Beware!!! - OBAMA Indoctrination VIDEO

[kpete]

Run time: 02:26 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zrsl8o4ZPo   Posted on YouTube: September 24, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: September 26, 2009 By DU Member: kpete Views on DU: 1247

 
RNC chair Michael Steele chastises Obama indoctrination video

In a statement issued on September 24th, Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee expressed outrage over the Barack Obama indoctrination video of schoolchildren at the B. Bernice Young Elementary School in Burlington, NJ singing praises to Barack Obama.

"I'm so outraged and stunned by its content...see the indoctrination of our nation's greatest treasure -- our children. In the video, impressionable youngsters at a public school in New Jersey, most of whom are no more than six or seven years old, have been instructed to sing the praises of 'Barack Hussein Obama.' One song is even set to the tune of The Battle Hymn of the Republic. This is the type of propaganda you would see in Stalin's Russia or Kim Jong Il's North Korea. I never thought the day would come when I'd see it here in America."

http://www.examiner.com/x-16781-Tallahassee-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m9d25-RNC-chair-Michael-Steele-chastises-Obama-indoctrination-video


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(too funny, kpete)

[Subdivisions]

1. I am taking an extremely rare position here: My reflex here is to agree with Steele.

Seems sort of creepy to me.

I am, however, open to comments as to why it shouldn't make me feel that way.

[Thornleylv]

6. Concern Troll! Nt

[Subdivisions]

8. Lol...I actually used the word "concerned" and took it out to avoid this! Welcome to DU =) .n/t

[butterfly77]

2. Isn't this one of the groups of children who....

made up songs about Obama during the campaign. I remember adults and children were making videos singing about Obama throughout the campaign and I don't recall hearing all of this outrage then but, I guess now their is suppose to be a difference because he is President.

Children are not as stupid as they seem to believe the only indocrination that is being done is being done by the teabaggers who are brainwashing their children 24/7 and filling them with hate for others who are different.

[rosesaylavee]

3. I can see his point... and I would object if this was a Bush song...

However, that said, I don't think this song or songs as having a wide range effect. One classroom in New Jersey is not indoctrination. Steele's more into hyperbole than anything here. Am assuming the kids and teacher were getting a visit from the President? Maybe they wanted to surprise him with something original just from them. Overall I just think it's cute and the kids are adorable.

Another tempest in a teabaggers pot.

[subterranean]

5. Actually, it was for Black History Month.

The teacher decided to have the kids do a song about our first black President. It took place back in February and suddenly now it's a huge controversy.

[rosesaylavee]

12. Ahhh, that makes sense.

Video taken out of context to stir stuff up. Right out of the RW playbook.

[chadmak09]

4. i have to agree, i dont like this.

Its a rare case and wayyy overhyped.
The kids arent saying anything "socialist" (lol) or bad,
but, I still don't like it.

I think to myself,
What if one of those kids was my kid and the teacher/caregiver was making him/her sing songs like that about George Bush? I would not be happy about it and ask that it stop.
the door swings both ways.

-Chad

[tekisui]

7. We don't know the circumstances. It could have been after school,

it could have been at the consent of the parents. It could be a set-up.

[dtotire]

9. None of those kids will ever vote for Obama

They will be too young to vote in 2012. Not until 2024 will they be able to vote. Obama will have been out of office 8 years.

[Nancy_Thompson]

10. Lyrics were sent home in advance

SHOW: FOX ON THE RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUSTEREN 10:23 PM EST
September 25, 2009 Friday
092503cb.260
NEWS; Domestic
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School Says Obama Song Lyrics Sent Home to Parents Before Assembly

Greta Van Susteren
Everett Mitchell

VAN SUSTEREN: The YouTube video has ignited a political firestorm, elementary school children taught to sing songs that gush with praise for President Obama and his policies.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

CHILDREN (singing): Barack Hussein Obama he said that all must lend a hand to make this country strong again. Barack Hussein Obama, he said we must be clear today, equal work means equal pay. Equal work means equal pay. Barack Hussein Obama, he said that we must take a stand to make sure everyone gets a chance. Barack Hussein Obama, he said red, yellow, black or white...
(END VIDEO CLIP)

VAN SUSTEREN: Joining us live is Everett Mitchell, editor for The Courier Post. Good evening, sir.

EVERETT MITCHELL, COURIER POST: Good evening.

VAN SUSTEREN: Sir, is this school where this singing was done -- is that a public school or a private school?

MITCHELL: It's a public school.

VAN SUSTEREN: I have a copy of a letter in my hand from Dr. Christopher Mann (ph), who is the superintendent of schools, who writes that the lyrics that some people have complained about -- that the lyrics of the song were sent home with the children in advance of the assembly. Is that correct? Have you checked that out?

MITCHELL: That's what we're reporting. Apparently, this is part of school procedure on any type of a skit. The lyrics that are written by probably a teacher in a school are sent home for approval with the parents to see if the parents would object to it. And according to the superintendent, this was sent home in advance of the assembly, and no parents objected to it prior to the assembly, during the assembly or after the assembly.

VAN SUSTEREN: So are any of those parents who -- of the children, have they now come forward and said, A, I didn't get the lyrics, or B, I did get the lyrics, but I've changed my mind?

MITCHELL: We haven't found that yet. I mean, the school district is being very closed-mouthed. They're keeping the children away from reporters and they're keeping the staff away from reporters. They've increased security, so no one can get on the campus. All comment has come from the superintendent's office. No one from the school is commenting about this incident at all. We've had no calls from any of the parents from that school complaining about that skit or complaining about what has happened at that school.

VAN SUSTEREN: Who wrote the lyrics, and for what purpose?

MITCHELL: We don't know who wrote the lyrics. We know that there was a teacher that was in charge of this class that worked with the students on this performance. That teacher, according to a letter by the district, has since retired.

VAN SUSTEREN: Now, we're blurring the faces of the children, obviously, to protect the children, but how did this -- how did this go from children in an assembly to sort of YouTube? Who's -- who put it on YouTube?

MITCHELL: Apparently, what happened was this was a skit, one of eight skits performed in February as part of a celebration of various activities. They celebrated Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Groundhog's Day, Dental Health Month, Valentine's Day, and this was just one of those skits.
The skit was then performed again about a month later in March, when an author appeared at the school during part of a women's history event. The students then reprised the skit for her, and it was filmed by one of the individuals that accompanied her and posted on her Web site. Once the school found out, they asked the author to remove it. It was removed. But apparently, someone had seen it prior to that and made a copy and posted it on YouTube.

VAN SUSTEREN: What's the reaction now of people in the community to this -- to this lyrics to these songs? Are people backing up the school because the lyrics had been sent home and no one objected, or are they -- are they opposing this?

MITCHELL: We're getting mixed results. The news that the lyrics were sent home is just now breaking. That was posted on the school's Web site this afternoon, so this is just now breaking, and the information is just now coming out about, more details about what exactly actually transpired. So far, from the story that we reported on the front page of our newspaper today and on our Web site, we've gotten a lot of reaction, and the reaction is mixed.
Folks are understanding that this happened at a time in February, at a much different time, when people were talking and teaching about the president and teaching about -- incorporating it in the curriculum as part of Black History Month. And then there are some that don't believe it belongs in the school course curriculum at all.

VAN SUSTEREN: And of course, then there's the whole question of whether parents who had a chance to see the lyrics and didn't object -- whether or not they're objecting now, sort of an interesting issue, if, indeed, they are. But Everett, thank you very much. And we'll be following the story. Thank you for joining us.

MITCHELL: You're welcome.

[Julius Civitatus]

11. So this is just another FAKE SCANDAL fabricated by FOX NEWS and the GOP

It's becoming a weekly event, the "Obama socialistic indoctrination" scandal du jour. It's getting ridiculous.