MORE INDOCTRINATION - AT 7:35 P.M. ET:  CNN brought to its studio a group of school kids to sing the praises of health-care reform, and, not incidentally, Barack Obama.  The video is here.

This, of course, comes after recent revelations of kids in New Jersey and elsewhere being forced to sing songs of praise for The One.

One disturbing element is that, so far, the incidents have occurred in predominantly African-American school districts.  Now, as we've said before, it's entirely understandable for people to feel pride when a member of their group becomes president.  That's normal.  We'd all feel it.  But indoctrinating children is something else, and is unacceptable in a democracy.

One of the tragedies of the civil-rights movement, which has had many fine moments, is that it has always been influenced by the far left, and by a "leader first" mentality.  Too often we have seen marches, rallies, and events in which leaders, not people, seemed to be the most important figures.  I'm afraid we're seeing that effect in these indoctrination attempts.  They're consistent with a kind of totalitarian mentality common on the far left (and far right).  It must be exposed, and stopped.

October 7, 2009