Rexburg, Idaho Wishes It Could Go Back to Being Famous for Whatever It Used to Be Famous For

From Indecision 2008…

Shawn Larsen, the mayor of Rexburg, Idaho, has released an apology on behalf of his town,

where a busload of local schoolchildren were recently witnessed

chanting, "assassinate Obama," drawing headlines and overshadowing

Rexburg's highest national per-capita Schnauzer population.

"I am extremely sorry that this incident occurred, and I

do not believe that it reflects the values which make our community a

great place to live and raise a family," Larsen wrote. "Parents must

realize that things said in anger or even in jest can have lasting

repercussions not only damaging young hearts and minds, but a city's

reputation."

That's nice and all, but what has apologizing ever accomplished?

Rexburg Schools Superintendent Geoffrey Thomas knows what I'm talking

about.

"In our district there was an isolated instance of

children making regrettable and unacceptable remarks in regards to

harming President-elect Obama," Thomas wrote in a letter to parents

Monday. "Word of this behavior leaked out to a hyperactive media and bloggers which in turn distorted way out of proportion the comments that were made, painting the entire community with the same negative brush."

My thoughts exactly! Leave it to the hyperactive media and bloggers to distort "assassinate Obama" into something bad.