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Son of a VET
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 Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 7:16 pm Post subject: Campaign literature mistakenly sent home with third graders |
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| Quote: | Campaign literature mistakenly sent home with third graders
Presidential debate number three is in the books, and most polls show the race a dead heat. Thursday, the Missoula School District studied how documents promoting the democratic ticket ended up going home to parents of third-graders at Hawthorne Elementary.
School officials are already apologizing for what they call an honest mistake. Hawthorne Principal Steve McHugh: "It's a whoops, it's a mistake. We're sorry -- Missoula, we're sorry."
This was not meant for parent's eyes. But, pro-Democrat literature accidentally went home with third-grade students from Hawthorne Elementary.
McHugh: "It was definitely a mistake. Certainly we're sorry that it happened, we're certainly not trying as a school district or Hawthorne school to tell people who to vote for."
The paperwork is from the Missoula Unified Political Action Committee for Education. It supports state and national democratic candidates for office. Officials say the information was intended for teachers, not students.
McHugh: "It is very clear to people in the district that work for the district that you are not to do anything that will try to persuade anybody when you're working for the school district during the day."
It's a simple error that shows how careful educators have to be to keep political views out of school discussion. Both parents and school officials say they understand why this happened, and believe there was no intentional wrongdoing. Principal McHugh says he apologized to the 14 families that received the paperwork.
Reporter: John Langeler
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BenJaxBchFL
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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When the info stuffer got to number 14 and ran out did it occur that they lacked enough copies to be going to parents? When they realized that, did someone say retrieve what is being prepared to be sent?
I am not buying that one. How come all of these "mistakes" are always in the same direction? Answer: They're not mistakes.
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tmpusfugit
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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can you imagine the screaming and shouting that would be going on if it were Republican literature? Dan Blather would already be filing a complaint at the UN.....with Jimmy Carter holding his coat!
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Inatizzy
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| Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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Well. that's about right isn't it? It takes someone with the mentality of a 3rd grader to vote for Kerry right?
Mistake.....yeah.....right....uh huh....sure 
My a$$.
The stupid Dems are so transparent. |
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