[danielrpa]

Yes, and irrespective of our opinions on each book... Reading the Bible lets you connect in some form with the majority of your electorate, while reading Kuhn does not.

[chrisbrandow]

Though this argument is undercut somewhat by Bush not actually winning a majority of the electorate. ;-)

[nonethewiser]

Its not undercut at all by not winning the popular vote. 81.6% of the electorate identified as Christian in 2001 and 78% by 2012. Thats a clear majority of the electorate.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_the_United_S....

[comicjk]

They didn't ask what books both men had read - I suspect Gore has read at least a large chunk of the Bible (he still describes himself as a Baptist to this day). It's just not his favorite book.

[esafak]

He must have known that, so props to him for giving an honest answer.

[earthboundkid]

I always felt like Palin got done dirty when they asked her what she read. Like obviously this is a trick question, and she hadn’t prepared a good answer for it. Who cares? OTOH, she is a nut, so maybe it was fair to stress her out and see if she cracks.