Because the truth, you know, has a liberal slant.
Great Video.
I don’t recall being up in arms about Bush trying to brain wash children into believing that his unfunded mandate called No Child (Not) Left Behind wasn’t going to utterly obliterate the educational tradition of actually teaching to children. When my son came home, after hearing from President Bush, and asked me about it, we sat down at the computer and researched it; read from both sides and, basically, let my son find his own way through to the conclusion that instead of LEARNING he’d be training to take tests (he’s always been precocious).
It would have been a lot easier to pinch a tissy and picket the school – but, as I’m not mentally deficient, brain damaged or a Republican – I instead chose to let my son have the opportunity to learn, and decide, for himself, because he wouldn’t be getting that in a school in Utah.
It would be fair to note that this silliness is common on both sides of the aisle. In the Media Matters roundup of commentary, they cited lots of non-politicians that were opposed to the Obama school speech. Since that report came out, I think the GOP of Florida has also come out officially against the speech.
When Bush 41 gave a speech to school kids, it was the highest ranking Democrats who opposed it. House Majority Leader Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo.), Rep. Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.), and Rep. Martin Frost (D-Tex.) were all called out in the contemporaneous Washington Post piece as particularly outspoken against the speech.
It is fair to hold elected officials to a higher standard than pundits, right? If that is true, then the double-standard you’re decrying is really being unfairly applied to the GOP rather than to the Dems as you assert.
Again, for the record, I’m not opposed to the speech at all and I think it can be a valuable thing for school kids to occasionally hear from the President.
Ugh. I must recant. I’m hearing more and more GOP politicians making these absurd arguments, too. I’d hoped it was limited to the commentariat, but no such luck.
e nomine patri et fili et spiritus sancti – Go forth and sin no more, Bradley.