The Absurdity of BushCo

From the Seattle P-I's David Horsey:



If you've not heard about Dear Leader's favorite new author, here's the WaPo's Dan Froomkin (of the White House Briefing blog) from an online chat at the paper's website:

The report that Bush read Albert Camus' existential classic "The Stranger" during his vacation is turning into quite the subject of amusement in Washington. John Dickerson wrote in Slate, noting all the potential "geopolitical literary misinterpretation" in Bush ostensibly reading a book about a man who dispassionately kills an Arab, demanded a book report.Louis Bayard obliged today in Slate, with his idea of what Bush's book report would be like.Maureen Dowd writes in her New York Times opinion column (subscription required) with the suggestion that Bush was inspired by a character in the NASCAR movie, "Talladega Nights."

The bloggers continue to express puzzlement.

Me, I'm dying to know how it ended up on his reading list. And I think that, realistically, at best he skimmed it.