Joy Behar is a miserable person. If she wasn't filthy rich I'd feel sorry for her. Nobody should have to go through life with that much cynicism and anger. Even some of my more liberal friends think she goes too far.

Debunking two myths in one shot:

First, that she doesn't read.

Second, that she doesn't talk to journalists outside of Fox News.

Try reading 'Miracles', 'The Abolition of Man', & 'The Problem of Pain'. They'll make your head spin. Not quite kid's books!

To pile on to previous commenters; the Space Trilogy was a powerful narrative of good vs. evil in a science fiction format.

I think Joy Behar's comment, while uninformed, is certainly understandable. Lewis's best-known and best-selling work is the Chronicles of Narnia, a series of books written for children. I'm not a fan of his and I'm not at all familiar with his work beyond children's literature, although I'm aware that he has done a fair amount. Still, hardly a "miserable" response.

To me, the more interesting bit here is this: "it’s one of those questions where I like to turn that around and ask the reporters, ‘Why would it be that there is that perception that I don’t read?'"

I find it astonishing that she still blames the media for somehow sabotaging her in that interview (and every one since). Why would there be that perception? Because you couldn't come up with a the name of a single news source that you read. It was a straightforward, absolutely reasonable question, and really, not even a "gotcha" type question—who in their right mind would think that the Governor of Alaska couldn't at least sputter out some right-leaning chronicles of choice (as she does here). She screwed up. Maybe it was nerves, maybe she really doesn't read much. Either way, it's certainly not the reporter's fault. Her endless pledge of victimhood is among the many things about her that I find distasteful.

"Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis is possibly one of the best books I've ever read. Hardly children's material.

Uninformed to Understandable:

Oil to Water

Behar to Good Natured

Liberalism to Logic

So Bmore Liberal essentially admits to being unfamiliar with the works of one of the most prominent and important authors of the 20th century, but it's Palin who is the ignorant rube.

I love liberals.

Palin finishes, what, third (not bothering to look it up) in a beauty pageant and receives criticism for it. For what? For not being hot enough to win? For being a bubblehead for participating in the first place? For not being Diane Sawyer? Makes no sense, but you see that nonsense used by her critics as a throw-away line over and over again - sometimes within the context of a larger "more intellectual" argument.

GWB "didn't read". Not true. At all. Convenient for the narrative against him, though. The argument even devolved to the point at which urban legends arose suggesting that he was the inspiration for the Curious George monkey childrens' books character. Propaganda victory.

Do I think Palin is a rocket scientist? No. She's not stupid, however. At the risk of sounding like one of those "anti-book learnin'" types, though, I've never put too much stock in intellectualism being a boon to leadership ability. In fact, I believe it can impair leadership when one believes [even correctly] that they are always the brightest dude in the room. Not conducive to soliciting an array of opinions, delegating, or making firm decisions. You know, leadership stuff.

Thatcher was a research chemist - a profession it obviously takes some smarts to pursue. Was that background what made her a brilliant leader? I do not believe so. Her conservatism and conviction was.

I think Palin should show up to an interview with a pop-up book. Something akin to "Johnny has 10 apples...borrowed 20 to get them...and has promised 30 more to his friends. How many apples does Johnny have? Further, how many friends will Johnny likely retain?" That would be hilarious.