Mitt Romney - Science Fiction Fan!

You heard that right. Mitt's favorite book, according to an interview on Fox, is "Battlefield Earth" by L Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology.

Here's a sample:

“The probe and the pictures were on a metal that was rare everywhere and worth a clanking fortune. And Intergalactic paid the Psychlo governors sixty trillion Galactic credits for the directions and the concession. One gas barrage and we were in business.”

“Fairy tales, fairy tales,” said Char. “Every planet I ever helped gut has some butt and crap story like that. Every one.” He yawned his face into a huge cavern. “All that was hundreds, maybe thousands of years ago. You ever notice that the public relations department always puts their fairy tales so far back nobody can ever check them?”

“I’m going to go out and catch one of these things,” said Terl.

“Not with any of my crews or equipment you ain’t,” said Char.

Terl heaved his mammoth bulk off the seat and crossed the creaking floor to the berthing hatch.

“You’re as crazy as a nebula of crap,” said Char.

Wow! That's bad. One has to wonder, as Tom Tomorrow did, just how many books can Mitt have read thus far if that's one of his favorites.

Or is this just Mitt pandering to the Scientology crowd?