1991: President George H. W. Bush speaks to the school children of America about the value of getting an education and staying in school, and it was mostly seen as good.
2009: President Obama plans to speak to the school children of America about the value of getting an education and staying in school, and it’s …
“As the father of four children, I am absolutely appalled that taxpayer dollars are being used to spread President Obama’s socialist ideology. The idea that school children across our nation will be forced to watch the President justify his plans for government-run health care, banks, and automobile companies, increasing taxes on those who create jobs, and racking up more debt than any other President, is not only infuriating, but goes against beliefs of the majority of Americans, while bypassing American parents through an invasive abuse of power.
“While I support educating our children to respect both the office of the American President and the value of community service, I do not support using our children as tools to spread liberal propaganda. The address scheduled for September 8, 2009, does not allow for healthy debate on the President’s agenda, but rather obligates the youngest children in our public school system to agree with our President’s initiatives or be ostracized by their teachers and classmates.
“Public schools can’t teach children to speak out in support of the sanctity of human life or traditional marriage. President Obama and the Democrats wouldn’t dream of allowing prayer in school. Christmas Parties are now Holiday Parties. But, the Democrats have no problem going against the majority of American people and usurping the rights of parents by sending Pied Piper Obama into the American classroom.
The Democrats have clearly lost the battle to maintain control of the message this summer, so now that school is back in session, President Obama has turned to American’s children to spread his liberal lies, indoctrinating American’s youngest children before they have a chance to decide for themselves.”
–Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer, 9/1/09
The introduction to this screed on their web site is priceless:
Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer today released the following statement condemning President Obama’s use of taxpayer dollars to indoctrinate America’s children to his socialist agenda.
First off, drop it with the “socialism” already. If the Republicans truly believe Obama is a socialist, they need to get out into the world a little more and meet some actual socialists. Obama is not a socialist.
Secondly, it usually takes a little more than a single 15-20 speech near lunchtime to indoctrinate anyone, let alone 8th graders who will likely not be paying any more attention than necessary to get through any discussion the teacher has planned afterward … if they pay that much attention to it.
Finally, Obama is the duly elected President of the United States. He won the election, and I’d have to guess that many parents of school-aged children voted for him. It’s not like a small, armed band of Democrats stormed the White House and took the office by force during a coup d’état. He won the majority of votes, so in the end, it doesn’t matter if he was a socialist, he gets to talk to war veterans, school children, and anyone he really wants to talk to. It’s not like anyone is being forced to watch or listen to anything he says, not even at the schools.
Sadly, there are a lot of ignorant parents out there outraged that the President of the United States would dare to speak to their child in a short speech during school hours, so they are keeping their kids home from school that day.
UPDATE: Here’s a link to a nice collection of outrage about Obama’s planned speech.
Is there anyone in the Republican Party anymore who isn’t insane?
My sanity led me out of the Republican party. I’m not really a Democrat either…I guess I can’t really quantify my political beliefs.
Oh yeah, Common Sense. Guess that would be the name of my “party”. :D
It used to be there was a politician or two (from either party) who would say bat crap crazy stuff, and it’d be good for a giggle, but it could be ignored. When there really are only two main parties, they are going to have some nuts among them that are two far to the fringe end of things.
But right now, as soon as I see a Republican “leader” on TV, I wince in advance knowing they are going to say something bat crap crazy. And then they do.
They are chasing off anyone who is at all independent or moderate or even just plain old conservative, and it’s leaving them, quite frankly, with a bunch of loonies and brain-dead zombies as followers.
It’s really sad, because I think the best government is one that is in balance between the left and right. We need at least two strong parties. I don’t know what’s going to happen, but it’s going to take quite a bit for the Republican Party to ever get back to being, well, the Republican Party.
The Republicans use advanced research to determine how best to achieve the biggest bang for their currently limited buck. In America’s bumper crop of uneducated adult adolescents they elicit the same morbid fascination with phony individual and social issues as do many reality shows, which themselves have roots in police chases, car crashes and other disasters involving blood, emotionalism and what if? speculation. As the Hollywood agent says, ‘bad publicity is better than no publicity.’
Too bad the Democrats don’t seem to be willing to ridicule and shame these self-destructive retards back into the woodwork. Obama still seems to think that he can talk sense to the senseless.
Too bad the Democrats don’t seem to be willing to ridicule and shame these self-destructive retards back into the woodwork. Obama still seems to think that he can talk sense to the senseless.
That right there is the problem, and it’s been pissing me off that the Democrats have been spending so much time just explaining the nonsense is nonsense. You can’t argue with nonsense. All you can do is state the facts, point out that people are lying, and press on … and when some elected official says something that’s complete nonsense, call them on it.
There isn’t much of an American left. It’s mostly diletanttes and limousine liberals.
Workers of the World unite……..
Worker control of the means of production…
Now that’s something a socialist might say….
I am convinced that at least 80% of Americans don’t know thing one about actual socialism. “Socialist” is just the new boogieman.