Since no one has seen the text of what President Obama's speech to students on September 8 will be, is the reaction from conservative circles to the fact he's doing it just a little over the top?
No.
It's a lot over the top.
Whether or not you agree with his politics I tend to think he and his speechwriters - or any other president and theirs for that matter - would be smart enough to limit a nationwide speech to students about the importance of education.
At least I hope they're that smart.
So in absence of the speech being delivered or the release of any text, what on earth would create reactions like the ones outlined here?
There is a nice summary of the brief history of presidents speaking directly to students at PolitiFact, which includes some of the reactions when Presidents Reagan and Bush (the first) "wasted taxpayer dollars". There is no mention however of school districts having their switchboards jammed, liberal radio talk show hosts crying foul, or an ill-informed citizenry screaming "Fascism!"
I'm starting to think there's a healthy chunk of the populace in desperate need of a prescription for Valium. Maybe that by itself is enough to get universal health care coverage passed.
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The text of the president's speech can be found at http://www.whitehouse.gov/MediaResources/PreparedSchoolRemarks/. There are a couple of points I might quibble with as being agenda-driven if this speech were geared toward an adult audience. As a speech to students, there's little or nothing we don't already want them to work toward and (hopefully) achieve.
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