DU this: Poll on High School students trying Bush on war crimes

[karynnj]

A local high school teacher is having his AP Goverment and Politics class do a mock war crimes trial of Bush. Aparently, this has been picked up by talk radio and they are creating a furor, even though this is an AP class and he did a mock Clinton impeachment trial. These are really really smart well informed kids. Please vote for this.

http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage

By, the way this is from what I think is the most Republican county in NJ. (Morris), though Parsippany is one of the more Democratic areas.

[wakeme2008]

1. done and nom

[rpannier]

2. If he did the Clinton

then he is definately justified in doing this one as well.

[Paradise]

3. done. n/t

[boobooday]

4. Got it

I believe this is highly educational. Present the evidence, make a decision based on the evidence. That's more than is being done by adults.

Having studied quite a bit of the evidence myself, I predict a guilty verdict.

[karynnj]

7. They have a compromise with the principal, that they will stop

short of actually getting a verdict - but they will prepare and present the case. I hope they have a young Kerry-like "prosecutor". It sounds like a greaT class.

[fed-up]

5. 51.7% Educational and appropriate -this poll needs a little help...

51.7% Educational and appropriate

44.3% Political and inappropriate

3.1% Neither

0.9% Other

Total Votes: 449

[karynnj]

8. Before Du, it was losing slightly (48 to 47), so this is great

[fed-up]

9. Just wait til the rest of California wakes up :)...n/t

[IndyOp]

6. Go DU - 54% say "Educational & Appropriate" - and it is! (nt)

[William769]

10. Done.

A Parsippany High School teacher's use of a "war crimes hearing" of President George W. Bush as a government class lesson is:

53.6%
Educational and appropriate
42.6%
Political and inappropriate
3.0%
Neither
0.8%
Other


Total Votes: 502

[Douglas Carpenter]

11. done and kick and recommended --

[Pab Sungenis]

12. K&R

The fact that he did a mock Clinton impeachment trial shows this wasn't politically motivated.

[liberal N proud]

13. Kicked

54.8% Educational and appropriate

[Native]

14. done

[creeksneakers2]

15. Done

I heard a kid from the Bush defense team on talk radio yesterday. The kid had a great ability to see both sides of an issue. I wish the critics of this exciting idea for a school exercise could see both sides, the way the kids do.

[joeprogressive]

16. This is AP folks;

meaning it is college level. If parents don't want their kids to expand their minds and consider such things they should just send them to Bob Jones U. and create more conservative sheep.

[karynnj]

20. The complaints aren't coming from tha kids or their parents

Apparently, a small article in this newspaper made its way to hate radio. The local Republicans are up in arms - but the principal agreed to it before they did it.

[electropop]

17. done: 56.5% "Educational and Appropriate"

[Mr_Spock]

18. Damn, they will not determine if he's guilty...

Oh, well - hopefully in real life he'll be impeached.

[NJmaverick]

19. done

[NJmaverick]

21. Someone needs to let the school know about this poll

It would be helpful since the repukes sent them a ton of hate mail.

[opusprime]

22. My answer would be...

Jesus who?

[Yuugal]

23. done nt

[Pharaoh]

24. done 58%

K&R

[ProSense]

25. Done! 58% n/t

[truthisfreedom]

26. done. 800 total votes.

[Mythsaje]

27. Wow...good numbers (for us) on the poll...n/t

[Pharaoh]

28. HEY folks vote often

looks like you can keep going back...........

what a joke some polls are.....

[karynnj]

30. All internet polls are a joke

They have absolutely no validity and there is no way to make them valid.

[Tommy_J]

29. Kicking

[kansasblue]

31. better

Daily Record Poll
A Parsippany High School teacher's use of a "war crimes hearing" of President George W. Bush as a government class lesson is:

58.5%
Educational and appropriate
38.5%
Political and inappropriate
2.6%
Neither
| 0.4%
Other

Total Votes: 923

[Joey Liberal]

32. Done! n.t

[graywarrior]

33. Done.

[NiteOwll]

34. Done

Still at 58%.

[TheBaldyMan]

35. just voted and it was ~60% in favour of the mock trial

total votes were 1000+

For the record I voted that it was educational and appropriate, my only regret is that it's not the real thing.

[immoderate]

36. Kick (ass)

--IMM

[pat_k]

37. A kick from NJ

[Hissyspit]

38. Down to 58.9 % again. n/t

[NVMojo]

39. Done! I guess the GOP really hates karma!

[gordontron]

40. I have the teacher's email if anyone wants to send him a letter of support

[quaoar]

41. Done

59.2% Educational and appropriate

37.8% Political and inappropriate

2.6% Neither

0.5% Other


Total Votes: 1239

[Vidar]

42. done