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big_dog

(4,144 posts)
Fri Dec 6, 2013, 06:37 PM Dec 2013

Ted 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.&quot ; http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2013/12/ted_cruz_finally_the_subject_o.php

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Ted Cruz Finally Has His Own Children's Coloring Book (Original Post) big_dog Dec 2013 OP
Taken straight from the Soviet playbook. burnsei sensei Dec 2013 #1
I thought it would be "Treason for Dummies" meow2u3 Dec 2013 #2

burnsei sensei

(1,820 posts)
1. Taken straight from the Soviet playbook.
Fri Dec 6, 2013, 06:41 PM
Dec 2013
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)
2. I thought it would be "Treason for Dummies"
Fri Dec 6, 2013, 07:16 PM
Dec 2013

or "How to Overthrow the Government by Turning Children Against Democracy." Sadly disappointed.

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