All the hysteria about Tuesday’s speech isn’t about the content of the speech, or one line from the suggested lesson plan, or the loss of class time. It’s about Obama.
The time line is quite telling. News hits that Obama will address school children and the freak-out begins with talk of Obama indoctrinating school children with his socialist agenda. Most of the country scratches their heads and asks what is wrong with telling kids to work hard, set goals and stay in school. They even point out that Reagan and Bush did exactly the same thing, at which point the freak-out morphs into It’s not about what he will say it’s about that line in the suggested lesson plan. It’s propaganda! So the line is removed, but even that isn’t good enough – since the outraged continue to cite it as proof of… god knows what. And as they keep beating that dead horse they toss in the lack of school time along with why can’t it be shown at night when parents can view it with their children. I can’t even keep a straight face typing that last bit, since my bet is that most parents would skip the speech in favor of American Idol or America’s Funniest Home Videos.
So let’s stop pretending that this latest faux outrage has anything to do with anything other than the 21%ers hating Obama and having another hissy fit. While we’re at it… any predictions on the next outrage? Because you know it’s coming.