Shocked & Disgusted

[ZTAMich]

One of the 4th graders I tutor said to me on Wednesday "My mommy says only people with your kind of skin voted for McCain and none of you voted for Obama."

I told her we shouldn't vote for people because of what they look like or if they are a man or a woman. We vote for the candidate whose ideas we agree with.

I think it was a great step for our country in electing our first african american president but sadly it takes more than a new president to change some people's views.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by ZTAMich

One of the 4th graders I tutor said to me on Wednesday "My mommy says only people with your kind of skin voted for McCain and none of you voted for Obama."

I am agog...what does this idiot woman think, 50% of the electorate is black? Who does she think half of Hollywood voted for? If I'm not mistaken, Obama got more of the white vote than either Gore or Kerry.

I feel like teaching is made more problematic by the idiot parents.

My nephew came home upset on Election Day because some of his classmates called Barack Obama a "babykiller." He was like, "Clearly, he would be in prison if he was killing people--not running for President!" His teacher told the kids that if they didn't like Obama, then they could just leave the country. Totally insane for the second grade!

[ZTAMich]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

I am agog...what does this idiot woman think, 50% of the electorate is black? Who does she think half of Hollywood voted for? If I'm not mistaken, Obama got more of the white vote than either Gore or Kerry.

I feel like teaching is made more problematic by the idiot parents.

My nephew came home upset on Election Day because some of his classmates called Barack Obama a "babykiller." He was like, "Clearly, he would be in prison if he was killing people--not running for President!" His teacher told the kids that if they didn't like Obama, then they could just leave the country. Totally insane for the second grade!

Ugh the parents up here...don't get me started! Still not as bad as suburban parents I think so I shouldn't complain.

As per your nephew's teacher -I would take a different spin on the people who don't like Obama. I'd tell the kids that grown ups have a choice (i'm all about choices with my class) If you don't like Obama don't vote for him. But once the election is over I believe it is our job as Americans to support whoever is in power (i'm also all about respect for others).

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by ZTAMich

As per your nephew's teacher -I would take a different spin on the people who don't like Obama. I'd tell the kids that grown ups have a choice (i'm all about choices with my class) If you don't like Obama don't vote for him. But once the election is over I believe it is our job as Americans to support whoever is in power (i'm also all about respect for others).

Yeah, I think she was at her wit's end with that situation, and apparently the kids are much more respectful now. But "babykillers"? They're 7!

[AKA_Monet]

Umm... Why are we arguing about this?

Do you all think fools would really want to stave off the Inauguration without the Secret Service and other agencies NOT finding it out? Good luck with that...

And so what if folks voted for a candidate based on the color of his skin? What difference does it make after the votes are tallied? Yes, some people voted for Obama SOLELY on skin color. Yes, some people voted for McCain SOLELY on "lack of skin" color... (I really think people voted against McCain because of Sarah Palin and her antics--SNL/Bill Maher/Daily Show/Chocolate News made some money on lampooning her...) So does that make people who voted against her sexist? And think, we ALL voted against Bush--which makes us anti-dunces...

There were 7 other sets (I think) of those who were running for President--not saying they were viable--but they were running for the US presidency...

So how do they rate?

The fact is all of us have to start doing some gross introspection as to how we define ourselves as Americans. Because things done changed...

It is the dawn of a new era...

The World is happy because of this.

Is racism dead?

Since the campaigns were likened to be the birth pangs. Maybe President Obama's election is the actual birth.

Now we have to take care of a newborn--change it's diapers, which takes ~2 weeks for chit to get stinky--but we love OUR baby nonetheless... We have to feed this newborn, give it tummy time, breastfeed it, burp it... It's going take awhile to nurture this newborn in yearly times. And we will have to readjust our lifestyles to take care of our baby--this new Age...

Will we do early childhood development to allow our new Age baby thrive?

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

I am agog...what does this idiot woman think, 50% of the electorate is black? Who does she think half of Hollywood voted for? If I'm not mistaken, Obama got more of the white vote than either Gore or Kerry.

Exactly. This election placed a mirror in front of Americans and showed how uninformed and easily baited they are.

You mean, a candidate can't win without the white vote? I thought only black people voted for Obama!!!!! He needed white people, too?!?!?!?!