Mitt Romney's favorite novel is...

Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard ???





http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/04/30/romney-favors-hubbard-novel/

 

So he came back with the Bible. He's about covered all his bases. Needs to cite the Koran sometime soon, though.

 

He must have been trying to court the Travolta-Cruise cash.

 

First, it's not his favorite novel, it's one of his favorite novels. Second, he said his favorite book was the Bible. How, exactly, does this qualify as a story?

 

Well, he originally said it was his favorite, not one of his favorites.

 

This is a story because Mitt had to walk back his answer to a softball like "What's Your Favorite Novel?"

The keeper of the Bridge Of Death would not have been so forgiving.

 

Even if he thinks it's the best book ever written, I don't quite see the point. It's a work of science fiction; no different than saying 1984 or 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (not arguing the disparity of quality between the three). If he had said Dianetics, that would be a different story.

 

These academics disagree:

http://news.bostonherald.com/politics/view.bg?articleid=198006&srvc=home

 

He's done.

 

If Paul Watanabe thinks there was a political motive for naming Battlefield Earth, he's too much a fool to have his opinion considered.

If we're going to excoriate someone for giving an honest answer to a meaningless question, all we're going to get from now on are vanilla candidates. I hope to God this stays a non-story, for all of our sakes.

 

But what book would he take with him on a desert island?

 

When the legend exceeds the reality, print the legend.