Children's Author: Warn Kids About Liberals

[Lori Price CLG]

Children's Author: Warn Kids About Liberals

Author of "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed" says New Orleans aftermath reveals crass opportunism of liberals, calls on parents to teach traditional values to kids.

The tragedy of Hurricane Katrina has exposed an ugly truth about liberals, and parents need to teach this to their kids, according to the author of a controversial upcoming children's book.

Katharine DeBrecht—the author of the soon-to-be-released "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed" (Kids Ahead, publisher) dismisses the notion that parents should not talk to their young kids about politics. If anything, she claims, the behavior of liberals following the flooding of New Orleans shows that parents with traditional values need to take a hands-on approach to making sure their kids aren't bombarded by left-wing messages.

"Liberals don't hesitate in pushing their extremist ideology," says DeBrecht, the mother of three and a co-captain of her state's Security Moms for Bush. "Their actions in the wake of the tragedy in New Orleans shows this only too well."

:puke:

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Lori Price

[LeighAnn]

1. Hmmm... gives me an idea...

I haven't done this in a while (at least three weeks)...
I'm going to buy a new domain...
Developing...

[Systematic Chaos]

3. Whatever you're doing, it sounds like fun.

:evilgrin:

[niceypoo]

73. How dare those "Libruls" insinuate that the stork didn't bring you!

We don't want our children being "touchie feelie". All republi-kiddies: Dress as Nancy Pelosi and Michael Moore for halloween and trick-or-treat for tax cuts! Corporate Jesus awaits you!

[Canuckistanian]

79. Aww, Mom, I don't wanna got to another Hannity concert...

I wanna go hang out with my friends. And I don't like these "Club Gitmo" t-shirts you make me wear. Everyone says they're lame.

[hlthe2b]

5. Do, Tell!

[LeighAnn]

31. Okay, I bought this domain name

http://www.leftykids.com

It'll be up on its own host tomorrow. Not sure what to do with it yet, better sleep on it.

Peace~!

[Barad Simith]

49. I have an idea

I'll PM you with it.

[all.of.me]

64. let's write our own book

Eek!! There's a Conservative Under My Bed!
and in the neighborhood. and in my classroom. and at the playground.

it would be great.

[niceypoo]

74. How about "Theres a reactionary under my bed!

And he's trying to start a war!

[all.of.me]

80. good one.

i have another. (this could be really fun!)

'there's a co-dependent, insecure, narcissistic, alcoholic, faux christian under my bed!'

[Kurovski]

128. LOL!

Sounds like some good readin'.

[mcscajun]

113. How about a minor change: "There's NEO-Con Under My Bed!"

Better target.

[Autonomy]

119. "There's a Conservative in My Bedroom!"

and the sequel, "There's a Conservative in the Closet".

[EC]

121. And they have to stay in the closet

[DBoon]

138. combine this with another kid's book for some real fun

[Cha]

123. How about .."HELP! There's a

Neo-Fascist Witch That's Spreading Lies about the Good Liberals"?

Jesus was a Liberal ..but that witch has her head too far up her ass, admiring the view, to know of such things.

[BrklynLiberal]

125. Didn't Maurice Sendak write a book about them already?

It was called "Where the Wild Things Are"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Kurovski]

129. And earlier classic works "Rumplestiltskin" and

that story about "the troll under the bridge" covered the Republican mind-set.

[sunnystarr]

131. How about There's a neocon under my bed? (nt)

[atommom]

81. The possibilities are endless. "Mommy, who do neocons hate America?"

[AspenRose]

100. Why we should thank Liberals

based on the "Thank a Liberal" meme:

--Mommy, I'm so glad we can spend our weekends together.

Well, sweetheart, mommy has a 40 hour work week because of LIBERALS.

--Daddy, I enjoy going on hikes with you.

Well, son, we have a wonderful parks system because of LIBERALS.

--(Son to black female attorney, who's his mom): Mommy, when I grow up I want to be a lawyer like you.

Well, honey, thanks to the ruling in the University of Michigan case, you can, and you can do and be whatever you want because of LIBERALS.

etc, etc, etc.

[Ishoutandscream2]

98. LOL! I can't wait for your new "site"

I bet it will be lots of fun.

[mcscajun]

117. I like the splash page! You're off to a great start!

If I had any kids, I'd turn them onto this as soon as it developed.

:)

[BrklynLiberal]

126. Excellent!!

[fortyfeetunder]

144. I saw the beginning

and it's cute and very nicely laid out. Fantastic of you to create this website!

[boredofeducation]

68. Help! Mom! There are Conservatives In My Closet!

Help! Mom! There are Conservatives In My Closet!

Just thought that would be a funnier rebuttal book title.

[nmliberal]

88. Great connotations! nt

[SKKY]

90. Freakin' Brilliant! Love the "hidden" agenda in your title as well!

[mcscajun]

114. Oh, yeah! Even better...

...the closet...just where I'd look for 'em.

I still like NEO-Cons better, though.

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[saigon68]

11. ADIOS

[GRLMGC]

4. Ugh

People like that make me want to kick ass.

[Lone_Wolf_Moderate]

6. Huh? What ever does she mean?

What have liberals supposedly done in the wake of Katrina? DEmanded accountability from the government? Showed compassion? Oh wait, I get it. Apparently, Kanye West, MoveOn.org, and Jesse Jackson represents all liberals everywhere.

[tkmorris]

13. FWIW

The individuals you mention haven't said anything I'm ashamed of either.

[ladylibertee]

23. Thank you. They just told the TRUTH...The UGLY Truth !!!

[Barad Simith]

48. Didn't you see them on the news?

They refused to die quietly. They were all waving their hands and yammerin' about food and water and dying babies.

At least, I think they were liberals. I don't remember any of them thanking George Bush for anything.

[hlthe2b]

7. What an incredibly ignorant, hateful woman...

I better never see one of these disgusting tomes in any bookstores I frequent. Indoctrinating children with this blatant hatred is beyond the pale.

[Matilda]

8. "Their actions in the wake of the tragedy in New Orleans

shows this only too well."

Excuse me?

So it was liberals who screwed up the rescue efforts, went on holiday, and are now hellbent on tying up lucrative rebuilding
contracts? Of course, it's all so clear.

What are these people smoking?

[DBoon]

9. We were making noise about all the poor people dying

instead of letting them die quietly as the right wingers would prefer.

We are very evil for not letting them get away with mass slaughter by negligance.

[darkism]

10. What kind of actions?

Oh yes, OUR actions were SO reprehensible...

Saving EVERYBODY regardless of their skin color?

Demanding accountability for EVERYONE responsible?

Driving into the city in a Hyundai to save people?

Starting a donation drive in the liberal blog network?

Oh yea, SO atrocious.

[Pachamama]

12. Oh goody! Can't wait for my "liberal" kids to meet her Bushbot kids!

Well, this "extremist" liberal mom is pushing my extremist ideology on my kids and all their friends. In fact, immediately following the Hurricane, I went to my pachababy's kindergarten class and arranged with the teachers that instead of the kids going home and just having Mom and Dad "write a check" or give cash, lets talk to the kids about how the children in that area that got hit by the Hurricane lost everything and are very sad and scared. We talked about the weather and we arranged for all the kids to go home, get some "stuffies" (stuffed animals) that they had and wanted to share with the kids who lost everything. The kids have been so excited and we collected over 100 stuffies from 34 kids and today they colored with crayons the big box they are shipping in and wrote their names on little cards that will be attached with the kids photos.

Yeah, I guess those extremist views of mine are destroying these children at my daughter's school....Imagine, they are learning about caring, sharing (separating and giving up something to another), compassion and concern for others.

All I know is someday, my "liberally raised" by an extremist liberal daughter will run into Katherine DeBrecht's kids and I can only say that we will see which of the children have real "values"...

[ninkasi]

40. Good for you, Pachamama

My youngest is now 38, but she and her brothers were raised by THIS liberal mom, and they are caring, compassionate, individuals. It sounds like your liberally raised daughter will be like my liberally raised kids.

I truly feel sorry for kids raised by the DeBrechts of this world, taught to look out for themselves, and to hell with anybody else. Your daughter's school is indeed lucky to have a mom like you, who gets involved, and teaches valuable lessons which will serve them the rest of their lives. Bravo for you!

[Nihil]

41. Lovely idea!

Best of luck with that project - it sounds a great way to get the
kids (and thus their families) to empathise with the unfortunate
victims and to do something that will be genuinely appreciated by
young & old.

:hug:

[DaDeacon]

57. Wow , That made me cry...

Real values all I can say!

[xmas74]

122. We can meet up on that day.

My liberally raised kindergartener and your child can tag team her awful children.

[degreesofgray]

14. what a frickin' hypocrite

Wow, that is so laughably ludicrous. Debrecht opportunistically seizes upon the tragedy on the Gulf coast to help peddle her politically-charged children's book, yet it is liberals who are "pushing their extremist ideology."

To Ms. Debrecht: get bent!

[orleans]

15. Why Your Republican Parents Hate You & America

that will be the title of one of my books.

then i'll write a book called: Why Your Republican Neighbors Hate You and the Rest of America

[ladylibertee]

24. I'll be first in line at your BOOK SIGNING!!!!

I'm looking forward to that one
.:bounce: :kick: :headbang: :woohoo: :yourock:

[Stephist]

16. This is an act of desperation...

from a political movement that will soon be extinct. Neo-Cons are scared to death right now.?;-)

[geomon666]

17. Her Blog

In case you really want to induce vomiting, here it is.

http://helpmombooks.blogspot.com/

and here:

http://worldaheadpublishing.blogspot.com/





Katharine DeBrecht is the pen name for a mother of three. A freelance newspaper reporter who previously worked in Washington, D.C., she is a member of the South Carolina Federation of Republican Women and served as that state's co-captain of "Security Moms for Bush." Ms. DeBrecht graduated cum laude from Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, where she studied political science and history. The original limited-release edition of her book, Help Mom! There are Liberals under My Bed, attracted nation-wide attention and an excerpt appeared in the October 2004 issue of Harper's magazine. She currently resides with her husband and children in South Carolina.


This woman is a vile, disgusting creature. Simple as that.

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[DaDeacon]

52. OMG, I knew she was a white, middle aged, suburb housewife!...

Come on you were all thinking it!!!!

[Bridget Burke]

92. Probably one of those conservative "housewives"

Who writes books encouraging women to stay at home. And travels widely to spread the message--while someone else raises the kids.

[Dulcinea]

59. Are you sure that's not Katherine Harris?

She looks just like her. Is that how all Bushbot women look?

[marshall]

70. Didn't I see her on "Desperate Housewives" last season?

[geomon666]

106. You can almost see where the fangs sprout out.

Years of practice I'm sure.

[cwydro]

99. separated at birth?

she looks like Katherine Harris...

[Dervill Crow]

101. She bears an amazing resemblance to Betty Bowers.

There isn't enough hairspray in the state of Oregon to make my hair do what hers is.

[mcscajun]

116. Wow! I didn't think an image online could produce such a wave...

...of pure evil and hatred.

She reeks of it. There's a bush-bot, stepford wife, Kool-Aid Pusher thing goin' on with her face. Yikes!

[Wetzelbill]

18. reminds me of my children's book .......

"Honey, Republicans Shrunk The Government"

It's about a horrific hurricane that comes through and wipes out a great American city, meanwhile the President and Vice-President are on vacation and the government response to disaster is led by a former Judge of Arabian Horse Judges and because everything is so screwed up that lots of poor black people die. But, in the end they all get debit cards.... oops, scratch that. In the end, our protagonist watches Grampa drown to death in his nursing home, and his parents and brother get shot to death looking for food, but he gets flown away to Texas where Barbara Bush tells him how much better off he is now and Tom DeLay empathizes with the young boy's grief by asking him about how much fun he is having.

Next up is: "Grammy Wants To Die Because She Can't Pay For Her Medicine" and "Gay People Will Roast In Hell And Women Should Shut Up And Cook Dinner" Rick Santorum will be writing the foreward for me.

[IChing]

28. Good Irony....thanks and oh, so truthful and cutting N/t

[ladylibertee]

37. TOUCHE TOUCHEE...I love it!!

[I Have A Dream]

51. Nobody would ever be able to suspend disbelief THAT much!

:sarcasm:

[aquart]

19. Matthew 25: 41-46

Matthew 25:41-46 (New International Version)
New International Version (NIV)

Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society
NIV at IBS International Bible Society NIV at Zondervan Zondervan

41"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'

44"They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'

45"He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'

46"Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."


That woman is going to hell. God says so.

[ladylibertee]

27. DITTO...They are so not Christians

[Judi Lynn]

33. Look how the scriptures you posted compare to her organization's

"Republican Creed:"REPUBLICAN CREED

I DO NOT CHOOSE to be a common man.
It is my right to be uncommon.

IF I CAN SEEK OPPORTUNITY, not security,
I want to take the calculated risk to dream and to build,
to fail and to succeed. I refuse to barter incentive for dole.

I PREFER THE CHALLENGES OF LIFE to guaranteed security.
The thrill of fulfillment, to the state of calm utopia.

I WILL NOT TRADE FREEDOM FOR BENEFICENCE,
nor my dignity for a handout.

I WILL NEVER COWER BEFORE ANY MASTER, SAVE MY GOD.
It is my heritage to stand erect, proud, and unafraid.
To think and act for myself; enjoy the benefit of my creations.
To face the whole world boldly and say,

*I AM A FREE AMERICAN.

The South Carolina Federation of Republican Women
http://www.scfrw.org/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

These putrid Bible-wavers should be ashamed of their idle selves. They've spent so much time looking out for their own interests they've never even taken the time to get a fix on the teachings of the Christ they claim to worship.

[Lifelong Protester]

132. this is such self-centered crap

makes me want to puke.
Like to see how she or any of these South Carolina women would 'prefer' to change places with one of the victims of the hurricane. Would they see that as an 'opportunity'? Maybe they'd like to 'risk to dream' in abject poverty that your government wants to keep you in?

[roguevalley]

20. disgusting cow. completely disgusting.

[genius]

21. kick

[ladylibertee]

22. WTF ???????

How retarded are these maggots gonna get? How long are they going to walk around acting like hypocrites before someone forces them to stand before a mirror and see themselves for who they really are? I swear,I should write a book called, " Teaching your Children not to be a right-wing, self righteous,hypocritical,wolf in sheep's clothing,antichrist,racist,sexist,child molesting priest supporters,money hungry,lying thief Republicans" is that too long of a title?:eyes:

[IChing]

25. It reminds me of German Youth books from the 30s

Education is socialization of the masses. The books which I view on this were in the library and on the internet and were filled with phrases of extremist ideology and 'traditionalist values.
Except it was addressed to a religious group and not to a philosophical persuasion.

[Lori Price CLG]

32. Right, and we have to *fight* these Nazis, to get this country back... n/t

[KamaAina]

26. Crass opportunism of *liberals*?!

Since when are Halliburton, Blackwater and Kenyon "liberals"?? They're the only crass opportunists I see -- well, except for King Dumbass**, who can't seem to get enough photo ops (and French Quarter bar visits?) down there.

parents with traditional values need to take a hands-on approach to making sure their kids aren't bombarded by left-wing messages.

Oh, by the way, "traditional values" was the exact phrase used by New Orleans city councilshrew Jacqueline Clarkson (unbelievably, actress Patricia Clarkson's mom; apparently Patricia takes after Dad, who must've been quite the stud!) when she ran against an openly gay candidate in 1990: "Traditional values make the difference" (translation: you better not vote for the other guy 'cause he's a faggot :puke: )

[PATRICK]

29. The bane of conservative kid's books writers

is that kids instinctively hate doctrinaire, educational value books. The second thing is that those who are the the most imaginative and the most favored are all on our side. Not just neutral or humane but openly teaching by the force of story itself about the black hats and white hats in this world. Why? Because unless the kid is already a sociopath the RW has nothing appealing or of value to offer an innocent, ordinary human being. And they can't imagine why they turn most people off.

So it is not only the didactic fallacy that is obstinately upheld by traditional stupidity, but the "wholesome" ideas that want to reinforce themselves that run contrary to reader and market reality and reality in general. Few outside the RW persuasion are stupid enough to take the didactic approach. The "Left Behind" series acknowledges that subtle hyped and pumped up mega fantasy is a better vehicle for their propaganda approach, and there the pointed propaganda not the values is most naked under the fictional layer.

They still hate the Wizard of Oz series for its freedoms.

[NorthernSpy]

30. sometimes, there just aren't enough eyes to roll...

Liberals under the bed?

Ha! If it weren't for them libruls, the kid would probably be sharing that bed with eight or nine siblings. But only for a few hours -- just until the factory whistle summoned them all for another twelve hour shift in laissez-faire hell.

But I don't suppose this Katharine DeBrecht will have seen fit to mention any of that.


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[ladylibertee]

38. LOL. Yup

[donheld]

34. "parents with traditional values" does she mean "hate?"

Guess so.

[ladylibertee]

35. She means being a fake phony christian as opposed to real

God fearing, loving Christians

[noahmijo]

39. The Nazis pulled the same shit using Jews

That's it the term "Nazi" FULLY FITS THESE FUCKERS

[melody]

42. She sounds just like the wife of CA politician John Schmidt

She was a whacko Reich winger back in the late 60s and early 70s. She once wrote a similar children's book. I stood in the same room while her husband suggested that the Jews during WWII shouldn't have been gassed, but should have been "humanely imprisoned".

You know the schoolteacher that "fell in love" with her 12 year old student? The one who spent time in jail and then married the then-grown "kid"? That was their daughter.

Family values, ya know.

[ReadTomPaine]

43. Projection, thy name is Republican.

[Book Lover]

44. $16 is a pretty high price point for a kid's book

I'll be interested in reading the Publisher's Weekly article on this one...

[namvet73]

46. I think it should be $50 so nobody would buy it. -eom-

[namvet73]

45. I'm Surprised she has the intelligence to write a book.

Besides, it's Nazism. It's teaching generalized hate.
When I was in Catholic grade school, they taught us that only Catholics would go to heaven. My mother pulled me out of the school in 2nd grade because she suspected child abuse, which was happening. I left the Catholic church in 1975 for good.

But, let me make it clear, I do not believe anything generally about all Catholics. It would be just as bad as what I was being taught by the nuns in that particular school for 1 1/2 years.

To this day my 87 year old mother thinks that the nuns in that school should have gone to prison.

[bluestateguy]

47. OK, but I want to know how we get these people voting Democratic

Hm?

The floor is open people.

[iwentback2ohio]

103. Wanna Know How?

Read this. It's getting quite a bit of positive attention.

The Republican Nemesis

[namvet73]

50. AMAZON HAS IT NOW. "REVIEW IT!"

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0976726904/103-5010176-6429414?v=glance

[DaDeacon]

55. my review I posted on amazon

How very low must we go!

It's bad that we throw around terms like Liberial and Conservative to without really understanding what they mean but to make a kiddy book about this shows the lack of any moral standard of the Author or the publisher. This is worse than any thing I have ever seen. Rather than devote a book to explaining the principals that she lives by or presenting them in a way that would be seen as "educational" she makes a book with a title that's just begging for people to be offened or worse excited. Do your kids and the world a favor, encurage them to be honest, truthful, accountable for thier actions & kind to each other and political lables will not get in the way of being a better person, you adults can learn that to !

let's see if it gets posted

[namvet73]

58. Excellent, I couldn't say it better.

Kids should not be taught hate for anyone, especially groups.
Even Amazon's editorial stereotypes liberals inaccurately. Not everyone in any party is an extremist.

[DinahMoeHum]

109. Heh heh. Let's do to this book what we did to Rick Santorum's screed.

and "The Pet Goat"

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Miss Chybil]

130. My review: "How sad. Jesus was a liberal. I don't know where these

hate-mongers come from, but the fact they are driving our country into the oblivion for a buck is a sham and a shame."

[DiverDave]

53. I will teach my kids

that being a good person and a good member of a free society, that you MUST care for the least of us.

I am going to raise the best kids I can, and I guess it's working.

My 4 year old just started pre-school, and there where several kids crying and upset that they were being left at school.

My son, who never really showed this behavior before, went to them.
Patting their backs and telling them everything would be alright.

I have a feeling that this bitch would think that this was "suspicious behavior".

I will teach my children to be caring human being's, not some automaton that cares not for their fellow human beings.

[Cocoa]

54. using Katrina to promote her book

opportunism doesn't get more crass than that.

[fortyfeetunder]

145. She probably got a pat on the back from Babs Bush

she has that way of thinking....

[Maine-ah]

56. "crass opportunism"

hm. I guess she must not know about Bush getting rid of min. wage & allowing no bid contracts. That is crass opportunism.

[ChrisK]

60. Security Moms for Bush?

So does she and her fellow "Security Moms" feel more safe with Mr Bush at the helm after the Hurricane Katrina screw-up's?....Odd,this was never an issues when President Clinton was in the White House...I know he was no liberal but to the narrow-minded like Mrs DeBrecht we're all seen as the same,just look at the people on the cover of her "book".


I hope she doesn't pull an "Alan Keyes" when one of her children come home and admit that he/she is a Liberal,it's inevitable......poor kids.

[Seabiscuit]

89. "Security Moms for Bush"??? WFT??? Has the world gone insane??? n/t

[northzax]

95. right, and someone remind me

which 'liberal' has proposed spending 250 billion dollars on the initial rebuilding of Lousiana?

[struggle4progress]

61. "You've got to be carefully taught"

[Maggie_May]

62. I wonder what she told her children

in the wake of Katrina. I wonder what she told her children about the people of N.O pleading for help.What does she say to her children about the deficit that is going to left to her children. I wonder what she tells her children about the people that have died over in Iraq. I wonder how she feels about No Child left behind under funded.
Does she feel that this President has the best intentions for her children?

[Avalon Sparks]

63. Endorsement on the back...

No surprise Grover "Drown NO in the Bathtub" Norquist wrote an endorsement of the book on the back cover.




Alternative Title:

How To Grow Up To Be An Asshole.

[newportdadde]

78. Why is the lemonade 5 dollars?

[HeeBGBz]

86. It's a Halliburton Lemon, no doubt

eom

[AspenRose]

102. Morgan: "...a baseball mom's prayers"?

As opposed to "soccer moms?"

What, is soccer too "United Nations" a game for her?

[unless]

120. Oh my dear Lord.

"Teach kids about the value of hard work and the threat that taxes pose to the American Dream"

WHAT THE HELL? WHAT THE HELL? WHAT THE HELL?

Taxes are bad?

That's it. I'm not gonna be happy until every state has a LUXURY TAX. Yep. Regular car, regular sales tax. Luxury car - regular sales tax plus luxury sales tax.

Some states do it - Pennsylvania does. I bought some stuff at a fabric store and there were three kinds of tax - no tax for some fabric, a standard tax for some ribbon, and a "luxury" tax for some ribbon I bought that had metallic thread in it. The lady explained that it was an old law, and it impressed upon me as some vestige of 16th century sumptuary laws.

for example:

http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol28/28-24/932.html
Generally, clothing is nontaxable except the following: (1) Formal day or evening apparel; (2) Articles made of real, imitation or synthetic fur where the fur is more than three times the value of the next most valuable component material; and (3) Sporting goods and clothing normally worn or used when engaged in sports. (See Category 23.)

Work clothes are not taxable, prom dresses are. Cool, eh?

(wow. where the heck did that rant come from?)

[namvet73]

65. I nominate DeBrecht for the next Top Ten Conservative Idiots n/t

[WindyInPA]

66. There's a Republican shrub for ya!

Goodmorning Everybody!:donut:


I sure feel sorry for her kids and anybody elses kids that were brainwashed with this republican propaganda! I tell my kids all republicans have poison ivy and to stay away from them before they catch it! LOL!:applause:

[Strelnikov_]

67. "Jesse Jackson Claimed Black Residents Were Abandoned . .

because of conservatives' racism".

So what about all the racist comments on conservative blogs/message boards? What about all of the racist comments uttered by right-wingers that I have had the misfortune to be in the proximity of?

I think Jesse was right, the supporters of the GOP in general, and the conservative right-wing specifically, are predominately blatant, unrepentant, racists.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

69. Man...........

will the madness never cease? This is just plain crazy......
:shrug:

[leftchick]

71. Did you SEE the Book Jacket???

Very nice for young children don't you think? It looks like a design from rush limbaugh, another who spews "family values".

:puke:

[progressivebydesign]

93. Who the hell would buy that for their kid??

Wouldn't you know it that Hillary writes a book that actually HELPS children, and that woman writes that piece of shit that traumatizes them. Even the dog is embarrassed to be on the cover of that. Hey, at least she didn't have the donkey, ted, and hillary, IN the bed together.

[KansDem]

72. That's right, Kathy, stick to fiction. Do what you're good at! (eom)

[speedingbullet]

75. Defining Liberals?

I really wonder how she defines what a liberal is to a child.

A liberal is someone who thinks the government should spend less money, or not spend money it doesn't have?

But mommy hasn't President Bush created the largest deficit in the history of the world?

A liberal wants bigger Government?

But mommy hasn't president Bush created the largest bureaucracy in the history of the world?

A liberal thinks the government should be involved in all aspects of people's lives, like what drugs they take or whether they should have babies...

[Lorien]

76. These are not "Traditional values"; this is hate mongering

that's another term the left MUST reclaim; "traditional values" DON'T include bigotry, hatred, greed and selfishness. They include tolerance, kindness, compassion, charity, love, forgiveness;all them virtues praised by the man they CLAIM to worship (but not follow) Jesus Christ.

[mac56]

77. I think this is destined to become a camp classic.

The parody opportunities are endless.

[newportdadde]

82. I don't really get political books for kids, this one 4 to 8.

Although obviously its a parents responsibility to answer questions etc about politics I seriously doubt most 4 to 8 year olds will be too involved or understand most of the concepts. I got interested in politics at an early age and even I wasn't into it with much gusto until I was in my teens. To be honest even then I really didn't have enough life experiences to truly understand and I certainly didn't get as much as I do know, being a father, doing a corporate job etc.

To me a book like this just spreads hate and bogus boogie man garbage like liberals take away half your money in taxes. LMAO.

How much of taxes are state, property taxes for schools, firefighters, local city services etc. Put onto that a large portions that go into military and another that goes to paying off the debt the republicans have run up and I think its safe to say liberals aren't the ones stealing all of your piggie bank money. Hey how about that nice SALES TAX so a rich man doesn't have to pay to build his own stadium that HE will make the money on?

[woodsprite]

83. All I can say is it's a darned good thing that the people from the

disaster are not relying on conservatives for their only help. I was wondering the other day if they were "screening" the families who would help house these people. OR if the people were in a FEMA detainment camp, if they were being indoctrinated by the regime.

I know, my tinfoil probably needs some kinks worked out of it.

[AnneD]

84. Next thing you know....

they'll start burning liberal books....QUICK, HID YOUR BIBLES BOYS AND GIRLS. What will ever happen when the kids figure out that Jesus was a liberal.

[Maggie_May]

85. I don't know why this bothers me

but I never new someone could stoop so low. I am a mother of 3 ages 16 17 and 6. I have never expressed my political views on my children. My husband and I stand on different sides of the fence when it comes to politics. He has never expressed his political views to our children.
I guess thats the difference between a Liberal mom and a Conservative mom. Why won't people just grow up?

[defiant1]

87. Here's my review....

Teaching hate only leads to practicing hate....

Help, Mom! There are Nazis on my bookshelf! The problem with books like these, is that you've got women with suspect rationalization skills attempting to mold the minds of America's youth in their own image. In fact, in an interview she did for this book(9/13/05), she said children shouldn't be taught about politics, yet here she is writing a children's book trying to shape children's political ideals. This is truly the curse of America as free speech is morphed into hate speech. I say buy the book, and don't forget to take it your weekly book burning.

*submitted and waiting for approval*

:rofl:

[progressivebydesign]

91. Damn, I can't seem to remember what words I can't use here.

Cuz I really want to describe that "writer" in the perfect way. I'll refrain from name-calling.. BUT, that woman is peddling hate to children. Security Moms for Bush... give me a fucking break. She has a lot of fucking nerve to EXPLOIT the people of New Orleans to pimp here ridiculous book. The book would make nice toilet paper for our disaster kits at home.. when it hits the 99cent bin at RiteAid, we can all buy a copy for that purpose, hopefully it has lots of pages.

[Maeve]

94. A writer for "children"...is that what they're calling Repubs these days?

:shrug:

[booksenkatz]

96. Uh-oh -- my kid was BORN a liberal

He just turned six and still cannot grasp why people are violent with each other. He thinks that war is the most bizarre notion he's ever heard of. His playmates are of every color and ethnicity. I'm currently trying to explain to him the history of slavery in this country and he is absolutely floored and appalled by the very idea that people with dark skin would ever being considered "less" in any way. He adores animals and revels in nature; can't abide polluters. He worries about kids who don't have what he has.

Yeah, he's a dangerous liberal extremist, all right! My husband and I work very hard at not telling him how to think -- we present all sides of an issue, because we don't want a liberal dittohead, we want him to think for himself.

Sure, it's true that kids can be selfish, but it's very easy (from my experience) to foster their altruistic side. They have to be TAUGHT to hate like a conservative.

So no thanks -- I refuse to teach my compassionate, tolerant, kind, loving, anti-war son how to HATE. Thanks anyway. Actually, I'm hoping that your kid, the hater, will learn from my son.

[muriel_volestrangler]

97. This is not news - it's a press release, presumably from the publishers

or the author herself, on a 'free press release' website. She was caught on Free Republic last year trying to publicise her book. Are we going to treat her self-publicity as news, when Free Republic can see through it? Surely not.

[Lori Price CLG]

107. It's 'news' in that the work itself is Fascist, *duh.* n/t

[Lori Price CLG]

104. WHY was this moved from the Breaking News forum? LOL. n/t

[CardInAustin]

105. Very sad...and scary....

There is a very militant republican I debate with on a local board. He actually told me one time that he pitied my infant child because it would be raised by liberals and therefore had no chance. Now, normally I have pretty thick skin and just brush off stupid attacks and do my best to stay on point....but that was too far. I just told him he had gone too far and that we were done....I would not have anything else to say to him.

After that everyone came out of the woodwork and pounced on him. He squirmed and wriggled and acted like he was shocked that people took it "the wrong way". But to his credit he came back and apologized. He still thinks I'm a commie pinko granola-crunchin' birkenstock-wearin' incense-burnin' liberal....but at least he said he was sorry.

[Lori Price CLG]

108. Please email the moderators and ask why this was moved from LBN.

Thanks,
Lori Price

[muriel_volestrangler]

110. Presumably for the reasons I gave in post #97

because it moved shortly after I posted them. *Duh*, as they say. ;-)

Seriously, it's not news that there's someone out there that hates liberals. If you treat it as news (for instance, getting it to turn up in people's DU RSS feed), you're just giving them the free publicity they want. If it were a respectable-looking book, maybe we should cut her some slack, but it's not. The way she tried to publicise it on Free Republic last year (it seems to have had a private printing first) was to say "All the liberal web sites are up in arms about this - maybe there's something in it". Don't make her look important.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

111. Heard this bitch on the Dave Ross show. 710 KIRO AM Seattle

Listened for less than a minute at which point I had arrived at my destination. In that little time I could tell she was quite a nutbag.

[mcscajun]

112. It must be truly sad to go to sleep every night...

when you are both ignorant AND paranoid.

This woman is pathetic. "Extremist ideology"? She knows a great deal about that...just from looking in the mirror every morning.

[K8-EEE]

115. I REALLY Feel Sorry For Her Kids

Don't let them be what they want to be -- they might be gay, or liberal, or both!

God I feel sorry for kids with Bush-Bot parents. What a horrible upbringing. More of an indocrination than an upbringing.

[Gregorian]

118. Jesus was a liberal.

Is love traditional?

Why are you scaring normal people with your theories?

[Ksec]

124. Debrecht is a whacko

I laugh at these types. Her bunch starts illegal wars , gets thousands killed and maimed and Liberals are dangerous? What a waste of human.

[Miss Chybil]

127. Just what action is she speaking of? The demand to get the drowning

starved, sick, dehydrated and dying out of New Orleans? The cry for water? The disgust at the lack of response? All the attempts to save people that were thwarted by FEMA? He own president said he took responsibility for the disaster's aftermath. I feel sorry for her children, hateful bitch.

Here's a very un-liberal thing to say...

FUCK YOU, you ignorant, hate-mongering, white-bread, selfish, nation-dividing, bigoted, egotistical, maniacal, war-loving but won't send your own kids, people-hating, reich-wing, hypocritical, false prophet-loving, never needed anything in your life, god-damned bitch. FUCK YOU.

FUCK YOU.

Fuck you.

May you one day find yourself on your roof - in the summertime, with no food, no water - waiting for George Bush.

Fuck you...

[niallmac]

136. Well said.

:applause:

[Shredr]

133. Let me get this right... Halliburton is snapping up uncontested

contracts and WE'RE opportunistic? Is this "author" delusional? Or just paid-off.

[proud2BlibKansan]

134. This book needs to go on this list:

CHILDREN'S BOOKS YOU WILL NEVER SEE:


"Strangers Have the Best Candy"


"The Little Sissy Who Snitched"


"Some Kittens Can Fly!"


"Kathy Was So Bad Her Mom Stopped Loving Her"


"The Attention Deficit Disorder Association's Book of Wild Animals of North Amer-Hey! Let's Go Ride Our Bikes!"


"You Are Different and That's Bad"


"Dad's New Wife Timothy"


"POP! Goes the Hamster...and Other Great Microwave Games"


"Curious George and the High Voltage Fence"


"The Boy Who Died From Eating All His Vegetables"


"The Pop-Up Book of Human Anatomy"


"How to Become the Dominant Military Power in Your Elementary School"


"Controlling the Playground: Respect Through Fear"


"When Mommy and Daddy Don't Know the Answer, They Say God Did It"


"Bi-Curious George"


"Daddy Drinks Because You Cry"

[dxstone]

140. I absolutely LOVE your list, proud2B!

LOL!!!

Here's a couple of my own variant versions...

[proud2BlibKansan]

143. Those are hilarious - LOL

The list I posted has been going around teacher and librarian emails for many years now. I have no idea who the original author was.

[fortyfeetunder]

146. She needs a grilling by Jon Stewart badly

:rofl:
She is going to realize once this hits mainstream she has fucked up royally.

A few minutes with Jon Stewart grilling her ass should take care of it quite nicely....

[AuntiBush]

135. A Woman Wrote this Crap!?!?

Sick! Really, sick!

[mzmolly]

137. Darn, she found me out. I was planning on recruiting bunches of

vulnerable children with chocolate and "Rainbow Fish" books this halloween season.

Damn! I can only hope they are not armed with the knowledge of Ms. DeBrecht in the coming months. :scared:

:eyes:

[Lori Price CLG]

139. Here's a message for her (and, for any Freepers/lurkers, as well)

"...(P)arents with traditional values need to take a hands-on approach to making sure their kids aren't bombarded by left-wing messages."

Here's my message:

Arming the Left: Is the time now? --by Charles Southwell

I hope you didn't open this page to read what we already know: that this is the most rightwing government we have ever had in the US, even far right of Bush I, that our rights are being eroded daily, and that our democratic process is all but gone, if it isn't already gone.

I hope you came here to read about tactics for action that will finally have some consequence. I hope you agree that our protests, petitions, letters, and on and on, have been utterly ignored. The fascistas that run our country laugh at us. They believe they can do anything and that we haven't got the guts to revolt, but only to wage a war of words. I have seen the Bush cavalcades, as they drive away, his aids sneering and jeering and laughing and mocking our protests. They think we are a JOKE. Tens of millions of Americans protested the war, but because we posed no REAL THREAT to their power, we were UTTERLY IGNORED.

As long as we pose no REAL threat to the powers-that-be, to what is shaping up into a dictatorship, we will continue to be ignored. Right now, we are ignored because we present no organized power to fight this onslaught of anti-democratic, totalitarian government that we are up against.

<snip>

Lori Price

[triguy46]

141. exactly what extremist ideology might that be???

Helping, caring, sharing, giving??? Remember, the pharisees indicted Christ as a radical, used that as a central argument to try to get the Romans to kill him.

[triguy46]

142. Here is her bio, from "Worlds Ahead Publishing"

Katharine DeBrecht
Katharine DeBrecht is the pen name for a mother of three. A freelance newspaper reporter who previously worked in Washington, D.C., she is a member of the South Carolina Federation of Republican Women and served as that state's co-captain of "Security Moms for Bush." Ms. DeBrecht graduated cum laude from Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, where she studied political science and history. The original limited-release edition of her book, Help Mom! There are Liberals under My Bed, attracted nation-wide attention and an excerpt appeared in the October 2004 issue of Harper's magazine. She currently resides with her husband and children in South Carolina.