Critic goes after Larry Schweikart for Fox radio show claims
The weekly Larry Schweikart show on Fox&Friends got even loonier last week (February 18th). In addition to presenting a rather confused and confusing “critique” of” liberal lies,” Schweikart and Doocy actually created their own myth – or dare I say, conservative lie. But before I get to the substance of the show, it should be mentioned that University of Dayton’s Professor Larry Schweikart is Rush Limbaugh approved. Rush says, regarding Larry’s book (“48 Liberal Lies”) which is pimped weekly on Fox&Friends, "I love this book...When people read [it] they will be mesmerized. They think they know history, but the stuff in [this] book is not taught.” Rush’s comment is right there on the home page for the homeschooling convention that Larry will be appearing at soon. I’m sure his Fox&Friends appearances are doing a great service to homeschooling parents who now know which books NOT to buy!
The chyron, “Liberal Lies debunking myths about America’s past” was ironic, considering that Schweikart creates his own myths. MENSA member Steve Doocy claimed that the textbook, “American Promise,” “got it wrong because it fails to mention that the Equal Rights Amendment failed and (serious sin here) attacks the ERA’s biggest opponent, Phyllis Schlafly. Schweikart opined that “the written text said it failed; but you “have to look at the pictures. The big picture celebrating the ERA (and how does this picture, which we don’t see, “celebrate” the ERA?) didn’t say it failed.” Schweikart saved his opprobrium for the little picture of Schlafly (she’s carrying her stop ERA sign) under which was written “despite time consuming political activities that involved traveling and speaking all over the country, she insisted on calling herself a housewife.” Schweikart claims that the text is really saying that “she couldn’t be a housewife because she was traveling around giving speeches so I guess, in their view Hillary Clinton couldn’t be a New Yorker."(WTF?!) When Doocy said “in fact she was a housewife” Schweikart responded, “She was a housewife.” Doocy said, “Absolutely.” (Comment: The notion that Phyllis Schlafly was just a “housewife” is ludicrous. She was a “lawyer, editor of a monthly newsletter, regular speaker at anti-liberal rallies, and political activist” who was able to combine having a family and career.) So, here we have it – the myth/lie of Phyllis Schlafly as “housewife.”...
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The chyron, “Liberal Lies debunking myths about America’s past” was ironic, considering that Schweikart creates his own myths. MENSA member Steve Doocy claimed that the textbook, “American Promise,” “got it wrong because it fails to mention that the Equal Rights Amendment failed and (serious sin here) attacks the ERA’s biggest opponent, Phyllis Schlafly. Schweikart opined that “the written text said it failed; but you “have to look at the pictures. The big picture celebrating the ERA (and how does this picture, which we don’t see, “celebrate” the ERA?) didn’t say it failed.” Schweikart saved his opprobrium for the little picture of Schlafly (she’s carrying her stop ERA sign) under which was written “despite time consuming political activities that involved traveling and speaking all over the country, she insisted on calling herself a housewife.” Schweikart claims that the text is really saying that “she couldn’t be a housewife because she was traveling around giving speeches so I guess, in their view Hillary Clinton couldn’t be a New Yorker."(WTF?!) When Doocy said “in fact she was a housewife” Schweikart responded, “She was a housewife.” Doocy said, “Absolutely.” (Comment: The notion that Phyllis Schlafly was just a “housewife” is ludicrous. She was a “lawyer, editor of a monthly newsletter, regular speaker at anti-liberal rallies, and political activist” who was able to combine having a family and career.) So, here we have it – the myth/lie of Phyllis Schlafly as “housewife.”...