The Associated Press has published the text of Obama’s speech on Tuesday. I can’t find anything controversial. Please help me understand what is so controversial to the right wing. The Associated Press: Prepared text of Obama’s speech to school students.
Now, for extra credit, compare it to George H. W. Bush’s speech to school children in 1991. The mix of law professor bloggers over at the Volokh Conspiracy (specifically Northwester University Professor James Lindgren) have put together some links about the 1991 speech, including the entire text.
Oh, and her’s an additional though for those folks who want their kids to “opt out”: You’ve already lost the battle of ideas if yours are so fragile that you can’t have your kids listening to a 15-minute speech by an American President with whom you disagree.
They already lost and now they’re scared. Nobody’s arms flail the most than the dying man.
Even worse than the Bush 1991 school speech–which was essentially a re-election campaign speech, is the Ronald Reagan 1988 school speech. In that speech to America’s children, Reagan clearly attempted to indoctrinate America’s youth to his his conservative “low tax, small government” philosophy.
This speech is incredibly controversial. Here’s the link:
http://gothamschools.org/2009/09/04/from-the-archives-ronald-reagans-1988-speech-to-students/