Rasmussen IA poll: Romney 23, Paul 22 … Santorum 16
posted at 2:45 pm on December 29, 2011 by Ed Morrissey
Bear in mind Tina’s caveats about the difficulty of polling in the holiday season, but this does look as though the predictions of Rick Santorumentum have been realized. In the latest Rasmussen poll of 750 likely caucus-goers in Iowa, conducted yesterday, Santorum leaps up to third place, behind a virtual dead heat between Mitt Romney and Ron Paul:
After months of volatility, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul remain the front-runners in Iowa for the third week in a row with the state’s Republican caucus just five days away.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely GOP caucus participants finds Romney with 23% support to Paul’s 22%. Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum has moved into third place with 16%, his best showing to date, closely followed by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Governor Rick Perry who earn 13% of the vote each.
Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann picks up five percent (5%) support, while former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman gets three percent (3%) of the vote, marking no movement on either candidate’s part over the past week. One percent (1%) like some other candidate, and six percent (6%) are undecided.
That’s a six-point jump for Santorum in one week, outside the margin of error. In contrast, Romney and Paul both only shifted within the MOE to get closer together. Perry also added to his total by three points, again within the MOE, while Gingrich dropped four points in the same period to fall into a tie for fourth place.
The sample improves over the CNN poll, which only surveyed Republicans. According to the sample data provided by Rasmussen, 30% of respondents are independents, a good representation. None are Democrats, though, who could cast votes in the caucus, and who thus far favor Paul. The survey was taken in a single day, which sometimes makes the results a little less reliable, but I believe the Rasmussen polls in this series have all used that methodology, so the trending is still significant.
Where does Santorum pick up his support? He comes in second to Romney among Republicans, 26/19. He falls into a three-way tie among women, far behind Romney, 27/15, and third among men at 17%, with Paul leading Romney 27/19. Santorum has a double-digit lead among very conservative respondents over Romney, 28/18, but lands in fourth place among “somewhat conservative” voters at 15%, behind Romney (27%), Paul (18%), and Gingrich (17%). Santorum also leads among Tea Party adherents, 25/19 over Romney, with Paul fourth at 14% behind Perry’s 15%, and Santorum wins evangelicals with 24% to Perry’s 17%.
Is that enough to ignite Santorum for a win? He may not need an outright win. As long as he bests Perry, Gingrich, and Bachmann, Santorum could be a rallying figure for social conservatives and evangelicals, which would stand him in good stead in South Carolina. It’s still a long shot, but it’s not out of the question.
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This very situation is refutation of her statement that “kids don’t think about Cowboys and Indians anymore,” she just wishes the hell that they wouldn’t, because then it’d be easier to alienate them from the responsible and lawful use of firearms.
dkmonroe on May 7, 2013 at 6:20 PM
Hey – I had a gatling pen – the ones with 4 different colored ink cartridges.
Didn’t know I was holding a full auto assault pen at the time….
dentarthurdent on May 7, 2013 at 6:20 PM
WryTrvllr on May 7, 2013 at 6:21 PM
We reeeeeeeeally need to start testing educators for neurosis.
antipc on May 7, 2013 at 6:23 PM
How a Leftist sees it.
hawkeye54 on May 7, 2013 at 6:23 PM
And after the testing, medicate them and lock em up in padded cells.
hawkeye54 on May 7, 2013 at 6:25 PM
What does it say about public schools when teachers are concerned that children think pencils are used in drive-by shootings and murders?
I think since this is a school setting, they could probably teach that at some point. You know, give up a single condom instruction class or something.
BobMbx on May 7, 2013 at 6:25 PM
Now it’s SEALs vs Muslim suicide bombers…..
You have to shoot him full of #2 lead before he yells “allahu akbar kerblammmo”.
dentarthurdent on May 7, 2013 at 6:25 PM
In the meantime…
News is a Russian El-Ed teacher saved her FIFTY students from serious injury during the recent meteoroid hit by getting her kids to duck and cover, while sustaining serious injuries to herself from flying glass.
we are soooo screwed.
WryTrvllr on May 7, 2013 at 6:26 PM
In the meantime…
News is a Russian El-Ed teacher saved her FIFTY students from serious injury during the recent meteoroid hit by getting her kids to duck and cover, while sustaining serious injuries to herself from flying glass.
we are soooo screwed.
WryTrvllr on May 7, 2013 at 6:26 PM
sorry sorry
WryTrvllr on May 7, 2013 at 6:27 PM
Ask Whoopi if that’s a post post.
BobMbx on May 7, 2013 at 6:28 PM
That school woulda LOVED me. One year, I brought in a toy UZI for show and tell. Amazingly enough, I didn’t grow up to be a psycho b*tch.
Truly, it’s a wonder.
///
annoyinglittletwerp on May 7, 2013 at 6:28 PM
Good grief! That beats Guam tipping over as stupid comment of the century.
Ever notice that these principals all seem to be females these days?
That should be used as an ad for home schooling or private schools. It’s funny, my son has more freedom and latitude in a private Lutheran school than kids going to public schools.
AZfederalist on May 7, 2013 at 6:29 PM
When I was a kid, me and my cousins would argue over who got to be the Indian and who got stuck being the cowboy – since we actually have a some Indian lineage (not as much as Senator Fauxcahontas claims, but probably more than she actually has).
dentarthurdent on May 7, 2013 at 6:30 PM
Tell the school system how you feel about this…
http://www.spsk12.net/contact-us/
Fire away.
Or if you prefer, contact the clown Bradshaw directly…
betbradshaw@spsk12.net
voiceofreason on May 7, 2013 at 6:31 PM
Are you sure about that?….
Out libtard trolls might disagree… ;)
dentarthurdent on May 7, 2013 at 6:31 PM
AZfederalist on May 7, 2013 at 6:29 PM
I rode the ‘short bus’ until mid-way through 3rd grade. Because the expectations for us were so low-we weren’t expected to amount to anything-the rules were a bit more lax. That actually ended up= more freedom. Though this was in the mid-late 1970′s=even then I doubt I could’ve brought a toy Uzi into a ‘normal’ classroom.
annoyinglittletwerp on May 7, 2013 at 6:32 PM
Me and my brothers would have never finished school…good grief.
Nothing is more deadly than a number 2 pencil…
I yearn for the days when peanuts were the most dangerous item in school…I thought that was “nuts”.
Imagine using the straws from the cafeteria, and shooting spit wads, that could land you in jail.
right2bright on May 7, 2013 at 6:34 PM
is there a picture of what a Bethanne Bradshaw looks like? I’d like to see stupid piled that high.
DanMan on May 7, 2013 at 6:35 PM
You are exactly right…perfect defining of what they understand.
right2bright on May 7, 2013 at 6:36 PM
Glade the schools were not that way when I was growing up. I’d still be on suspension and could not have served my country for 27 years.
jpcpt03 on May 7, 2013 at 6:37 PM
Things were changing a lot during that time period. Here, public High School students had a smoking break room in the early 70s, could come and go off campus as they pleased during unscheduled periods, and girls had to wear skirts. That all changed around 73 or 74, as I recall.
Fenris on May 7, 2013 at 6:39 PM
Sorry if this has already been pointed out, but I have to run out the door and don’t have time to read the entire thread: The real danger of this goes beyond its pure laughable stupidity. This is Leftists indoctrinating the children. The Leftists want to fill them with so much neurosis with regard to the Leftists’ various political aims that the children won’t be able to think clearly or for themselves in later life. That is the goal. It’s really pretty scary. We’re seeing some serious Orwellian stuff here. It’s basically child abuse. “Liberals” are truly scum.
WhatSlushfund on May 7, 2013 at 6:41 PM
you’re assuming the principal didn’t want the attention in the first place
and even despite my stance on guns, I think this was an overreaction
nonpartisan on May 7, 2013 at 6:42 PM
WryTrvllr on May 7, 2013 at 6:45 PM
Fenris on May 7, 2013 at 6:39 PM
If I had been forced to wear a skirt-I would’ve dropped out. LoL
annoyinglittletwerp on May 7, 2013 at 6:45 PM
thats a dumb reason to drop out of school for
nonpartisan on May 7, 2013 at 6:48 PM
I say we send this kid to Disney World for two days!
lea on May 7, 2013 at 6:48 PM
Burge cites HotAir:
davidk on May 7, 2013 at 6:48 PM
What was your reason?
Fenris on May 7, 2013 at 6:49 PM
did god tell you that.
woof woof
davidk on May 7, 2013 at 6:49 PM
nah, I don’t listen to imaginary beings
nonpartisan on May 7, 2013 at 6:50 PM
nonpartisan on May 7, 2013 at 6:48 PM
I graduated in the late ’80′s, Nimrod.
No skirts required.
annoyinglittletwerp on May 7, 2013 at 6:52 PM
Er
Axe on May 7, 2013 at 6:53 PM
I saw a comment at one site that actually seems to have some truth in it… and if you think about it…
More or less ( not word for word ) the idea is that they are now teaching kids how “evil” guns are. As they grow up thinking this, it will make it much easier to do a gun grab till eventually there are no guns for private citizens because they have been taught how evil guns are and that only gov types should have them.
watertown on May 7, 2013 at 6:54 PM
Axe on May 7, 2013 at 6:53 PM
Shut it!
annoyinglittletwerp on May 7, 2013 at 6:57 PM
Once again the public education system must be crushed and replaced with a system that is not controlled by communists, unions and control freaks.
William Eaton on May 7, 2013 at 6:57 PM
Think how easy this is to undo. Skip going out to eat on, say Wednesday, and instead, make it family skeet night.
problem solved for another 20 years.
WryTrvllr on May 7, 2013 at 6:57 PM
http://hotair.com/archives/2013/05/01/jay-carney-hey-benghazi-happened-a-long-time-ago/comment-page-4/#comment-6940147
You are an imaginary being.
Axe on May 7, 2013 at 6:58 PM
Oh good Lord, we did blow Sh*t up back then. Build model cars and destroy them with firecrackers…lol. M80′s were the best! It is a wonder that anyone over 50 is still alive!
Johnnyreb on May 7, 2013 at 7:02 PM
http://www.conservativenewsandviews.com/2013/05/05/education/impossible-a-self-fulfilling-prophecy/
davidk on May 7, 2013 at 7:05 PM
Hey! Neither do I.
But I do listen to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
davidk on May 7, 2013 at 7:07 PM
That’s the goal.
davidk on May 7, 2013 at 7:08 PM
Bethany needs to be fired. Her over reaction is hurting this child. She is ab-using this child to make a ridiculous point, political point, and this child is her victim. Abuse is abuse – and she holds power over the child and his parents. Very simply – jail time is the remedy for child abusers.
famous amos on May 7, 2013 at 7:09 PM
giggle
davidk on May 7, 2013 at 7:10 PM
Exactly. While we joke about it and think ‘what idiots they are’ there is actually a purpose being accomplished. The vast majority, not all but a majority, of these school kids are being indoctrinated to believe that having anthing whatsoever to do with a gun is bad and will get them in trouble. In fifteen or twenty years when they are of voting age it is going to be extremely easy to do away with the Second Amendment. The NRA and other gun rights organizations are being badly outmanuevered and they haven’t a clue. By the time they figure it out it will be too late… actually its probably already too late.
mjzman on May 7, 2013 at 7:26 PM
Ever see the movie “Dazed and Confused?” With the exception of the stupid hazing rituals, that was my high school in Pennsylvania in the 70s, although the stoner crowd in my high school made their bongs out of clay and fired in a kiln in art class rather than in metal shop. If they couldn’t wait for a toke, they’d light up and turn on the fan on in the area in the back of the room that we used to spray fixative on our charcoal or pastel drawings.
Any dress code the school district once had was gone by 1970.
PatriotGal2257 on May 7, 2013 at 7:26 PM
Except this typically has the opposite effect, essentially making the gun taboo – it gives it even more power. Kinda like a racial slur. The more forbidden the word, the more powerful it becomes.
dugan on May 7, 2013 at 7:27 PM
Speaking of school, did you ever complete RWM’s homework assignment from a few days ago? Your absences have been duly noted.
arnold ziffel on May 7, 2013 at 7:29 PM
davidk on May 7, 2013 at 7:31 PM
That’s nothing, their notebooks were claymore mines.
jake49 on May 7, 2013 at 7:32 PM
CC this story and your comments to Wayne LaPierre, Bill Richardson and Larry Pratt, and Rabbi Dovid Bendory immediately.
PatriotGal2257 on May 7, 2013 at 7:37 PM
I’m surprised they didn’t haul him out in cuffs and slap him with a felony.
Is suspension a weapon when teachers over react to children playing with imaginary pretend toys?
Does the teacher realize that a 6 year old pretending to make “gun noises” doesn’t actually harm anyone? That “imaginary gun noises” doesn’t actually mean real gun noises? Does the teacher know that when a 6 year old pretends a pencil is a gun it isn’t really a gun.
Does this teacher even have an understanding of 6 year olds and play? How they use imagination and pretend? That 6 year olds generally do not equate pretend and play as reality. But the teacher seems confused with both?
These are serious questions that should be asked of this teacher. Because it sounds as though the teacher can’t understand the difference between imagination and reality. You can get a mental diagnosis when you have problem confusing reality with imagination.
I think a teacher who over reacts to pretend play is more of a threat to the children than a 6 year old who plays pretend anything.
JellyToast on May 7, 2013 at 7:44 PM
Sure you folks laugh, but this means years of therapy for those targeted.
slickwillie2001 on May 7, 2013 at 7:48 PM
Haven’t seen Dazed and Confused, but the song is a classic. I guess I’ll have to go through life without reliving all the fun youths I once had the pleasure of going to school with.
Fenris on May 7, 2013 at 7:49 PM
this keeps happening, over and over. why? oh i know: it’s because these idiot school administrators want to brag about themselves by saying “i did something to help stop gun violence!!” though, they didn’t actually do anything to stop it.
they don’t care about hurting kids’ feelings. they just care about themselves.
how dare they equate an innocent kid to some drive-by murderer.
also, they want to drill into kids’ heads a “guns are bad” mentality. if “guns are bad,” then anyone who likes guns must be a bad person…
Sachiko on May 7, 2013 at 7:50 PM
This is so stupid and insane I don’t know where to start.
These are the people who are indoctrinating US children. They have a virtual monopoly, they are paid with your tax money, and it is virtually impossible to fire them.
farsighted on May 7, 2013 at 7:55 PM
C’mon, y’all. Be nice to Brave Sir Robin.
bigmacdaddy on May 7, 2013 at 7:58 PM
LOL, yep the song is a classic, and ironically, is the only song that isn’t in the movie. I read somewhere that the licensing for the music Richard Linklater did use was the biggest expense of all.
And yeah, 30 or so years out, the characters in the movie … or rather, caricatures … are easy to laugh at now. When I was in the midst of it, of course, I had the same attitude as you do.
PatriotGal2257 on May 7, 2013 at 7:58 PM
I was saving that for a follow up. :) But . . . Eh:
Axe on May 7, 2013 at 8:00 PM
Terrorists like Bill Ayres, teaching teachers that pencils and hello kitty bubble blowers are instruments of violence.
Only in America!
MNHawk on May 7, 2013 at 8:03 PM
Weapons are used to inflict damage.
A pencil pointed at someone while making gun noises would inflict what sort of damage exactly?
Kudos to this woman she saved the whole school from this obvious menace to society!! There’s no telling what could happen if this young man started a gang. Can you imagine a gang of 5 year old boys pointing their pencils and making gun noises? The damage inflicted by pointing and making noises…why it is unimaginable!
(now this poor kid probably has a file started at the homeland security department labeled future domestic terrorist.)
jjjdad on May 7, 2013 at 8:06 PM
Exactly like far too many of our politicians.
dentarthurdent on May 7, 2013 at 8:09 PM
Minstrel: [singing] Brave Sir Robin ran away…
Sir Robin: *No!*
Minstrel: [singing] bravely ran away away…
Sir Robin: *I didn’t!*
Minstrel: [singing] When danger reared its ugly head, he bravely turned his tail and fled.
Sir Robin: *I never did!*
Minstrel: [singing] Yes, brave Sir Robin turned about, and valiantly, he chickened out.
Sir Robin: *Oh, you liars!*
Minstrel: [singing] Bravely taking to his feet, he beat a very brave retreat. A brave retreat by brave Sir Robin.
bigmacdaddy on May 7, 2013 at 8:13 PM
Most of that sounds like my HS in Maine – graduated in 79 – but no dress codes that I ever knew of.
Smoking room in the school – but the potheads still had to go out in the woods behind the school.
dentarthurdent on May 7, 2013 at 8:13 PM
Mandatory move to page two… for it’s idiocy.
preallocated on May 7, 2013 at 8:17 PM
This is BS, but you know some parents will complain if they heard about this, would end up in the papers/local media, and the administration would be branded as incompetents who don’t care about violence in their schools.
In this current social environment, they’re damned if they do, damned if they don’t.
Dr. ZhivBlago on May 7, 2013 at 8:24 PM
Times have changed. We used to shoot actual BB guns at each other (which was, admittedly, really stupid). Those things hurt!
IndieDogg on May 7, 2013 at 8:30 PM
That’s progress.
At least they didn’t call the cops and have the kid arrested like they usually do.
Axion on May 7, 2013 at 8:34 PM
I’m sorry but I agree with the school. Zero tolerance makes perfect sense to me. Just recently in my city a 3 year old just shot his 5 year old sister with a gun his father had laying around. Kids need to understand guns are not toys and they’re nothing to joke around with. You can say this is silly but I bet you that no other students at this school will be bringing in guns in their backpack to show their friends or anything. I rather them over reacting then being lax about it.
Politricks on May 7, 2013 at 8:37 PM
I’m guessing you never scored well in reading comprehension, did you? The kid was suspended for pointing a PENCIL at someone and making gun sounds. Other kid was probably doing the same thing but wasn’t seen by the teacher.
Yeah, there are scores of kids killed each year by loaded pencils left laying around. Bet that kid won’t bring a pencil to school next time.
/sidenote — as a troll, you suck
AZfederalist on May 7, 2013 at 8:47 PM
Sorry no – it’s just plain stupid.
Your example is a case of a stupid parent who apparently shouldn’t have guns (and those people do exist), as he doesn’t know how to handle them. Your example is no different than the irresponsible parents who leave kids unattended to drown in a swimming pool or bathtub – which happens far more often than little kids shooting each other (check FBI and other stats if you don’t believe me).
That’s a huge leap from that to some kids playing good guy / bad guy with pencils – like MILLIONS of us law-abiding citizens have done for many decades – with pencils, pens, sticks, legos, squirt guns, BB guns, paintball guns, airsoft guns, etc, etc.
My boys used to turn darn near everything into a gun – because my wife wouldn’t let them have toy guns. And they learned about proper gun handling in Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts – and now that they’re in their 20s – funny thing is – they have real guns and they’ve never shot anyone.
dentarthurdent on May 7, 2013 at 8:49 PM
He made a big tactical error by his Harvard claims the other night. So every time he shows his partisan ass we will be there to question his veracity, wisdom, and fitness to be a human.
arnold ziffel on May 7, 2013 at 8:49 PM
And in Houston, a school district canceled a program that was designed to do exactly that. I guess that district doesn’t care if kids are accidentally hurt when some of them find a gun laying around.
AZfederalist on May 7, 2013 at 8:50 PM
I think bigmacdaddy knows it – and gets it – given what he posted.
Hilarious Monty Python bit.
dentarthurdent on May 7, 2013 at 8:52 PM
Very nice point and reference.
Ya take guns seriously – but cancel a gun safety program designed for little kids when you find out it’s sponsored by the NRA.
YA – that’s really bright….
dentarthurdent on May 7, 2013 at 8:53 PM
So, at what age does our first amendment rights kick in? I thought it was at birth, but obviously I’m wrong.
starboardhelm on May 7, 2013 at 8:55 PM
I knew he got it. Liked the Monty Python ref.
arnold ziffel on May 7, 2013 at 8:58 PM
No prob – it looked to me like you were explaining the background to him.
Apologies if I was mistaken.
dentarthurdent on May 7, 2013 at 9:00 PM
From your other posts this comes as no surprise. How about biting a pop tart into gun shape, bad? A birdie finger, a boob? Bet you would be the perfect guard at camp.
arnold ziffel on May 7, 2013 at 9:01 PM
None needed. You always make good posts.
arnold ziffel on May 7, 2013 at 9:04 PM
did god tell you that.
woof woof
davidk on May 7, 2013 at 6:49 PM
nah, I don’t listen to imaginary beings
nonpartisan on May 7, 2013 at 6:50 PM
WryTrvllr on May 7, 2013 at 9:12 PM
LOVE Monty Python – especially the Holy Grail.
I used to be able to quote darn near the whole movie – but my memory just isn’t what it used to be.
I keep trying the Cliff Clavin theory for getting smarter with alcohol, but it just doesn’t seem to be working 100%….
dentarthurdent on May 7, 2013 at 9:24 PM
You made me laugh—Cliff Claven on Jeopardy, good times. Used to work with a guy they called Claven and it wasn’t out of love.
arnold ziffel on May 7, 2013 at 9:37 PM
Doubtful. Zero tolerance is habitually used by those with no common sense.
rukiddingme on May 7, 2013 at 9:51 PM
Usually people are afraid of real guns pointed at them, not fingers and pencils, unless they are pantywaist Libs making up phony feelings.
BetseyRoss on May 7, 2013 at 10:00 PM
So lead poisoning is right out?
johnnyU on May 7, 2013 at 10:12 PM
Funny old world, ain’t it? It’s not just in education that this has happened. In the UK and Australia, it used to be that the (left) Labor party came from and represented the working class and the conservatives came out of the universities and from old money and represented the elites. Now it’s fully the other way around in both countries (although the ‘conservatives’ have slid so far to the center over the last 20 years they’re virtually liberals now)
The Thin Man Returns on May 7, 2013 at 10:16 PM
You’re a friggin moron.
And 3 year olds aren’t old enough for any school so I don’t know how you think this point is germane, at all. Frankly, I’m surprised that a 3 year old could even hold a gun, let alone fire it. Sounds kind suspicious, to me.
In any event, you’re an idiot who society should have zero tolerance for. Go away, slimeball. There are tons of wussified countries that would suit your pathetic self just fine.
ThePrimordialOrderedPair on May 7, 2013 at 10:18 PM
I had friends in the orchestra. You should have seen how they carried their violin cases.
That would surely have gotten them expelled.
EdmundBurke247 on May 7, 2013 at 10:27 PM
You know, if you take one of the large pencils they use in first grade and sharpen it down to where in is only about 4.5 inch long, it looks a little like a Mark 17 Thermonuclear device, a 25 megaton bomb capable of vaporizing a whole city and killing a million plus people in the initial blast. A shortened number 2 pencil looks very much like a B83 nuclear bomb.
Why are school administrators and teachers letting our children use replica nuclear bombs to do their school work? Oh, the humanity!
Wallythedog on May 7, 2013 at 10:28 PM
And let us not forget that lemons and limes are kinda shaped like hand grenades.
dissent555 on May 7, 2013 at 11:28 PM
The teacher and administrators are trying to teach these toddlers that real guns are bad and unacceptable. The teachers and administrators engaging in this insanity are using their authority under state law to punish children for even pretending to have a gun. That seems to me to cross a big red line.
Everyone in this country is born with the right to keep and bear arms. No one will argue that the school system has every right to use their state power to demand that children do not bring actual guns to school or to punish a child who brings in something that a reasonable person could mistake for a weapon. But punishing a child for utilizing an imaginary gun – that is punishing a thought crime. More, it is using the power of the state to punish a child for even thinking of bearing a gun – and that is Constitutionally protected territory. Some enterprising lawyer really needs to start suing these school systems for this abuse of their state power.
Wolf Howling on May 7, 2013 at 11:30 PM
All this pencil-gun stuff is relly kids play.
HERE is my preferred fire power.
belad on May 8, 2013 at 12:02 AM
Very nice.
I’ll bet Ms Bradshaw would pee and poop her pants just looking at it – and pass out if it was actually fired in her presence.
My boys and I have fired something similar – I think it was a Barret .50 Cal sniper rifle at Dragon Man’s annual 9/11 Memorial Machine Gun Shoot. The boys LOVED it – and kept going back – at $5 a shot.
dentarthurdent on May 8, 2013 at 12:25 AM
As a public school teacher, I’d just like to point out that a lot of this stupidity is the work of administrators and district bureaucrats, who then turn around and do their best to make schools a no risk/competition/fun zone. Kids at my school aren’t supposed to run around the play equipment because they might run into something/someone, for crying out loud. I consider it a small victory every time I organize a game of dodgeball (haven’t banned it yet) or an academic achievement assembly (so far no parents have complained that it makes their kid feel bad… give it time) or look the other way as the kiddos play ‘Iron Man’.
salmonczar on May 8, 2013 at 2:01 AM
You laugh, but the next thing you know he’ll be bringing a high-capacity pencil box to school….
There Goes the Neighborhood on May 8, 2013 at 2:14 AM
You’re funny. You use “evangelical” as an epithet, but evangelicals wouldn’t be suspending boys for pointing a finger or a pencil or a pop tart at someone.
No, that lunacy always comes from the left.
Let’s face it: the Puritans were pikers. The progressives are the real fascists.
There Goes the Neighborhood on May 8, 2013 at 2:26 AM
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