Facts & Figures Show "Hall Pass" Resistance to President Obama's Speech is Partisan Grandstanding

...aided and abetted by mainstream media that loves a spectacle.

Two surveys were done yesterday on the "appropriateness" of President Obama's speech to schoolchildren, one asking the opinions of parents of schoolkids in Fresno, CA, the other of parents of schoolkids in different parts of Missouri.

Liberals of course highly approved of President Obama's speech. In MO, the lowest approval by moderates was 74% for ANY president to address schoolchildren, and 78% approval for our current president to do so.

In the mid-section of California, far from the liberal cities of the north or south, moderates approved of Obama's speech to kids by 73%, same as they'd approve for any president.

Now I'm willing to bet at any given time, 25-30% of people polled will disapprove of anything, including breathing, sunshine, and kittens. These currently seem to be known as conservatives. *wink*

Is this a reason for the world to screech--and I mean SCREECH--to a halt?

No. I'd like to see school boards stop flailing about and get some equilibrium. I'd like to see broadcast media stop getting wee-wee'd up at every tiny little thing.

So parents of public school kids contemplating a walkout: wouldn't it just be easier and less economically punitive on your school and all the kids who attend to simply have a talk with your kid(s) about it over dinner, when you find out how their day went like you usually do?

Extra bonus--no need to scramble to find childcare for a kid who's staying out of school all day just to miss 20-30 minutes of something you may disagree with.

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Comments

[Judy Haley]

And what kind of lesson are we teaching our kids when we refuse to listen to something that we assume we will disagree with before we even hear it?

as far as the "liberal agenda lesson plans" - ha! the pdfs of IDEAS for teachers to help students interact with the message of Obamas speech are available from ed.gov. They are just that. Ideas. Suggestions. Not a mandate. Not political. Unless the teacher makes it so. Don't forget half the teachers in this country are republican. it's the teacher that determines whether or not the classroom activity is political. Not the President.

I wonder what kind of lessons the REPUBLICAN teachers will be giving in response to the President's address.

[Mom101]

I'm with Judy - I'd think this is a great teaching opportunity for parents. And I'm still not sure what exactly they're "protesting" except losing the election.

I also find it hypocritical that parents are using their children as tools to promote their own political agendas while critiquing others who might do the same. Another post I guess.

[SjP]

President Obama is certainly not the first US President to speak to children in schools. And, he is certainly not the only president to do so without some flack. But, he is the only president to do so that was accused of being un-American, a socialist, and needing to have his words censored. Its a sad day in this Country when the President of the United States must be censored and his right for the freedom of speech denied.

[Family Law Attorney]

American kids need to know their president, whether they support his policy agenda or not

[mirc]

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