dick, Does anyone have an actual transcript of the actual speech? Please post it and let's have an end to all these claims of what the POTUS REALLY means.
Politicians usually don't waste campaign speeches on those too young to vote, for God's sake. On Sep 3, 2:20 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Got this posting from Jim Miller. He expresses the point I have been > trying to make the Holly if I can get past his failure to interpret what > is actually being said. > > *Barack Obama Will Make A Campaign Speech To School Kids Next Week: * > Michael and Diane Medved are not pleased > <http://townhall.com/columnists/MichaelMedved/2009/09/02/abusing_schoo...>. > > My wife Diane seldom gets upset about politics. But President > Barack Obama's recent demonstration of megalomania in insisting on > beginning the school year by simultaneously addressing all public > school kids in the United States elicited a concise response: "it's > sick." > > In addition to her Ph.D. in psychology, Diane holds an M.A. in > Education, and both primary and secondary teaching credentials in > California. She has raised and educated our three kids, each of > whom received some combination of home schooling, parochial > education, and public schools. What bothers her (and many > courageous teachers across the country) is the crude attempt by the > Department of Education and the White House to blur all distinctions > between education and cult-of-personality propaganda. > > How do I know it's a campaign speech, since I haven't read it? By > reading the lesson plan > <http://www.docstoc.com/docs/10582301/President-Obama%E2%80%99s-Addres...>. > The worst part of the plan is one of the things the students may be > asked to do after the speech: > > Write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the > president. These would be collected and redistributed at an > appropriate later date by the teacher to make students accountable > to their goals. > > It is legitimate to ask students what they can do to help the country. > It is not legitimate --- in a republic --- to ask students what they > can do to help a particular leader. > > (One thing Obama's team seems to have missed: This speech to school > kids will provide a great straight line for many comedians, and some of > those comedians will accept Obama's offer. If you think of a good one, > or hear a good one, let me know about it.) > - 2:49 PM, 2 September 2009 > *The White House* is "clarifying" > <http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/02/wh-withdraws-call-stu...> > the language in the lesson plan, presumably in order to remove the more > political parts. Most likely, Obama's speech will just be an > interruption of school time, not a full-blown campaign speech. > > For amusement, you may want to read about reactions from Democratic > leaders in 1991, when President George H. W. Bush made a speech from a > school > <http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/09/03/flashback-1991-...>. > > A few conservatives have said that they would keep their kids out of > school during Obama's speech. That's silly in my opinion; if there is > anything offensive in the speech, it is better to explain that to kids > after they hear it. > - 11:04 AM, 3 September 2009 [link] > <http://www.seanet.com/%7Ejimxc/Politics/September2009_1.html#jrm7790> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
