Do As I Say (Not As I Do) Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy

Members of the liberal/left pride themselves on being committed and selfless and seem particularly confident of the purity of their motives and the evil nature of their opponents. But do they actually live by these beliefs? Peter Schweizer decided to investigate the private lives of prominent liberals-the Clintons, the Kennedys, Ralph Nader, Michael Moore, Cornel West, Barbra Streisand, George Soros, and many more. What he found was a long list of contradictions. All these proponents of organized labor had developed various methods to sidestep paying union wages or avoid employing unions altogether. They were adept at avoiding taxes; invested heavily in corporations they had denounced; hid their investments in trusts to avoid paying estate tax; denounced oil companies but quietly owned them. The same applied to causes like affirmative action, civil liberties for accused criminals, and expanded rights for minor children. Do As I Say (Not As I Do) exposes the contradiction at the core of liberalism. Schweizer's conclusion is simple: liberalism in the end forces its adherents to become hypocrites. Book jacket.