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Last August, US News & World Report printed a stunning story leaked by the White House -- Dubya and Karl Rove were engaged in an "informal" book-reading contest, with Rove trailing by a 60 to 50 count. Conventional wisdom at the time considered this a transparent attempt to elevate the Current Occupant from the perception he's an intellectual 98-pound weakling. Imagine that.
Brian Lamb of C-Span got Dubya to admit in early 2005 that he reads maybe 20 or 30 pages on a typical night before going to bed. Guess he's taken one of those Evelyn Wood speedreading courses if he can wade through the ISG report so quickly -- although at 84 pages in length, he COULD have polished it off in 3 to 4 nights.
Maybe after both Dubya and Karl read through the entire ISG report, they could prepare a 3 to 5 page synopsis (single spaced) of their findings. No ghost-writers allowed, but it will be an "open book" test. Wouldn't THAT be interesting?
