Favorite authors of American presidents and candidates

vivaldirules · 11-03-2008, 11:01 PM

From the NYTimes:

You can tell a lot about a president — or a presidential candidate — by what he reads, or says he reads. We know the iconic examples: George Washington and his rules of civility, Thomas Jefferson and the thinkers of the French and Scottish Enlightenments, Lincoln and the Bible and Shakespeare. Though a generation apart, Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt both loved Alfred Thayer Mahan’s “Influence of Sea Power Upon History” and savored the imperial poems of Kipling. Together such works created a kind of Anglo-American ethos in their minds — an ethos Franklin Roosevelt would make concrete during World War II, when he and Winston Churchill quoted Edward Lear’s nonsense rhymes to each other as they fought Hitler and Japan.

Full essay (requires login): http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/bo...=1&oref=slogin

The essay includes a list of the books and writers most treasured by McCain and Obama.

daffy4u · 11-03-2008, 11:05 PM

...and daffy4u... anything by Stephen King. (vote for me!)

desertgrandma · 11-03-2008, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by daffy4u

...and daffy4u... anything by Stephen King. (vote for me!)

I did, three times now!!! (Don't worry, I used different names each time)

zelda_pinwheel · 11-03-2008, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

I did, three times now!!! (Don't worry, I used different names each time)

me too !

daffy4u · 11-03-2008, 11:31 PM

I have a place in my cabinet for both of you!

desertgrandma · 11-03-2008, 11:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daffy4u

I have a place in my cabinet for both of you!

Oh, goodie!! (claps hands and does the "Elaine" dance.)

You're gonna pay me too, right?

daffy4u · 11-03-2008, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Oh, goodie!! (claps hands and does the "Elaine" dance.)

You're gonna pay me too, right?

Uh... what?

vivaldirules · 11-04-2008, 09:20 AM

You do realize that The Duck is telling you that he has room for you both in his medicine cabinet, right? Right behind his lithium stash (be sure to take one every day, Duck).

pshrynk · 11-04-2008, 10:45 AM

pshrynk stands for Discworld and Harry Turtledove, especially that new series he's writing where I won the '04 election in a landslide.

DixieGal · 11-04-2008, 11:24 AM

Vote Quayle/(Bill) Clinton in 2012!

Leading the fight against literacy for the Party Hearty party!

daffy4u · 11-04-2008, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

You do realize that The Duck is telling you that he has room for you both in his medicine cabinet, right? Right behind his lithium stash (be sure to take one every day, Duck).

Actually, I was thinking of the kitchen cabinets. They're new and comfy.

11-03-2008, 11:01 PM	#1
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Favorite authors of American presidents and candidates From the NYTimes: You can tell a lot about a president — or a presidential candidate — by what he reads, or says he reads. We know the iconic examples: George Washington and his rules of civility, Thomas Jefferson and the thinkers of the French and Scottish Enlightenments, Lincoln and the Bible and Shakespeare. Though a generation apart, Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt both loved Alfred Thayer Mahan’s “Influence of Sea Power Upon History” and savored the imperial poems of Kipling. Together such works created a kind of Anglo-American ethos in their minds — an ethos Franklin Roosevelt would make concrete during World War II, when he and Winston Churchill quoted Edward Lear’s nonsense rhymes to each other as they fought Hitler and Japan. Full essay (requires login): http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/bo...=1&oref=slogin The essay includes a list of the books and writers most treasured by McCain and Obama.

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daffy4u I'm Super Kindle-icious Posts: 6,734 Karma: 2434103 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, Calinadia Candafornia Device: KDXG, KT, Oasis	...and daffy4u... anything by Stephen King. (vote for me!)

11-03-2008, 11:31 PM	#5
daffy4u I'm Super Kindle-icious Posts: 6,734 Karma: 2434103 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, Calinadia Candafornia Device: KDXG, KT, Oasis	I have a place in my cabinet for both of you!

11-04-2008, 09:20 AM	#8
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	You do realize that The Duck is telling you that he has room for you both in his medicine cabinet, right? Right behind his lithium stash (be sure to take one every day, Duck).

11-04-2008, 10:45 AM	#9
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	pshrynk stands for Discworld and Harry Turtledove, especially that new series he's writing where I won the '04 election in a landslide.

11-04-2008, 11:24 AM	#10
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Vote Quayle/(Bill) Clinton in 2012! Leading the fight against literacy for the Party Hearty party!