Tea Party Coloring Book Promotes Red, White, and Blue

With appropriate tribute, and an apology, to the late Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (that would be the beehived ’60s icon Dusty Springfield to you): For those who fancy coloring books, and lots of people do, here’s a new one for you. Crayons ready? Very well, begin to color . . . TEA. You heard that right: Even as some tea party critics lament the fact that the group has gone outside party lines and upset a passel of political primaries, here’s something that requires users to stay inside the lines.

It's a coloring book. For tea partyers. The same company that produced “President Obama, An Activity & Work Book" back in 2008 now is selling a tome that just might be a grass-roots conservative’s cup of tea. “The Tea Party Coloring Book for Kids,” courtesy of Really Big Coloring Books Inc, is available at ColoringBook.com.

The site touts the 8.5-by-11-inch book, at $3.59, thusly: “Teaches children (and parents) about the origins of the Tea Party and what it involves. A very pleasant song, coloring and activity book on Liberty, Faith, Freedom and so much more!”

The 32-pager, which has a plastic spiral binding, includes not only coloring but also games, puzzles, mazes, and connect-the-dots challenges.

BTW, if you’re wondering whether the final line, “Color him gone,” in Springfield’s “My Coloring Book” classic applies to the Obama activity book, it’s still available at a price reduced from $3.99 to $2.99. Subtitle: “Yes We Did!”