2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTed Cruz Finally Has His Own Children's Coloring Book
Following up on the blockbuster success of the Tea Party Coloring Book for Kids and its masterful sequel, the Tea Party II: Why America Loves You "social-activist coloring book for kids" St. Louis-based Really Big Coloring Books, Inc. has come through with another sure-fire bestseller: Cruz to the Future, a "non-partisan, fact driven" kid's activity book profiling Texas' junior senator. And really, what red-blooded American child wouldn't want to take a crayon to this silhouette of Ted Cruz' jowly face? As one may have gleaned from the legend describing Cruz as a "passionate fighter for limited government, economic growth, and the Constitution," RBCB's claims of objectivity are fairly thin, and publisher Wayne Bell's praise for the senator tends toward hagiography.
The Ted Cruz coloring book is "suitable for any student desk in America, as millions of people across the country admire, respect and portray Mr. Cruz as a positive role model for children," Bell said. "Parents have told our company they enjoy modern day heroes and positive role models in children's literature and Mr. Cruz as a sitting U.S. Senator certainly meets the criteria."
But calling RBCB a right-wing propaganda machine wouldn't do it justice. After all, the company has also published an Occupy coloring book ("Costing the US Taxpayer millions of dollars the nation grew tired of the event as quickly as it began." ; http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2013/12/ted_cruz_finally_the_subject_o.php
burnsei sensei
(1,820 posts)St. Louis-based Really Big Coloring Books, Inc. has come through with another sure-fire bestseller: Cruz to the Future, a "non-partisan, fact driven" kid's activity book profiling Texas' junior senator.
And they on the self-righteous right complain about ideological manipulation from the left!
Really!
Poverty, Mr. Cruz, costs many American lives.
meow2u3
(24,764 posts)or "How to Overthrow the Government by Turning Children Against Democracy." Sadly disappointed.