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.
Very good point. Thanks.
That's because foaming at the mouth liberal idiots are writing the reviews.
SWEEEEEEEEEEEET
I don't believe the author was nonplussed.
Sounds like it's exactly what she expected.
LOL!!! You made me spew my beer!
"She is still alive and has changed to conform with modern liberal thinking. I am glad I grew up when liberals were at least partially sane."
I also grew up in a liberal home which, while I wouldn't describe it as sane, was at least traditional in some respects, like yours.
My parents were the squarest of their crowd. The rest were hippy-dippy or decadent beyond belief. Most of their children ended up in "alternate" lifestyles. I sometimes think, there but for G-d's grace go I.
I read about RAINBOW PARTY. It is a sick book beyond belief.
BTW, I'm going to buy the LIBERALS book. Let's make it number one on Amazon.
Your tag line would make a good bumper sticker.
I like going to the front counter, act as if I've never been in a bookstore before, clear my voice and ask - loudly, "WHERE CAN I FIND 'HELP! MOM! THERE ARE LIBERALS UNDER MY BED'?" It helps me and nearby leftist customers completely enjoy the experience...
"My parents were the squarest of their crowd. The rest were hippy-dippy or decadent beyond belief. Most of their children ended up in "alternate" lifestyles. I sometimes think, there but for G-d's grace go I."
I am the youngest of 5. My oldest sister is a complete moonbat, but other than her we all came out moderate to conservative. My parents were also the squarest of the bunch, and I found out how square when my father found marijuana growing in my brothers closet. How uncool of him to make us destroy it....if he was a real liberal he would have helped us grow it to flower and smoked it with us. Guess he wasn't as liberal as he seemed.
And yours made me smile and made me remember how Blessed I am! :)
Hehehehe, I like this author.
Brilliant, she stole an arrow from the liberals' quiver, and it has gone straight to the heart!
Why the outrage? I thought anything that was in cartoon form was OK because it is only satire.
My mom, also an ultra liberal, did too. Now, she denies ever doing it.
BTW, I will buy at least four copies, if the book is as funny as it sounds!
No they're not. I hate it when PR does stuff like this. It's probably a funny book, too.
Perfect. I will buy one.
Also, everyone should read, if you haven't, "Marketing of Evil". It is a really, really good book.
Don't ya just love it!
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