans-Duke Cunningham, Tom Delay, Ted Steveson, Minnesota airport restroom freaks, etc., etc.-just to name a few. I am SOOOOOO tired of hearing about them all. The good news, they're all gone come Jan. 2oth, 2009 and none too soon. This has been the worst eight years in American history thanks to these Republicans and their ilk. Thank God, we'll be free at last, Free at last!!

i wonder if these two stooges have read "lying liars and the lies they tell"?

rjm

Who Cares???????????

There will be a point in the future when many of you media following sheep will realize that President Bush was a good president and that Obama is just another liberal empty suit, part of the corrupt Chicago political machine who quickly moved into the liberal gang of four in the Congress. Everyone points out that President Bush had a low approval rating below 40 percent but it is the Democrat Congress that had the lowest approval ratings in history of around 19 percent. No president was that low. Not even Jimmy Carter!!!

Bush lost because there haven't been enough "... for Dummies" books that he could finish.

Hey, Tom, from the previous article...just read your response to me.
No, dear, I am not showing off my intellegence, but I am glad you recognize it. " The Audacity of Hope" is dedicated to Mr. Obama's grandmother Tutu and his mother. I am looking at the dedication as I type this. The title is from a quote from Rev. Wright. Get your facts right , sweetie.

a long time ago in the land of "blacgol", lived a young faery prince & his best friend the troll, the prince walked around in a lovely pink cloud, while kroven was busy working the crowd.
the prince said,"oh swell, i don't have to work, my kroven can pull all those strings with a jerk!
-this is part of my poem, too long for this blog, but it ends with kroven riding away on his scooter
[ie] i'm red white and blue & havn't a clue why any one would call me a loser!

Bush...reading books?! I don't think so. maybe comic books but real books. sorry I just don't buy it, it's too unbelievable.

No news? is better than No news?? – Tabloid mentality is taking over folks??

President Bush has NOT read 95 books in a year - EVER! Karl Rove continues to spin and lie through his teeth just like he's been doing for the last 20 years. At least now people know enough not to believe a word that comes out of his mouth. Bush read 95 books? BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!

AEK (12:25pm) wins best comment of this board

@ Linda in MS December 26th, 2008 8:16 pm ET

Why is Bush called Dubya? I am serious. I must have missed this info somehow. Really, I don't know what it means.
****************************************************************************

His middle name, Walker.

Hence W –"dbl-yoo"

But us hillbillies-me, Cletus, Brandine, and the rest of the kinfolk down here in the south say "dubya"

what I want to know is, what are all you republicans doing hanging out at the cnn lounge, did foxnews close early tonight?

Perhaps both Bush and Rove should have added the Constitution to their reading lists. While they're at it, they should send a copy to Cheney for New Year's.

December 26th, 2008 1:33 pm ET
JR FRENCH,

HAS A GOOD POINT & AS A TEACHER MYSELF, I BET

ANYTHING THE WHOLE THING IS A FARCE. BUSH HASN'T

FINISHED A BOOK IF IT WASN'T A COMIC, SINCE HE WAS IN

THIRD GRADE. MAN CANT SPEAK RUDIMENTARY ENGLISH.

....thats why no child left behind doesn't work. I hope you don't teach english......

Clearly, this is part of Dubya's attempt to salvage some kind of a legacy. He would have people believe that he reads. And Rove is playing along, as usual.

They both belong in prison, where they could read LOTS.

This explains what Bush has been doing while the world's economy crashed...

Bush should have read "The Presidency: For Dummies" before he turned our country and its economy into some 3rd world catastrophe. If we had a justice system that worked, Rove and his cellmate Cheney would have a lot of time for reading in the time they should serve for their egregious violations of our Constitution.

right, right....this makes me laugh. I just WISH, since he's so literate, that he'd submit to ONE interview that questions him about any of those books. I don't think he gets past the Sunday paper cartoons.

the fact remains none of you have listed a single book you've read...just nerds sitting at a computer lambasting a president who at least has tried to make a difference. again what, if any, books have you read? Like him or not, at least the president has has read books of substance rather than insipid blogs and emails.

Nothing could make me believe that he read these or any other books.

I am not totally in love with Obama and I really think Bush ruined this country, at list for a while. But looking to all is speaches, gaffes and funny faces (look who is talking right, my PM should be in jail) of the last 8 years, it just doesnt fit the person who reads so much, and if he really does read that much, where all this knowledge goes?

wow and considering all Bush reads is marvel comics its pretty sad he cant keep up.

To "Show me MO"

Dude? What is wrong with you? Look around guy, look at the disasters spawned by this incompetent, ignorant, lying, alcoholic-in-hiding, and just plain fool of a President.

I don't hate Bush, I hate what he has down to my beloved country.

What are you, someone paid to say good things about Dubya in a pathetic attempt to rewrite history? Well it ain't gonna work.

We have not yet hit bottom of the economic disaster that Bush plunged us into. We do not yet know the extent of his attempt to set up a police state, we do not yet know the extent of his involvement with war crimes committed by our government.

You sir, if you really believe what you posted, are a fool, the kind that Vladimir Lenin referred to as a "Useful Idiot". Go back to computer RPG's on the net.

Nice to know we have so many idiots that can transform their hate and disgust for someone

@ Sue....did you have to go to a special school to learn that or were you born an idiot?

Bush may be a "fine dude." But he was not qualified to be president and now Americans are being punished for their presidential selection(s).

Two wars, a recession, a trillion dollar deficit, for the first time since the 13 colonies we're exporting raw materials and importing manufactured goods. That sounds a hell of a lot like so-called third world countries.

"Numbnut koolaid drinkers" elected (sorta) and reelected one of their own. That experiment is thankfully over. We have a political moderate and one of the brightest, most-judicious thinkers ever to occupy the White House.

Both should be behind bars...

What a great country we have: our commander in chief gets excoriated by 99% of this blog's peanut gallery . . . validating the maxim that even the stupidest, least informed, most inconsequential cretins STILL have a voice in our great republic; even if it's stultifyingly predictable.

You Bush haters do not write: you beat out tattoos on your keyboards like frolicsome chimps. You do not speak: you subvocalize the atavistic gruntings of dyspeptic geep. You do not think: you have random synaptic firings.

And it'll be a cold day in hell before any one of you can muster two neurons to rub together, much less say anything that's more poignant than a Budweiser burp or a popcorn fart.

You mean Bush can actually read??????

really, you expect me to believe he's reading a book a week?
that's comical in it's own right. but if you really expect the people to believe that, then i've got some sad news for you...

This Rove never stops does he? Does he really expect anyone to believe that this president read anywhere near 95 books in a year. Come on Rove after 8 yrs. the joke is finally over, you don't have to keep on lying about this prez anymore.

Hey did ya notice that instead of worrying about Husseins golf swing, Fox reported about the $33 million golf course that the UAW built for its "leadership.: Loses millions of dollars every year. How much of our UAW bailout money is going to that?

Bush is a fine dude. All the haters are simple, narrow-mined, narcissistic losers. I am not a big Obama fan, but I will respect him as a president. That is the difference between an American and a political junkie, numbnut, kool aid drinker. Get lives.

@GRIFF

HUH? WHAT?

Why is Bush called Dubya? I am serious. I must have missed this info somehow. Really, I don't know what it means.

At least Bush can read. Can Obama?

These are books that may have been designated as being on Bush's list, but come on!!! The guy is just a shade over literate!! Who's fooling who? And let's not forget how Bush got elected!! By fooling you!!!!!

Pfft. Bush doesn't read; if he did he could talk.

I guess this article is proof someone can "read" but not retain anything.

Shoes at you.

You Bush-bashers are really going to miss your punching bag when he is back in Texas. You won't be wanting to read all the new Obama-bashers, and, honey, there's already many/many of us.

@ jnr

the president of the united states is the president of the free world and invariably the president of the world; but for most americans and mostly blowhard, hillibilly republiklans, education is not their strongest suit. see what GW has done to the united states!

it's sad that while you've been attending pain-lin klan rallies and dacing to rascist rush limbaugh & hannity's songs; your intelligent quotient can rightfully by placed beneath the shoes GW.

I didn't know the stupid jerk could read. I have always figured he was stuck on See Jane Run.

Mutt and Jeff or Tom and Jerry. Bless their hearts.

Did the treasonous Bush pig read any 9/11 truth books???

There is one important point here. WHO THE HELL CARES?!? Soon Bush and all his cronies will be nothing but a distant memory to be played on the history channel only when talking about what the troops did. Other than that, he has changed nothing and America just stood still during his 8 years while the rest of the world was advancing technology and science–about the only things that humanity is involved in that isn't equivalent to dung.

The book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" reminds me of Karl Rove, except Karl never spins a cocoon, he just keeps eating things.

All I have to say is 'Stupid is as stupid does!' Please don't comment on Harvard and Yale when everyone knows he was spoon fed by daddy. There's no way this clown is reading all the books mentioned. He probably falls asleep to books on tape, but does Electric Company and Mr. Rogers sing-a-longs count? I'm sure you could test the guy on the books and he wouldn't be able to provide you with anything useful. I'm sorry if you were one of the poor souls who got fooled by this clown, but mistakes happen and hopefully you've learned from those mistakes.

The word "read" is not to be taken literally. Bush listened to the audio versions of his selection, with someone sitting next to him to explain the big words.

If he read them they are either (l) the abridged version (2) on tape, or (3) have been edited to comprehend on the 5th grade level. There's no way he can murder the King's English as he does and be an avid reader.

Griff?? What's wrong Griff? What are the voices telling you to do?

Time to go back to your dormitory and take your antipsychotic meds son.

This is so contrary to his public persona that it is hard to believe. Didn't he at one time admit to only "scanning", not reading, newspapers? If he really is more intelligent than most people believe, i think it would be fascinating to see how that happened. How much of the blame is his, how much from the rest of us? It would make a great book!

It is indeed unfortunate that GW was not able to absorb any wisdom from these books.

Who has the time to read 95 books in one year? The only person I know that reads 95 books in one year is a stoner who doesn't have a job. I mean, I'm all for reading but we could have used a little leadership over the past year.

Even throughout the Christmas season liberals remain full of hate and mean spirit. What sad lives!

Griff,

You are obviously a very disturbed individual who is in need of intense therapy and possibly medication.

Either that, or you enjoy writing ranting, nonsensical posts just to keep everyone else wondering.

I continue to be amazed that the "moderators" at CNN allow this gibberish and baby talk to be posted while they randomly remove other writers' posts that actually make sense.

I think folks are being pretty hard on President Bush here. How many people who have written such unkind things on this post have actually read 95 books in any one year of their life? Certainly not I, and I have an MA in literature, so I feel pretty confident in saying that reading 95 books, or even 40 if they are dense history books, is a considerable feat. The only people I know who read more than that are publishers and editors, who get paid to read literally thousands of pages per week. However, I'd be hard pressed to find many people who read over 100 substantial books in a year.

DID'T KNOW BUSH READ BOOKS, AMAZING.

let me guess lots of pictures ??

No contest. All Karl had to do was read the first word on the cover of the first book on his list and he won.

"Everybody lies."
– G. House, MD

He will have plenty of time to read in prison...

....and can tell the story of how he traded Iraq to the Saudis..to stop future ...911 terrorist activity...

why do we even care about karl rove -

I guess that means he finally finished reading "My Pet Goat."

Considering the mess this country is in, I have to wonder how it is that our president has the leisure time to read. It would seem that leading our country might be a full time occupation.

c'mon, bush is still learning the alphabet..

Camus' "The Stranger?!" I don't believe it. There's no pictures.

How many books did any of you read? Or can you.

Bush is still working his way thru 'My Pet Goat", the tome he was reading with the first graders on 9/11.

He has not been able to access a first grader to pronouce the big words!

How can someone that reads so much know so little?

he has time to read that many books a year?....really?

Really nice reading list...same ol', same ol'. War, virtuous war, history of war, and more war. Shows a real nice value system. I've never been more eager to see a group of people leave office more than this crowd of lying, cheating, treasonous, and treacherous vermin. May there please be some form of justice in this Universe, that people who deserve punishment actually get it. It almost makes me wish there were a real hell to believe in.

Oh come on – there is no way President Bush read over a book a week during any year of his life, much less while serving as President. Even if he did nothing else during the week (which is debatable), short of them being a comic books, he did not read that many books.

To even suggest that he read remotely that number of books is comical. And to further suggest such weighty tomes is laughable.

The President would not speak as poorly, or be as incoherent when he does speak, if he were actually reading and comprehending books such as those.

Craig
,

Bush and Rove should both be in jail.....reading books!!

I must say I am surprised. Old Karl never could finish college and graduate. Now he is bragging about what he read. He should, if he can manage to read at that level, try to read the constitution.

The whole world knows that Bush doesn't even read a newspaper because it is a burden for him. Can't drink coffee and read at the same time, you know. Tsk, tsk. Although the press didn't make a scene of it eight years ago, I found it very sad that the childhood book named by the Bush family as his favorite didn't exist during Bush's childhood and was indeed written by a foreign author ("The Very Hungry Caterpillar; Die Kleine Raupe Nimmersatt by Erik Carle of Switzerland, Laura's ignorance (hello, school teacher?) is partly to blame for this elementary faux pas which went around the world . What a sad representation of the Oval Office of our once beautiful country.

He didnt get to be president by having the mentality to call himself Southern Hottie.

It is always a good strategy to let people think you are stupid, then out Think them.

You out think them by reading and preparing your mind

You dont go to Harvard and Yale by being stupid.

Just ask President Elect Obama

Isnt it interesting ever since President Elect Obama started getting the Presidential Daily Briefing how conservative he has gotten.

My hopes of him being smarter than his platform and camaign promises are already being realized .

Years from now when history reveals what the president has been dealing with, I am sure most of those who lamblast W now wil change their tune.

Wow, I didn't realise Bush could read!

Bush is DOWN to 40 books a year? Obviously he doesn't devote much time to being President but I really doubt he could get through more than 10-15 books a year. Even with lots of pictures in them.

Maybe George Bush IS intelligent–he may still be a stoner

Jeez, please quit showing pictures of this ugly, repulsive human. Who gives a sh** about these two scumbags?

W can read grown up books without pictures??? This just proves it: if Rove's lips are moving, he's lying.

I don't believe this for one minute. I have a hard time imagining him reading 40 TV Guides in one year let alone 40 actual books. My bet is that "My Pet Goat" was the last real book he held in his hands. I don't think he reads the daily intelligence reports that he is given each day either. Bush has proven himself to be anti-science, anti-intellectual, anti-idea and purposely keep himself uninformed about virtually everything that matters. 40 comic books? Maybe.

Well at least we know what Dumbya has been doing instead of the job tha American people elected him to do.

A 3rd grader could beat Bush. Where's my shoe? I'd like to throw one or two at Rove as well. Are those sulpherous vapors emanating from his mouth?

Anyone who beleives that that imbecile has finished 1 book in the last 8 years is delerious. It's unlikely that America's greatest living natural disaster is indeed not totally illiterate! Lets's see, He managed to bankrupt the country, start 2 endless wars and facilitated Bin Laden's goal of destroying the financial system. Hmmmmm..... You be the judge!

What's changed in the Sudan..... What is happening in the Congo!!!!
When will Somalia invade Kenya.,.... What has change in Iran???
"The Mess".... Obama was supposed to be Change.... The Black's are the Biggest losers..... All my Toto's in Africa will pay: for the Blacks mistake in America..... Slaves!!!!! American Slaves???? Enough!!!!!
Black America......

"Total Lateral Area"? In that case, Shrub should have won. Children's books and other books at his reading level are usually tall and wide, with large typefaces. One "Pet Goat" probably has more TLA than "War and Peace".

My God, he can read who would have thunk it

As an avid reader myself, and having listened to George Bush speak for the last eight years, frankly, I would doubt that he read any books at all.

It's just astonishing that someone who reads that much still sounds like a totally illiterate, unintelligent buffoon. I still don't know how this guy got accepted to Yale and Harvard. They must have certainly lowered their standards for this son of an influential alumni.

I wonder if Bush ever finished 'My Pet Goat'?

He can read above an 6th grade level?

As a substitute teacher I thought I read a lot of books in a year, 25, and the President of the United States read 95 books while overseeing two wars and a financial crisis. It must be the three years of vacation time he had taken over the last 8 years.

Why do these 2 (Bush & Rove) continue with this annual joke? Initially, I thought it was a Rovian move to try to convince the public that Bush was, in fact, not semi-retarded. But now that Bush is hours away from leaving, this is just sad.

who would publish either, both are engineers of a failed America, but in America anything sells

bush likes to read alot about war. he probably has fantasies of being a hero "stratergist". You are no where NEAR any of the great military leaders of our history. You are nothing but a human zit that has popped and made our world disgusting and now we have to clean up. Dont hold your breath for your legacy to change in the future in the eyes of historians, you are and always will be a buffoon.

That explains a lot. I guess they were both too busy "reading" to deal with this nations problems. Good strategy: bury your head in a book as Rome burns. Morons.

You cannot boast of reading an entire book if you only read the first and last pages of said book ...

Most of the comments above confirm the fact that "condescending liberal" is a redundant term...

I'm glad Bush has time to read. Poor President Obama won't have any time to read since he has to inherit this mess that Bush gave him! But then again... Bush had time to also vacation when people were floating in the streets of Lousiana during Hurricane Katrina so I'm not surprised.

Did he ever finish My Pet Goat?

CRAWFORD, TEXAS - A tragic fire on Sunday destroyed the personal library of President George W. Bush. Both of his books have been lost.
A presidential spokesman said the president was devastated, as he had not finished coloring the second one.

THEN WHY DOES HE TALK THE WAY HE DOES?

HE TRANSPOSES WORDS, MAKES UP WORDS. . .

WHAT THE HELL IS STRATEGERY?

Since when reading books makes headline news? oh wait, it's Bush.

@Bufuddled.Dont forget to take your meds.If you dont get it by now,you never will.

It is not surprising since Bush can't read. The fact that he has a contest to acknowledge it is no surprise because he IS the dumbest US president ever.

DUH!

I CERTAINLY THINK GEORGE BUSH KNOWS TO READ THIS. RASTA GIVE ME SOME DRUGS TO BUILD A HEAD.I NEED TO RELAX AND BYE THE WAY YOU COULD INJECT SOME IN ME NOW. RASTA FAR I.HOW YO JAM MIN SO.

David Goldman- Speaking of "rudimentary English," I hope you are not a teacher of American students.

Is it true that Rove is in the process of reading "My Pet Goat" to Bush?

He knows how to read??? Does he understand what he reads????? LOL

To Joshua,

It doesn;t matter if Bushie went to Yale or Harvard, Yale and Harvard never got through his head!!! NO GRAY MATTTER INSIDE!! Sucessful businessman??? Doubt it? Governor of Texas, yeah, he did a good job in bankrupting the state!! And yes, he did not steal the election he bought it!!!! And regarding your last sentence "(I do think he can read a book), but maybe he’s not the stupid one here…"
Of course not , the stupid ones here were the ones that voted not once but twice for him and wanted us to have 4 more years of the same.

I love it–while his critics are busy making ungrammatical, misspelled, and generally childish comments on blog posts, GWB is reading history, after having gone to Yale and Harvard, managed a baseball team, and governed a state and the country (thanks Joshua for reminding everyone). If there were a court that tried people for being stupid, I wonder who would be more likely to be convicted, the President who can read (although I admit he can barely speak), or the critics who can't manage an intelligent comment?

I'm guessing that since George Bush went to Yale (and had higher grades than John Kerry) and has been a governor and two-term president, that he is obviously intelligent. I can't say that all of his policy decisions have been stellar, but then they're based on advice from many sources. I'm glad he's on the way out, but to suggest that he is an "idiot" or a "criminal" reflects more upon those making such foolish statements than on the man himself. By the way, remember when we were told that Bill Clinton read 300 books a year? I'm still waiting to see that reading list.

Ok so those books are on his reading list, I bet the books were given to him and he was told he should read them because it would make him look intelligent. And I'll bet he didn't read them because he has a short attention span and wouldn't have had a full understanding of them, he probably dozed off trying to read them.

All the comments are very funny!!!
Makes a great read by itself.
Cheers

Bush 1's alumni status is what got him into Yale, he was a gentleman's "C" student, Yale does not flunk out students. His father pulled strings to get into Harvard. He was not a successful business man, and was only 1/8 owner of the Texas Rangers. The Texas govt is in session biennially (odd number years) for 140 days beginning in January. Emergency sessions can be called. His first "real" job was governor. Good politician. His dream job was baseball commissioner. I do not think he is stupid, just picked a bad "team", bad advice and bad results. The USA has to live with the results. (Sorry, i have read too many books on GWB).

95 books in a year?! Regardless of Dubya's comprehension level (or lack thereof), that's one book every 3.85 days, meaning that he spent a solid few hours each day with his nose in a book, which is doable if you're an average joe like the majority of us, but the man is the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!!! There is no justifiable reason for him to have enough free time to rip through 95 books in a calendar year when he holds the highest, most pressure-packed position in the free world. Does no one else find this a bit disturbing?

Hey Joshua... "successful businessman?" Really? He ran Harkin Energy into the ground, not to mention our economy. He had to be bailed out by, guess who? The bin Ladens... So much for our failed experiment into "The MBA President." How stupid do you have to be to run an energy company into the dirt? Maybe we could get some pointers from Jeff Spelman & Co. I'm going to write a new presidential tome, "Billy the Goat." Books on Tape is not actually considered "reading."

Two liars in competition. I'm surprised they BOTH didn't claim victory!

To Truth – how many books did you read this week?
Chris – if had even read the article you have seen a partial list of the books the President has read.
And "someone please throw.. " – one of you has finally figured it out, the less interference from government, the better the country.

Think for yourself, people. Quit mimicking the hate of your idols Olbermann, Franken, Rhodes and Maddow.

SOMEONE PLEASE THROW ANOTHER PAIR OF SHOES @ GW!!!:
"what is their I.Q's?

I'm sure Bush & Rove combined I.Q's is not even up to half of Barack Hussein Obama's….

GW Bush surely is the WORST PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD, EVER!!!"

Wow... Well, I see you've mastered the English language to the same degree President Bush. Also, the President is the President of the United States of America... not the world. Of course you're probably too busy howling at the moon and filling out your welfare forms to know the difference.

Bush can read?

"what is their I.Q's?" need I even comment?

...why is it that so many comments on "W" related entries suggest he should be imprisoned? love/hate/indifference aside, i have never seen anything to suggest that he has committed a potentially imprisonable offense. even No. 43's most ardent supporters cannot seriously argue that his administration hasn't been punctuated with stunning lapses of competence, but there is nothing criminal about that....besides, he is effectively gone, now. doesn't it make more sense to look forward? stewing in bitterness over the past is the swiftest path to irrelevence...

If he reads at all, it is a positive development in my view. Look, he sucked as a president. He tried, he sucked, it's over.

It would be interesting to see what books President Bush read throughout his Presidency. It will definitely give Presidential historian something to think about as the determine what his Presidency has meant. Outside of Lincoln books, one wonders what President-elect Obama is reading?

George Bush READS???????????????????!!!!!!!!!! Do Archie Comic Books count? Is he doing picture books? I swear the guy is dislexic. Has anyone checked him out?

Wait, did anyone tell Bush that reading the book summaries off of Amazon didn't count as actually "reading" the book?

It's interesting how everyone thinks that Bush is so stupid. The guy went to Yale and to Harvard, was a successful businessman, owned a baseball team, became the first Governor in Texas history to be elected to consecutive four year terms and – whether you think he “stole” the election through nepotism or not – made it to the Presidency of the United States of America… and got REELECTED even when he was wildly unpopular. Suffice it to say that no one making asinine comments here will ever achieve even ONE of these feats, let alone all of them.

I’m not the biggest George W. Bush fan in the world (I do think he can read a book), but maybe he’s not the stupid one here…

I'm so glad they have the time to sit down and relax with a good book.......NOT!!! Both are complete idiots, just freakin' idiots!! Neither one would know a good thing if it was right in front of their faces, either! My only regret is that these two clowns and Cheney aren't being convicted of basically screwing the citizens of the U.S.A.

LOST THE BOOK RACE! lol! HE SHOULD OF LOST THE ELECTION RACE IN 2000 and 2004!! but instead he lost our COuntry

still more vitriolic venom from the lunatics on the Left. Perhaps you are better suited to discuss Obama's pectoral muscles or his golf swing?

Dumb and Dumber the only loser are Americans.

what is their I.Q's?

I'm sure Bush & Rove combined I.Q's is not even up to half of Barack Hussein Obama's....

It's very telling that the less GW Bush reads in the last days of his presidency, the more the american people & economy suffered untold hardships – skyrocketting food prices, gas prices on the upswing (until recently), record breaking housing foreclosures, wall street meltdown, american automakers debacle, rising unemployment, etc, etc,...

GW Bush surely is the WORST PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD, EVER!!!

Bush? Read? Yeah, right! uh huh!!!

So thats why I lost my job...........he was too busy reading!!!!

Put Bush, Cheney and Rove all in one pot and boil them because that's exactly where they belong.

Color me surprised.

Speaking of coloring, did Bush's coloring books count?

From the looks of the book list, Rove and Bush prefer to read about wars, not actually go and fight in them. Ain't privilege great?

he can read?

lol

Bush can read?

must be a joke

I didn't know all those books were available as talking books. I suppose he could have listened to them as he travelled back and forth to his Crawford ranch for ANOTHER vacation! I like to listen to talking books as I go to and from Colorado/Wyoming for vacation. Of course, I've not been able to travel for awhile because of the price of gas...I wonder if Mr. Bush will be using the revenue from these huge gas prices to get himself
more books so he can beat Rove?

The President can read?

JR FRENCH,

HAS A GOOD POINT & AS A TEACHER MYSELF, I BET

ANYTHING THE WHOLE THING IS A FARCE. BUSH HASN'T

FINISHED A BOOK IF IT WASN'T A COMIC, SINCE HE WAS IN

THIRD GRADE. MAN CANT SPEAK RUDIMENTARY ENGLISH.

Lets see, the acting president read less books than a guy that has been unemployed this year and has time on his hands?

To quote Al Micheals: "Do you believe in miracles?"

I'll bet BIG money that none of the usual CNN Bush Bashers have read a book in decades. People Magazine does not count...

Read yes but can they comprehend? CROOKS

Hopefully they will have time in jail to read as many books as they want.

I wonder which one of them read 1 fish, 2 fish, red fish, blue fish by the good doctor...........

SO WHAT? WHO CARES? They both belong in jail.

Oh, come on.... do you really expect us to believe that Geo. Bush can read? Least of all 95 books in a year. If did, he only read the cliff notes! Had he read that many books during his entire office, he would not have allowed the stupid and evil things he did to happen! Seriously...... we can blame Cheney, Rove, Rumsfeld, and that ilk for running this country into the ground! Bush does not have the intelligence to have come up with those decisions...

Pa lease... I mean seriously...

Wow. I'm impressed...he can read!!

George W. can read ? That's not, what his mom says.. Mike in Montana

Are they kidding? Bush's speed is "Dick and Jane"!

Hey, I guess if Rove can lie about everything else, he can lie about the number of books he read. Just saying "I read these books" doesn't make it so. Checking them out of the library doesn't mean you read them either. Reading only the title doesn't count. Also doesn't count unless he could comprehend what he supposedly "read". Since he doesn't comprehend what the public feels about him, chances are he didn't comprehend anything longer than a three letter word.

Bushed, so should Hussein Obama, Blago, Charlie Rangle, the Banking Queen, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, William Jefferson, the entire Ford family of Memphis, Kwame Fitzpatrick, George Soros, Pelosi, Dingy Harry Reid, all of ACORN. They actually committed crimes, but they are the liberalcratic elite leadership.

...and I quote:

"SO!?"

God Bless, Karl! I pray that if Jeb gets the nod for Florida's Senate he heads up the"Team Bush Dynasty", because Mr. Rove, I salute you and your unselfish patriotic bravado during these difficult times,... God Bless the Uniter's backbone,...?

etl, give him a break. People complained about him being stupid, now you complain that he shouldn't be reading. He's probably learned more from reading during his presidency than you've learned your entire life.

It most certainly is newsworthy. This from the same site where a headline proclaimed "No good way to tell kids they have cancer." These breaking in-depth stories make CNN the one stop source for hard-hitting news!

america is going down the drain and we are talking about reading books and selling calendars.

I see alot of reading time ahead of them in a prison library.

Did Bush have someone read to him and explain the big words?

READING!!! Why not have Bush and Palin compete with each other.That'll be a howl.

You didn't credit him for Green Eggs and Ham, Run Spot Run, or The Cat in the Hat. Give credit where credit is due. He still read more than Sarah " I err...read...everything that has been put in front of me....over all these years...like" Palin

Well, beating an illiterate in a reading contest is nothing to be proud of...

I don't even know what to say about this one...

Who's Bush's bookie?

Rove and Bush, no one care about any of you two...Just leave...

Of course Bush lost – his books did not have as many pictures as usual...

Bush and Rove Should be reading behind BARS!!!!!!

J R French......have you always been so ignorant?

I would hope he would lose because he should be spending time trying to fix the mess our nation is in rather than reading for pleasure.

He is probably the most disrespected person on earth. Does any foreign leader have any respect for Bush as a person?

The only thing that the entire world wants out of Bush is him out of office. Most everyone knew if his mouth was open he was telling another lie. Except his good ole Arab oil buddies and their families.

Add to both lists:
• Old MacDonald Had a Farm But Lost it to Foreclosure
• Little Golden Book of World Economic Failures
• VERY Grimm Fairy Tales of Bad Foreign Policy
• Curious George Screws the Environment
• Richard Scary's Best Endangered Species Book Ever

Bush can read? I didn't know that.

This one's just too easy...

Dont let them kid you,he hasnt finished reading"My Pet Goat" yet.I hope they both get plenty of reading time in Leavenworth.

All about war. Go figure. What a surprise. Caught me off guard. Really. NOT!

he can read?

lol... go figure

lol... go figure.

Did anyone test his reading level for comprehension or vocabulary? As a teacher, I know it is one thing to 'read' a book, and another to comprehend it. I doubt Bush is a fast reader; or did have 'the time' to read many books, if in fact this is more than a political gimmick.

this isn't newsworthy.