Student Barred From Wearing Obama Mask In Show

[The Straight Story]

Student Barred From Wearing Obama Mask In Show
Parents Say Mask Inappropriate

PORTLAND, Ore. -- An elementary school principal in Oregon is barring a fifth-grader from wearing a President Barack Obama mask in the school's talent show because some parents have complained it's inappropriate.

Eleven-year-old Dru Lechert-Kelly had hoped to dress presidentially and dance to a YouTube parody that features an Obama look-alike and a rap called "I Can Do Whatever I Like."

The skit features him in a navy blue suit, white shirt, red tie, black shoes and an Obama mask purchased at a costume shop -- one like Obama himself once donned for a Saturday Night Live sketch. The choreographed routine rehearsed Thursday ends with Dru on the floor in the splits. It was met with applause from students and teachers.

But some parents objected.

Dru said performing without the mask would be pointless.

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[tangent90]

1. I can see how that would piss off people who love him and those who hate him too.

:shrug:

[The Straight Story]

2. a good reason imho to let him do it (nt)

[tangent90]

3. Absolutely!

:D