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Have you heard of the twisted, bizarre right wing children's book, "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed!"? BuzzFlash has. Somehow the book's publisher started sending us their spam -- and boy are they whacko. (They seem to have an anti-Hillary Clinton fetish, to boot.)

Here's what the publisher has to say about "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed!": "This news-making book is a fun way for parents to teach young children the valuable lessons of conservatism. Written in simple text, readers can follow along with Tommy and Lou as they open a lemonade stand to earn money for a swing set. But when liberals start demanding that Tommy and Lou pay half their money in taxes, take down their picture of Jesus, and serve broccoli with every glass of lemonade, the young brothers experience the downside to living in Liberaland."

You know the book is a propaganda hound when its endorsers include Rush Limbaugh and Grover Norquist. Norquist praises the author: "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed combines an ingenious story with hilarious illustrations to teach kids about the value of hard work and the threat that taxes pose to the American Dream." And the publisher, "World Ahead Publishing," calls Allan Keyes "a liberal." Oy veh!

In response to this Sesame Street meets Ann Coulter nuttiness, Jeremy Zilber, a professor and diehard liberal, responded with the endearing children's book, "Why Mommy is a Democrat." He was so committed to the need for such a rejoinder to the "Liberals Under My Bed" hysteria that he financed it himself.

"Why Mommy is a Democrat" is a short book for very young children, but it gets its point across in an endearing, embracing story. How can you argue with a page that declares, "Democrats make sure everyone is treated fairly, just like Mommy Does," or, "Democrats make sure sick people are able to see a doctor, just like Mommy does"?

It's "Christopher Robin"-like illustrations make for the ideal traditional children's nighttime tale.

And, unlike "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed!", it's true!

It's great for reading to your children or as a gift to nieces, nephews, cousins or friends with young kids. Just make sure that they are Democrats. Republicans will surely regard such concepts as "Democrats make sure everyone plays by the rules, just like Mommy does" as subversive.

And clearly, the statement, "Democrats make sure we all share our toys, just like Mommy does," will get Zilber branded by Sean Hannity as a "Pinko."

You know, right wingers are really such bitter people -- and selfish to boot.

(Perhaps to counter Zilber's book, the self-described "leading conservative publisher" of the West Coast has just released, "Help! Mom! Hollywood's in My Hamper!" That must be a mighty big hamper.)

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