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Filed under: In The News, Weird But True, Books for Kids
"Help! Mom! Radicals Are Ruining My Country!" Credit: Courtesy Katharine DeBrecht
A character named "Governor Sarah" helps two little boys fight for their swing-set business despite a scheming president named "Marxus" out to destroy them with high taxes and heavily regulations.
You get the idea Katharine DeBrecht is trying to tell us something with her new children's book?
Even the title --"Help! Mom! Radicals Are Ruining My Country!" -- suggests this book might, might, have more of a political bent than "Goodnight Moon."
Any similarities between any persons living or dead are purely and painfully obvious.
"I used Palin because I wanted to point out that there is nothing wrong with standing up for your values regardless of who attacks you," DeBrecht tells Foxnews.com. "The book also shows that 'Marxus' and his radicals are basically killing the American Dream in their grab for power."
The story follows two young boys trying to hold onto the dreams of a swing-set business. They are demoralized by the crushing taxes, regulations and bureaucracy of President Marxus Obunduf.
Governor Sarah consoles them even as she is beset by those most vile of fiends -- journalists.
"We have breaking news just in from a 37-year-old man who lives in his parents' basement that Governor Sarah's mother is actually an alien," an excited TV anchor woman announces in the book.
DeBrecht is also the author of (no kidding) "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed!" and "Help! Mom! Hollywood Is In My Hamper!" Her latest book went on sale last month.
The battle for the hearts and minds of children is not limited to conservatives, of course. Another author, Jeremy Zilber, self-publishes books with titles such as "Mama Voted for Obama," "Why Mommy is a Democrat" and its sequel, "Why Daddy is a Democrat."
DeBrecht tells Foxnews.com that not just children need to hear her message.
"I am trying to let all Americans know that these radicals are killing the American Dream, and I want to stop them from hurting people that produce products and provide jobs," she tells the Web site.
Other than telling people the president is a dangerous Marxist radical who is destroying the country, she has one other message she'd like to get across.
"We need to let our kids know that it is wrong to spread rumors and lies," DeBrecht tells Foxnews.com. "Unfortunately, many so-called journalists have basically told children that this is permissible as long as you disagree with someone's opinions."
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12-14-2009 @ 4:19AM
norris hall said...Is it true?
I heard that Sarah Palin's father told reporters that the reason she quit the University of Hawaii after one semester is because
"the presence of so many Asians and Pacific Islanders made her uncomfortable: "They were a minority type thing and it wasn't glamorous, so she came home."
It's hard to believe that a national figure would say something like that...or even think that.
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12-08-2009 @ 6:33AM
Ken Siemers Sr. said...If this were an Obama the article would have read "Racial overtones" "Not appropriot" "Right wing slur" and on and on. It's about time for the sword to cut both ways in the so called "Unbiased media"
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12-08-2009 @ 6:55AM
mark turner said...I'd rather have the kids read this than "ObamaMan". Tho I think it's kinda silly. At least she doesn't have a kids song along the lines of "Barack Hussein Obama, Mmm Mmm Mmm..." That was just creepy to try to have our children sing that in school. Is the term "brownshirts" racist? Not that I care, I'll say it anyway.
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2-24-2011 @ 8:42PM
Chester Borland said...What's it gonna take to get this woman to go away???
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12-08-2009 @ 9:51AM
LS said...Because Sarah Palin is the author of this book, right? SHE wrote it? So she's the one to blame for it, of course.
But Obama isn't to blame for all the "Barack Hussein Obama, mmm, mmm, mmm" crap that's going on. All that is spontaneous, and perfectly acceptable.
12-08-2009 @ 9:51AM
Mihir said...if you never post again, i can guarantee she'll go away.
disclaimer: i'm no fan of palin or obama.
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