Can you tell a book from its cover?

The Washington Post ^ | Tuesday, January 27, 2004; Page C03 | Richard Leiby With Anne Schroeder

[Gunrunner2]

Reading Between the Lines

• If presidential candidates were books, could we judge them by their covers? Well, why not, since we're torturing a metaphor anyway. Below are titles from a roundup of candidates' favorites, as culled last week by the American Booksellers Association. Try to correctly match 'em with your favorite Democratic presidential aspirant (or Republican incumbent).

1. Wesley Clark

2. Howard Dean

3. John Edwards

4. John Kerry

5. Dennis Kucinich

6. Joe Lieberman

7. Al Sharpton

8. George Bush

A. "Undaunted Courage" (Stephen Ambrose)

B. The Bible

C. "The Great Santini" (Pat Conroy)

D. "Moral Man and Immoral Society" (Reinhold Niebuhr)

E: "Sometimes a Great Notion" (Ken Kesey)

F. "The Good Life and Its Discontents" (Robert J. Samuelson)

G. "The Trial of Socrates" (I.F. Stone)

H. "The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq" (Christopher Scheer, Robert Scheer and Lakshmi Chaudhry)

(The answers: Clark: C; Dean: E; Edwards: G; Kerry: A; Kucinich: H; Lieberman: B; Sharpton: D; Bush: F)

With Anne Schroeder

[Gunrunner2]

From our freinds at TWP.

Have at it.

Make your own list of books that "are" the candidates.

I find the Clark reference as "Undaunted Courage" too funny.

[Gunrunner2]

Actually, what I meant to say, "The Great Santini." As if the original "perfumed prince" Clark can in anyway be confused with a warrior of Santini's character.

[Lady Jag]

The books listed are all too long and, therefore, don't match any of the Democrat candidates. Bush might be the Moral Man, but he's more complicated than it is.

[Gunrunner2]

Agreed.
Perhaps comic books for the dems?
Coloring books?

[Lady Jag]

Yes! Yes! Coloring books! They might be able to cope with that. Brilliant! Now, you think they'll need any crayons?       Nah.

[Lady Jag]

[Gunrunner2]

Did I miss something?

[Gunrunner2]

Oh, I see it now.

Priceless.