Politics and Homeschooling
Yahoo News is reporting that Huckabee took the Republican nomination in Iowa. This is going to blow up in the homeschooling community online in 5..4..3..2..
Huckabee has been a hot issue among homeschoolers. For every Huckabee supporter there is another against him. In fact the Huckabee issue is one so big the retired from blogging Spunky had to blog about it. It is actually a multipart post, read to the bottom to see where it continues in other posts. With all the discussions about Huckabee WashingtonPost is saying that Home-Schoolers Buoyed Huckabee’s Rise. But could they also be his downfall in the end?
On the Democratic side Obama won out. Though there has not been as much talk about Obama in the homeschooling communities. There does seem to be a small Homeschoolers for Obama group on his website. There is a short but powerful article here that shares why one homeschooling family puts their vote in Obama.
Ron Paul is still a front runner in many homeschooling comminuties, though the other candidates are slowly gaining support as well. I am sure that as the year wears on we will begin to hear from a lot more homeschooling supporters. I myself have plans to write a post soon on who I am voting for, though it will probably be at my personal blog rather than here. Because it’s, well, a personal matter and I don’t want to be labels as a “homeschooler for…”. While I am, my politcal ideas go beyond my educational choices. I’m “a person who happens to homeschool for…”. As if that makes it any clearer. LOL
politics, Huckabee, Obama, homeschooling, homeschoolers, Ron Paul
January 4th, 2008 at 7:10 am
Thanks for this update—-I’m a Democrat through and through but what they often want for education gives me the willies. I’m going to go read many of those links now.
January 4th, 2008 at 9:30 am
That was perfectly clear. I also vote first as a citizen. Homeschooling issues are a there but not the primary (get it? primary!) reason I vote for a candidate.
January 4th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Ditto that- I am a citizen who happens to be a home educator, and while homeschooling is for us a major element of our lifestyle, our desired lifestyle requires us to home educate, and not the other way around, and that is reflected in who I seriously consider supporting for President as well.
Cute pun, AC. Ever read David Gerrold?