Hysterical! More than 2/3rds of McCain's "crowd" of 6000 were bused in students

[featherman]

"A local school district official confirmed after the event that of the 6,000 people estimated by the fire marshal to be in attendance this morning, more than 4,000 were bused in from schools in the area. The entire 2,500-student Defiance School District was in attendance, the official said, in addition to at least three other schools from neighboring districts, one of which sent 14 buses. "

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/30/12622/288/1012/646819

Probably a civics class assignment

[GodlessBiker]

1. LOL! Palin should have talked to the kids about how she will be in charge of the Senate.

[Kukesa]

4. And her sexual philosophy about teen-age sex. n/t

[niceypoo]

9. Apparently her own daughter heeded her, 'no birth control,' message

We really don't need teenagers screwing in the Lincoln bedroom...

[Kukesa]

11. LOL! n/t

[Kukesa]

2. Same when he was in Dayton, Ohio, this week.

They even phoned our home and asked if we wanted tickets. I hung up.

They bussed in high-school and grade-school kids and still had empty seats.

[hootinholler]

31. Always accept opposition tickets.

Just because you have tickets doesn't mean you have to go.

;)

-Hoot

[kwolf68]

3. The schools bused in students to a McCain rally?

My step father thinks the schools are brainwashing kids to support Obama.

[nichomachus]

10. Part of no child left behind n/t

[qanda]

5. I guess Joe missed the bus

[Mabus]

18. Or was still sitting on the little bus.

:rofl:

[featherman]

19. Joe the Fifth Grader

[Ian David]

6. How do public school districts get away with doing this? n/t

[global1]

16. What About The Missed Time From Their Studies & Schoolwork And......

heaven forbid one of the buses had an accident and some of the kids got hurt. If it came out that they were bussed to the event to make McCain look good - it would be a disaster for McCain. They are using these school kids.

[gkhouston]

25. Maybe they're studying propaganda in Social Studies this month.

Seriously, when I was in student back in '72, our Social Studies teacher covered misleading advertising, political and otherwise, and bad journalism. Apparently, he wanted us to become selective consumers. :evilgrin:

[Just-plain-Kathy]

7. I guess taxes meant for transporting students to and from school...

...paid for their travel expenses.

[AwakeAtLast]

8. Ummm....so when do these school children get to go see Obama using school time?

If I was a parent I would be furious! That is indoctrination of the worst kind! :grr:

[Overseas]

12. K&R-- because the corporate media pretend it is a close race.

[progressivebydesign]

13. WTF? Our schools have to request weeks in advance for $$$ to go on field trips!!!??

Since when do schools have the $$$ to bus all those students to a political rally?

[hedgehog]

14. I wonder if the students were instructed to cheer and clap at appointed times?

[KingFlorez]

15. I don't think that's appropriate

Taxpayer dollars used to transport students to a campaign rally? That's quite over the line.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

17. McCain out did Palin the Propster!!!! She only has four props and he had 4,000!

If I were the parents of those kids, I wouldn't take to kindly to my school system Prop-agandizing my child.

[BREMPRO]

20. I thought McCain didn't belive in torture?

Sounds like a hostage situation, FREE THE CHILDREN!

[Mabus]

21. Maybe seeing the McCrypt Keeper was part of their Halloween program.

I mean, seeing John and Cindy up close, is a pretty scary thing and just in time for Halloween.

:shrug:

[last1standing]

22. I was wondering about that when I saw a clip of one of his speeches this morning.

The entire background was filled with teen-aged kids just kind of staring off into space. Even when the crowd was cheering (piped in, perhaps?) they would just stand there. Not a very good image for cranky old mcRacist.

[Schema Thing]

23. Oh great, now we have to relive the bussing wars.

[FLyellowdog]

24. What possible justification could the school district have for doing this?

McCain's campaign is getting scarier and scarier. That people of any intellitual level would think this is appropriate is mindboggling. Isn't this similar to what the Nazi's used to do? This us frigging unbelievable. People, we better GOTV or we're going to face issues much worse than the economy melting down. :mad:

[KsStorm]

26. Not MY kids!

I'd keep my kids home from school rather than let them go to one of these!!

[AtomicKitten]

27. It's a desperate illusion.

[earth mom]

28. Next they'll be paying people to go to McCain/Palin events.

:rofl:

[progressoid]

29. WTF? Who paid for the buses?

The school district? McCain?

And the parents allowed this??

Crazy.

[NorCalDem]

30. Meanwhile Obama fills stadiums...

Yeah, this election is going to be "to-close-to-call" :eyes:

[surrealAmerican]

32. If they had tried to do this in my kids' school district ...

... the kids would have all showed up wearing their Obama shirts.