President Obama to speak to the Children

The recent uproar over President Obama's planned speech to the schoolchildren in America next Tuesday is nothing more than partisan crap hurled by a party deep in the opposition and those who can't stomach the idea of a black president giving their children advice on personal responsibility. Many, many presidents have made speeches or gone to schools to talk to schoolchildren about where their lives are going, what they need to be doing to succeed in life, and the like. George H. W. Bush gave a similar speech to the one that Obama is to be delivering. It makes you ask yourself exactly what the motivation is to discount President Obama doing this as partisan and a thinly veiled attempt to "brainwash schoolchildren with his socialist agenda."

I for one greatly admire the fact that the President has taken the time to do this, he is a very visible and powerful leader who has taken time out of his daily routine of domestic and foreign affairs to sit down and talk to our children. I wholeheartedly applaud the televised speech idea, because even though it would be great for his to sit down in person and talk to groups of children, and make more of an impression on them, but lets face reality: Not all the children would get to hear what the President has to say. This way, everyone gets a fair shake. And for a country that touts its fairness and quality, there is no better way to accomplish this task.

Everyone should get past the rhetoric and partisanship and let the President do his job, which is lead the American people. All past presidents have done so, and this one should be allowed as well. He was elected fairly and with a large majority, so its only fair. And to address those who would throw up the Department of Education's premade lesson plans, perhaps instead of being in an uproar, they should contact the children's teachers with any concerns. The teachers should allow the children to hear the speech, and they should take their own direction on what lessons should be done with it. The Dept. of Ed.'s lesson plans should only be taken as some well prepared suggestions. I would also encourage the teachers to do something useful with this, and not use it to brainwash the children for any ideology. Do the right thing.