New York Times: Obama Aide Reads 'To Kill a Mockingbird' to Month-Old Daughter

NewsBusters ^ | January 20, 2015 | P.J. Gladnick

[PJ-Comix]

Shades of Jimmy Carter revealing at his 1980 presidential debate that he discussed nuclear policy with his 12 year-old daughter. Actually, this is even funnier. According to New York Times reporter Michael S. Schmidt, President Obama's deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes (brother of CBS News Chairman David Rhodes) can be found after midnight reading "To Kill A Mockingbird" to his month-old baby daughter.

This hilarious revelation comes to us in Schmidt's article about the lonely agony of writing Obama's State of the Union address after midnight. Take it from here, Michael S. Schmidt:

[PJ-Comix]

Pomposity, thy name is Ben Rhodes.

[re_nortex]

He'll leave out the part where Robert E. Lee Ewell was a DemonRAT and Atticus Finch was a stalwart Conservative who was strongly pro-gun.

[Prince of Space]

Isn’t that child abuse? If a conservative was caught reading a Tom Clancy novel to their newborn, the MSM would make sure CPS came by to investigate, lol.

[GotMojo]

Pompous Douchewaffle

[Gay State Conservative]

Yah,it was probably easy to explain to the kid what “ruttin’ with my Mayella” meant.

[jsanders2001]

The Biography of Lizzie Borden would provide a much greater benefit to The Great Society here in a few years

[what's up]

When the story starts to become the speechwriter instead of the speechmaker, the speechmaker may be in trouble.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

I don’t know. At least she gets to hear her father’;s voice.

[lee martell]

Three other suggestions, when the wee girl is old enough that is; #1. Bonfires Of The Vanities
#2. Great Expectations
#3. 1984

[buwaya]

Was that a Krag ?

[buwaya]

I read the Iliad to my 8-year old daughter.
(a prose translation)
She liked it.
Every night she asked for the Greek story.
Did pretty good, went to UCLA.

[yarddog]

What difference does it make?

It is fiction not history.

[blackdog]

“Once upon a time, Scout was a tomboy of a single parent household, Attickus was a lawyer, a busted chiffarobe, white privilege, rabies, and Boo Radley had PTSD.,The end.” Ben Rhodes storytime version of "To Kill a Mockingbird"

[Responsibility2nd]

Great idea. Never too soon to start reading to your children.

After he finishes that classic, might I recommend another?

The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin.

(Course as a liberal - that book is banned. Maybe he could just call the guy ‘N-word Jim’?)

[fungoking]

Per today's feminist, Atticus Finch is a rape enabler, he didn't believe she was raped. Modern feminism believes a lynching was in order.

[SnuffaBolshevik]

"Was that a Krag ?"

Yup.

[dmcnash]

Sporterized and converted to .45-70, check out the size of the bore.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Nice Benicia Arsenal Krag conversion, except it’s missing the upper handguard.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Didn’t catch the bore size, so it might be one of the Danish ones.