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crooksandliars.com - 11/14/2008
A word about southeastern Idaho, where schoolkids chant "Assassinate Obama"
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Excuse me a moment while I go throw up (no offense to David Edwards and Muriel Kane at Raw Story): Madison County, Idaho was once dubbed "the reddest place in America" by Salon, but that didn't make it any less shocking when elementary school children started chanting "assassinate Obama on the ...

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Idaho students chant 'assassinate Obama' on school bus: Report
rawstory.com - 11/13/2008
Idaho students chant 'assassinate Obama' on school bus: Report
— rawstory.com — Madison County, Idaho was once dubbed "the reddest place in America" by Salon, but that didn't make it any less shocking when elementary school children allegedly started chanting "assassinate Obama" on the school bus. Matthew Whoolery told KIKD News ... (more) Idaho students chant 'assassinate Obama' on school bus: ...

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A word about southeastern Idaho, where schoolkids chant "Assassinate Obama"
Orcinus — ... that it is, frankly, a wonder this hasn't happened more often, and in more places than just southeastern Idaho. In fact, it very likely -- indeed, almost certainly -- has. And it's to the credit of Rexburg's conservative Mormons that they drew attention to it. Perhaps they will stop and take a good hard look at the kind of hate they've been spewing before their children. If only other Republicans in the rest of the heartland would do the same. [Cross-posted at Crooks and Liars.]

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