Posted on 09/06/2009 5:49:39 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
This has been the summer of the town hall meeting trolls. This Astroturf movement has been whipping up hysteria -- warning that health care reform is the first step in Obama's master plan to set up a socialist government.
These right-wing nutjobs have a vendetta against Obama, they depict the president as a socialist who is against Mom, apple pie and democracy.
Obama is a wonky intellectual who speaks in calm and measured tones, and I find it difficult to understand how anybody could possibly mistake him for a dangerous radical.
But I guess I'm not a racist who sees only Obama's black skin, and overlooks his eloquence, intelligence and bipartisan spirit.
Now these same conservative crazies are apoplectic over Obama's plan to speak to schoolchildren this coming Tuesday.
"While it long ago crossed the borders of reason and civility, the hysteria over healthcare reform is -- at some level -- understandable, because wellness and infirmity are really just stand-ins for those most terrifying of issues, life and death.
But there is no similar way to rationalize the bizarre co ntroversy now raging over President Obama's plan to del iver a brief televised address on Tuesday to the nation's grammar school children.
According to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Obama will 'challenge students to work hard, set educational goals and take responsibility for their learning.'" Tim Tutten/LA Times
Obama is seeking to motivate students "to work hard, set educational goals and take responsibility for their learning." Don't those goals perfectly encapsulate the conservative Republican ethic? Then why are the Republicans calling for parents not to let their children listen to the president's speech?
In 1991 President George HW Bush made a similar speech to schoolchildren:
"I was intrigued by the links to a Washington Post story about George H.W. Bush speaking to school children on October 1, 1991. My daughter was in school then and I didn't remember hearing about her watching any such event.
On WESTLAW, I looked up other news stories about the speech. It was reported as 10 minutes in some reports and 12 minutes in others. It was carried live on CNN, PBS, and [the NBC] and Mutual radio [networks]. The Secretary of Education sent a letter urging schools to have their students watch, but I didn't find any evidence of how many schools followed that recommendation. And most striking: Bush laid out goals - to increase the graduation rate, improve student competency and better prepare students for entering school - and said, 'Let me know how you're doing. Write me a letter. I'm serious about this one. Write me a letter about ways you can help us achieve our goals.'"
http://volokh.com/posts/1252117357.shtml
Conservatives didn't mind when President George HW Bush and President Reagan addressed our schoolchildren, but they are in a tizzy over Obama's speech to students.
Obama is the President of the United States for God's sake, why all the controversy and paranoia over his speech to students? The birthers, tea baggers, pro-life zealots, gun nuts, Palin sycophants, and town hall meeting trolls have managed to convince many Republicans that Obama is a dangerous radical with a secret agenda to indoctrinate our children into socialism.
If Obama weren't black none of the crazy accusations that have been hurled at him would stick. Unfortunately it's very easy for some of these ignorant conservatives to believe that a black president is trying to undermine our democracy.
It's time for prominent Republicans to speak out against the tea baggers and town hall trolls who have inaccurately and unfairly depicted Obama as a dangerous radical. All good Americans (Republicans and Democrats) should unite in defending Obama against these scurrilous accusations.
Ain't that the truth. It used to be something I was concerned with but liberals use it in absolutely every single conversation. It's getting to where my response is...whatever, clown. Stop projecting.
Our suburban schools are flipflopping and now allowing the speech.
I say good luck to them on the next tax levy issue. Between this and the NEA (Educators) blitzing the airwaves supporting Dems, I doubt very much anyone will care to contribute via an increase in taxes for a long time. If they have this much time and money to spend on one-sided politics then they can run the whole show on their dime.
You know what amazes me, not even yet commenting on the ridiculous racism card topic, is that Frank Caliendo does not have a decent BHO impression and he has had all this time. He admits (on Huckabee) he does not have the voice down - this is what he does for a living, and despite the fact that he can cover 10 impressions in about 15 seconds, he can’t “get” Obama?? I think it’s intentional - I could read your post a few times and watch the best Obama guy, who was on the Tonight Show, and have a decent impression in a half hour.
Yes, because doncha know? EVERYTHING is about race! Did Bush and Reagan really give school addresses? I don’t seem to remember any... Of course, I went to a parochial grade school and the only time we had TV in the classroom was to watch Davy & Goliath! :)
LOL — I shouldn’t laugh, but that was funny. :)
Actually, that is what makes Obama the MOST dangerous. Because he really ISN’T that intelligent. I think he spends his time listening to what other people are telling him to do, and has no real grasp on what HE wants, or thinks should be done, or how... He’s definitely an empty-suit, in more ways than one...
Couldn’t agree with you more... It’s the CONTENT OF HIS CHARACTER that makes me hate the guy. Has nothing to do with his skin color!
Barf alert.
ABC7 Chicago
By Evelyn Holmes
Sept. 6, 2009 (CHICAGO) (WLS) — A Cook County Commissioner who fought racist threats against her received a special honor Sunday.
The threats were made after Cmsr. Deborah Sims changed her vote on a partial county tax rollback. Hundreds of people gathered Sunday in a show of support for her.
“My vote is not for sale to anybody. My vote is for the people I represent,” said Sims, a Democrat who represents the 5th District.
That was Sims’ reaction to racially charged telephone calls she received after she switched her vote.
“But that does not make him any less dangerous.”
You’re right, of course. In fact, it makes him more dangerous because he is so easily manipulated by those who are truly evil.
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