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'Help! Mom!' casts liberals as villains (RAT whining won't stop author from writing more)
World Peace Herald ^ | 10/16/05 | Cheryl Wetzstein

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 ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: author; bed; bookreview; casts; debrecht; help; helpmom; katharine; liberals; ll; mom; more; rat; stop; villains; whining; writing
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1 posted on 10/16/2005 6:06:02 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather
Its funny how liberals react with such visceral distate to conservatism. You'd think they were being subjected to pornography.

(Denny Crane: "I like nature. Don't talk to me about the environment".)
2 posted on 10/16/2005 6:07:47 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Libloather

Glad to see this book. There are enough commie kids books, like Rainbow Fish.


3 posted on 10/16/2005 6:08:16 AM PDT by StockAyatollah
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To: Libloather

I just bought a copy.


4 posted on 10/16/2005 6:08:47 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: goldstategop
I love this woman.

Deeply, from the bottom of my heart.

5 posted on 10/16/2005 6:09:07 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Islam is merely Nazism without the snappy fashion sense.)
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To: Libloather

"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!


6 posted on 10/16/2005 6:10:43 AM PDT by jocon307
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To: Libloather
"Liberals have lambasted the book as "brainwashing" and "Nazi propaganda."

This may interfere with the liberal propaganda taught in public schools. "You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you."
8 posted on 10/16/2005 6:14:49 AM PDT by RunningJoke
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To: Libloather

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.


9 posted on 10/16/2005 6:14:49 AM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: Libloather
Children aren't necessarily sophisticated enough to understand these kinds of policies, and "liberals under the bed" sounds like "monsters under the bed,"

Sounds dead on to me. Remember all the libs that insisted we go see Farenheit 9-11?

10 posted on 10/16/2005 6:14:55 AM PDT by Fenris6 (3 Purple Hearts in 4 months w/o missing a day of work? He's either John Rambo or a Fraud)
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To: Libloather
The Democratic Underground Web site listed Mrs. DeBrecht as one of its "Top 10 Conservative Idiots" last month.

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.

11 posted on 10/16/2005 6:15:00 AM PDT by Morgan's Raider
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To: Libloather

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.


12 posted on 10/16/2005 6:15:27 AM PDT by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: goldstategop
Not expecting my first child until February, but I just ordered a copy at Amazon anyway. Hell, this book may be banned by the time my kid can read it.

Can't wait to review it on Amazon.

13 posted on 10/16/2005 6:15:42 AM PDT by southern rock
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To: Libloather

Interesting. I wonder if their is a marketing channel for homeshoolers?


14 posted on 10/16/2005 6:16:43 AM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (Pork the dorks - nominate Bork!)
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To: Libloather

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!


15 posted on 10/16/2005 6:19:16 AM PDT by FMBass (“Now that I’m sober I watch a lot of news” – Garofalo: From “Treason” by Coulter)
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To: Libloather
I bought two copies from Amazon weeks ago. I was disappointed. It's a little too complicated to call it a "children's" book, and it's a little over-the-top for adults. It could have been better. But seeing how some liberal "thought police" think this book should be banned, I'll probably donate one copy to my local library.
16 posted on 10/16/2005 6:19:40 AM PDT by manwiththehands
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To: Libloather

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.


17 posted on 10/16/2005 6:19:42 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Democrats.. Socialists..Commies..Traitors...Who can tell the difference?)
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To: AmericaUnited
This women should be funded to write another 20 books.

IMHO she will be, without any tax dollars spent. Ain't the free market a grand?

18 posted on 10/16/2005 6:23:45 AM PDT by magslinger (At the end of the day the only truly educated people are autodidacts.)
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To: Libloather
"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.

Here's one:
"Help! Mom! That judge wants to take our house!"
19 posted on 10/16/2005 6:32:54 AM PDT by Lord Basil (Hate isn't a family value; it's a liberal one.)
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To: Libloather

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.


20 posted on 10/16/2005 6:34:11 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Seeking the truth here folks.)
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