I was reading the text of Obama’s speech to students today and here’s what I found: it was focused basically on hard work and doing your homework (no political or scary stuff like the right-wingers said), but I noted some peculiar parts, which I think you guys will like:
That’s no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school.
You will obey, obey, obey…
If you get a bad grade, that doesn’t mean you’re stupid, it just means you need to spend more time studying.
I had quite a laugh. If you guys see anything else that’s funny or plain weird, post it on the comments.
bobbo: Conservatives have no reason to suspect politics?
What was Kennedy’s own funeral if not a political stunt. Did you hear the audio? [ His funeral, for crying out loud!]
I heard that there were parents who kept their children out of school, a “sick day”, in order that they wouldn’t hear this president’s message. Now it struck me that this was just plain racism! They wouldn’t have dreamed of missing a message from Reagan or Bush I. Though I don’t remember any past presidents caring to inspire young students, at all. And nobody even kept their children from hearing Bill Clinton’s words. If some leaked into school classes. But along comes a black man, and suddenly it’s labeled “liberalism” and “communism”. Before anyone have even heard a word. Some days I’m ashamed of my America, holding onto this behavior, well into the 21th century. It speaks to just how poor education has been left go, in America. And how low certain political party members and supports are, to exploit the ignorant.
#81–matt==ok, I’ll give you one Kennedy, but not an Obamagod. I think that is the difference between being a senator vs being a President?
I really don’t like Bush Jr but I (naively?) don’t think he would take advantage of little kiddies===they don’t have any money afterall.
I wonder if all the fear and suspicion is just projection?
Racism? Vehement loathing for Obama by yes but racism? No, well maybe yes for a few but for most no. If it was Hillary in office they would be just as crazy mad and many folks would be calling it sexism. I see Reagan’s abolishment of the Fairness Doctrine as the major reason for this continued polarizing of Americans. If you get to self select all your information sources it gets to easy to avoid hearing what the other side has to say.
#82 I think you’re the racist here. So far, nobody has even hinted about it being a possibility here. It’s good to see your real thoughts though.
Bobbo – care to comment on this? I think the burden is on the left to demonstrate that this is NOT what we would have heard broadcast were it not for the conservative outrage.
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Obama Pitched Universal Health Care to Students in Meeting Prior to His Speech on Education
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
By Penny Starr, Senior Staff Writer
President Barack Obama speaks to the nation’s school children in a nationally broadcast speech at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va., on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. (CNSNews.com/Penny Starr)
(CNSNews.com) – Prior to his nationally broadcast speech to students on Tuesday, President Barack Obama made a pitch for health care reform in a discussion with 40 freshmen at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va.
The president traveled to Wakefield High to give a speech on education reform. The speech was posted in advance on the White House Web site to quell fears that the president intended to plug his political agenda to impressionable minds.
Although the president avoided controversial topics in his speech, he did promote health care reform in a face-to-face discussion at Wakefield High School. Asked by a student how he stays motivated to do his job, Obama replied that his staff gives him 10 letters every day from “ordinary folks.”