Posted on 10/28/2004 1:52:27 AM PDT by kingattax
The nationwide ethical breakdown continues:
Hundreds of public schoolchildren, some as young as 11, are taking time out of regular classes to canvass neighborhoods in Milwaukee, Madison and Racine in a get-out-the-vote effort organized by Wisconsin Citizen Action Fund - a group whose umbrella organization has endorsed John Kerry for president.
The coalition says the effort is non-partisan, but because the group is targeting minority neighborhoods and those with historically low voter turnout - overwhelmingly Democratic areas - Republican operatives are crying foul amid the highly charged political atmosphere in the state.
Kerry and George Bush are virtually tied in recent polls; in 2000, the state's 10 electoral votes went to the Democrats by 5,708 votes - a margin of two-tenths of one percent of all votes cast.
"They are exploiting schoolchildren on the taxpayers' dime to conduct what is clearly a Democratic, partisan get-out-the-vote effort," said Chris Lato, communications director for the Republican Party of Wisconsin. "To spend this time on a clearly partisan effort when these kids should be in school learning is shocking. It's a disgraceful use of taxpayer money."
MPS spokeswoman Roseann St. Aubin said the school administration approves of the program as long as children or teachers are not conducting partisan politics on school time and that the curriculum meets the state standards for teaching. The program involves 33 schools in Milwaukee, three high schools in Madison and one high school in Racine.
The idea for the program was developed by Larry Marx, co-executive director of Wisconsin Citizen Action, a public interest group whose mission is to "unite the political clout of its 74,000 individual members and 207 affiliate organizations into a significant grass-roots force for social change around key issues and elections in Wisconsin."
Marx vehemently denies that the project is designed to encourage more Democrats than Republicans to vote. He notes that the children do not wear any partisan buttons or clothing. Nor do they use partisan rhetoric or encourage people to vote one way or another. Participation is voluntary and parents are required to give their approval.
Children are not at school to be educated! They are there to provide free labor for the teacher's unions!
Oh, and is anyone shocked that this effort to exploit children's labor for political power is run by a guy named Marx?
Yes, THIS IS AS WRONG AS IT GETS!
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Encouraging people to get out and vote in areas with a history of high turnouts would be a little bit pointless though, wouldn't it?
The RNC should run an ad about this. It would make it backfire big time and give the state to W.
So they are finding burned bodies of election workers in California, and these fools think its a good Idea to send KIDS door to door?
Children? Are you freaking kidding me? This is a new low, even for a bunch of worthless RATS. Hey teachers: go teach your kids instead of using them for partisan gain.
"The RNC should run an ad about this. It would make it backfire big time and give the state to W."
Good point.
I wonder if they are getting paid? LOL
This could be another "Child labor law" Oops!
"Encouraging people to get out and vote in areas with a history of high turnouts would be a little bit pointless though, wouldn't it?"
Yup, but you gotta think like a "rat".
"Kerry win this no matter what it takes!"
Government servitude of children
Liberals do not believe in wrong and right.
TAX FUNDED SCHOOLS..... LITTLE KERRY CAMPAIGNERS..... did the parents have a choice to opt out???
Using taxpayer funds to campaign for Kerry. How many parents had a chance to opt out??
Aren't most schools closed on Election Day? I mean the teachers need all day to get their pro-Kerry union butts to the polls, don't they?
Either way, this is deplorable and a dispicable use of taxpayers' money.
"Participation is voluntary and parents are required to give their approval."
So all the parents had the chance to opt out.
Kin of Karl Marx?
True story: I'm friends with a woman who many years ago had John Kerry's mother as their Girls Scout troup leader. The girls earhned badges for community service by passing out her son's campaign literature.
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