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College suspends professor for allegedly attempting to force students to vote for Obama
A college professor has been placed on leave after she allegedly forced her class to sign a pledge to vote for President Obama in the upcoming elections.
Early last week Professor Sharon Sweet at Brevard Community College (BCC) allegedly told students to sign a pledge that reads: “I pledge to vote for President Obama and Democrats up and down the ticket.”
The pledge was printed off of GottaVote.org, a website funded by the Obama campaign.
University administrators said they learned about the incident late Thursday afternoon and launched an investigation, after they received a phone call from a concerned parent.
“Based on the allegations, Associate Professor Sweet has requested, and been granted, a leave of absence without pay effective immediately,” reads a statement put out by John Glisch, Associate Vice President for Communications at BCC.
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Reiuxcat
September 18th, 2012
And will be considered for a raise and tenure after His O’liness wins the election.
dba_vagbond_trader
September 18th, 2012
Probably on her way to support the striking “teachers” in Chitown.
Will Profit
September 18th, 2012
You sure she was suspended? I would’ve thought she would be made a chancellor at the institution.
Mrs Compton
September 18th, 2012
This is where I live. It’s heavily republican. She’s lucky she got out with her life!
Xavier
September 18th, 2012
Outrage on The Rachel Maddow Show, tonight 9PM.
Maudie N Mandeville
September 18th, 2012
They now have Math Ebonics 101?
Sharon Sweet
September 18th, 2012
It’s a joke! Can’t you tell it was a joke? I got it from Max Rice Austin. Come on! He’s a comedy genius! Did you see the way he punked Faux News? Brilliant!
Can I have my job back? Oh, and I want a raise and more benefits because teachers aren’t paid enough.
grayscape
September 18th, 2012
Democrats have been doing this for 150 years. In the olden days, they held a gun to your head in the voting booth while you voted to ensure you voted all Dem.
simply enraged
September 18th, 2012
@grayscape – in the olden days very likely to be revisited…
even steven
September 18th, 2012
As a former Brevard County resident, I’m glad to hear from Mrs. Compton that the area leans Republican.
davey b
September 18th, 2012
she’s just doing the job of “teaching them what to think” that nobody else is willing to do… really can’t see a problem here … gettin ‘em ready for life under Premier Obamarx
Xavier
September 18th, 2012
@grayscape
Out here in the sticks, the old folks still tell stories of how the county officials drove a bus around picking up only democrat voters – the woman who lives next door was known as a Republican and they wouldn’t ever stop for her. At the polls the sheriff’s police car trunk was open and full of liquor and everyone who voted democrat got as much as they wanted.
Tim
September 18th, 2012
“… has requested, and been granted, a leave of absence without pay …”
Something smell fishy … and it ain’t Prof. Sweet’s bloomers …
Tim
September 18th, 2012
smells, not ‘smell’ … damned teleprompter … that ruins the whole comedic sense.
Reads like a Chinaman wrote it.
Stranded in Sonoma
September 18th, 2012
She had to explicitly force the students into voting for Obama? You mean the years of liberal indoctrination at the socialist propaganda camp didn’t take as well as they thought? I think this “teacher” needs a little re-education.
chiefillinicake
September 18th, 2012
This story is so good you should post it again!
Goldenfoxx
September 18th, 2012
LMAO at the story! Guess who will be joining the 47% collecting welfare now? And what’s even better she won’t be teaching liberalism for a while either!
Lowell
September 18th, 2012
From above: “University administrators said they learned about the incident late Thursday afternoon and launched an investigation, after they received a phone call from a concerned parent.”
It took a PARENT? Not one student RAN to the admin office with that piece of paper? I don’t even care which party she was supporting, this was massive fail.
Th saddens me greatly.