Principal Obama

The whole thing is freaking ridiculous!

If Obama was such a powerful speaker that he could indoctrinate our nation's schoolchildren with a 15 minute speech, don't you think that both his approval rating and number of public speaking engagements/addresses to the country would be much higher? .

Yes. Thank God Obama's such an awful speaker. Otherwise, the teleprompter would be running 24/7 and melting our polar ice caps.

it's uneducated, white fear. imagine kids staying home on a day the president is emphasizing the importance of school attendance and achievement.

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Nail on head here! But I think their may be too many adults who will not leave them alone. These kids won't be indoctrinated by Obama. They'll be indoctrinated by their own parents.

I will almost always stick up for the teachers unless it is just something blatant and then I try to be careful in how I express my criticism so as not to "add fuel to the fire" of whatever injustice my daughter may feel she has experienced. Parents can often make things worse.

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and this is the really scary part!

I have just read Obama's comments. He actually tells kids to wash their hands! Who does he think he is? Wait, maybe there is some mind altering substance the union has spiked the soap with that turns the kids into commies...good lord, kids, KEEP THOSE HANDS DIRTY AND LETS START THE FREEDOM FINGER MOVEMENT TO SHOW THE SOCIALISTS WHERE THEY CAN GO!

Okay, now y'all are really starting to scare me. What's that saying about seeing the enemy and the enemy is us?????

Principal Obama needs to send a bunch of folks to detention, imo.

yeah, now I get it:

take equal parts of Inspiration and encouragement, mix it with high expectations and personal responsibility, and then top with a challenge to succeed, and one gets
Socialism!

(sarcasm off)

Now, I think there are plenty of Americans who owe the President and their children and teachers, an apology!

I have just read Obama's comments. He actually tells kids to wash their hands! Who does he think he is? Wait, maybe there is some mind altering substance the union has spiked the soap with that turns the kids into commies...good lord, kids, KEEP THOSE HANDS DIRTY AND LETS START THE FREEDOM FINGER MOVEMENT TO SHOW THE SOCIALISTS WHERE THEY CAN GO!

Finger puppets.

Anything about slow down in the playground and rationing of band-aids?

I, too, have just read the President's speech to the school children and without getting into all the hyperbole and sarcasm leveled by some on the left, it is a great speech to deliver to students. I only hope they listen with enthusiasm and take heed to it. Maybe the parents complaining will realize this is a speech the is truly non political in nature. I certainly hope so. All above having been said, I still disagree with 95% of his policies but he did NOT express one of them in his remarks. Good job, Mr President!

No surprise that the REAL content of the speech is exactly what I expected - a non-partisan speech by OUR president to inspire OUR nation's schoolchildren.

I hope the news ratings/pundits book sales/speaking fees were worth tearing our country apart further and making kids miss school. :angry:

No surprise that the REAL content of the speech is exactly what I expected - a non-partisan speech by OUR president to inspire OUR nation's schoolchildren.

I hope the news ratings/pundits book sales/speaking fees were worth tearing our country apart further and making kids miss school. :angry:

The next play is the accusation that "he changed the speech in response to the concerns of parents" ... anyone want to wager how long it will be before that hits the airwaves....

The next play is the accusation that "he changed the speech in response to the concerns of parents" ... anyone want to wager how long it will be before that hits the airwaves....

...oh, no! gw is turning in to a cynic!

...oh, no! gw is turning in to a cynic!

Ooops...just migrated back to my political operative days for a moment.

I'll get back on track, Miss Kitty.

The next play is the accusation that "he changed the speech in response to the concerns of parents" ... anyone want to wager how long it will be before that hits the airwaves....

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I have already heard someone comment a couple days ago that he would probably change it because of the stink.
Those who don't trust him will likely never trust him or won't admit they were wrong when they realize they were. I guess that's OK. I do trust him unless he does something to show me I shouldn't.

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I have already heard someone comment a couple days ago that he would probably change it because of the stink.
Those who don't trust him will likely never trust him or won't admit they were wrong when they realize they were. I guess that's OK. I do trust him unless he does something to show me I shouldn't.

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Hey, have you seen an original copy of the speech?

Now, off to Publix where aluminum foil is on sale.

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I have already heard someone comment a couple days ago that he would probably change it because of the stink.
Those who don't trust him will likely never trust him or won't admit they were wrong when they realize they were. I guess that's OK. I do trust him unless he does something to show me I shouldn't.

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Yes, on a serious note, I find it perplexing that those who do not trust him are not marching on the Capitol if they feel their children's lives are at stake...there are much more devastating things that he can do as POTUS than speak to school children, so if a parent feel s he is a threat to children with a speeh, then what kind of threat is he to them, when all he has to do is declare a war and send them off to die; or push a button and blow up the whole world in a millesecond...

I wonder how some people arrive at the decisions they do. I am thankful that for the most part the younger generation seems to trust him and to be excited about his effort to make our country a better place. He offers them a kind of encouragement that was not available for the last few years.

And what an insult to the teachers to whom people entrust their children all day--to think that those same teachers would allow harm to come to the children in the form of a speech from the president; if they would do that, then what else might they do, in all the other days they are in charge of the children's lives.

Mind boggling thought processes...

From what I've seen of the proposed speech, I see nothing wrong with it
Such hype, hype, hype.

But, I grew up with Ford, Carter and Reagan. I honestly can't remember one of them addressing students, although I am fairly certain they did. I've been fortunate to have met President Carter a couple of times and President Bush (41), but I was in college then.

What's all the hype about Obama's speech tomorrow? I think children will listen to this president, for a number of reasons: he's been popular with the younger groups, he is very charismatic with or without a teleprompter, he is young, handsome and he is our first black president. Telling children to study hard and stay in school is a good thang....are people expecting something else to the speech?

I guess I've missed the main issues here. We'll know more tomorrow after the speech.

From what I've seen of the proposed speech, I see nothing wrong with it
Such hype, hype, hype.

But, I grew up with Ford, Carter and Reagan. I honestly can't remember one of them addressing students, although I am fairly certain they did. I've been fortunate to have met President Carter a couple of times and President Bush (41), but I was in college then.

What's all the hype about Obama's speech tomorrow? I think children will listen to this president, for a number of reasons: he's been popular with the younger groups, he is very charismatic with or without a teleprompter, he is young, handsome and he is our first black president. Telling children to study hard and stay in school is a good thang....are people expecting something else to the speech?

I guess I've missed the main issues here. We'll know more tomorrow after the speech.

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Lynnie,
I think one major issue is that some parents have already put it into their children's heads that it is not a good thing for them to listen to Obama talk, to them or anyone I guess. Those children are going to be living in a sheltered, non-trusting, politicized world along with other fringe elements. And our country doesn't need more people on the extremes. There won't be enough aluminum foil to go around!

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Lynnie,
I think one major issue is that some parents have already put it into their children's heads that it is not a good thing for them to listen to Obama talk, to them or anyone I guess. Those children are going to be living in a sheltered, non-trusting, politicized world along with other fringe elements. And our country doesn't need more people on the extremes. There won't be enough aluminum foil to go around!

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Why are parents not wanting them to listen to the president they voted for last Nov.? Something isn't making sense. And, we can hear him everyday anyway. What's so special about not listening to this speech?

Granted, I saw no news last week and have been out of town/out of pocket for a few days, but if he is so popular and particularly among the 18 year olds who did indeed vote for him, I am completely baffled by this hype. I have to say that all of the chatter does make me more curious to see the speech, however.

Why are parents not wanting them to listen to the president they voted for last Nov.? Something isn't making sense. And, we can hear him everyday anyway. What's so special about not listening to this speech?

Granted, I saw no news last week and have been out of town/out of pocket for a few days, but if he is so popular and particularly among the 18 year olds who did indeed vote for him, I am completely baffled by this hype. I have to say that all of the chatter does make me more curious to see the speech, however.

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Some think it is paid political advertising, indoctrinating their children with socialist agendas, you name it! It has come from the fringes stirring up fear that Obama will use the venue to promote his political agenda. I think most dems, reps, libers and indeps do not feel this way but a number of school disticts across the country have buckled under to the shrill voices of those who hate Obama's policies and heaven forbid if he were to talk to (indoctrinate) their children!

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Laura Bush defends President Obama's Speech

CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Laura Bush defends Obama school speech ? - Blogs from CNN.com

good for her-a voice of reason.

take a deep breath and read this....

Trey Garrison: No, you can't, Mr. President
05:56 PM CDT on Thursday, September 3, 2009

There's no doubt the presidential address directed to the captive audience of the nation's schoolchildren Tuesday will be nonpartisan and positive. Chock full of "study hard and stay in school."

The problem? It's not his place to deliver it.

That's why my first-grader won't have any part in this.

I know some people will say that we live in a democracy, he's the national leader and the people voted for him.

Those people are wrong on all three counts. We're a republic. He's the president of a federation of states. And a majority of the members of the electoral college voted for him.

What could further cement this fundamental, dangerous misperception of the proper, limited role and power of the president's office than to have him beamed into every classroom speaking virtually ex cathedra? I got nothing.

By the way, see how I haven't mentioned the president's name? That's intentional. It wouldn't matter to me who the president is. This could be Bush, Clinton, Reagan or zombie Milton Friedman ? it wouldn't matter. I don't want a president of any stripe presenting himself as the All Powerful Oz until my kid has the wherewithal to look behind the curtain.

The study materials dictated by the White House to accompany the address make the hairs on my neck stand up:

Why is it important that we listen to the president and other elected officials, like the mayor, senators, members of congress and the governor? Why is what they say important?

What specific job is he asking me to do? Is he asking anything of anyone else? Teachers? Principals? Parents? The American people?

They're not even trying to hide it: What elected officials say is important, and they are different ? more important ? than you. We should do what they ask. It's our role. Listen. Serve. Obey.

This is anathema to everything good in the American spirit. Government is supposed to serve us, not the other way around.

(And why should kids be taught to value the words and wants of officeholders who've tanked the economy and taken out a mortgage on their grandkids' future for nondefensive wars and failed bailouts? But I digress with these criticisms in a way I bet few teachers will.)

Look, watching a president's speech in a middle or high school civics class? No problem. In a few years, I want my kid to be confronted by challenging ideas, informed debate and opposing values. That's how a kid learns, evolves and strengthens her own ideas and beliefs.

That's not what this is.

These are grade school kids. You know, the ones who giggle over the word booger and do their financial planning based on the tooth fairy's visits. Critical thinking and nuance? Not their strong suits yet.

What this is, though, is imprinting on them the idea that one person is their leader.

And if he's the leader, what does that make them?

This didn't start with Obama and ? shocker ? it's not about him.

In his book The Cult of the Presidency, Gene Healy examines the decades' long drift away from the vision the Founding Fathers had for the limited role of the president, and at the disturbing trend of both liberals and conservatives to think of the office as a limitless "combination of guardian angel, shaman and supreme warlord."

This Tuesday's address will only make it worse.

Execute the federal laws, Mr. President.

You do your job (don't you have a deficit to grow or something?), and we parents and teachers will worry about the kids.

Trey Garrison is a contributing editor for D Magazine and free-lance writer. He can be reached through treygarrison.com.

in light of sticking with the school theme...

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Some think it is paid political advertising, indoctrinating their children with socialist agendas, you name it! It has come from the fringes stirring up fear that Obama will use the venue to promote his political agenda. I think most dems, reps, libers and indeps do not feel this way but a number of school disticts across the country have buckled under to the shrill voices of those who hate Obama's policies and heaven forbid if he were to talk to (indoctrinate) their children!

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and it's not the first time..

When Bush spoke to students, Democrats investigated, held hearings | Washington Examiner

The speech Obama finally released was very tame. Overall we should be able to avoid these issues in the future if future president's follow Obama's lead - speeches like this should be released in advance, then there won't be any issues.