I’m pretty sure that parents in Idaho have some explaining to do:
Matthew Whoolery and his wife aren’t blaming the school district for what happened on the bus but they do think all parents need to be careful about what they say and teach their children.
Whoolery and his wife couldn’t believe it when their second and third graders got off the bus last week and told them what other students were saying.
“They just hadn’t heard anything like this before,” said Whoolery. “They were chanting on the bus, ‘Assassinate Obama. Assassinate Obama.’ Then adding in a name sometimes of a classmate on the bus, ‘Assassinate Obama and Kate.’”
Of course, the intrepid reporter from Channel 2 in Idaho seems most interested in whether or not the shocked parents in question are Obama supporters:
It’s not that the Whoolery’s are big Obama fans they just don’t like people joking about a serious matter concerning any leader of the country.
“I’m assuming if it were, ‘Assassinate McCain’ you’d feel the same way?” asked reporter Nate Eaton.
“No question about it,” replied Whoolery.
And that’s a big relief. It’s nice to know that, in Idaho, the story isn’t about the children chanting about assassinating the president, but rather the parents who were offended by it. In the same community where children are taught to think like that, the first follow-up question is used to explain to the audience that the concerned parents aren’t necessarily Obama supporters.
Also: their state has a stupid shape. So neener.
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