Plenty has been written about the Right’s partisan and irrational reaction to Obama addressing the nation’s schoolchildren, so there is not much to add. It seems that the American Right has gone so insane that in spite of their monopoly on all things Good and Patriotic, they do not want children to be told by the President of the United States to stay in school and work hard. Perhaps Glenn Beck has noticed fascist or communist overtones coming from a man who tells small children to eat their vegetables.
But its worth highlighting something from DailyKos - and that is a reminder that on the eve of the 1992 election, President George H.W. Bush actually pitched his education plan in a nationwide broadcast to schools.
Also of note, on November 14, 1988, president Reagan gave a live speech to America’s classrooms that included a Q&A session during which he offered up his positions on deficits and taxation and gun control.
God forbid we use the office of the president to “indoctrinate” children, huh?
But my favorite reaction comes from John Cole:
If all the wingnuts are pulling their kids out of school because the President is going to speak for fifteen minutes, can we teach evolution the rest of the day?
-MN
Beautiful, well done!