Youthful Indiscretions

Times are tough in Stuart, Florida, but enterprising Junior Achievement students at Martin County High School aren’t letting the bad economy dampen their spirits.

They’ve launched a website to promote local spending. They’ve organized a pep rally for April 25 at the county fairgrounds. Heck, they even got all the kids at school to record a special video inviting the President of the United States to attend!

The kids have spunk! Problem is, their parents hate spunk:

“It’s almost like they were trying to circumvent the parents,” said Diana Blackard, whose daughter is a sophomore. “You can hear it on the video that Channel 5 has, that says ‘Everyone move in closer, move in closer,’ and ‘We’ve got to hear everyone shout ‘Yes we can, Yes we can.’ That’s a political slogan.”

The JA advisor — a Republican — is offering apologies to anyone offended by the video. “I feel so bad, the goal of the kids was we have got to get people here to shop,” said LuAnne Puett. “They think they’ve got a shot at making a difference. This kind of throws me.”

But parent Blackard won’t accept anything less than an apology from the district itself for smearing her daughter’s future good name:

“My daughter is 15 years old. Say 20 years from now she wants to run for political office, what if somebody drags this video out and says look, she was at this recovery rally shouting yes we can, yes we can.”

While Blackard clearly has her daughter’s best interests at heart, she’s not thinking things through: In 2030, when President-for-Life Obama begins his twenty-second year in office, that video may be the only thing that saves her daughter from the Alaska Gulag.

High school students’ video inviting Obama to Martin County draws parents’ ire [TC Palm, via WND]

nojo
7:00 am • Tuesday • March 23, 2010
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ManchuCandidate

7:47 am • Tuesday • March 23, 2010

Hate to break it to you Blackard, but the way you keep placing dictacts on her edumakashun I think your worries are overblown if your daughter actually listens to you cause then she won’t be going very many places except to Bible “college.”

al2o3cr

8:02 am • Tuesday • March 23, 2010

Well, that’s an idea: make Obama’s next campaign slogan “Praise Jesus”, and watch the fundies heads implode when their kids are shouting it. :)

Dave H

9:17 am • Tuesday • March 23, 2010

One commenter boasted that while the students were chanting “Yes we can” the ROTC was yelling “No we can’t.” You have to marvel at people who brag about that kind of unthinking negativity and stupidity. I’m betting there are some future GOP leaders in the ROTC – which will of course be as close to actual military service as they ever get.

Original Andrew

10:02 am • Tuesday • March 23, 2010

ejukayshun is four fagets

Nabisco

10:17 am • Tuesday • March 23, 2010

@Dave H: They’ve got a point, you know. After all, once the kids start chanting aspirational goals, next they’ll actually want to achieve something. As Juniors, such as.

10:21 am • Tuesday • March 23, 2010

@Dave H:

Well, at least the Obama slogan has finally gotten the GOPers to say what they really mean. I’d love to see some campaign ads featuring this slogan:

“I’m out of work, and need help retraining to be competitive in the global workforce. Can I get some help? / (cut to Boner:) NO YOU CAN’T!”

etc.

Youthful Indiscretions

High school students’ video inviting Obama to Martin County draws parents’ ire [TC Palm, via WND]

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