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10. OK, I googled it and waded into the swamp

Reply to iamthebandfanman (Original post)

Mon Nov 25, 2013, 01:39 PM

Nov 2013

Evidently Daily Caller carried the original story and has since posted this update. I shall now go shower.

UPDATE: Jaci DeClue, a school board member in Dupo, has emailed The Daily Caller claiming that no one in Dupo is required to read a biography of President Barack Obama.

“This book was a donated book in the presidential section of our library that a student checked out and took home,” DeClue told TheDC. “It is not any part of the curriculum or been taught in any of our classes.”

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need some debunking help .. or info... ( Obama childrens book required reading in school ) [View all] iamthebandfanman Nov 2013 OP

... frazzled Nov 2013 #1

bumpin' n/t iamthebandfanman Nov 2013 #2

Um, how about responding rather than bumping /nt frazzled Nov 2013 #5

because im the op ? iamthebandfanman Nov 2013 #6

Consider the sources: Chicks on the Right and Brietbart. NYC_SKP Nov 2013 #3

as i said in my OP iamthebandfanman Nov 2013 #4

what do you hope to accomplish? Phentex Nov 2013 #8

Perhaps you should forward to Snopes.com or one of the other fact checking websites. I can't okaawhatever Nov 2013 #7

This. ^^^ MH1 Nov 2013 #9

OK, I googled it and waded into the swamp B2G Nov 2013 #10

thanks!! iamthebandfanman Nov 2013 #15

Read the passage for yourself from the Breitbart photo caraher Nov 2013 #11

dupo il has 4000 people..... madrchsod Nov 2013 #12

"Compliant with Common Core Standards" =/= "required reading." Brickbat Nov 2013 #13

Here's a link to the actual wording in the book and picture of the page.. sinkingfeeling Nov 2013 #14

Well, you can recommend some real children's books about the president... Hekate Nov 2013 #16