"On Wednesday, at Scranton High School, there was the business of what to do about seniors Colin Saltry and Joey Daniel, who skipped a couple of classes to see Barack Obama eat waffles at the Glider Diner Monday morning and were promptly suspended upon their return. This spontaneous act of truancy turned them into minor media celebs and Topic B at Irish bars and ballfields across this city. The fact that they are student leaders -- Saltry is class president, Daniel is VP -- made the infraction even more buzzworthy."
These kids are great, and endearing in their willingness to take responsibility ("[The principal] was just doing his job," Saltry said of McGraw. "I'd hate to see him painted as a tyrant.") - what a terrific counterexample to the stereotype of the unthinking, Kool-Aid drinking young Obama supporter.
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