Libs Love Books--Or Do They?

NewsBusters.org ^ | Matthew Sheffield

[RatherBiased.com]

Liberals around the country are smiling today at an Associated Press poll and story circulating on the web claiming that conservatives read less than liberals, non more so than former Colorado Democratic congresswoman Pat Schroeder who despite being president of the American Association of Publishers decided she felt like insulting half of her potential reading audience by dusting off an old liberal refrain:

"The Karl Roves of the world have built a generation that just wants a couple slogans: 'No, don't raise my taxes, no new taxes,' [...] It's pretty hard to write a book saying, 'No new taxes, no new taxes, no new taxes' on every page. [...] She said liberals tend to be policy wonks who "can't say anything in less than paragraphs. We really want the whole picture, want to peel the onion."

It's all too familiar and really kind of sad since this poll is hardly conclusive (more on which in a minute). For all their talk about being "regular people," the left sure loves calling their fellow citizens stupid and moronic. You'd think that after employing this method for so long—think Reagan-as-idiot-savant, rationalizing the radio failure of Mario Cuomo, Air America, etc.—that the left would realize their elitist and snobbish attitude and either drop it or drop the whole "party of the people" nonsense. After all, how can you be for the common man if you regard him as an ignorant dolt?

[Red Badger]

Only pop-up books and ones with read-along sing-along........

[Jaysun]

She said liberals tend to be policy wonks who "can't say anything in less than paragraphs. We really want the whole picture, want to peel the onion."

That is such a steaming pile. If that were true there'd be no such thing as the modern day liberal.

[soupcon]

Golden Books are excellent for leveling furniture.

[lowbridge]

Only pop-up books and ones with read-along sing-along........

Hey! Dont lie by omission! You left out coloring books!

[xcamel]

book reading stories are suffering a temporary overposting meltdown...please hold.

[Red Badger]

Everybody loves coloring books!................

[ari-freedom]

You don’t have to read under liberalism. You don’t have to do anything but sit on your tush all day and the government will do everything for you.

[ari-freedom]

liberal books for kids!

and for high school:

[Red Badger]

She said liberals tend to be policy wonks who "can't say anything in less than paragraphs. We really want the whole picture, want to peel the onion." That is such a steaming pile. If that were true there'd be no such thing as the modern day liberal.

Brevity is the soul of wit. They are soulless and witless.......

[MikeHu]

Lots of people with “liberal” arts degrees think they know something.

[USMCWife6869]

I honestly don’t think Liberals read more, I think they just lie about reading more.

And as far as wanting to “peel the onion”, well yeah, I can see that, I suppose. I mean, when a Liberal speaks, it makes me want to cry, so I suppose it is an accurate analogy.

[stylin19a]

Are you currently registered to vote at this address, or not?
ALL
ADULTS
Yes................................................... 77
No ................................................... 23
Refused/not sure............................

_________________________________________________________

2b. Do you lean strongly or only moderately toward the Democratic Party?

2c. Do you lean strongly or only moderately toward the Republican Party?

2d. Do your beliefs tend to lean more toward the Democrats or the Republicans?

ALL ADULTS
Strongly Republican............................. 12
Moderately Republican......................... 12
Lean Republican ................................. 14
Definitely Independent/neither............... 15
Lean Democrat.................................... 15
Moderately Democrat.. ........................ 12
Strongly Democrat............................... 19
Refused/not sure................................... 1
Total Republican ................................ 38
Total Democrat .................................. 46
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[Tanniker Smith]

We really want the whole picture, want to peel the onion."

Liberal writing belongs in "The Onion".

[Tanniker Smith]

Speaking on Onions:

When you're ready to have a serious discussion about the Green Lantern, you have my email address

[lowbridge]

Liberals around the country are smiling today at an Associated Press poll and story circulating on the web claiming that conservatives read less than liberals,

I've been a voracious reader of books since before my teens. I am still a heavy reader, and have mountains of books in my home that I have read, some more than once, and another mountain pile of books that I as of yet to read because I dont have the time (Though I try gettng through it). My Democrat brother on the other hand, does NOT crack open a single book. The occasional nudie magazine, but that's it. You go into my space, you will find dozens of books on MANY various subjects (biography, true crime, politics, movies/entertainment, etc). You go into his space, not a single book to be found.

[CivilWarguy]

There is a simple answer to the poll numbers. Liberals want to be thought of as “intellectual” so they lied to the pollsters about how many books they read. Lying comes easily to Liberals.

[Darkwolf377]

This tired, worn-out BS again?

I live and work around almost nothing BUT Liberals (live in Boston, work in Cambridge), and the Libs who I see reading are reading the same old propaganda--Michael Moore, Karl Marx, Noam Chomsky, the latest Christianity-bashing book. The books I see them reading are just the same rah-rah-our-side garbage, nothing challenging, nothing DIFFERENT.

I read more, and more varied books.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating. I work in a school where the English teacher can't spell, the history teacher teaches propaganda (commonly saying things like "The greedy white man" to his students when skin color has nothing to do with the subject at hand), and the math teacher uses English as a second language and has a difficult time using that.

When dealing with the students in their non-schoolroom hours, I sit them down and do writing exercises with them. I correct their awful grammar and spelling, and repeatedly ask them to write about anything BUT their own experiences. I encourage them to read writers whose politics I despise who are still useful models for certain writing habits.

Liberals love to POSE as these Deep Thinking Readers. But when they TALK, and you hear them regurgitating the claptrap they read without any of their own ideas added, you realize they only read so they can be told what to think, and not to think for themselves after exposure to a variety of viewpoints--which is supposed to be the whole point of reading.

[lowbridge]

I've been a voracious reader of books since before my teens.

To do a little more bragging: I taught myself to read and write when I was 3 years old (my childhood books are filled with my writings, though in crayon). At age 5, I was teaching my younger sister.

[Darkwolf377]

another mountain pile of books that I as of yet to read because I dont have the time

We could have a whole thread about that--I recently made a plan to read ALL of the unread books I own. It's like they multiply on the shelves!