Arlington (TX) schools did not air Obama, but will send kids to watch Bush

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President Bush at Cowboys Stadium

The Super Bowl XLV effort has been a celebrity draw, attracting everyone from football legends (Roger Staubach) to business legends (T. Boone Pickens). Now, the host committee has landed its biggest names yet: former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush.
They will be co-chairs of an educational, community service and art project that's being described as the largest of its kind in the country aimed at elementary school children.

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About 800 children from the Dallas, Fort Worth and Arlington school districts will attend the announcement, which occurs during the school day.

News of the Bushes' participation comes at a time when the topic of presidential speeches to school children is generating huge headlines nationwide. President Barack Obama gave a televised speech directed at children today, which had generated a huge controversy for the past week. The president's critics accused him of politicizing the classroom before the speech.

Each of the three districts participating in the Super Bowl press conference approached the Obama speech differently. Dallas left it up to each campus principal to decide. Arlington allowed students to taken an excused half-day to watch it off campus. Fort Worth showed the address at all its high schools, but students who didn't want to watch were not required to do so.

http://stadiumblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/09/president-bush-at-cowboys-stad.html



Arlington church invites students to watch president's speech

http://www.star-telegram.com/arlington_news/story/1593939.html

ARLINGTON — The Cornerstone Baptist Church wants to make sure that any youth who wants to watch President Barack Obama’s address to students today has a place to go.

That’s why, as several North Texas schools say they won’t air the 11 a.m. broadcast, the Arlington church is opening its doors to students who show up with their parents’ permission.

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And there were many at church, as aired on ABC News

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Hypocrisy at its greatest...

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2. And, I suppose, the RW in Texas do not see anything wrong with this (nt)

[NavyMom]

3. My nephew was suppose to attend, my sister-n-law wrote to the

superintendent "I WISH you would send my son to this crap, I will sue your sorry asses off" then she included the notice sent home about President Obama speech noting the hypocrisy of the district. She said some of the kids wanted to know why they could TRAVEL to see bush but could not stay at school to hear President Obama.

A lot of the kids I tutor are totally disgusted with their parents and as one of them stated "The chicken little syndrome of so called adults".

[JaneQPublic]

6. Good for your sister-in-law (nt)

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7. It seems that, one way or the other, the kids did have a lesson learned

and can see the hypocrisy.

[Parker CA]

4. Well, if it wasn't clear before, now it should be crystal. Unbelievable. nt.

[LuckyLib]

5. I called it exactly, even down to the team, this a.m. at 11:30.

The hypocrisy is simply mind bending.

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