Thank the liberals

Just finished reading Alan Colmes latest book, "Thank the Liberals* - *For Saving America (And Why You Should)."  My impression of Alan Colmes, when he was on FOX NEWS opposite Shawn Hannity, was as a wishy-washy, weak liberal.  But after reading this book, he is certainly rehabilitated in my eyes.  

Alan makes a consistently strong argument that we have the liberals to thank for the progress that America has made.  He even goes so far to call all Americans liberal, seeing as how they were born into this liberal democracy which is still the envy of much of the world.  That's a bit of a stretch, especially when you see how current-day conservatives wish to chip away at women's rights, voting rights, immigrants rights, and the Constitution in particular.

Alan presents clear language on particular court cases that have advanced the cause of progress in the country.  I learned a good bit from it.  While the book is quite current and discusses the 2012 presidential campaign, including Mitt Romney, it stops short of Obama's victory in November.   Still, it's a pleasure to read.

If you are a liberal, I cannot recommend this book highly enough.  It's not overly long (195 pp) and is an easy read.  If you are conservative, you should also read this book.  I'm guessing that it will not overly upset you, and might just help to open your eyes a bit to the rest of the world around you.  Conservatives are far too insulated by entities such as FOX NEWS, Rush Limbaugh, et al.   

If the Republican Party is to survive the shrinking of the white vote, they need to shed the blinders that they have self-imposed.  In the interest of the country, I sort of hope they don't.  Their numbers will continue to shrink, and their efforts at voter suppression will fail, and they could be confined to the dustbin of history.  And that's the thing about history and the future.  Nothing is predetermined.  Just because something is the way it is, is no reason that it cannot change.  Progress is not guaranteed, yet if we rely upon our Founders considerably wisdom and contemplate what is best for the people, America will survive and continue to flourish.

Oh, by the way, Alan has a website called "Liberaland" which I just discovered while reading the book.  Check it out.