OMG! Laura Bush is a Maoist Scholar!
(h/t Mugsy)
Fox News Sunday apparently decided that the top news stories of the day were Newt Gingrich's and Laura Bush's new books (in that order, too). What oil spill? What battles in Iraq and Afghanistan? What economy? What Supreme Court nominee? What immigration reform battle? Nah, none of those are important...what Fox News viewers need to learn about is the literary efforts of "super-relevant" Republicans like the disgraced former Speaker of the House and the former First Lady of the least popular president in US history.
But eagle-eyed C&Ler Mugsy noticed something in the Bush home, where Chris Wallace interviewed Laura Bush, that should make the hairs on Glenn Beck's neck stand up on end:
LAURA BUSH IS A MAOIST SCHOLAR!
Look at the bookshelf behind Chris Wallace. Right behind his shoulder appears to be this book. Interestingly, most of the Amazon reviews describe the book as somewhat "sympathetic" to Mao.
Wait a second...you don't suppose that it's not actually Pickles who read the book, do you? That would mean that it belongs to former President George W. "I read three Shakespeares" Bush.
Does Glenn Beck know?????
they did sell the US to China after all. The bushies just want to have a greater understanding of out new overlords.
me-oww!
but I'm wondering if it's about MAOri legends or it's an anthology of MAD magazine, which has to be the Chimp's.
It's important to preserve those MAD's, in volume, for future reference.
Maybe he thinks that the drawings are cute.
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It happens...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
If you read the book upside down like Bush does then the book is about OVW not MOA. Chairman MOA was a bad and communist and a liberal like Al Gore. OVW stands for Ohio Valley Wrestling which is as American as Jesus and apple pie so in your face liberal media conspiracy.
of the wonderous life of Pol Pot...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Books for people who don't read:
OK, actually pretty sad, but thanks nonetheless.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
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I was watching the interview and the book... directly over Wallace's shoulder and right in my line of sight... was hard not to notice with its big black letters on a bright red spine.
I thought, "No way that says 'Mao'. There must be a fourth letter!" But as the camera dipped and swayed, it became clear that the title was in fact "Mao".
I'm sure Beck is consoling himself this morning by convincing himself it was a gift from Obama. :)
(Can you just IMAGINE the RW reaction if this had been an OBAMA interview???)
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...see Laura Bush in a different light?
Obama should consider her for the "ambassador to China job" next time an opening comes up.
audit-prosecute-incarcerate
No thanks.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
If I own or read a book about Hitler, does that make me a Nazi?
But I do understand that this interview is pointless...how many people really care about what Pickles reads?
Anyway, I'm sure the bookshelf is just a nice, little prop for interviews....just fill it with heavy tomes to make us appear learned.
and his six degrees of separation between Democrats and Nazis.
If I own or read a book about Hitler, does that make me a Nazi?
In FoxNewsWorld, if you're a registered Democrat, then yes, it does mean that.
Haven't you been paying attention?
In GlennBeckistan it would.
I looked at the picture before reading the headline and misread the title. I thought, "Cool, Laura Bush reads MAD!"
Funny - but really, can you imagine how wingnut heads would explode if this were Michelle Obama's library? Nucular!
"To behave like "a blindfolded man catching sparrows", or "a blind man groping for fish", to be crude and careless, to indulge in verbiage, to rest content with a smattering of knowledge - such is the extremely bad style of work that still exists among many comrades in our Party."
they thought it contained recipes for Mai-Tais.
Hasa Diga Eebowai
as "The Grand Inquisitor" from "Brothers Karamasov" by Dostoevsky.
In that story, Jesus returns during the Inquisition only to be put on trial and sentenced to death. The Executioner tells Jesus that if he is allowed to live he would interfere with the Church's mission (enslaving men's minds.)
She sure has good taste in literature.
Not a fan of the Bushes, but you are making a major misguided attack on Laura Bush.
You have the WRONG book and the wrong link. I have the actual book sitting on my shelf. That book is Mao: The Unknown Story, written by Jung Chang and her husband Jon Halliday.
http://www.amazon.com/Mao-Story-Jung-Chang/dp...
The binding with the large letters MAO can be partly seen in a picture in an NYT review,
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/21/books/21boo...
The authors are absolutely scathing in their attack on Mao, and bring forth a lot of new evidence uncovered both in China and the Soviet archives. The book has been criticized (probably rightly) for not being balanced enough, but it has shed a lot of light on the subject and revealed an even darker side of Mao.
see my response to gogetem above
Thanks Nicole.
The content of the book is irrelevant. I doubt we could find many books "sympathetic" to Hitler, but if a book entitled "HITLER" in giant block letters appeared behind President Obama, what do you think the reaction would be?
And, thanks for the correction Nat. You are correct, wrong book. I could only guess based upon the color of the spine.
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Don't succumb to the usual rightwing technique of sloppy research, mis-direction, or outright lying. The book on the shelf is extremely critical of Mao and if only half true reveals a true monster. Do your homework lest you be judged no better than the right.
This is not meant to be a serious post. Sheesh.
...from a guy who calls himself "SS Hanks"? /snark
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This is a bit Glenn Beckish isn't it ?
Insanity , it is what it is , there is no understanding it .
that's the point.
The point of the post was not missed, it was just ruined by the inclusion by a false implication, "Interestingly, most of the Amazon reviews describe the book as somewhat "sympathetic" to Mao. " and the link to some other book. If that was supposed to also be part of the joke, then yes, it got by me. It was late and my cocktail was strong.
the book is actually a 1st Edition "MAD LIBS".
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