Big deal. You can lead a chimp to Camus, but you can't make him think. It doesn't take much to remember a quote or two.
If they want to impress me with his intellectualism, then let's see him engage in a good, old-fashioned game of duelling essays with some cool thinker. A reasonably esoteric topic would be bonus, but I'll take anything.
He must have chosen "The Stranger" because it's short. Not to say it isn't good...
ReplyDeleteThe thought of W playing a literary type cracks me up.
Big deal. You can lead a chimp to Camus, but you can't make him think. It doesn't take much to remember a quote or two.
ReplyDeleteIf they want to impress me with his intellectualism, then let's see him engage in a good, old-fashioned game of duelling essays with some cool thinker. A reasonably esoteric topic would be bonus, but I'll take anything.
How much says he didn't even write that speech himself? In fact, I'd wager that he's got someone writing ALL of his speeches for him.
ReplyDeleteI'm not immediately aware of any contemporary president who's written his own speeches.
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