"W" gets one right...

[kpete]

BUSH: "This is going to come as quite a shock to people up here that I can write a book, much less read one."


BREAKING -- George W. Bush, whose book will be out Nov. 8, at this morning’s closed-door Bush-Cheney alumni reunion breakfast, now under way at a downtown hotel: “This is going to come as quite a shock to people up here that I can write a book, much less read one.” He says former Vice President Cheney is not coming, as originally planned, but “is feeling well” and “has a fierce constitution.”
more:
http://www.politico.com/playbook/0210/playbook970.html
via:
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/02/26/quote_of_the_day.html#disqus_thread

[JaneQPublic]

1. Did he get the same ghost writer as Sarah Palin?

And on the topic of Cheney's "fierce constitution": Judging from his many heart attacks, he has done as much injury to his personal constitution as he tried to do to the U.S. Constitution.

[madmax]

2. Yuck, yuck... n/t

[AndyA]

3. Sure, George. We know the score.

A ghost writer will write the book for you, then your School Marm wife, Laura, will read it to you when it's finished.

You can drink and eat pretzels while listening to Laura read. (We know you're pushing it by drinking and eating at the same time. Perhaps Laura should strap you down so you don't fall and go BOOM!)

:eyes:

Go away, Bush Crime Family™. Haven't you damaged America enough over the years?

[Renew Deal]

4. I bet that's going to be one interesting book.

[JBoy]

5. Biggest shock to me is that Cheney let him write a book.

[RaleighNCDUer]

6. "that I can write a book, much less read one"

You know, this really burns me. In this phrase, the 'much less' is the GREATER challenge, not the lesser challenge. "can't walk, much less run". Even people who ought to know better (which of course excludeds W) make this mistake. The full statement is "a shock to people up here that I can read a book - when I am much less capable of writing one" - or, "if I am barely able to walk, I am much less able to run".

Of course, it could be that he thinks writing is easier than reading. And since it will be ghost written anyway, this could be a true statement.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. I agree with you - Bush screwed this up too (nt)

[Winterblues]

9. Just another "fool me can't be fooled again" Bushism...

He would truly fuck up a wet dream.

[HopeHoops]

7. What's the title, "Best Booze By Brand"?

If he's an expert in anything, it would be booze.

[Javaman]

10. A crayon and a coloring book is NOT writing a book. nt