Do as I Say (Not as I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy

By Peter Schweizer

Book Overview

"I don't own a single share of stock." --Michael Moore Members of the liberal left exude an air of moral certitude. They pride themselves on being selflessly committed to the highest ideals and seem particularly confident of the purity of their motives and the evil nature of their opponents. To correct economic and social injustice, 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 much, much more. But do they actually live by these beliefs? Peter Schweizer decided to investigate in depth the private lives of some prominent liberals: politicians like the Clintons, Nancy Pelosi, the Kennedys, and Ralph Nader; commentators like Michael Moore, Al Franken, Noam Chomsky, and Cornel West; entertainers and philanthropists like Barbra Streisand and George Soros. Using everything from real estate transactions, IRS records, court depositions, and their own public statements, he sought to examine whether they really live by the principles they so confidently advocate. What he found was a long list of glaring contradictions. Michael Moore denounces oil and defense contractors as war profiteers. He also claims to have no stock portfolio, yet he owns shares in Halliburton, Boeing, and Honeywell and does his postproduction film work in Canada to avoid paying union wages in the United States. Noam Chomsky opposes the very concept of private property and calls the Pentagon "the worst institution in human history," yet he and his wife have made millions of dollars in contract work for the Department of Defense and own two luxurious homes. Barbra Streisand prides herself as an environmental activist, yet she owns shares in a notorious strip-mining company. Hillary Clinton supports the right of thirteen-year-old girls to have abortions without parental consent, yet she forbade thirteen-year-old Chelsea to pierce her ears and enrolled her in a school that would not distribute condoms to minors. Nancy Pelosi received the 2002 Cesar Chavez Award from the United Farm Workers, yet she and her husband own a Napa Valley vineyard that uses nonunion labor. 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 embrace conservative ones. Schweizer thus exposes the contradiction at the core of liberalism: if these ideas don't work for the very individuals who promote them, how can they work for the rest of us?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0767919025
• ISBN13: 9780767919029
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Incredible!

I was skeptical at first, thinking this was just far-right, fiction trash. I just finished reading it. I could not put this book down. This is a very well researched book. I recommend it to anyone needing a good dose of reality therapy. Unfortunately, liberals who are allergic to logic and are emotionally-driven in their decision making will bash this book, whether they read it or not. Take it from me, a liberal who refuses to jump on the Bush-hating bandwagon just because I'm a democrat...all liberals need to read this book!

Great investigative research! Eye-Opening!!!!!!!!!

I picked this book up expecting it to be rather cheesy and mediocre but it truly is an astonishing and detailed record of hypocrisy in America today. From Michael "I don't own a single share of any stock" Moore's collection of Halliburton shares to Nancy "I love the unions" Pelosi's non-union winery, this is a collection replete of head-shaking and shocking revelations that definitely show the concept of "do as I say and not as I do" to be alive and well, particularly on the Liberal left of this nation! A must read for any news or political junkie!

Wonderful Anti-Spin Sends Liberals Running!

This book covers A LOT of what the liberal media doesn't want you to know. It's absolutially mind blowing, and *FACTUALLY COMPLETE* (unlike the tripe that the old media tries to rattle out of their old box of spin tricks). This is one book I'm passing around, and encouraging everyone I know to buy! It's quite hilarious to see how all the liberals are taking the release and popularity of this book. It has them running scared because their big secrets are out! Read it for yourself, and you'll see what I mean.

Libs Can't Stand to Hear the Facts!

Just as Clinton challenged the definition of "is," Liberals hear facts and think they are just opinions. To them everything is subjective. Can't help thinking their brains are not wired quite right. Perhaps that's why they ignore reality and use the oldest selling technique in the book -- tug on those emotions when preaching to the masses in order to gain power over them. Libs are masters at it. Thank god I'm not one of them.

Exposing Liberal Hypocrisy

This book gives countless examples of liberals who do not practice what they preach. All sorts of people on the left are included, such as politicians like Nancy Pelosi, radical professors like Noam Chomsky, and entertainers like Michael Moore. The claims in this book are all fact-based, and cannot by dismissed by any liberal who will stand by their principals. For instance, the fact that Michael Moore owns Halliburton stock shows that he is profitting from the war in the same way as liberals accuse the Bush admistration of doing. Of course conservatives are hypocritical too. However, this isn't supposed to be a non-partisan book; it's blatantly partisan, and I love every page of it. Definitely read it if you want to know the truth about these supposed compassionate liberals.