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We were on vacation once,
visiting relatives in Ohio. Out of sheer boredom I picked up a
Reader's Digest that was laying about. I was about 9 years
old, and very afraid of the threat posed by the Soviet Union. I
was especially fearful about our nation falling behind in the arms
race. Srsly. I read an article about the F-101,
America's soon to be deployed fighter jet that would wax anything the
commies threw at it. The story also described why we would
always prevail against a nation held in virtual slavery; one
forever developing new 5 year plans that always failed. We were
free, and so too was American industry to keep developing answers to
any threat. I was very comforted by that, and would continue to
be by other articles in the future.
I cannot begin to number all the Reader's
Digest Condensed Books I've read. " Books" I would
never-ever have otherwise read; written by authors I knew nothing
of. Quite often I'd later check the full volume out of the
library, and was always amazed by how the Digest had seemingly captured
90% of the content using just 20% of the words.
It was The Reader's Digest that picked up on a small story out of
Massachusetts, ca 1987. A story of how its Liberal governor had
instituted a program allowing violent criminals unsupervised
weekend leave from prison. The story of how one Willie Horton,
serving a life sentence for murder, without the possibility of
parole, used it to assault a couple in their own home,
and rape the wife. That story was picked up by Al Gore, then
running
against Dukakis for the 1988 nomination, and hurled at him during a
debate. Did you know that? Of course it was later (and is still
today)
proffered as a prime example of how Republicans used race and
fear against Dukakis in 1988.
I am then really bummed to read
that Reader's Digest has put itself up for sale. I see it
as Norman Rockwell personified; Someone looking at America
and
finding the best in us. What a catch this would be for, say, some
leftist bitch who just bought
Newsweek, a rag only read by nutroots looking for
validation. But what if the Reader's Digest began pushing the
same agitprop? It would be like sending mom and dad to school to
relearn history from the leftist P.O.V.. I urge everyone to
subscribe
to Reader's Digest today. If enough of us do, it
may be saved from such debauchery. I just did - $10 measly
dollars.
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The ad was the product of a PAC lead by Thomas Moorer. You remember him. He was the guy who used a low-level swab to spy on the White House. That low-level swab would gain prominence later, as part of a team of writers who exposed Watergate through their use of a source known as Deep Throat.
ReplyDeleteThe vision of a man like Admiral Moorer has left me full of questions. Was he an elitist asshole? And, how can you bite up the leg of the chain of command without being an asshole? And why, at a time when a chain of prostitutes was being run under the nose of Larry what's-his-name, Chairman of the DNC out of Watergate, would the CJC wish to choose Larry's crowd over Nixon? I understand Dean's point of view. Maureen was hot. Crazy hot. Marilyn Monroe kinda hot. Teenage hot.
I, of course, am glad that Al Gore picked up the meme. Nobody, before you, had ever noticed this act of the former seminary student, Al Gore. But little enough has been said of this erudite scholar. And any more would be frosting, rather than cake.
Between Admiral Moorer, Robert Redford, Larry Whats-His-Name and Jimmy Carter, it's amazing that we've lived as long as we have. And what ever happened to Admiral Moorer's son?
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Unfortunately, RD has morphed into a liberal rag over the years. Maybe that's why they're having financial problems.
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