[GretchenM]

Bush wouldn't lend his copies of his books out or buy them for others, Rove claimed that "He's cheap".

I lend out books only if I plan never to see them again. I've lent so many that never return, that I had to adopt that attitude in order to keep myself from losing what I couldn't replace, or getting mad at the people who expressed such a fantastic interest in a book and then apparently never finished it and then forgot about it. I like to keep certain books around for reference; I also like to write in or highlight some books so I can easily find data later.

IOW, I understand W wanting Rove to be responsible for getting his own copy.

[Sonny M]

I found it ammusing because it was one of those off the cuff answers that you rarely see from someone like a Rove or Bush.

But I got a kick out of Rove calling Bush cheap(something I remember him saying about Bush another time on something else that was small....music CDs I think).

Could be that Rove loses things, so who knows.