Posted on 10/16/2005 6:05:54 AM PDT by Libloather
'Help! Mom!' casts liberals as villains
By Cheryl Wetzstein
The Washington Times
Published October 16, 2005
WASHINGTON -- Katharine DeBrecht, a married mother of three, wanted to make a point about the importance of conservative values.
So, she penned a children's book -- "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed!" -- to stand up to the "liberal agenda that's being thrown at our kids from the left."
**SNIP**
Liberals have lambasted the book as "brainwashing" and "Nazi propaganda." The Democratic Underground Web site listed Mrs. DeBrecht as one of its "Top 10 Conservative Idiots" last month.
"If ever there was a book that public libraries should ban, it is this one," one outraged reviewer wrote on Amazon.com.
Sheldon Rampton of the Center for Media and Democracy, a watchdog for corporate propaganda in Madison, Wis., voiced concern about marketing the book to children.
"If this were a parody for adult entertainment, I would see it as that. But if this is a book that is actually intended for kids to read, then I think there's a problem with it," Mr. Rampton said.
Children aren't necessarily sophisticated enough to understand these kinds of policies, and "liberals under the bed" sounds like "monsters under the bed," Mr. Rampton said. "Kids have enough real things that their parents need to teach them to stay away from."
Mrs. DeBrecht, who is active in South Carolina Republican politics, said she is too busy working on her next books to be bothered by liberal "whining."
"Help! Mom! Hollywood Is in My Hamper," which takes on politicking liberal celebrities, is due in March, she said, and lawyers and judges soon will be the stars of their own "Help! Mom!" books.
(Excerpt) Read more at wpherald.com ...
(Denny Crane: "I like nature. Don't talk to me about the environment".)
Glad to see this book. There are enough commie kids books, like Rainbow Fish.
I just bought a copy.
Deeply, from the bottom of my heart.
"If ever there was a book that public libraries should ban, it is this one," one outraged reviewer wrote on Amazon.com.
LOL! What an over reaction!
Cardinal rule - The shriller the noise against, the more effective (and truthful) the item being attacked. This women should be funded to write another 20 books.
Sounds dead on to me. Remember all the libs that insisted we go see Farenheit 9-11?
What a sobriquet, coming from a bunch of mental morons who largely can't even write their own rants in complete sentences of without perpetually dropping the "F" bomb.
I wonder how many public libraries will order this book? My guess is NONE, unless they receive multiple requests for it and are therefore forced to order it.
Can't wait to review it on Amazon.
Interesting. I wonder if their is a marketing channel for homeshoolers?
Just checked it out on Amazon, for $15 it seems like the perfect Christmas gift for a few of my hopelessly liberal relatives.
No big words, lots of pictures, perfect for a liberal!
Liberals are the epitome of political evil. No moral or legal authority binds them and they are historically on the wrong side of every argument. The truth will overwhelm them eventually. There needs to be more books like this.
IMHO she will be, without any tax dollars spent. Ain't the free market a grand?
But if this is a book that is actually intended for kids to read, then I think there's a problem with it," Mr. Rampton said.
sometimes all you can do is quote them.
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