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Sun Feb-01-04 11:37 PM
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Clark a Tolkien and Hemingway Fan |
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Asked about his reading preferences by patrons of Moilly's restaurant and bar in the college town, the four-star general and former NATO Supreme Commander named a wide choice of favorites.
"I like Hemingway and I like a lot Jewish writers (such as) Saul Bellow," he said.
The former general also expressed a preference for the novels of John Updike and Pat Conroy.
Later, Clark told reporters that recent movies he had enjoyed with his son were: "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," "Master and Commander" and Clint Eastwood's "Mystic River." He said he also enjoyed reading J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Sun Feb-01-04 11:44 PM
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we have a guy who can and does actually read back in the WH.
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Sun Feb-01-04 11:47 PM
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2. What's not like about this man! |
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Sun Feb-01-04 11:53 PM
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Mon Feb-02-04 12:24 AM
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Mon Feb-02-04 11:57 AM
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16. One thing that will prevent me from voting Clark |
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is if his campaign theme song is "Don't Stop Believin'" ;)
Just kidding... I'm pretty sold on the man. I'd accept the song; heck, I know most of the words...
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Mon Feb-02-04 12:35 PM
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17. What's wrong with Journey? |
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Sun Feb-01-04 11:50 PM
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3. Yeah! Ask not for who Frodo lives! He lives for us all! n/t |
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Sun Feb-01-04 11:51 PM
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Sun Feb-01-04 11:56 PM
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6. Saul Bellow has some kind of ties to the neocons |
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just as DU trivia, not to suggest anything about Clark. I like Bellow and I'm not a neocon.
I guess he has a character in one of his novels that's based on Paul Wolfowitz.
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Mon Feb-02-04 12:24 AM
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I think Wolfowitz has a small part. It is a roman a clef based on Bellow's friendship with Allan Bloom.
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Mon Feb-02-04 12:43 PM
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taught together at the Comittee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. For you consipiracy theorists out there, the Comittee was also the home of Leo Straus, and remains one of the strongest bastions of Straussian thought in the US.
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Mon Feb-02-04 12:16 AM
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7. the longest 80 page book of all time ; Old man and the Sea |
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Mon Feb-02-04 12:28 AM
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No books about goats or hungry caterpillars?
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Mon Feb-02-04 12:52 AM
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11. Nonono, that's classified material by * due to 9/11 connections... n/t |
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Mon Feb-02-04 12:53 AM
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12. That's incredible that we could have a president who actually reads... |
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GWB doesn't even read the newspaper!
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Mon Feb-02-04 11:55 AM
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Mon Feb-02-04 06:42 AM
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his favorite movie of last years was Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.
I'd vote for him based on his movie preferences alone!
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