What was the best political news story in the past few days? Was it the latest gladiatorial posturing by Bush and Pelosi? Congress subpoenaing the emails between Karl Rove and the DOJ? Hillary being Hillary? Hardly. Try a bit of campaign fluffery: Mitt Romney's favorite books.
First, we have the Bible. Not the Book of Mormon (too polygamous). Not any of the transcendentalists (too Massachusetts). The Bible. Thank you, campaign manager concerned about the South. You've done your advising well.
Then we have his favorite novel. Battlefield Earth. Battlefield...Earth. My God. Should we be happy that he believes in science enough to endorse a Xenu-filled universe? Maybe we should just be content that he reads. I mean, no one would lie about that being a favorite book. You lie about The Stranger, or Green Eggs and Ham, or the Bible. Not a crappy sci-fi novel by a third-rate writer and second-rate guru.
So either someone's been getting campaign cash from the Scientology compound, or Tom Cruise is firing up the private jet--at this very moment--to come give Romney a stress test. Either way, this doesn't end well.
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