Drive, He Said
Title: “The Road to Character”
Author: David Brooks
Rank: 1
Blurb: “Looking to some of the world’s greatest thinkers and inspiring leaders, Brooks explores how, through internal struggle and a sense of their own limitations, they have built a strong inner character… Dwight Eisenhower organized his life not around impulsive self-expression but considered self-restraint.”
Review: “Any time you extrapolate from specific examples to the general, you’re on dangerous ground.”
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Footnote: Ike’s road to character had a chauffeur.
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Driving the road to character with a pink Cadillac.
Also ironic is that it is written by a man with so little.
This from a divorced man who has yet to apologize for his position on the Iraq War. Or admit he’s been wrong about everything.
Hillbot 3000’s potential presidential challenger may have my vote–dayum! Total PCILF.
@¡Andrew!: He came across well in an interview on NPR, but it was all a softball toss around.
@DElurker: Those pecs hold the promise of power.
Well, let’s see how liberal he’ll go.
@¡Andrew!: Not that there’s much competition, but he’s totally my GILF.
@¡Andrew!: Oh dear god in heaven.
@Benedick: I love you.
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