Posted by
Rich from NW Indiana on Saturday, November 22, 2008 1:01:49 AM
Obamania continues unabated. He not even president yet and a school is being renamed for him already. Read about it
here. Sort of sucks for the person the school was named for. Ludlum School in Long Island, New York, was named for a Dr. Charles Ludlum who served on the school board for four decades. I can be pretty sure there isn't another school named for him. But he is ditched without any thought for the craze for Obama that has entranced parts of this nation.
In the bad old days, a president had to be OUT of office (and deceased) before they named schools for you. Not before you even take office. They may feel a little silly when Obama becomes the next Jimmy Carter. I don't think there are too many schools named for him.
I think the service of a man for almost half a century to a school district trumps a unproven president-elect any day. Unfortunately the school board in Long Island has a short memory.