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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 06:14 PM
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Question from Zogby poll. "It is 3 AM and your telephone rings..."
It is 3 AM and your telephone rings. The next president can't sleep and is calling you for a book recommendation, other than the Bible, what book would you suggest?

My answer: The Federalist Papers.

I was wondering what other DUers might suggest?
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 06:17 PM
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1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 06:18 PM
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5. Don't dis my Harry Potter.
It beats My Pet Goat at least. :P
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 07:02 PM
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19. I'm not. I think it's an important read.
And a sharp lesson to willfully gutless government.
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 06:17 PM
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2. Penthouse?
:blush:
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 06:18 PM
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3. "A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn
Trust me, both Democratic front runners have already read "The Federalist Papers."

As for McCasket, you don't think he reads, do you?
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Donnachaidh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 06:28 PM
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12. He'd probably fall asleep if they got him the Audiobook version. n/t
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 06:18 PM
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4. The Constitution. It's short enough to read before you go back to bed,
and you might learn something.
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Uben Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 06:19 PM
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6. How about the Constitution?
Then maybe they would find out just how many laws have been broken by the bush administration and figure out how to get them a speedy trial and a cozy prison cell for a few decades!
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ananda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 06:20 PM
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7. Profiles of Courage
nt
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 06:23 PM
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8. Mr. Spock or Data?
:shrug:
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asthmaticeog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 06:26 PM
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9. It Can't Happen Here
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TheCentepedeShoes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 08:26 PM
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22. Good choice
My favorite book. I imagine a movie version with Richard Dreyfus as Doremus Jessup and Marcia Gay Hardin as Lorinda Pike.
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Donnachaidh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 06:27 PM
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10. Broken Government by John Dean and
The Best Democracy Money can buy by Greg Palast.
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jefferson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 06:28 PM
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11. Tao Te Ching
As for political texts, i'm also keen on The Federalist Papers.

"If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary."

Leviathan by Hobbes and Democracy in America by Tocqueville are two other "desert island texts" in my view.


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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 06:29 PM
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13. anything by Carl Hiaasen
:)
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Clear Blue Sky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 06:32 PM
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14. The Constitution.
For the current President, how about "Sponge Bob's Adventure in Washington DC"...
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 06:40 PM
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15. I wrote in to not look at the bible but read the constitution. That was an odd question.
Most of them were ok, but I almost stopped at that one. I wish they'd get a better proof reader. In the personal info part they asked how many people over 65 were in my household and didn't give me the choice of "none" like they did for the other ages.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 06:43 PM
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16. I did the poll.
I'm presently reading Noam Chomsky's "Reasons of State" about the Vietnam War and that's what I recommended. Every incoming President should read it. Too bad the present one didn't.
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Itchinjim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 06:47 PM
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17. I answered anything by Chas. Dickins.
Why not? Boz had a great insight into human nature that we could all use. Even a President.
Plus for some reason I've really been into Dickins lately.
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 06:49 PM
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18. I suggested 1776 by David McCullough
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 07:16 PM
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20. I answered The Shock Doctrine. . . n/t
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ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 07:18 PM
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21. Cosmic Trigger. nt
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Union Label Donating Member (451 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 08:40 PM
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23. Simple
V for Vendetta, and hope the lesson takes.
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WA98296 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 08:46 PM
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24. What Would Jefferson Do?
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Genevieve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 08:50 PM
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25. My Pet Goat
ooops, I thought the question was about bush.
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