President Obama to 9th Graders Thinking About Politics: Watch Out for Facebook and Youtube!

“Will the MSM tell us how much money was spent at Obama’s media event? Will the NEA protest?”
WhereWasThePress? | Sep 8, 2009 12:24:04 PM
Did they report the costs of Airforce One flights for any Republican President?
And for Bush’s speech, where were the calls to keep kids out of school? Where were the party officials throwing rhetorical firebombs like, “President Obama has turned to American’s children to spread his liberal lies, indoctrinating American’s youngest children before they have a chance to decide for themselves”? Where was the hysterical outrage?
Nowhere. Just a few Congress critters wanting to hear themselves talk as usual. But don’t let that stop you from spinning the old false equivalency lie. The “liberal” media is more than willing to help you, in the interest of ‘showing the other side.’

Hey kids:
Sorry about saddling you with trillions because of my reckless spending.
My apologies to your future children because they’ll have to pay too.

Still waiting to get the cites of angry hordes of Democrats in 1991 claiming they are scared of Bush and keeping their kids home.
All I’ve seen is a cite to an article that claims the Washington Post ran a “front page article” about Democratic congresscritters complaining after the fact that Bush was trying to counter advertising that was painting him as out of touch with domestic issues through his speech. The only WaPo article they have in their archives (“Funding of Bush Speech Draws Fire; Democrat Calls Education Broadcast Paid Political Advertising”) was run on page A13 (I guess that’s front page to the Republican press) and didn’t call Bush a socialist/facist/Hitler/etc even once.

“He supposedly referred to himself 56 times in this speech,”
Elaina | Sep 8, 2009 1:02:00 PM
Oh for goodness sake, it’s not that long a speech to read yourself. But you got your talking point, you don’t care about verifying it to reality in any way, or doing any critical thinking like comparing it to equivalent “I” speeches (see Bush, 1991 Alice Deal speech to students), you just want to repeat it.
Supposedly, the majority of Republicans now don’t even pretend to think for themselves or verify in anyway their party’s talking points. At least they’re upfront about it.

jhw, you should read he said what’s post and follow the link. Why is it now okay for the president to do the same thing Bush Sr. did plus add a lesson plan? I don’t mind the speach nor the money spent, seems like a good idea but what I do mind is the “lesson plan”. are the children to be graded on their answers? What happens if the teacher doesn’t agree with the child? Were these questions and answers going to be sent to the WH? How about leaving it up to the teacher to have a discussion with their students after the speech, reenfourcing the Presidents principal points and then move on with their day.

Check this out:
Actor Charlie Sheen has formally requested a meeting with Barack Obama to discuss the claim that the 9/11 attacks were an inside job conducted by members of the government. The story of this request is exclusively reported by Alex Jones’ organization at Infowars and
Sheen wrote an article titled “Twenty Minutes With The President” in which he hypothetically speaks to Obama and presents his documented evidence that 9/11 was an inside job. That piece is also exclusively published by Alex Jones at Infowars.com and
Media wishing to request an interview can e-mail

Posted by: rose | Sep 8, 2009 1:15:12 PM
The same thing could be said about the wars, economic policy, bailouts, etc…

“He supposedly referred to himself 56 times in this speech,”
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“Supposedly”?
Doesn’t matter how encouraging the President was for children to stay in school and apply themselves – the fanatical right wing has their hateful agenda and they’ll push it.
Yawn . . .
Can’t wait till we move onto the next issue so the right can hate the President for that.
Americans see this for what it is, and they’re getting really tired of it.

“pst jhw, Got a little secret to tell you, Bush is GONE!(Don’t tell anyone!)”
rose | Sep 8, 2009 1:19:56 PM
pst rose, Got a little secret to tell you, learning from history is not a bad thing! And Bush Sr was the last great Republican president, he laid the foundation for Clinton’s economic boom and brief deficit elimination – the party SHOULD look to him for some tips.

jhw539. The difference here is, Bush left politics out of his speech, but then was still attacked. On the other hand, we may never know if it would have been so with Obama’s speech. It seems both sides loose on this one. Children-2, last two Presidents-0. I like that score.

Breaking News:
President Obama gives speech to encourage American students:
initial reports state:
- world does not end
- civilization does not collapse
- right wing fringe still desperate for issues

Hey kids:
Sorry about saddling you with trillions because of my reckless spending.
My apologies to your future children because they’ll have to pay too.
Posted by: ollie | Sep 8, 2009 12:46:09 PM
Hey – why weren’t you complaining when Bush doubled the national debt in less than 8 years and took 1/3 of his Presidency as a VACATION??? Could it be that his skin color matches yours???

He should have defined “stupidly”.

“Hey kids:
Sorry about saddling you with trillions because of my reckless spending.”
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Even children can evaluate things better than this comment.
Bush left a spiralling national debt, surging deficit, the country embroiled in 2 wars, the country disgraced internationally, the economy in complete freefall, 700,000 losing their jobs every month . . . and so on.
You want to sweep this under the rug? Not a chance. We remember.

Were these questions and answers going to be sent to the WH?
Posted by: rose
absolutely !
- those not answering correctly were to be taken away from their parents by force, by the newly formed Obama Secret Youth police, , and sent to FEMA re-education camps.

“My 6th grader wants to ask him why he keeps hanging around with radicals who hate white people, and why he hates white police officers.”
Karen | Sep 8, 2009 1:30:11 PM
Your 6th grader is probably wondering why his mom is implying a President who has surrounded himself with white men is racist… Kids are astonishingly good at seeing such obvious lies, they don’t get so caught up in rhetoric that they can’t use their own two eyes.

“Bush left a spiralling national debt, surging deficit, the country embroiled in 2 wars, the country disgraced internationally, the economy in complete freefall, 700,000 losing their jobs every month . . . and so on.”
Good for you. And we got a 2nd helping with Barry. Thanks!
Goldman Rulz | Sep 8, 2009 1:34:02 PM
Could you cite the two wars he has started? Has the economy gone from surplus to deficit since he’s taken office? Is our country’s international standing lower since Obama took office? Are 700,000 a month losing their jobs?
Just wondering if your comment has any basis in reality or if it was just another shallow Right wing bumper sticker exageration.

My 6th grader wants to ask him why he keeps hanging around with radicals who hate white people, and why he hates white police officers.
Posted by: Karen | Sep 8, 2009 1:30:11 PM
Hey Karen – My kid and the WORLD wants to know why you hate the President so much??? What in your life has changed so much in the last eight months??? Why do you teach to hate at such a young age??? Why is universal health care for all AMERICANS so wrong??? It is a moral issue not one built on imagery fear that GOPers preach with their slightly veiled racism each and every day!!!!

No wonder why libs can’t pass healthcare. They’re fighting a rearguard actions with righties over some stupid school speech. Easily confused fools…

Mel, YAAAAWN! Same color as Obama and Van Jones. The same on the outside NOT on the inside!!!!

I don’t know what he’s talking about. Both he and Bush were “persons of contempt” and they were recruited and “inserted” into office. I think the more accurate message is if you are an enabler of the banking interest and the globalist, militarist agenda of occpation and world empire to steal another countries natural resources, there is no limit to what you can do before office, or after… You truly once and forever above the law, as long as you “play ball”… In this Obama and Bush are the SAME! No question….

They are marginalized extremists and largely hate mongerers, and should be treated as such.
And you can’t stop talking about it…

So, he tells the kids that he made mistakes, goofed off, etc. when he was young. I guess now the question is “what’s changed”? He can SAY whatever he wants to, but the fact is what you DO is much more telling. I hate to beat a dead horse, but let’s talk about Jeremiah Wright for an example. Obama was a part of his church, claimed the man was his “spiritual mentor” and so on. It doesn’t take long to see the videos and read some of his (Wright’s) rantings to figure out what kind of person he was (and is). We all figured it out in about 3 months. It took Obama over 20 YEARS. And yet, given the chance, he will STILL give him the benefit of the doubt. What does that tell our kids? Would you really want your children hanging out with another child who says the United States is evil? That people of another color are bad? And would it please you to know that your child either wouldn’t or couldn’t figure out that this child isn’t good for them to listen to or be in a relationship with?
And as far as Bush is concerned, once again we get the “both sides of the mouth syndrome”. Out of one side, Obama says “don’t look back, look to the future”, out of the other side “look what we inherited, look what THEY did, look at how BAD that administration was”. Oh, yeah, that’s showing kids how to dig in and take care of problems. If things don’t go your way, just throw a fit and blame it on the other kid. Hey, it works for the president, so why not them? Give me a break.

-It seems like Obama is intent on ruining the country.-
He’s just some stooge in Wall St’s pocket. No imagination. Bush III, case closed.

Fell right for what?
Standard conservative boilerplate?
Sounds like you fell for it… in a deep and loving way, Monty.

Obama says “don’t look back, look to the future”, out of the other side “look what we inherited, lPosted by: Shoe
and what exactly do find wrong with that statement?
are you implying that ‘”look what we inherited’ isn’t true?

President Obama’s message to kids:
“It’s okay to be a radical hate mongering communist & propagandist, just don’t get caught”.
No mixed message there…

When people think that they are the only thing standing in between the American and catastrophe… they play for keeps.
The feel persecuted. They worry about death panels and brainwashing and the end times and FEMA and so on. So, really, their heightened rhetoric is a natural outgrowth of this.
Just listen to talk radio and you will understand why these people are so panicked.
If you recall the Clinton Administration, similar things happened (although, with Clinton, there wasn’t the same degree of intensity). First talk radio started up on him…. talking about his socialist leanings, his dirty friends, his wicked plans for America. They used to circulate fake videos about Clinton’s involvement in drug trafficking and murder. And, eventually, they started talking about FEMA and all that. It did not take long for someone to move from words to action.
Because of Obama’s background… and because of the internet… this is all happening much more quickly and much more aggressively.
But the worst thing about it all… is that people who imagine themselves to be heroes fighting for their own survival… they see themselves as justified, pious, righteous… even if they are being vile and hateful. They imagine that future generations will thank them… and, in a handful of cases, they imagine that they will be rewarded in the afterlife if they do something extreme.
You are right to be worried about it. And you are right to talk some sense into people. But don’t let it get you angry. We live in a time when people are under a “great delusion.” And, if you believe there is a devil, like I do, it only makes sense that the most overtly pious would be the ones most tempted by this delusion. The devil is out to get Christians… and what better way to do this than to pervert their fundamental beliefs and put them into service to persecute their neighbors… to turn their greatest asset, their faith, into a perverse tool for those who wish to rule this world.

-to be sure, what we didn’t see were progressives bringing guns to political meetings-
What law was broken?

The thing is, it’s a shame ANYBODY is listening to the haters on the far right.
They are marginalized extremists and largely hate mongers, and should be treated as such.

“The thing is, it’s a shame ANYBODY is listening to the haters on the right. They are marginalized extremists and largely hate mongerers, and should be treated as such.”
You are making the same wrong assumptions as the Obama WH. You are confusing opposition to The One’s policies with “hate” and “extremism”.
I don’t hate Obama, I vehemently disagree with his redistributionist policies and his view of government’s role in our society (“bigger is better”).
I think he is a hypocrite and do not believe much of what he says (he has proven to be a different leader than the one he said he would be on the campaign trail).
I think his reckless spending is mortgaging our future. He doesn’t appear to have any concerns for deficits which indicates to me that (a.) he puts ideology above country, or (b.) he doesn’t know what he is doing. Either option is distressing.
When did dissent cease to be patriotic?

How dare Obama mention God in his speech!!!!! doesn’t he know about the separation of church and state LMAO lets hear it Libbys Obama was WRONG in mentioning God in School LMAO

-your missing the point-
No law broken, Case closed. If you don’t like it, start a petition to change the law, write your elected representative, whine all you want, leave comments here, etc…Exercise your rights! You’re uncomfortable? Well, too bad.

@ Posted by: gobot | Sep 8, 2009 2:47:58 PM
Have ever watched Glenn Beck’s show or listened on the radio? Can you disupute anything he has said as non-factual?

The thing is, it’s a shame ANYBODY is listening to the haters on the right.
They are marginalized extremists and largely hate mongerers, and should be treated as such.
Posted by: julieterra
Apparemtly President Obama IS is listening to the haters on the left.
but shh…..remember…. Van Jones NEVER used hate speech & racism. And he would NEVER ever sign a document that claimed the Bush Administration orchestrated the 9/11.
How many self avowed communists were in the Bush administration?
Hmmmmmmmmm………and you iberals STILL don’t get it!

-no one denies that right if the individual state deems it appropriate…-
You being uncomfortable is not a cause for public concern. Sorry. Nothing complex about it.

tjp…
Thanks for being here. Yours is a most-refreshing voice to have, then.
I miss talking to conservatives who actually base their opposition to specific policies.
I like Obama. And I will respect him, like I respect any president, not because he’s “the one”… but because he is the symbol of our nation’s great government. We live in the best country on Earth precisely because we CAN elect leaders.
I know that there are lots of people who make this mistake in both parties… but at some level, the President deserves a basic amount of respect because he is an expression of the people who elected him.
On these grounds, I encourage people who oppose his policies… to stick to policy… rather than try to sully his character through innuendo.
I happen to like dissent, but not for its own sake. I like dissent because it offers us all alternatives. But when people use their free speech to act like idiots…. I am not going to walk around saying they are noble for their dissent. They are what they choose to be.
People like Glenn Beck are not offering alternatives…. they are only offering fear and the hope for vengeance. It is purely emotional. And, the founding fathers are very clear on what they think of emotional rule. Everything in our government is set up to protect us from the capricious character of public opinion….
So God bless you for preaching sanity to your own team. I hope they listen to you.

You being uncomfortable is not a cause for public concern
Posted by: Bang!
you should take some time to review american history from say 1960 on…. and check out what happens when guns are brought to political events…

I don’t know…. maybe I grew up differently. In my family, we treat every incident of political violence, from JFK to Ronald Reagan, from Oklahoma City to MLK, as a deep tragedy.
I kind of think we all lose when someone threatens to disrupt our stable political system through illegal means.

-btw:
in tennessee it’s now legal to bring loaded guns into bars…. nothing like having folks getting drunk with guns….
why isn’t it legal to bring loaded weapons into courtrooms in Tenn…or the state house…..
one reason I will be bypassing Tennessee-
I don’t live in TN. TN law is not my problem. And bypass TN all you want, that is your right. Exercise it.

In the years leading up to Oklahoma City…. Conservatives were talking the same way about Clinton. I was a Reagan supporter…. and thought I was a Republican.
But when I saw where that extreme conservative identities leads… I realized that in many cases it is childish, selfish, and ultimately hostile to our Constitutional Republic.
Sudden catastrophic change is a fantasy for cowards who lack the nerve to square off, face-to-face, with rational arguments. It’s just like the city kid who buys a gun…. he knows he can’t get a job, he knows he can’t read, he knows that he has no future… so he buys a gun, stuffs it in his pants, and walks around feeling a little bit bigger because he can scare the people in his neighborhood.

Showing up to a townhall meeting with a gun is deliberately provocative.
I grew up around guns… in a bad neighborhood… and I guarantee you that guns always change the tenor of a conversation. I’ve been in a lot of situations where people pulled guns out… and it never results in an equal exchange. Whoever has the gun gets to talk louder, and whoever doesn’t have a gun has to tread lightly.
Why? A gun is a weapon designed for killing people. Bringing one to a conversation is a threatening gesture, regardless of whether or not it is legal.
It’s also legal to get drunk and smoke in bed…. but it’s just a bad idea. And even if it is your “freedom,” it doesn’t mean it is a good thing to do.

The kids ask tougher questions than the press. How pitiful is that?
But then again–the media is in love.

Students
Did you know the coolest president ever is going to fine you if you don’t buy health care as soon as you become an adult?
You don’t get a choice.
Obama is Big Brother.
And Big Brother knows what is best for everyone.

“During his meeting inside, one young person asked why the country doesn’t have universal health insurance.”
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It’s a good question. Every other western industrialized country has universal coverage.

Which of these two statements is more factual?
“This president, I think, has exposed himself as a guy over and over and over again, who has a deep-seated hatred for white people…” – Beck, 30 seconds into his July 27th appearance on Fox and Friends
“I’m not saying that he doesn’t like white people…” – Beck, 2 minutes into his July 27th appearance on Fox and Friends
And these two?
“What does it mean for the rest of the world if we lose our position as the innovator, as having the best healthcare in the world?” – Beck, Fox News channel, 2009
“We seem to be… a society or a system now in healthcare that is just trying to shove the patients out that door as fast as they can. Is that any way to run a system?” – Beck, CNN Headline News, 2008

“With regards to your Holdren comments, Beck did not miss the mark by much…”
The Politifact article goes into the details of why they rate it a “Pants on Fire” untruth. If they felt Beck “didn’t miss the mark by much,” they would have rated it Mostly True.
Politifact’s rankings, by the way, include:
True
Mostly True
Half True
Barely True
False
Pants on Fire <– Beck’s Ranking

-How dare Beck be asked for some consistency rather than just spewing whatever will grab ratings.-
Then ignore him.

-It’s a good question. Every other western industrialized country has universal coverage.-
Double digit Euros in debt in France.

“what were McCain’s grades and gpa at Annapolis?”
McCain (admittedly) graduated near bottom of his class. But McCain (for better or worse) has had a very public life for 30+ years.
Palin was not at top of ticket. And (as the Libs like to stress) her appeal was not her intellectualism, her appeal was her ability to speak clearly to issues in a way that resonated with a fairly significant portion of the electorate. She was perceived as someone who is honest and middle-class. (Bring on the Palin critics, I know you are out there and jump at any red meat thrown out)
Obama on the other hand, was perceived as the “intellectual” and a man of “judgment” who had very little in the way of a public record. Given this platform, it would have helped Obama’s cause to release his transcripts to illustrate how brilliant he is. That he has not released this information indicates (a.) his grades would not indicate that he is as brilliant as perceived, (b.) he took some classes or had some associations that would not be viewed favorably today, or (c.) both (a.) and (b.)

But what were their gpa/grades?
(Obama graduated magna cum laude so his grades at Harvard must have been pretty darned good.)

Expense didn’t stop the Bush administration from carrying out their neo-con wet dream of an attack on Iraq. Tens of thousands dead, tens of thousands more maimed . . . many Americans.
And more die in Barry’s War in Afghanistan.. Money well spent!

“(Obama graduated magna cum laude so his grades at Harvard must have been pretty darned good.)”
He also graduated “sans” honors with a degree in Political Science from Colombia which would indicate his GPA was less than 3.3….A 3.3 GPA in engineering from a quality school is respectable…a 3.3 GPA in political science does not get my attention.

“President Obama campaigned on a renewed effort in Afghanistan.”
So you support war in Afghanistan?

“President Obama campaigned on a renewed effort in Afghanistan.”
Sounds like an old Bush policy…Seem to have lots of those still around.
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Not really, Bush basically left Afghanistan on the back burner to fulfil his neo-con wet dream of attacking Iraq.
Tens of thousands of deaths and billions of dollars later we are still paying for that.

-Sounds like an old Bush policy…Seem to have lots of those still around.-
And like I always say, Goldman is pleased…julieterra, we need your vote again in 2012! Thanks in advance!

“Tens of thousands of deaths and billions of dollars later we are still paying for that.”
Yeah, well, we just started paying for the so-called trillion dollar “stimulus” package ($787 billion + interest = $1 trillion) that (a.) we can’t afford, and (b.) is a re-distributionist’s wet dream (to paraphrase an earlier post of yours). This “stimulus” is FAR MORE COSTLY than the war in Iraq…At least with war in Iraq we’ll have disposal of Saddam Hussein and free, democratic elections to show for it…the “stimulus”, well, not so much!

We’re doing the best we can to recover from where Bush left the country.
Yay for more war! And debt…

If you ignore Obama’s advice and crank up the crazy, you can always get a job as a Czar in the Obama White House.
They won’t even Google you.

A cheesy little mustache seems to appear on the cheesy Pres every few weeks and it’s back on this video

Insight into Liberal thinking:
- If Barry supports war in Afghanistan, I’m all for it, it’s “the good war”
- If Barry opposes war in Iraq, it is bad…the “neo-cons” are behind it and looking to personal gain and booty in the form of oil
In the mind of a liberal, ideology trumps country everytime.
Posted by: tjp612 | Sep 8, 2009 5:22:19 PM
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What a bunch of baloney. I can’t speak for other Democrats, or liberals who may oppose war in general, but I opposed the Iraq War because the preponderance of evidence and intelligence countered the faulty intelligence the Bush admin used to start a pre-emptive war. The catastrophic events of 9/11 were exploited to initiate the Wolfowitz doctrine, more or less, and condone torture. I do not oppose all war. In a dream world, I would. But we don’t live in a dream world. I’ve supported the war in Afghanistan from the beginning because there are those who wish to destroy us and I’m not a starry-eyed peacenik.I was irritated when we took the eye off the ball, and I admit I am worried that we won’t succeed there given the difficulties but I support our efforts and the troops, and now that we’ve been in Iraq this long, I do think we need to be prudent in terms of how we leave there as well.
I find it irritating that someone wouldn’t see the difference between how we got into the two wars, and would be dismissive of those who do.
As for this: Don’t all the Reps. and Senators (Dems and Repubs) also have blood on their hands? Are they not also complicit? Congress authorized the war and has funded it annually ever since (including since Dems took over Congress in 2006).
Yes. Duh.

This message is offered by the Republican National Committee to provide balance to the president’s message to America’s children.
“Kids, studying is hard work. Don’t do it. Don’t study, and do not stay in school! If you picked your parents well, your daddy will get you into college and set you up in business with your buddies. If you were born poor or middle class, well it sucks to be you!
In America, it may be true that even a man who was born into a family that broke up and was given a funny name can stay in school, study hard, work hard and run for president! And even get more votes than the other guy!
But it can’t happen to you. We’re working hard to ensure that, so don’t bother trying, OK?
Remember, kids, whether you’re in the classroom or just walking around wearing a suit if something really bad happens, you should freeze for six or seven minutes. Sooner or later, another man in a suit will come along to tell you what to do.
You already know school is hard work. And I’m here to tell you it does not matter. Don’t study! Don’t stay in school!
Hope sucks. Give up!”

He who hath ear let him hear what the Presido advises.

Everytime I enter blogsites, I come away with the impression that the President of the United States in being portrayed as an enemy to the People rather than what he is – the President of the United State and the Leader of the Free-world.
A lot of invectives are poured on him because he belongs to an opposing party. I am not an American and I don’t reside in America, though I visit with my Sibblings in Baltomore and Dover one month in a year. It really breaks my heart when I read what Americans write about their President.
I wonder what Americans will say if I follow their lead and pour invectives on the Person of the President of the United States.
There is an adage in Africa which says “If you offer your father for sale with a price tag of a Nickle, no one will negotiate to buy him for a Dollar.
You are offering your President to the world for a Nickle, how dio you want the world to respect him when he doesn’t get respect at home?
I watch Limbaugh, Hannity and Glenn Beck and I keep wondering what People can do because of the First Amendment.
You are being watched and read all over the world. The comments you make about your president hurts you as Americans.
He is your President for God sakes. If you find it difficult to respect him as a person, why not respect the office he occupies and the over 400million People he represents.
America has been polarized by politicians for political gains and the losers in this war of attrition are the Citizens who get fed with sensationalzed information and who, out of laziness to research or outright propensity for gullibility, swallows all they hear or read hook, line and sinker.
It is so sad!

Interesting to hear about all this “respect” stuff. I reckon respect is what one earns not demands!
Obama needs to remember something – he may have been bought the Presidency but so far he has not convinced that he is actually a good President, since his leadership is sadly missing, in fact I often wonder if he is a leader or a follower! Again he must remember that “one’s reputation is only as good as one’s last achievement” and has to be re-instated continually ( ask Tiger Woods). Obama needs to stop hoping and start doing because his actions and not his rhetoric are going to be decisive – being popular won’t cut it, unless his decisions and actions are sound!

Posted by: tjp612 | Sep 9, 2009 10:46:21 AM
Isn’t it so unfortunate that you are comparing President Obama to Chavez, Zelaya and Mugabe. It actual show how much you hold the office of your President in disdain.
President Obama presides over 400million People and there is no way his policies would satisfy the whole of the population.
Democracy is majority rules and minority have their say.
But it shows good naturedness for us to disagree without being disagreable.
Any policy initiative by Government is for the betterment of the society.
The health care reform was one of the pivotal campaign promises the then Senator Obama made before he was elected as POTUS in November 2008.
It was based on this policy initiative among others, that got him into the White House in the first place.
Will he now turn his back on those that elected him because the Right Wingers are making a lot of cacophonous noise on blogsites and Talk-show radio?.
I don’t expect him to pander to the whims of everybody’s opinion. I expect him to do what is right for the generality of the People. Those voiceless majority that don’t have have popular blogsites like drudgereport or popular Talk-show Television and Radio programmes like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity.
Those voiceless People that are dying because they could not access healthcare because the cost is exhorbitant. Those voiceless People that look up to the Government to know that healthcare for all Citizens is a right and not a privilege.
I feel sorry when I see the caliber of people protesting at Town hall meetings. These are people that are groaning under the high cost of healthcare and who will benefit most from having a Public option or having the cost of private healthcare reduced because of choice the public option would afford them.
If the rich will pay more in taxes to benefit the not so rich, so what!

BTW definition of Preside: 2 to occupy the place of authority : act as president, chairman, or moderator b : to occupy a position similar to that of a president or chairman
It doesn’t say “evil dictator” in that definition does it.
Obama has more empathy and heart than all of the recent Presidents combined. He’s more Christian than any of the so called right-wing christian fanatics. So back off and let him help the meek. And the next time you drive on a highway, thank the government and shut up about socialism already. We live in a soceity that helps others, if you don’t like that then leave the country.

Speaking of the wackos Obama has appointed as Czars, how about John Holdren, Obama’s Science Czar?
– The College Politico finds something a little more recent in this interview in 2007, conducted in the virtual-reality environment of Second Life, in which Holdren discusses his views on science and economics:
HOLDREN: There has been a strain of what many people call “US exceptionalism” in the United States, the notion that the United States is so big, so important, so powerful, so technologically advanced that it can and should do what it wants. I think this strain is misguided.
Q: Will Americans need to reduce their living standards? Is that politically viable, or will technology [unintelligible] do it?
H: I think ultimately that the rate of growth of material consumption is going to have to come down, and there’s going to have to be a DEGREE OF REDISTRIBUTION of how much we consume, in terms of energy and material resources, in order to leave room for people who are poor to become more prosperous.—
Consider that a foreshadowing of Barack Obama’s Joe the Plumber moment.

My favorite quote about Glenn Beck:
“Finally, a guy who says what people who aren’t thinking are thinking.” – Jon Stewart

tjp612 wrote: “Don’t be surprised if Holdren pops up on Glenn Beck’s show. If the MSM won’t vet Obama and his administration I’m glad Beck is filling the void of conducting investigative journalism.”
You know full well Beck already claimed Holdren “proposed forcing abortions and putting sterilants in the drinking water to control population.” Why on earth would Holdren want to appear on that lunatic’s show?

“There is something wrong with a country that cannot respect a president.”
Yes, agreed. This has been a problem for quite sometime, beginning with the Clinton administration, rising exponentially through the Bush (43) administration, and on through today. Much of this behavior is downright despicable (lowpoints were related to dreams of the assassination of Bush 43 by talk radio and even a movie). While not making any excuses for this type of behavior, it must also be said that respect is earned, not bequeathed upon a president.
Could it be possible that the reason the office of President (and politicians in general) receives much less respect than it used to is due to the people we have elected?