I noted the president’s reading list here and, following Ann Althouse’s lead, asked you what book you would have the president read. What is interesting is Tom Friedman’s Hot, Flat, and Crowded is one of the books he’s reading.
It’s interesting because he said he was reading the same book back during the campaign:
Looks like President Obama is one slow reader.
The commander in chief’s list of beach books for his Martha’s Vineyard vacation includes an environmental best seller that he bragged about reading almost a year ago on the campaign trail.
Obama was so taken with Thomas Friedman’s "Hot, Flat and Crowded" that he quoted it at a rally last September in Flint, Mich., and one media outlet described it as the book that was currently on the then-candidate’s nightstand.
The 448-page book appeared again on Monday on the list of five books that Obama planned to read on his vacation in Martha’s Vineyard.
For his weeklong vacation, the White House claims Obama also brought along four other books — ranging from gritty crime drama "Lush Life" by Richard Price to David McCullough’s 752-page "John Adams."
Hat Tip: Planet Gore and Jammie Wearing Fool
