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Speech to Students Causing Controversy
Posted Monday, September 7, 2009 ; 07:37 PM | View Comments | Post Comment


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Some parents and children confused and worried

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HUNTINGTON --  Parents in Cabell County are being given the choice as to whether their children can watch President Barack Obama's student address tomorrow while at school.

Brian Hoey says he doesn't understand why there is such a controversy over the speech.

He says historically other presidents have addressed school children without the problems being experienced now.

Hoey says he is concerned about how polarized the two sides have become in the political landscape in this country.

"I think this is really worrisome that we have lost the ability to communicate in a thoughtful and respectful way and that is a problem."

Parents in Cabell County must present a written excuse for their children to not to see the speech.

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Buck
9/7/09 at 8:56 PM
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Parents have every right to choose to allow their children to watch the President propagate his track to socialism or not....forced to watch that on super young kids? Why is this such a problem...? The have more important things to be doing rather than listening to the president tell them to serve their country....yeah serve it till we all die from the effects of a failed administration's idea of how things should run!

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