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Yes the Boston Herald mentioned it the other day.

“Actually, the one by [L. Ron Hubbard],” [Mitt Romney] said when asked to name his favorite novel. “I’m not in favor of his religion by any means, but he wrote a book called `Battlefield Earth’ that was a very fun science fiction book.”

The Mark Twain novel “Huckleberry Finn” tops the book list on Romney’s My Space page. “Battlefield Earth” isn’t on the list.

Michael Goldman, a Democratic consultant with the Government Insight Group, chalked it up to one of those “mind blips” that happens in campaigns, but he said the “Battlefield Earth” revelation will hurt Romney. “It’s such a bizarre choice. We don’t necessarily want our president to be Albert Einstein but we don’t want people to make fun of our president either,” Goldman said. In addition to his literary choices, Romney has also been slammed for changing positions on abortion and gay rights.

Mitt’s new flip-flop is out of this world
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Boston Herald - Boston, Mass.
Author: JESSICA HESLAM

Michael Goldman, a Democratic consultant ... said ... "... We don’t necessarily want our president to be Albert Einstein but we don’t want people to make fun of our president either,”

Yeah, right. Uh huh. Suuuure. A "Democratic consultant" says he doesn't want people to make fun of the president...

Sheesh!