It Should Not Be This Easy to Illustrate Liberal Hypocrisy

But apparently it is.

A new book, “Do As I Say, Not As I Do: Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy” by Peter Schweizer, is Number 37 at Amazon as of 8PM tonight. Here are some examples of the the claims made, and apparently supported, by the author (paraphrased from the World Net Daily article):

• In the recent past Michael Moore has owned and perhaps still owns the following, based on a Schedule D (Capital Gains and Losses) federal individual income tax form obtained by the author — nearly 2,000 shares of Boeing, nearly 1,000 of Sonoco, more than 4,000 of Best Foods, more than 3,000 of Eli Lilly, more than 8,000 of Bank One, and (jaw dropping) more than 2,000 of Halliburton(!), the company most vilified by Moore in “Fahrenheit 9/11.”
• House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi proclaims her support for unions, yet the luxury resort, the vineyard and the restaurants she partly owns are strictly non-union. While she advocates tough new laws enforcing environmental regulations on the private sector, the exclusive country club she partly owns failed to comply with existing environmental regulations for the past eight years – including a failure to protect endangered species.
• Barbra Streisand, another proponent of environmentalism, drives an SUV and lives in a mansion with a $22,000 annual water bill. In the past, she has driven to appointments in Beverly Hills in a motor home because of her aversion to using public bathrooms.
• Ralph Nader plays the role of the citizen avenger – the populist uninterested in wealth and materialism, pretending to live in a modest apartment. In fact, he lives in fancy homes registered in the names of his siblings.

A few other easy examples come very easily to mind while I’m on this topic:

• Moron I mean more on Ralph Nader (2nd last paragraph)–“In financial disclosure forms he filed when running for president, Nader revealed that throughout his years of corporation bashing he had over $3 million invested in stocks. During his lengthy career as a self appointed “consumer advocate,” he has lectured others about the evils of monopolists, corporate polluters and weapons makers. Among his recent holdings: router monopolist Cisco Systems, fossil fuel giant Occidental Petroleum, and missile manufacturer Raytheon. As he was holding press conferences to denounce high-profile corporate mergers of various stripes, he was personally invested in Exxon-Mobil, BP-Amoco, and Bristol-Myers Squibb.”
• At a recent eco-summit in (where else?) San Francisco, The Sierra Club had the lovely and gracious (NOT) Arianna Huffington picked up and driven around in an SUV.
• Pink-Collar Sweatshop labor–While on Ms. Huffington’s case, it’s worth noting that as of a couple of months ago the multimillionairess was using volunteers to moderate comments made at her HuffingtonPost blog. Not paying your people is a great business plan if you can pull it off.

Like I said, it shouldn’t be this easy. But it is.

Why? Per WND, the succinct bottom line is this:

….. when it comes to the things that matter most in our lives — protection of family, property, and privacy — even the most outspoken liberals jettison their progressive ideas and adopt conservative principles. In short, he writes, “these do-as-I-say liberals don’t trust their own ideas enough to apply them at home. . . . Which can only make one wonder: If their liberal prescriptions don’t really work for them as individuals, how can they work for the rest of us?”

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UPDATE: It looks like this was a popular topic tonight. The newly-blogrolled Don Surber has links to many more posts.