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ST. CLAIR COUNTY 4TH GRADE BOOK SAYS WHITE VOTERS REJECTED OBAMA BECAUSE OF RACE
illinoisreview.typepad.com ^ | NOVEMBER 21, 2013 | IR

Posted on 11/22/2013 10:29:24 AM PST by moonshinner_09

DUPO, IL - Fourth graders in Dupo Illinois are reading a biography of Barack Obama that's raising eyebrows among St. Clair County parents. The book, which supplements the school's Common Core curriculum, blames television for the negative behaviors the first African-American president picked up as a teen:

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The book - brought to the attention this week of those on the "Moms Against Duncan - MAD" Facebook page, goes on to say white Americans were hesitant to vote for a black president, and that Obama pushed the race issue to bring the nation together.

"But some people said Americans weren't ready for that much change. Sure Barack was a nice fellow, they said. But white voters would never vote for a black president. Other angry voices were raised. Barack's former pastor called the country a failure. God would damn the United States for mistreating its black citizens, he said.The Bluffview Elementary students were told the book's content would be tested for grades. That brought outrage among parents just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, one of the "MAD" moms reported.

BooksThis biography of America's 44th president, entitled "Barack Obama," is written by Jane Sutcliffe and published by Lerner. The book is part of Scholastic's "Reading Counts" program acceptable to the controversial Common Core curriculum standards.

(Excerpt) Read more at illinoisreview.typepad.com ...


TOPICS: Education; Government; History; Politics
KEYWORDS: childrenofthestate; commoncore; education; illinois; obama; obamabio; obamabiography; vote
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You just cannot make this stuff up..
1 posted on 11/22/2013 10:29:25 AM PST by moonshinner_09
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To: moonshinner_09

If these parents actually “raised their eyebrows” enough they’d home school.


2 posted on 11/22/2013 10:35:32 AM PST by albie
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To: moonshinner_09

Government schools are child abuse


3 posted on 11/22/2013 10:36:58 AM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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4 posted on 11/22/2013 10:40:48 AM PST by Third Person (Welcome to Gaymerica.)
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To: Third Person

Sardines


5 posted on 11/22/2013 10:46:01 AM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: moonshinner_09

Did the book mention that blacks only make up about 13% of the population and that dear “Barack” couldn’t have won without whites? Didn’t think so.


6 posted on 11/22/2013 10:49:29 AM PST by Nea Wood (When life gets too hard to stand, kneel.)
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To: moonshinner_09

Obama is bi racial just asking was the white side of him included in bio on voting ?


7 posted on 11/22/2013 10:49:57 AM PST by moonshinner_09
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To: moonshinner_09

He managed to get elected without white people voting for him?

Most amazing man there’s ever been...


8 posted on 11/22/2013 10:53:43 AM PST by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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To: moonshinner_09
That's not actually what the book says (at least not in the pages cited in this article). The relevant passage is this:

But some people said Americans weren't ready for that much change. Sure Barack was a nice fellow, they said. But white voters would never vote for a black president.

Reading comprehension, people. This is saying that some people said that Obama wouldn't be elected because he is (half-)black. That is 100% correct - there were many people (race-baiters, mostly, and almost entirely on the left). Absent further context, I don't think there's much "there," there.

9 posted on 11/22/2013 10:55:55 AM PST by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: null and void

Most amazing man that’s ever been.

I see what you did there.

+10 for slick and subtle.


10 posted on 11/22/2013 11:00:43 AM PST by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: Nea Wood

Shhhh. Facts. Shhhh. We don’t talk about that.


11 posted on 11/22/2013 11:02:10 AM PST by Ray76
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To: moonshinner_09
Yeah,some white people acted as racist as the 98% of blacks who voted for him because of race.

Liberal guilt don't work anymore... Make sure your kids know the truth. Don't be afraid to call the "educational establishment" out on this crap.

12 posted on 11/22/2013 11:04:05 AM PST by Kenton
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To: Covenantor

He de general, de president, de king of de scene...


13 posted on 11/22/2013 11:15:42 AM PST by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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To: moonshinner_09
Jane "you ignorant slut" Sutcliffe is being hammered on her Facebook page and it's even harsher on the Amazon.com reviews for the book.
14 posted on 11/22/2013 11:15:55 AM PST by Dalberg-Acton
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To: moonshinner_09
ST. CLAIR COUNTY 4TH GRADE BOOK SAYS WHITE VOTERS REJECTED ELECTED OBAMA BECAUSE OF RACE

Fixed.

15 posted on 11/22/2013 11:27:24 AM PST by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: moonshinner_09

Common Core is 0bamaCore (or is that ‘Corps’ (or Corpse)).


16 posted on 11/22/2013 11:46:34 AM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (If Americans were as concerned for their country as Egyptians are, Obama would be ousted!)
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Yeah, I read the reviews on Amazon - brutally honest, calling the author a race baiter, etc.


17 posted on 11/22/2013 11:47:32 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: gundog
ST. CLAIR COUNTY 4TH GRADE BOOK SAYS WHITE FEMALE<.I> VOTERS REJECTED ELECTED OBAMA BECAUSE OF RACE.

There. Fixed your fix.

'War on Women, the Sequel' coming soon by Team Hillary.


18 posted on 11/22/2013 11:51:18 AM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (If Americans were as concerned for their country as Egyptians are, Obama would be ousted!)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

Looking at your pic and I wonder FORWARD to what? Do these dummies, I mean mentally challenged, women have even a clue what we’re moving forward to? It seems people with short attention spans need short slogans like Lets Move, Just do it, and Shake your booty, If it feels good do it, to name a few. Mindless half wits married to mindless half wits producing new mindless half wits, strike the married part, is there any longer an America to save? The only answer I see is Go Galt.


19 posted on 11/22/2013 12:06:31 PM PST by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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To: Nea Wood

Or that a percentage of those blacks are convicted felons or are underage and can’t vote so the actual percentage of voting adults is much less than 13% of the population.


20 posted on 11/22/2013 12:50:41 PM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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