Slog - Comments on The Bookshelf Speaks Volumes http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_bookshelf_speaks_volumes Over at the Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg has an interview with McCain on the Middle East. Parts of it are completely terrifying when you consider they're coming from someone who wants to be president: JG: What do you think motivates Iran? JM: Hatred. I don’t try to divine people’s motives. I look at their actions and what they say. Also, the part where he comes out solidly against genocide, but only if it's a fight that we can win, is pretty illuminating. But since I'm the book guy, here's what caught my attention: JG: A final question: Senator Obama talked about... Copyright 2008 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:00:00 -0800 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:17:08 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by monkey Well we're talking about an old man. I'm surprised he didn't say Shakespear, since they went to school together.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_bookshelf_speaks_volumes#c1043977 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_bookshelf_speaks_volumes#c1043977 2008 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:05:30 -0800 Comment by Levislade I haven't read much (any?) Philip Roth, but isn't he, himself, an old man? Older even than McCain? Yes, yes he is.

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_bookshelf_speaks_volumes#c1043984 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_bookshelf_speaks_volumes#c1043984 2008 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:08:10 -0800 Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me Hey... at least he can read (and rattle off a couple of fairly obscure authors on demand)... If nothing else, that would be an improvement over Bush.

]]> You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_bookshelf_speaks_volumes#c1043994 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_bookshelf_speaks_volumes#c1043994 2008 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:13:22 -0800 Comment by sean What about the fact that For Whom The Bell Tolls is his favorite book because Jordan keeps fighting even though he is doomed? He loves the "'beautiful fatalism' of noble lost causes" (http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21470)
Hello Iraq War

]]> sean http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_bookshelf_speaks_volumes#c1044003 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_bookshelf_speaks_volumes#c1044003 2008 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:17:19 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi I didn't realize that Lieberman is a writer.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_bookshelf_speaks_volumes#c1044006 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_bookshelf_speaks_volumes#c1044006 2008 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:18:49 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways what? nothing by Jackie Mason?!?!?

oy gevalt!

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_bookshelf_speaks_volumes#c1044010 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_bookshelf_speaks_volumes#c1044010 2008 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:22:04 -0800 Comment by Port Noy Let's compare and contrast:

Leon Uris: A persecuted people fight extermination to form their own country.
Philip Roth: Using his sister's bra for inspiration, a horny teenager rubs his dong with a piece of liver that subsequently becomes the family dinner.

]]> Port Noy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_bookshelf_speaks_volumes#c1044046 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_bookshelf_speaks_volumes#c1044046 2008 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:52:16 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Have you ever looked at him on HDTV up close?

The guy is even older than Reagan when he left office ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_bookshelf_speaks_volumes#c1044088 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_bookshelf_speaks_volumes#c1044088 2008 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:23:27 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo Reading books is for elitists.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_bookshelf_speaks_volumes#c1044409 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_bookshelf_speaks_volumes#c1044409 2008 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:24:53 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I'm still waiting for the candidate who says "Jean Genet, and Celine, and Sam Beckett -- the novels, of course, not the plays".

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_bookshelf_speaks_volumes#c1044669 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_bookshelf_speaks_volumes#c1044669 2008 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:03:28 -0800 Comment by bobbo "I get the sense that McCain is seriously considering Lieberman for vice president."
God let's hope so. St. McCain the Doddering Crank and Holy Joe the Sanctimonious Tool. Barack in a landslide!

]]> bobbo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_bookshelf_speaks_volumes#c1045088 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_bookshelf_speaks_volumes#c1045088 2008 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:36:47 -0800 Comment by Patrick "I get the sense that McCain is seriously considering Lieberman for vice president."

Please please please! Do you know how much I want a Col. Tigh / Senator Palpatine ticket?

]]> Patrick http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_bookshelf_speaks_volumes#c1045609 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/the_bookshelf_speaks_volumes#c1045609 2008 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:17:08 -0800