Obama indoctrinating kids in school?

[Darth Executor]

The problem Darth is that night after night Americans saw hysterical conservative parents saying they were afraid Obama’s speech was going to be full of socialistic propaganda. Even better for Obama were all of those who kept their children home or the school districts that decided to not show it because they didn’t want Obama indoctrinating them.

But now that the speech has been delivered the conservative parents predicting doom and keeping their kids home look like a bunch of moon bats. Sure you can point to the changed lesson plan but the point is that Americans didn’t see people protesting a lesson plan but his speech instead.

This played right into Obama’s hands as they were protesting a speech that probably hadn’t even been written yet. His speechwriter’s couldn’t have been happier. All they had to do was produce something bland and inoffensive and the conservatives were left looking like radical partisans.

That is the trap the conservatives created for themselves and they not only gleefully jumped into it, they were surrounded by their own cheerleaders urging them on as they did it. In a word – idiots.

Now the next time the American public hears conservatives predicting doom and gloom over something Obama is doing – say health care or cap-and-trade – you can now expect to have to overcome the skepticism that this isn’t just another gross over reaction on the part of the conservatives. You can count on Obama's supporters pushing that view

I agree that it's a trap but it's not one anybody really created. If nobody had said anything I don't think Obama would've held back the partisan crap. He does it in speeches to adults, so why not kids? All in all, better to overreact and keep Obama in line than not say anything and let him go ahead with a brainwash attempt. The difference between the speech and lesson plans are cosmetic. They both came from the feds.

As for your last paragraph, I disagree that it'll do much in terms of skepticism. What republicans do is completely irrelevant to the fact that Obama's proven himself to be incompetent and people don't trust him with more money, especially with the huge deficit that won't stop growing.

[seanD]

I agree that it's a trap but it's not one anybody really created. If nobody had said anything I don't think Obama would've held back the partisan crap. He does it in speeches to adults, so why not kids? All in all, better to overreact and keep Obama in line than not say anything and let him go ahead with a brainwash attempt. The difference between the speech and lesson plans are cosmetic. They both came from the feds.

As for your last paragraph, I disagree that it'll do much in terms of skepticism. What republicans do is completely irrelevant to the fact that Obama's proven himself to be incompetent and people don't trust him with more money, especially with the huge deficit that won't stop growing.

With his approval rating rapidly plummeting to levels even worse than Carter, I doubt anything this guy tries won't be scrutinized under a microscope. Then couple that with an economic disaster looming on the horizon, while he catered billions to bankers, and this guy is walking on egg shells.

[Conductor42]

Obama apparently changed the speech to make it "less ideological" and more "stay in school" cliche his supporters were expecting. Would be interesting to see what was changed and why the changes were made.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009...ol-Speech.html

No, what it says is that they made changes to what the DOE sent out, because of idiots like Michelle Malkin who thought that asking kids what they can do to help Obama keep kids in school was tantamount to propaganda.

[Conductor42]

When Bush held a speech, the Democrats held hearings:

And they were idiots too.
But because the liberal morons did it, the conservative morons should do it to, right?
After all, two wrongs makes a right.

[Conductor42]

Well Obama gave an incredibly innocuous speech that while boring wasn't in any way indoctrinating. Now millions of Americans will scratch their heads wondering what got the Republicans so upset and will be more reluctant to believe their claims concerning health care and cap-and-trade thinking they could be wildly exaggerating claims like the ones they made concerning Obama's school appearance.

Way to go conservatives. Never have I seen such a perfect example of shooting yourselves in the foot while said foot was still firmly embedded in your collective mouths.

Now, to try an undue the damage

I think it's a little late for that. Did you forget about the liberal conspiracy to institute Death Panels? Nevermind that it was a conservative who introduced the ammendment and had nothing to do with death panels.

[seanD]

No, what it says is that they made changes to what the DOE sent out, because of idiots like Michelle Malkin who thought that asking kids what they can do to help Obama keep kids in school was tantamount to propaganda.

Well, if that's all there was, then sure, they jumped the gun. But since everyone is full of partisan BS, there's no way to be sure what was taken out unless we can see the unedited speech. From the link to the article I posted earlier, it apparently was more than that, or maybe that was republican BS, who knows.

[Conductor42]

Well, if that's all there was, then sure, they jumped the gun. But since everyone is full of partisan BS, there's no way to be sure what was taken out unless we can see the unedited speech. From the link to the article I posted earlier, it apparently was more than that, or maybe that was republican BS, who knows.

The Republicans have had thousands of opportunities this year to show themselves to be smarter and more competent than the Democrats. There are almost countless examples of screw-ups that have happened this year that they could be using to build legitimate arguments against Obama and the Democrats.

Instead, they've been focusing on outright partisan BS, this school speech and the so-called 'death panels' are just two of the latest examples. This is the Republican Party's biggest problem - not the Democrats, but themselves.

[shadowmaster]

Ted Kennedy was wrong. Smaller government is better government.

[Darth Executor]

The Republicans have had thousands of opportunities this year to show themselves to be smarter and more competent than the Democrats. There are almost countless examples of screw-ups that have happened this year that they could be using to build legitimate arguments against Obama and the Democrats.

Instead, they've been focusing on outright partisan BS, this school speech and the so-called 'death panels' are just two of the latest examples. This is the Republican Party's biggest problem - not the Democrats, but themselves.

Actually they've been focusing on both. Step out of your marijuana induced dream world once in a while.

[Darth Executor]

And they were idiots too.
But because the liberal morons did it, the conservative morons should do it to, right?
After all, two wrongs makes a right.

I posted it because Pilgrim said the dems let it go earlier:
http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/sh...2&postcount=34

[shadowmaster]

Darthy for president in 2012.

[Michelle]

Darthy for president in 2012.

We're going to need to start working on a birth certificate soon.

[shadowmaster]

We're going to need to start working on a birth certificate soon.

We wil just send him to Hawaii. They sell them cheap over there.

[NeilUnreal]

Mr. Bun-bun says he will only vote for Darth for President if he can be President of Vice. Errrr. Vice President, that is.

-Neil

[Darth Executor]

Mr. Bun-bun says he will only vote for Darth for President if he can be President of Vice. Errrr. Vice President, that is.

-Neil

That sounds like a plan. I'll even keep a trap door in my throne room and drop political opponents through it for him to gnaw on.