Can't be having people voting....Posted by Bill on October 28, 2004 at 10:07:09: WTF has the Wisconsin GOP been huffin'? ---------------------------------------------------- Young people in the program organized by the Wisconsin Citizen Action Fund take time from regular classes to go door to door in minority neighborhoods and areas with historically low voter turnout, urging people to cast ballots. The students, ranging in age from 11 to 18, also use phone banks to call homes and urge people to vote. Chris Lato, spokesman for the state Republican Party, called the program "a disgraceful use of taxpayer money." Participation voluntary Larry Marx, co-executive director of Wisconsin Citizen Action, denied there is any partisanship to the effort, despite the fact the advocacy group supports Democratic Sen. John Kerry. The children do not wear any partisan buttons or clothing, and they do not encourage people to vote one way or another. Participation is voluntary, and parents are required to give their approval, he said. Roseann St. Aubin, spokeswoman for Milwaukee Public Schools, said the administration approved of the program as long as it was not partisan and the curriculum met state standards for teaching.
Re: Can't be having people voting....Posted by Doug W on October 28, 2004 at 19:25:40: In Reply to: Can't be having people voting.... posted by Bill on October 28, 2004 at 10:07:09: There are two sides to every story. And you KNOW what side you will get from CNN. See the other POV in this link and contemplate what your reaction would be if the NRA mined the public schools for little robots to man phone banks and go door-to-door in Republican districts only during school hours! What would the slant of the CNN story be in that instance? They would provoke the opposite reaction from you. You would be outraged and indignant and you certainly would not be accusing people raising alarms about the abuse of being on dope. And, if it's all so innocent, why did they cease and desist when caught?
Re: Can't be having people voting....Posted by Bill on October 29, 2004 at 07:44:13: In Reply to: Re: Can't be having people voting.... posted by Doug W on October 28, 2004 at 19:25:40: Yeah, that link leads to a reputable news source (insert rolling eyes). Doug, for cryin' out loud the first sentence in that article was "Oh dear, was it something we said?" It's a freakin' blog! Apples to oranges. Here's what your blog had to say itself: "The pro-Kerry educrats are allowing a left-wing outfit that calls itself Wisconsin Citizen Action Fund to pluck pupils from the classroom to go door to door in black neighborhoods that vote overwhelmingly Democrat and urge residents to go to the polls." Doesn't say they were pushing Kerry. It says the kids were telling folks to vote. What's the problem?
Re: Can't be having people voting....Posted by Doug W on October 29, 2004 at 17:59:57: In Reply to: Re: Can't be having people voting.... posted by Bill on October 29, 2004 at 07:44:13: While you’re rolling your eyes at Newsmax and blindly taking your daily CNN mind-meld, think back, no, scratch that, I’m sure you never heard the story from your “reputable” news sources. The story involves a confession by Eason Jordan, chief news executive at CNN in April, 2003, that CNN’s Baghdad bureau was Saddam’s little butt boy, spiking any stories that might put him in a bad light. So, as one who posts CNN stories, you don’t have a leg to stand on disparaging any site or blog short of supermarket tabloids announcing the latest Bigfoot activities. You can’t misdirect my point by, oh so superiorly, attacking Newsmax from your high perch. If you have no problem with kids being recruited to get out the vote in Democrat-leaning areas, during school hours, what can I say? I am only asking if you would be so blasé if it were a Bush-supporting group using public school students this way in Republican districts only. Can you answer that question for me?
Re: Can't be having people voting....Posted by melody on November 01, 2004 at 10:58:15: In Reply to: Re: Can't be having people voting.... posted by Doug W on October 29, 2004 at 17:59:57: i posted the story from eason jordan in full here at that time and since you don't have a clue what you are talking about, you should leave this one alone. keep with subjects tht you can pretend to know about.
Re: Can't be having people voting....Posted by Doug W on November 01, 2004 at 18:05:42: In Reply to: Re: Can't be having people voting.... posted by melody on November 01, 2004 at 10:58:15: Do you just close your eyes and hit keys. I see the infinite monkeys/infinite years syndrome here. Re: Can't be having people voting....Posted by Doug on October 29, 2004 at 08:37:18: In Reply to: Re: Can't be having people voting.... posted by Bill on October 29, 2004 at 07:44:13: I went to the page and saw a big Ann Coulter add... I took one look at her - got scared and closed the page... Re: Can't be having people voting....Posted by Doug W on October 29, 2004 at 18:01:47: In Reply to: Re: Can't be having people voting.... posted by Doug on October 29, 2004 at 08:37:18: Problem with strong women? ;-)
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