Comments on The Bookshelf Speaks Volumes

Well we're talking about an old man. I'm surprised he didn't say Shakespear, since they went to school together.

I haven't read much (any?) Philip Roth, but isn't he, himself, an old man? Older even than McCain? Yes, yes he is.

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.

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

I didn't realize that Lieberman is a writer.

what? nothing by Jackie Mason?!?!?

oy gevalt!

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.

Have you ever looked at him on HDTV up close?

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

Reading books is for elitists.

I'm still waiting for the candidate who says "Jean Genet, and Celine, and Sam Beckett -- the novels, of course, not the plays".

"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!

"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?