Note to self: read own book
I understand that sometimes famous people are either too busy or unskilled to write their own books, hence the heavy use of ghostwriters. Often this is for the best as an incoherent, awful book actually written by a famous person is obviously worse then a book written by a ghostwriter that incorporates the famous person's ideas/thoughts/words. Having said that, its probably a good idea to, you know, read the book that is purported to be yours. Case in point, former Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX):
Appearing on Hardball with Chris Matthews to promote his new book, No Retreat, No Surrender, it's clear former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) didn't write it and perhaps never even read it before it was published.
Matthews asked DeLay about passages in his book where described former Rep. Dick Armey (R-TX) as "drunk with ambition." Amazingly, DeLay denied writing that, even after Matthews showed him the underlined passage in his own book. (Political Wire)
Here's the actual video of the whole exchange:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvOugoeztB0[/youtube]
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