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This is sad beyond all belief...

I am a believer of freedom of speech and that you should follow your own beliefs. But this is pushing it. The author might claim its a children's book, but the truth is that he is venting his own opinions and making wild claims, and he is doing by masquerading it as an innocent story, which is very low in my book.

pap64 wrote:This is sad beyond all belief...

The author might claim its a children's book, but the truth is that he is venting his own opinions and making wild claims, and he is doing by masquerading it as an innocent story, which is very low in my book.

I quite agree. that this book is pushing free speech (of course I think that began with the tabloids but thats another tabloid post for a differ time)....but is that last sentence a pun with no intention or do you actually have your own book??

No pun intended of course.

Wow, being a libertarian, I probably agree with that book politically (although I'm not entirely sure of its contents), but parents need to leave their children out of politics. The best part of being a kid was the innocence and ignorance of all this crap. Please don't introduce your children to politics (and with this book, indoctrinate your beliefs upon them) and leave them make their own educated decisions when they come of age. Seriously, School House Rocks! was the extent of my political knowledge as a kid and I had a happier childhood as a result. Any parent who reads their kids this instead of Dr.Suess or The Magic School Bus needs to have their heads examined.

I hope to god no libraries mistakenly put this in the children's section if they even pick this up.

AwallaceUNC wrote:

I don't believe in political children's books and would never buy them for any child of mine! Books about presidents of yesteryear like Washington or Lincoln may be one thing, but they are also dead a long time ago. But books about current political leaders is just wrong I think.

Well still, Barack Obama at least has an interesting and inspirational story. Sarah Palin, well.... not so much.

Margos wrote:Well still, Barack Obama at least has an interesting and inspirational story. Sarah Palin, well.... not so much.

Espically because more is coming out that Sarah Palin's info in her book is more fiction than nonfiction


Oh and to prove that....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/geoffrey- ... 73453.html

Honestly, it's the parents choice whether or not to let their child read a certain book at that age, so...

doesn't mean the parents are smart, though.

That Obama book is about his life, growing up. Its a biography written for kids.

The Palin children's book is pushing political views on children. Children should certainly be educated about politics to an extent. But to put a book in front of them about how dirty politics is that's another thing entirely.

What if this was a children's book showing all the stupid things Bush said and did through his presidency? Would Republican parents totally be all for it? I doubt it. They would say that it was a biased book that was polluting children's minds with liberal thoughts.

I see nothing wrong with kids reading books on biographies of Presidents and candidates past and present...but keep the BS "its us vs them" out of it.

Anyone remember this?



albert

Escapay wrote:Anyone remember this?



albert

Yes, but as it says on the book...its a parody. It wasn't written for children. it was written as a joke to adults.

I know. I just thought it'd be funny.

albert

Is this book (the one with Palin as a superwoman figure, not the Bush one) supposed to be a joke? To be honest, I have to say that, as someone from the other side of the Atlantic, I do believe that Americans idealise their politicians too much: and that's for both the left and the right. I personally don't like how politicians are completely idolised by their supporters and completely demonised - almost to Hitler levels - by their opponents. In the UK (and much of Europe to be fair), very very few people outside of the Houses of Parliament (or the Reichstag, or the National Assembly etc) are so passionate about a specific political party; it's just seen as perhaps too enthusiastic. And to be quite honest, pushing children into party-specific political views isn't really fair in my opinion, and doing it through books like these is outright propaganda. I know (or at least hope) that the US government aren't commissioning these books themselves, but the whole concept just reminds me of some kinda Nazi/Soviet Youth movement.

Wow. Parents who are buying this book for their children are setting a pretty low standard for their kids. It says to them: don't read or educate yourself; don't be critical; smear your opponents if you can't beat them; and just quit when things are getting too hard. I'm sure these kids, with this advice and rolemodels, will succeed...

Escapay wrote:Anyone remember this?



albert

Is that a W. parody or something more R-rated?

This book is low (the Palin one), but it doesn't surprise me. Since her run with McCain, she's been (unfortunately) propelled into political superstardom. I wouldn't trust this woman with my country, why would I trust her - or someone with like-minded views - with educating my kids on political correctness?

Cheers,
JM

ajmrowland wrote:doesn't mean the parents are smart, though.

EXACTLY! I work with kids in an after school program and I can honesty say I think parents forget that their raising will effect other children and visa verse. Maybe if we all lived in little bubbles it would not matter so much, but we don't. Each thought, each belief, each action WILL effect others beyond ourselves and our families.

That may be if not the biggest reason political battles get so heated, at least a big one, that everyone has their own view of what a perfect world should look like and feel they have all the answers. So we clash over our pride. Books like this fuel that pride, that war we have with one another and teaches our children to continue it.

I remember form the 80's comedy Family Ties that Alex (confirmed republican) had a pop-up book about Ronald and Nancy Reagan he read to his little brother Andy. I thougt this was really funny, because it seemed to me this book was made (up) for the series to caricature Alex' obsession with politics, for what crazy publishing company would produce a political propaganda pop-up book for children? Now I'm not so sure anymore, maybe the children's book about Ronald and Nancy does exist.


But seriously: I don't think children should be bothered with such books.