The Pet Goat Obsessive
Peter Smith of the Ledge of Liberty weblog got a bee in his bonnet about the book Bush was reading during his infamous seven minutes of indecision, and the result is this: Mystery of “The Pet Goat” Revealed. Heh.
Update: Per Adam in the comments, see also http://www.mypetgoat.com/.
Yet another update: Per Jenny in the comments, see also the Amazon page for the book, including the following reader review:
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
“The Pet Goat” is Great!, July 1, 2004
Reviewer: George W. Bush
I love this book, especially the story “The Pet Goat.”
When my friend Andy told me that a second plane had struck the World Trade Center and the United States was under attack and certainly thousands were dead, well, I just couldn’t stop reading. I was engrossed! You know you’ve got a corker on your hands if a national security crisis can wait.
“The Pet Goat” is great. You won’t be able to put it down!
July 3rd, 2004 at 9:34 am
It’s funny because I became curious about this book recently as well, after I couldn’t find any book called “My Pet Goat” in Amazon etc. databases. I even e-mailed Michael Moore’s site about it, and they sent me a nice reply mentioning the site http://www.mypetgoat.com. I also went so far as to put a bid in on eBay on a copy of the book. But I’m already outbid and it’s not worth $30 to me for a curiousity like this.
July 3rd, 2004 at 1:41 pm
I followed the Amazon link on the “Mystery of the Pet Goat revealed” site and found a review of the book written by George W. Bush. It’s pretty hysterical. I’m surprised Amazon hasn’t removed it yet.
Jenny
July 4th, 2004 at 11:13 am
Bill Clinton reviewed the book too. Hilarious these jokes about 9-11.
July 4th, 2004 at 10:36 pm
I saw a link at talkingpointsmemo.com to a page where you can send a “Bush Birthday Card” with an unflattering haiku supplied, or write your own. So I wrote:
My pet goat is loose.
See him eat White House roses.
Bush runs for his life.