President Obama won't read Palin's book

[bigtree]

November 19th, 2009 01:08 AM ET

(CNN) –

In an interview with CNN's Ed Henry in China, the president acknowledged Wednesday he would not be reading the highly-anticipated memoir by his potential 2012 opponent.

"I probably won't, but I don't get a chance to read things other than briefing books very often these days anyway," he said.

"You know, she obviously has a big constituency in the Republican Party," he said. "You know, there a lot of people who are excited by her."

But when it comes to the 2012 race . . .

"You know, if - if I feel like I've made the very best decisions for the American people and three years from now I look at it and, you know, my poll numbers are in the tank and because we've gone through these wrenching changes, you know, politically, I'm in a tough spot, I'll - I'll feel all right about myself," Obama told CNN's Ed Henry during an interview in China.


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[Mz Pip]

1. anytime spent

reading Palin's book is time wasted.

I read a couple of excerpts and thought that there was 10 minutes lost from my life that I could have spent doing the dishes or cleaning the cat box and now I just feel stupid for having wasted the time.

[bigtree]

14. It was worth some laughs

. . . with some of the crew working late night in the store.

[Maru Kitteh]

2. Good. There have to be 10,000 books more worthwhile to read.

edited to add: currently in print

[BlooInBloo]

7. I think you're off by a few orders of magnitude. :)

[Skink]

3. Mccain probably won't read it either.

[Cleita]

4. Better that he spend his time reading the writings of FDR and

why his ideas made him a three term President.

[Birthmark]

5. Why should he read it? She didn't.

[bamacrat]

6. What a waste of time that would be.

They may want to keep a copy around for 2012 though if the pukes are stupid enough to nominate her.

[AllentownJake]

8. If she's the nominee in 2012 he probably should

It is Ghost written, but it doesn't hurt to know what an opponent thinks of themselves or how they view the world.

[bigtree]

9. of course

. . . he'd have to assume she eventually read it

[AllentownJake]

10. The DNC operation research team

has already pulled every offensive quote and put them in a nice computer file marked 2012.

Both parties employ a few people whose only job is to look at future potential presidential nominees and file every dumb thing they say or do during the off season.

[HipChick]

12. yep...althought I hate to see her in this media blitz....that is a benefit. also

[freeplessinseattle]

11. like he doesn't have way better things to do with his time

we all do, but especially him.

[Hippo_Tron]

13. I wish somebody had asked Robert Gibbs this instead of the President

The President, unfortunately, has to be presidential in his responses. Gibbs could've said something along the lines of "if the President wants to read fiction he'll read something labeled as such".