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I'm sorry, but any parent who would even consider to pull their child out of class for this speech is racist. There is no way of arguing around it. (Especially the one that invokes the "over-reaching" of the executive office. Give me a break! For the past eight years, Bush Jr. behaved as if he were King of America and the World!)
I mean, come on! This is the
President of the United States! For all my disgust of Bush, I would have NEVER had the slightest concern about a speech delivered by him to public school students. After all, he was our President! And what a teachable moment it would have been -- for students to learn a little about civics, government, our capitol... and to have Mr. Bush send a positive message about the importance of education and staying in school.
This gush of fury and vitriol is frighteningly reminiscent of the hatred many (in the South) had of Lincoln in 1861. These people scare me!
