Presque vu XXXXIII

10th February 2008 with 0 Comments

Katie Couric for CBS Evening News asked the presidential candidates what book they would bring with them to the White House. I fell asleep reading the answers:
John McCain, Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
Barack Obama, Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin - a biography of Lincoln
Mitt Romney, John Adams by David McCullough
Mick Huckabee, Whatever [...]

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