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I went to grade school in the 1940s and we voted in fake presidential elections back then as well.
The first mock election I ever voted in was Nixon v Kennedy in 6th grade. I'm ashamed to confess I voted for Nixon. The next election I was in 10th grade; we didn't have a mock election between Johnson and Goldwater. I would have voted for Barry. We did have some mock elections when I was in Jr. High, for governor, etc.
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Originally Posted by Haakon
The point isn't that they had an election. The point is the results were 4:1. No real election is going to be that lopsided, no matter what the Obamatrons think. The only way it would be tilted that much one direction is if the teachers are either pressuring the students, or have been pushing only one political point of view.
They're kids for Pity's Sake! They know Obama is the president.
My kids' school participated in this program for a while:
In kindergarten, they voted with pictures of the candidates. There were Kids' Voting "booths" set up at the polling places and kids were encouraged to vote when their parents voted. It was really a neat program. I don't know if they're still doing it; my youngest graduated from HS in 2005. No one thinks Obama will win 4-1.
The point isn't that they had an election. The point is the results were 4:1. No real election is going to be that lopsided, no matter what the Obamatrons think. The only way it would be tilted that much one direction is if the teachers are either pressuring the students, or have been pushing only one political point of view.
It's a grammar school election.
You're whining about little kids now?
Sheesh.
Now, for some, the discussion has devolved to the kindergarten level. Absolutely unbelievable that a supposed adult would think "boo hoo hoo" is an intelligent response to anything.
Congratulations ... you may now advance to the 1st grade where the next lesson is "See Jack Run".
1angrytaxpayer - I guess your name says it all. Can you post the assignment and what the teacher's comments were? Can you show that anyone who voted for Romney was given a lower grade? .
The best solution to prevent election fraud would be to end secret voting and publish each voter's selection on the Internet. And voters should get a receipt when voting, so they can check later on.
The problem is deeper than this. Accurate and honest accounting of the votes is just one slice of the pie ... and an entirely irrelevant one unless the choices available are real choices. If all you have to choose from is a crap sandwich on your choice of wheat or white bread, what kind of choice is that really? You're still going to end up with a crap sandwich.
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Originally Posted by Neuling
Since we are in the West and not some banana republic or dictatorship, voting for either party would not have any consequences for the voter.
Who do you think created Banana Republics? Bananas? I tell you this, the only difference between the USA and a "Banana Republic" is that those people realize they're in one, and we haven't yet figured that out yet ... probably because we're convinced that the illusion of choice is real.
Both of my kids "voted" in a fake vote last week at school with their "results" given back to them today. Guess what, it was a 4-1 "vote" for Obama. What a surprise with the Teachers going over the "votes" individually with each child and the Teacher's comments being added. Why isn't this illegal? Politics in grade schools? Really?
Yep. For decades. And schools have been brainwashing for decades. Put me in as another one who participated in a mock Kennedy/Nixon election in grade school. Nixon won by a landslide. Small wonder. The school board was full of John Birchers and the teachers all thought Nixon was going to save America from the commies so obviously there was some heavy-duty brainwashing of the students going on.
The first mock election I ever voted in was Nixon v Kennedy in 6th grade. I'm ashamed to confess I voted for Nixon. The next election I was in 10th grade; we didn't have a mock election between Johnson and Goldwater. I would have voted for Barry. We did have some mock elections when I was in Jr. High, for governor, etc.
They're kids for Pity's Sake! They know Obama is the president.
My kids' school participated in this program for a while:
In kindergarten, they voted with pictures of the candidates. There were Kids' Voting "booths" set up at the polling places and kids were encouraged to vote when their parents voted. It was really a neat program. I don't know if they're still doing it; my youngest graduated from HS in 2005. No one thinks Obama will win 4-1.
You have your nerve, calling someone a liar.
I was being generous, if you want to know the truth ... but of course, you wouldn't really know the difference, given your slippery grip on it.
Funny how all of you who choose to defend this nonsense, also happen to be the only ones who experienced the same election voting in school. Big coincidence? Maybe ... but not likely. Now I don't doubt the possibility that those of you who remain wet behind the ears, and attended grade school in the 70's, 80's and 90's may well have experienced this sort of thing ... primarily because of consolidation and general uniformity of elements across the entire spectrum of the federal indoctrination camps. But that was not the case in the 1940's. Now that's not to say that some school teacher here and there may have innocuously included such activities in the normal course of teaching, as back in those days, there was not such uniformed standards, and teachers generally developed their own curricula, but civics classes DID NOT INVOLVE freaking 7 year olds. Politics have no business in 2nd grade ... nor does your homosexual education ... which also did not occur at any grade level when I attended public schools. When we were in 3rd grade, we didn't know anything more about politics than we did about two men humping each other.
So, the basic premise for which I challenge outright as a LIE is that what we see occurring in the public schools today has always been that way. That's the lie you're trying to promote, and it is a complete fraud, and an absolute bold faced lie. The radical changes that most certainly have occurred, decade to decade .... are evident ... they are documented ... and that fact is an unmistakable truth.
Yes they should be. That's how "education" now works. One's ability to regurgitate the programming precisely, get the better grades. That's how programming works ..... repetition, repetition, repetition ... repeat.
Why would I expect you to not resonate with comments like "boo hoo hoo" .... I wouldn't dismiss the possibility that the two of you might be related.
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