In what is most likely a sign of things to come in next year's election, three Republican presidential candidates, albeit fringe candidates at the moment, ripped public schools during a homeschoolers convention in Des Moines Wednesday.
The Tea Party darlings threw red meat to a receptive crowd, which ate it up.
Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota noted that she homeschooled her five children and was not allowed to home school 23 foster children, thanks to the evil government.
Herman Cain, former Godfather's Pizza CEO, said, "That's all we want is for government to get out of the way so we can educate ourselves and our children the old-fashioned way."
And then there's Ron Paul.
Texas Congressman Ron Paul told the crowd government wants "absolute control" of the "indoctrination" of children.
"The public school system now is a propaganda machine," Paul said, prompting applause from the crowd of hundreds of home schooling families. "They start with our kids even in kindergarten,