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Liberals Furious Over New Children's Book (“Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed”)
Press Release Newswire ^ | 9/20/05

Posted on 09/20/2005 5:19:03 PM PDT by Libloather

Liberals Furious Over New Children's Book

New kid’s book “Liberals Under My Bed” becomes lightning rod for controversy. Prominent liberals liken it to Nazi propaganda, but conservative author laughs off allegations.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) September 20, 2005 –- Liberals all over the country are up in arms over a new children’s book that portrays cartoon versions of left-wing icons Hillary Clinton and Ted Kennedy taxing and regulating a lemonade stand.

“Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed” (Kids Ahead; hardcover: $15.95; ISBN 0976726904) hits bookstore shelves today, but author Katharine DeBrecht has already found herself under fire from liberals. MSNBC host Ron Reagan was incensed over the book and scolded DeBrecht on his cable television show. Fox News host Alan Colmes claimed the book exists for the purpose of “brainwashing.” Democratic Underground, a popular liberal Web site, named DeBrecht to its “Top 10 Conservative Idiots” list. And Daily Kos, the most trafficked left-wing blog, likened the book to Nazi propaganda.

In spite of the unflattering comparisons to Hitler, “Liberals Under My Bed” author DeBrecht is nonplussed by the allegations.

“What else would you expect from liberals?” shrugs DeBrecht, a mother of three and former co-captain of Security Moms for Bush. “Liberals have been foisting their ideological agenda on our kids for years, and now they’re beside themselves that someone would stand up to them. Evidently books about socialist fish and gay kings are OK, but a story about hard work and self-reliance is too extreme.”

DeBrecht asserts that no liberals have protested the presence of books such as “Rainbow Fish” (where a fish is hectored into giving away his beautiful scales so that all the fish look the same) and “King & King” (where two princes marry each other and adopt a little girl) in classrooms. She also points to the prohibition on prayer in school, attacks on the Boy Scouts, opposition to school choice, and the recent court ruling banning the Pledge of Allegiance because it contained the phrase “under God” as evidence of a liberal agenda targeting kids.

“Evidently liberals oppose parents who believe in traditional values having a book that will help them teach those values to their children,” says DeBrecht. “But, then again, liberals oppose anything that supports religion, traditional families, and the free market. Those institutions are obstacles to their goals of eliminating personal responsibility and establishing a welfare state.”

“Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed” -- which features full-color illustrations by award winning artist Jim Hummel -- tells of two brothers who open a lemonade stand. Their plans to save up their hard earned profits to buy a swing set go awry when a Ted Kennedy character taxes away their profits and a pants-suit clad Hillary Clinton look-alike outlaws sugary drinks.

About World Ahead Publishing:
Kids Ahead is an imprint of Los Angeles-based World Ahead Publishing, the West Coast's premier publisher of conservative and libertarian books. To learn more, visit www.worldahead.com.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
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To: Libloather

Out in plenty of time for Christmas. Oops, Winterfest.


201 posted on 09/27/2005 11:33:22 PM PDT by Ciexyz (Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
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To: BulletBobCo

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202 posted on 09/29/2005 7:57:02 PM PDT by timestax
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203 posted on 10/31/2005 8:44:07 PM PST by timestax
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207 posted on 11/15/2005 10:39:34 PM PST by timestax
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208 posted on 11/19/2005 10:53:18 PM PST by timestax
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To: Libloather

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209 posted on 11/22/2005 10:57:59 AM PST by timestax
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To: hombre_sincero

Have they got Teddy taking swimming lessons?


210 posted on 11/22/2005 11:03:21 AM PST by pointsal
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To: cubreporter
They can dish it out but they can't take it.

Yup. And this book is nothing more than a series of political cartoons.

211 posted on 11/22/2005 11:08:10 AM PST by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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To: Aquinasfan

That's it. They can't stand the heat then let them get out of the kitchen. They are just in the way.


212 posted on 11/22/2005 11:17:08 AM PST by cubreporter (I trust Rush. He's done more for our country than we will ever know. He's the man!)
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To: Libloather

To all Liberals: Take a pill crybabies!


213 posted on 11/22/2005 11:17:42 AM PST by pankot
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To: Libloather

There's nothing funnier than watching a lib have a cow! I love it! Ahahaha!


214 posted on 11/22/2005 11:19:06 AM PST by derllak
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To: Old Professer
I bought this for my Granddaughter, actually for my son who has hated liberals since he received his first real pay check, he thought it was a hoot.

If he liked it, I would recommend it to all thinking Conservatives with kids, along with LS's book.

215 posted on 11/22/2005 11:44:30 AM PST by Little Bill (A 37%'r, a Red Spot on a Blue State, rats are evil.)
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To: Washi
I recieved the book on 9/16, go to Amazon to order it.
216 posted on 11/22/2005 11:48:49 AM PST by Little Bill (A 37%'r, a Red Spot on a Blue State, rats are evil.)
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To: Libloather

Feminists have no sense of humor.
I'm buying another book.


217 posted on 11/22/2005 11:52:12 AM PST by BooksForTheRight.com (what have you done today to fight terrorism/leftism (same thing!))
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To: Libloather

This author has another book "Help! Mom! Hollywood Is in My Hamper" to be published in March. Libs will not see the humor in it.


218 posted on 11/22/2005 12:08:25 PM PST by BooksForTheRight.com (what have you done today to fight terrorism/leftism (same thing!))
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To: cubreporter

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219 posted on 11/22/2005 9:52:00 PM PST by timestax
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To: timestax

:) Thanks. :) Happy Thanksgiving.


220 posted on 11/23/2005 8:52:15 AM PST by cubreporter (I trust Rush. He's done more for our country than we will ever know. He's the man!)
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