Comments on: And a Word on Needless Opposition

By: Byron

Byron — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:43:29 +0000

I can’t disagree with you there. I promise you that this will be one of the most monitored things he’s done recently, but I’m a bit confident that he’ll know that and have the good sense not to be controversial. Also, I think that it was the DOE’s idea to have the kids write that letter, and not necessarily the President’s.

By: Don

Don — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:43:23 +0000

If parents are so concerned about the threat of liberal propaganda in the classroom by the president, it doesn’t seem logical that they would keep their kids in the public school system to begin with. Certainly they are subjected to more indoctrination in a normal class day then anything they might hear in one short presidential speech.

Having said that, I do think the president has done and said some pretty outrageous things of late that are contributing to this backlash. The Van Jones debacle, the heathcare issue, disparaging remarks toward the opposition, the reporting of fishy websites and emails, not to mention the original idea of having school children write a letter describing what they could do to “help the president”, are all things that have made people’s blood boil and I think have contributed to the parental outrage.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:04:02 +0000

Yeah, I see no reason to be upset about this, unless, as you say, he proves otherwise. Even at that, I’d hate to think I’d done such a poor job of teaching my child the values I hold dear that one speech could undo it.