Peter Schweizer - Do As I Say (Not As I Do)

Prominent liberals support a whole litany of policies and principles: progressive taxes, affirmative action, greater regulation of corporations, raising the inheritance tax, strict environmental regulations, children's rights, consumer rights, and more.

But do they actually live by these beliefs? Peter Schweizer decided to investigate the private lives of politicians like the Clintons, Nancy Pelosi, the Kennedys, and Ralph Nader; commentators Michael Moore, Al Franken, Noam Chomsky, and Cornel West; entertainers or philanthropists Barbra Streisand and George Soros. Using publicly-available real estate records, IRS returns, court depositions, and their own published statements, he sought to examine whether they lived by the principles they so forcefully advocate.

What he found was a long list of contradictions. Many of these proponents of organized labor had developed various methods to sidestep paying union wages or avoid employing unions altogether. They were also adept at avoiding taxes; invested heavily in corporations they had denounced; took advantage of foreign tax credits to use non-American labor overseas; espoused environmental causes while opposing those that might affect their own property rights; hid their investments in trusts to avoid paying estate tax; denounced oil companies but quietly owned them.

Schweizer's conclusion is simple: liberalism in the end forces its adherents to become hypocrites. They adopt one pose in public, but when it comes to what matters most in their own lives--their property, their privacy, and their children--they jettison their liberal principles and adopt conservative ones. If these ideas don't work for the very individuals who promote them, Schweizer asks, how can they work for the country?

Please note (amazon review): "Though we all know that both conservatives and liberals can be hypocritical. The hypocrisy of conservatives are bashed without any respite in the press whenever found or even hinted at. While the liberal hypocrisy is not only ignored but also at times even hidden by the modern press. We know that the press and media are very liberal and are no longer objective. What Mr. Schweizer well researched book shows us is just how much hypocrisy exist in the most vocal of the leftist activist. And it is stunning, but expected."

About the Author

Peter Schweizer is a fellow at the Hoover Institution and the author of several books, including Reagan's War and The Bushes. He lives in Florida with his wife and their two children.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Schweizer

News articles about the book:

Michael Moore Owns Halliburton Stocks: prisonplanet.com/articles/november2005/021105ownsstock.htm
Liberals and Faux Conservatives: Two Sides of the Same Authoritarian Coin: kurtnimmo.com/?p=95

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