Posted by ChasinDatPaper on September 27, 2009 at 12:13pm
NY Daily News Reports
A clip of students singing about President Obama - innocent entertainment or proof that liberal teachers are brainwashing America's youth?
Apparently it's the latter, if you're a conservative pundit.
The YouTube footage in question shows kindergartners and first- and second-graders at the B. Bernice Young School in Burlington Township, N.J., singing ditties that compliment Obama.
The songs, performed for black history month in February, have lyrics like "Hooray, Mr. President" and "He said that all must lend a hand to make this country strong again."
That was enough to draw criticism from Fox News commentators Glenn Beck and Michelle Malkin, who claim partisan politics are infiltrating the schools.
It's a continuation of the accusations that cropped up earlier this month when Obama made a speech to America's schoolchildren that was viewed in classrooms.
Officials at B. Bernice Young say the song is harmless.
"The teacher's intention was to engage the children in an activity to recognize famous and accomplished African Americans," said school superintendent Christopher Manno. "There was no intention to indoctrinate children."
Publicity about the video brought one protester to the school last week. Chris Concannon, 26, of nearby Magnolia, said the song was "just like the Hitler Youth all over again."
"They should be learning history," he said, "but instead they're being taught to worship the President."
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