Monday, October 23, 2006

Bush's book reading

From Slate

This weekend Bush revealed his latest read: The History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900, by British historian Andrew Roberts. Any title with the word "Peoples" is a Bushism waiting to happen, and sure enough, the president stumbled over the title, calling it The History of the English-Speaking Peoples From 1990 (Cliff Notes synopsis: up and down.). Asked on ABC's This Week he had learned from the book, all the president said was, "Sometimes, history gets distorted."