Posted on 09/15/2010 5:54:47 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Outsiders like Barack Obama rarely master the art of writing Children's books, says Philip Womack.
Do you hear a loud thumping noise emanating from all over the country? It's the sound of thousands of children's authors – myself included – banging their heads on their desks in despair. Yes, another celebrity has "written" a children's book.
Who is it this time? Has Wayne Rooney penned a morality tale for the under-eights? Maybe Kerry Katona has chipped in with a multi-million-pound, nine-book series about a little girl whose nose falls off? No, it's the biggest celebrity of all, Barack Obama. Following in the footsteps of Theodore Roosevelt's Hero Tales from American History, and Jimmy Carter's The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer, the president has come up with Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters, a set of 13 "inspirational tales" of American pioneers.
Frankly, just the title makes me want to stick my fingers in my ears and scream. Even though it is taken from My Country, 'Tis of Thee, it reeks of patronising, pseudo-didactic, blood-freezing smarm. And that's not mentioning the subtitle – honestly, what children's book has a subtitle?
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
As much as I hate to admit this, my in-laws will get this book for my kids.
The ashes are going straight into the trash.
Imagine a *real* letter to his daughters. “If you try to fill your unmet need for a caring father through promiscuous sex with Marxist trash - in the manner of your poor grandmother, Stanley Ann - I’ll make sure you’re not punished with a baby, the way she was. Um, er, well, maybe not exactly like ... but let me be perfectly clear, you’ll get your free abortions!”
From the title this is nothing more than propaganda to make people think he is an American.
If you see this book in book stores, please turn it around. The Obama’s don’t want their daughters being used for political purposes.
What three year old has the attention span for a 40 page political book? The Shy Little Kitten as I recall, was about ten.
Check out the Urban Dictionary on the word usage for Georgia O’Keefe
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=georgia%20o%20keefe
Maybe the inclusion of Georgia O’Keefe in the book is a ‘shout out’ to former Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders and her stance on masturbation.
The subtitle is absolutely essential, because it ensures that first-person references ("I," "My") outnumber second-person references ("Thee"). Heck, without it, the two would be equal!
“...No one wants to be spoken to as if they are some kind
of f8&^ing idiot!!!.....”
AlGore speaking comes to mind...
It will be interesting to see how he manages to make this one about himself.
Why does the President of the United States have enough time to write a book?
Hmmm .... wonder which pioneers he picked and how did he rewrite the tales/history to suit his political purposes?
“Respectfully, Mr Obama, I’d stick to writing treaties.”
I’d encourage him to do the opposite. Just spend his time writing children’s books and the world is better off.
1. In a fantasy world, one person is different: (round, not pointy head, no star on belly, red nose, etc.)
2. Different person is shunned by normals.
3. Different person somehow saves the day, or normals just come to accept him as he is.
Optional reality version: 'Different' person is actually black and the 'normals' are all bigoted, redneck, Southern (this is especially important), racists.
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