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Bush can form the words, but he can't understand what he's reading as he reads it. This isn't new, it's been talked about before, but the press won't cover it. During the Republican primary debates one questioner raised the issue, asking Bush what he read, and he listed off several newspapers he swore he read daily, and a few books, including one he was reading then about a Truman official.

At a later debate, another questioner asked him what he had learned reading that book. He rambled for a while with platitudes like "I learned that we must be prepared," etc. Nothing at all about the book. Even conservative commentators said he hadn't read the book.

He was given a questionaire about books he enjoyed as a kid. The questionaire was to be used to promote reading for kids, and was given to several political figures. He listed off a series of books he read as a kid, most of which weren't written when he was a kid. Most of them were books he had read to kindergarteners during his campaigning, though.

And despite claiming in debate that he read several newspapers every day, he has since claimed he doesn't read newspapers.

He shows all the classic signs of illiteracy. He asks others to read stuff to him rather than read them himself. His signature is illegible and doesn't really form any distinct letters. When reading a teleprompter or written speech, he does not notice when the text is wrong, or when he has reversed words. His useful vocabulary is miniscule, except when he's talking about killing or death, then he sounds like he's reciting movies he grew up on.

He had a C average in college, and a low C at that. He never scored higher than 88 in any class, and that 88 was only in one class, in history, where a rich kid can have things written for him. He could not get into University of Texas because his grades were too low.

Even Rice, when she was asked a year ago about the PDB, admitted he may not have read it.

He's illiterate. I have no doubt of that. He can sound out words, he can probably handle children's books, but he can't grasp anything high school or above.

On edit: I forgot to mention that he lied about writing a poem to his wife. She lied about it, too. She later admitted he hadn't written it, though it was posted on the White House web page.