Back when the networks dominated the news, one of the first books I read as a young adult was “Andy Rooney Sweet and Sour.” I didn’t know the difference back then between a liberal and conservative, but even in my ignorance I could tell that something about Rooney was just not right.
All that I knew about politics was that the democrats were for the workingman, and that Bill Clinton was cool because he played the saxophone. I actually believed that people across America were all basically the same. I thought that everyone loved God and country and was proud to be an American; something that I know now is far from the truth. I can thank the old atheist Rooney for teaching me different.
Hidden in his cute little antidotes about things like the proper shape of a bathroom shower was a subtle liberal commie theme. “Do what?” and “What the hell is wrong with him?” was a common thought as he provided my first glimpse into the warped liberal mind.
I told my wife that I didn’t think that I could watch Rooney’s segment on '60 Minutes anymore, because he was so screwed up.
But I was still thinking that it was just Rooney. I thought that he was just a crazy old man that they were keeping around because they felt sorry for him. I didn't know that he was just one among a large group of like-minded fruitcakes that were -- and still are -- out to change America.
But I was still thinking that it was just Rooney. I thought that he was just a crazy old man that they were keeping around because they felt sorry for him. I didn't know that he was just one among a large group of like-minded fruitcakes that were -- and still are -- out to change America.
My next book The Way Things Ought to Be, that come out in 1992 clued me into what was really going on.
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