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Steele cites Tolstoy, but quotes Dickens during RNC debate

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There were few fireworks during Monday's debate between the candidates hoping to be the next Republican National Committee chair.

One of the more cringe-worthy moments came when the candidates were asked to name their favorite book.

Current RNC chair Michael Steele announced that his favorite book was War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy.

But the crowd erupted in uncomfortable laughter when Steele quoted Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities.

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," he said.

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Favorite book The Reagan Diaries and George Bush' new book? That to me is more laughable than quoting Dickens but claiming Tolstoy's War and Peace to be your favorite book. God, those people haven't drunk the kool-aid, they have been stewed in it.

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I'll bet he really relates most to "Les Miserables", but he just couldn't pronounce it.

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Just as well. He'd probably ID the author as "Hugo Victor."