Ah yes the controversial address to the schoolchildren of America by President Barack Obama on September 9. Yes we can complain legitimately about the “teaching materials” that the Department of Education first planned to use – and then did not. And yes there have been several attempts to deconstruct dissect and analyze the speech that the president actually gave – many of which argue that the speech still contains a high degree of political propaganda.
My wife teaches third grade. She thought it was exceptional. She thinks it should be repeated at the beginning of every school year.
I am not at liberty to describe what she thinks about the president or about politics because of what the current climate for public discourse has become. *cough if you say anything critical about the president at all you are labeled a racist cough* But I am at liberty to say I respect her opinion. And she watched it. Oh – and she thinks people who deconstruct it and conclude it is full of political propaganda are wrong (my word not hers – her words was much less polite).
By the way – several conservative commentators (who had been leery of the address) ended up thinking very highly of it.
I have reached a point where I have such a low opinion of this presidential administration and its policies that frankly I do not trust just about anything it says or does at this point. Hence my extreme skepticism cynicism and distrust of the address to schoolchildren when it was announced. But we should not hesitate to give credit when credit is due. And this occasion the president deserves credit.
One conservative commentator noted that the president did give an excellent speech. It was so full of conservative ideas. (I thought it was at Townhall or National Review but I cannot find the article.)
