Liberal Lies about America; theyre Twisting our History...

Sean Hannity ~ They lie, and then they lie, and when they get done with that, they lie some more. Conservatism is nat...

Sean Hannity ~ They lie, and then they lie, and when they get done with that, they lie some more. Conservatism is natural, whereas liberalism must be indoctrinated into a person. The proof of this is how Conservatives make up at least half of the population despite the fact that our kids are continually getting indoctrinated with liberalism in our schools. FP Popular textbooks often state that it was Gorbachev, not Reagan who ended the Cold War Schweikart This lie is prominent, and in some form appears in most of the textbooks. In fact, the ink given in American history textbooks is greater than that given to most other foreign leaders, ever. Gorby is portrayed as this good-hearted, wonderful reformer who had to convince that evil Ronald Reagan that nukes were bad. Its absurd. Gorbachev had no intention of getting out of Afghanistan until the casualties mounted. He had to do something about the Soviet economy because contrary to what another U.S. historian, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., said at the time (that the economy of the USSR was great and would surpass that of the U.S.!), it was collapsing like a house of cards. Reagan kept the pressure on, especially with Star Wars, and the evidence is overwhelming from the former Soviet archives that this was what happened. Reagan forced Gorbachev to change, not vice versa. FP Students are told that the Reagan economy was characterized not by high economic growth, but by deficits. What is the true historical record? Schweikart Unemployment plummeted under Reagan; interest rates dropped from double digits to under one percent; Americans became homeowners like never before; income rose; and the economy added a stunning 14 million net new jobs in eight years---at a time when all of Europe added . . . zero. FP I remember taking American history in school, through high-school all the way through graduate school. When the Cold War was taught all you ever read and heard about was McCarthy, Stalin was somewhere in the footnotes. I could say the same thing about myriad issues. Thats why your book is so needed. Why do you think this phenomenon exists? Schweikart For most liberals, two events define the 20th century---the McCarthy hearings and the Vietnam War. They see both as a victory for the forces of good vs. the imperialistic United States. No matter that virtually every one McCarthy named was, in fact, a communist and that many were agents. I hate to plug another book, but M. Stanton Evans has a scathing new book exposing the deceitful attacks on McCarthy.