Tea Partier Creates About How Obama Stole Christmas
Losing an election may bring out the Grinch in any politician, and conquered Washington State Tea Party Congressional candidate Hedrick is no exclusion. Straight from the discard pile of Election 2010, Hedrick has come back swinging with a children’s guide entitled “The Liberal Claus(e): Socialism on a Sleigh”. As Newser puts it, this is a classic “How Obama Stole Christmas” story where the thinly-disguised Barry the Liberal Claus, Mrs. Lichelle Claus, Elf Peloosi and Mr. Snore steal Christmas. The children of the Tea Party ultimately save the day, with a little help from that hallowed document, the Christmastution.
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The North Pole Treasury is bankrupt, Hedrick told the Portland Mercury, so Barry the Liberal Claus borrows wherever he can, “eliminates toy specialists and commits other atrocities.” But once the elves unplug his teleprompter and wave copies of the Christmastution in his face, Barry flees the scene and leaves Christmas to appropriately conservative little Tea Party boys and girls. Hedrick makes his point. He explains, “Never forget that free goodies from liberal elves often come at a price.”
Satire used so even children understand
David Hedrick might have written “The Liberal Claus(e): Socialism on a Sleigh” in reaction to what he views as liberal indoctrination of America’s youth, however numerous critics question whether leaning to the opposite extreme is appropriate. Nicholas Humphrey, Daniel Dennett and Richard Dawkins all say that it’s inappropriate to teach kids about politics or religion although philosophers would say they go together. Labels are shown in an example that biologist Dawkins put together. It is different to be a “child of Christian parents” than as a “Christian child”. According to Wikipedia:
“Dawkins hopes the phrase will also make kids aware that belief is not something that is inherited automatically like eye color; that they do not have to follow within the religious footsteps of their family. He has tried to raise people’s consciousness of this matter, and hopes that phrases like ‘Christian child’, ‘Muslim child’, or ‘atheist child’ will ‘grate like fingernails on a blackboard.’”
It is not know how much of David Hedrick’s “The Liberal Claus(e): Socialism on a Sleigh” have sold. There aren’t any sales numbers yet. Whether his message to children strikes a chord or grates like fingernails on a blackboard remains to be seen.
Info from
Newser
newser.com/story/104538/tea-party-kids-book-tells-how-obama-stole-x-mas.html
Portland Mercury
blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2010/11/03/read-the-tea-party-childrens-book-about-how-obama-stole-christmas-no-really
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_and_children
Take a sneak peek
youtube.com/watch?v=1Zba-2CzWSA