Censorship, Lefty-Style

This National Review article, "Little Suppressors", by Jay Nordlinger was recommended to me by my father, accompanied by his personal tales of anti-conservative bias at places like Borders and Barnes&Noble. Unfortunately, the article is still too new to be available in full on the National Review's website, to get the whole thing you must have a subscription and a login. Here's the intro to the article:

http://www.nationalreview.com/nordlinger/nordlinger200409210806.asp

I've heard all kinds of stories about being unable to get conservative books at these stores, either by omission (they don't order them) or by commission (they hide the books and/or don't display them). Books by Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin, Michael Reagan, and in particular "Unfit for Command" by John O'Neill and the Swift Boat Vets are exceedling difficult to find. I've resorted buying my books on-line, preferably direct from the publisher. Even Amazon is uncharacteristically slow in getting UFC to online buyers.

Obviously the nazi-esque elements of the new Democratic Party (might as well change the name to the Socialist Party these days, Zell Miller would agree) are now doing their version of the 1930s German book burning. Aided and abetted by the 'useful idiots' at Borders and Barnes&Nobles, the Kerry machine would only allow us the pro-Democrat lies, anti-Bush diatribes, self-serving whining, and socialist claptrap along the lines of Al Franken, Richard Clarke, Kittie Kelley, and Joe Wilson.

Even though Unfit for Command has been NUMBER ONE on the NYT's own best seller list for months now, the NYT refused to even review it until recently. The review was very slanted of course, but could not avoid the conclusion that reading it would undoubtedly persuade even ardent Kerry supporters that Kerry's Vietnam experience was not even close to what he has billed it to be.

In the Barnes&Nobles I visit, Al Franken's book (some screed about 'lying liars', I forget the title - I suspect it's a very forgettable book) is featured in the most prominent window display by the front door. This book didn't qualify for any best seller list I know of and is almost unknown in the public domain. In contrast, the NYT best selling UFC was stashed in a FICTION section on a back shelf.

My perusing of the blogs on this subject leads me to believe that this is not a peculiarity of a store here or there but a wide-spread activity across the nation.

So Democratic brown shirts are assaulting Republican volunteers, breaking in and vandalizing Rep. campaign buildings, stealing voter roles, engaging in anti-American and libelous/slanderous fake stories (RatherGate), and slanted reporting (ABC's MemoGate). These new 'Democrats' are repetitiously repeating proven falsehoods on national TV, engaged in one-sided reporting of the Iraq war at the expense of our fighting troops' morale - fascism is fascism even if they choose to hide it behind noble phrases like 'getting the vote out' and 'helping the electorate understand that Bush is lying' (the gist of ABC News Director Mark Halperin's policy memo to his reporters). Now Dems and their stooges at our nation's bookstores are suppressing the very freedom of expression and information for which many Americans have suffered and died.

I don't understand how the Dems could have even 10% of the vote, much less 45%. I bet it's like Hugh Hewitt's book title (also not to be found in my B&N): "If it's not close, they can't cheat". It would not surprise me a bit to find out after the election that the DNC, the leftist media, and the various polling companies all conspired to make this election a close race so that Democratic cheating could push them over the edge on election day. If the polls were close before the election, they can get away with double voting, illegal aliens and criminals voting, identity theft of Republican voters, and more.

Adios MF,

Doug