Posted on 02/19/2009 7:21:21 AM PST by Islander7
A Dobson High School Advanced Placement government class with strong opinions about Barack Obama watched the president's speech Wednesday on a small, grainy TV in the corner of their classroom.
Some of the students attentively watched the speech, giving questioning looks and comments, shaking their heads and laughing at some of Obama's words. Other students listened, occasion ally glancing up to watch, while texting on their cell phones, reading a book or finishing school work.
The gymnasium's events were shown simultaneously in rooms throughout the Mesa school, and teachers were given discretion on whether to show the speech, the students said. The students in the class were hopeful things will work out but questioned whether Obama's plan would actually work to dig the country out of its economic woes. They also expected a longer speech.
Senior Syna Daudfar took some notes during the speech and was among the most vocally opposed to Obama's words.
At one point, when he talked about the costs of his stimulus plan, senior Maaike Albach and Daudfar looked at each other and said, "uh-oh."
"Overall I think it's a good idea, but he's not addressing the issues of the economic crisis," said Daudfar, a John McCain supporter who added he leans more toward being a moderate conservative. "The spending bill he just passed is just progressing the Democratic agenda rather than addressing the economic issues in the country."
Daudfar thinks Obama's plan is backward and deals with the "less important stuff" first. "Bailing out businesses" and "providing better regulatory systems for giving out money to businesses" should have been first, he said.
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The Democrats are all in the retard class.
Similar to when Clinton had trees cut down for a photo-op on environmental issues at the Grand Canyon....
The RATS are about illusion and theater, not real substantiative issues and solutions.
Thank you! I wuv me too! By the way... why are we talking like Bawny Fwank???
That happened to my Sociology teacher in college. He was an avowed Socialist and would go on and on about how great Socialism was, especially in China (which is actually Communist).
About that time the massacre in Tianamen Square went down. He came into class VISIBLY shaken and subdued. We didn’t hear much about China for the rest of the semester.
that is good news. we have to fight these lefties on a daily basis in the halls of our schools .
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