New kid’s book hits Pelosi as radical, uses Yiddish term to depict Jewish senator

By Sahil Kapur
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 -- 9:39 am
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A new soon-to-be-released book by conservative author Katharine DeBrecht combats what she perceives as a left-wing agenda being forced on children by American media and culture.

The novel, titled Help! Mom! Radicals Are Ruining My Country! paints House Speaker Nancy Pelosi – dubbed “Speaker Queenosie” – as a elitist, tiara-wearing radical who is out of touch with regular Americans. An excerpt reads:

Tell me about it, Darrrling, Speaker Queenosie primed her professionally styled hair. Little common people are entitled to a swingset just like the rest of you commoners, she jiggled a pair of jet keys through her perfectly manicured fingers.

Many of the characters are representations of real Democratic lawmakers, but with slightly altered names. One such character is “Congressman Schmoozer,” based on Jewish Democrat Chuck Schumer, who is actually a Senator. “Schmoozer” is a play on the word “schmooze,” which is derived from a Yiddish term.

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In an email interview with RAW STORY, Debrecht confirmed the character was a depiction of Schumer, but denied that the cultural reference was deliberate. “I never intended to use a Yiddish word,” she said. “I was just mixing up his name a little.” The author also mocks Democrat Rep. Barney Frank's lisp through a character named "Congressman Fwank."

The follow-up to her prequel Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed! "continues the story of two boys who open up a lemonade stand only to have the stand seized by the government," DeBrecht said of the book. "Determined to succeed, the boys open up a swingset business, but all hope is doomed when a sweaty and sputtering Congressman Fwank and a snarky Congressman Schmoozer demand that all kids should have a swingset whether they can afford them or not."

DeBrecht has her reasons for targeting liberals. "There is very little out there to balance the leftist propaganda thrown at our children in schools, televisions, movies, etc," she wrote to RAW STORY. "I believe my books have been successful at providing parents an alternative."

The book also goes after Senators Chris Dodd and Harry Reid. “Queenosie and other radicals -- such as a sweetheart dealmaker Senator Dudd and a cranky Senator Dontreid -- run into trouble when the boys take them to task for outlandish spending on pork projects and refusing to read the bills they pass,” she continued. “The radicals are forced to put on dunce-like thinking caps in order to remember what inane projects were snuck into the bills.”

The conservative author isn't expecting much praise from outside the right-wing news network. "My books have been received by the mainstream media with typical whining and calls of brainwashing, racism, homophobia, xenophobia, etc," she said.

The author, also a mother of three, had tough words for progressives and singled out Pelosi as a major culprit of the nation's problems.

"When Nancy Pelosi was elected Speaker of the House all we heard was how wonderful it was that a mother and grandmother rose through the ranks to such a position," she said. "In reality, that mother and grandmother has played an enormous role in ensuring that our children and grandchildren are shackled with debt for decades to come."

The book "is meant to be a fun and entertaining way for parents to sit down with their kids, laugh and discuss values such as hard work, responsibility, self-reliance, freedom and liberty and the importance of defending these when they are under attack,” DeBrecht told RAW STORY.

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  • yurtletheturtle
    This is a children's book? And they claim Liberals are indocrinating, ha!
  • That was my reaction as well. It's obviously for the 18-36 with 3rd grade aptitude market.
  • gr0o
    Lovely. Lets teach children that name calling is the best way to handle disagreement. Who needs critical thinking skills?
  • davidbodhi
    It continues to boggle the mind that anyone says there's little to counter leftist propaganda, when the entire media environment is FLOODED with insane right-wing crap like this....

    The worst part is, you can't just say 'screw those people' because there are so many of them that they'll be marching on our homes, with intent to kill, pretty soon if we just turn our backs...
  • billfromny
    What may be conceived "fun and entertaining," to one person can be deadly and devastating to another. We all must choose our words and actions carefully.
  • Give the Cons some credit! They ARE choosing their words and actions carefully...with malice.
  • bluecedars
    While progressives and liberals have legitimate, historical, issues with the way the right-wing does things - the shenanigans in Florida, 2000; lying the country into war; disregarding national and international laws; instituting a torture program; redistributing wealth upwards on a massive scale; conservatives and righties rely on wild-a** hypotheticals and bizarre Randian children's fables (as if A Rand didn't write enough juvenile drivel!) to construct straw-men to attack.
    The closest thing we have to the evil gubment confiscating a lemonade stand is the bank and auto bailouts. Pretty much the opposite of the liberalism these morons are attacking.
    But, of course, reality has no place in the party of Palin, Cheney, Bush, et al.
  • Eyes Wide Open
    It would actually be an interesting book if they all lived on planet AIPAC.
  • lousgirl84
    Oh my goodness. I cant take these people anymore!!
  • OldAtlantic
    Schumerphobia. Oh my.
  • Schmooze is not "derived from a Yiddish term."

    Schmooze is a Yiddish word for gossip or talk, either as a verb or a noun.
  • dennycrane
    What do you expect from people that read the "Turner Diaries."
  • WilyArmadilla
    Well, Sahil Kapur's political bias come through nice and sharp don't they?

    I don't really mind reading different views, but for heaven sake...when using proper nouns, like the name of a political party, a professional writer (be they a 'journalist' or something else) really should be respectful enough to use the actual name instead of slurring it into some kind of epithet.

    Why in the world do these people still think they're being clever when they say 'Democrat party' or 'Democrat Representative' instead of the proper 'Democratic party' and "Democratic Representative"? It's so petty and juvenile...
  • DownriverDem
    Because they are hateful ignorant people.
  • therealjoeschmoe
    And that is so the point, Wily. Clever? Epithet? Whaaaa?

    Who buys this stuff? What a revolting thought.
  • Baldrick
    Wow, kids are going to *love* this !!!

    Start looking for a new gig, SpongeBob, you're through.
  • thelonegunman
    wow... that much hate in a children's book... another nice example being set by the party of 'morals'
  • Monie
    Please. This lady is self-publishing this through iTouch Publishers, which is a book packaging company.

    Its not like anyone would know about it, except through the blogs, both right and left.
  • gr0o
    Amazon sells self published books including this Author. She also blogs there and has a healthy right wing following.
  • olcranky
    this is the same sort of propaganda techniques (vilify and/or infantalize those who are the unnacceptable "other") that the KKK and other extremist groups use to indoctrinate their children at a young age
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