Here's a funny question

I had a bit of a chuckle when a reporter in yesterday's press gaggle asked a very interesting question. Incidentially, how much time do you have for vacation at your hobby ranch? Not nearly as much as our dear president, eh? Pissed? Yeah, me too!

Q Trent, should we read anything into the fact that he's got three years left and he's already reading a book about what it's like to be out of office?

MR. DUFFY: The President is a history buff -- you know that as well as anybody. He does read a lot of books based on recommendations, and Brian Williams recommended it to him, so he picked it up and he's reading it. He is an avid reader. And the President knows full-well that he's got a lot of time left in this second term and he's going to accomplish big things, as he has talked about repeatedly.

Q Why "Imperial Grunt"? Kaplan is pretty critical of Iraq. Do you have any idea why he picked that book?

MR. DUFFY: The President is an avid reader. He reads books of all kinds and stripe and persuasion. And he decided to read it.