Why wait until college to start indoctrinating your child with political propaganda?

A children’s book called Why Mommy is a Democrat, filled with cute illustrations of cuddly animals, will help prevent the harrowing possibility that your children will someday come to their own conclusions about political issues.

And while this book has been around for over a year, I just noticed recently that it received a glowing review from an organization calling itself the National Center for the Study of Children’s Literature:

Should you happen to be a Democrat, you’re going to like this book. I liked it a lot. Mommy is a tufted-ear squirrel who embodies and makes visual all the good things Democrats like to think they do, like playing by the rules, treating everyone fairly, and sharing their toys. The picture book starts out, “Some Mommies are called Democrats,” and follows a “Democrats do such-and-such. “just as Mommy does” pattern. Little lovable animals inhabit the very finely done colored-pencil illustrations, exemplifying abstract beliefs like tolerance and accessible health care. They are all smiles and benevolence, and Mommy beams upon them.

As a running contrast to the positive scenes in the foreground of the detailed 2-page drawings are background scenes juxtaposing the heartlessness of non-Mommylike people and the woe of the poor. The elite characters are never named “Republican” but they’re identifiable. Items like the newspaper the headline of which reads: “Tax Refund,” carried by the cigar-smoking escort of a snooty woman totting a poodle, are dead giveaways. So is the representative multicultural-looking down-and-out young man who is barred from an expensive school, sleeps under a tree in the park, or looks in trash cans for dinner. Every Democrats’ heartstrings will vibrate with joy as Zilbert picks all the acupuncture points for our pain and pleasure-like the reference to the 2000 election.

A very smart, enjoyable collaboration and highly recommended.

If you look at the top of the page, you’ll notice that “the National Center for the Study of Children’s Literature” is actually part of the English Department at San Diego State University.

So, while academics often deny that they’re politically biased, we now have a taxpayer-funded school going on record in favor giving pre-school children left-wing brainwashing manuals wrapped in sugary-sweet illustrations.

I can see why academics would praise this book. If the indoctrination started before grade school, professors wouldn’t have to work nearly as hard.