Originally Posted By ecdc >>They aren't the base 2oony. They are the ones getting attention becuase they are the only ones seeking attention, but they aren't the base of the party.<< But at what point do they become the base of the party if the party leadership is so worried about alienating them - clearly more so than they are about alienating moderates? The guy responding to Obama's speech tonight is a Republican from Louisiana who endorsed the birther movement! He later recanted, but c'mon! I really want to believe they aren't the base - I do. But I don't buy it. Birthers, speechers, death panels - on and on it goes. I'd believe they weren't the base if the GOP leadership unequivocally condemned them and marginalized them. But they do the exact opposite.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I get those same calls and mailings 2oony. (To "stick it" to the man I typically mail back an empty postage-paid envelope just so that have to pay another .44 cents for aggravating me.) 8 months into the Presidency is but a minute on the watch of the Republican party. I said it seven months ago and I will continue to say it. Obama is too powerful for an opposition "leader" to emerge right now. He/she would be drowned right out. Now, I think some kinks in the armor are starting to show and perhaps it is closing in on that time. But, I wouldn't be surprised or concerned if the next leader of the party didn't emerge until the midterms.
Originally Posted By velo My son, who is in 7th grade, watched the speech at his school. He came home to report that it was "a good speech, Mom. Very inspirational - I liked it." So, there you have it from one of the "indoctrinated" kids... It should be noted that he attends one of them-thar left-wing charter schools of course (and it's Waldorf-based, so they really went out of the way to set up the technology to show the speech to the entire upper-campus kids - 4-8th). Unfortunately my High-Schoolers didn't see it; teachers had the choice apparently and many wouldn't make the time for it during already busy classes.
Originally Posted By mele My daughter informed me that she watched it but she didn't say much after that. In other news, she's decided she wants to be a rock star. ;-)
Originally Posted By DVC_Pongo My kids' schools didn't show it. No surprise. However I WAS surprised to learn that most of The public schools in our area of GA didn't show it either, teachers were allowed to record it and play it back as time allows, whatever that means.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt Speaking of George W... <a href="http://current.com/items/90902017_school-district-refused-obamas-speech-but-will-bus-children-to-see-bush-speak.htm" target="_blank">http://current.com/items/90902...peak.htm</a> How much lower can these fools sink?
Originally Posted By DAR ^^^ The kids should have seen President Obama speak and given the opportunity to see President Bush speak. At least that's how I would have handled it.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <Of course, those conservatives who have to fill three hours of airtime with their blabbering are talking about it. One of the popular responses is, "Well we don't know how terrible it would have been if we hadn't raised our voices!"> I believe someone called that way back in post #9. Oh yeah - it was me.
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 My son's school had the teachers record the speech and show it later in the afternoon. They couldn't watch it live because it was at 9am and the school doesn't start until 9:20am. Parker (who is 6 and in 1st grade) really took Obama's speech to heart; he decided that he wants to be a doctor, a writer, an inventor, a police, and an army man (his words not mine) all at the same time. He will apparently be staying in school until he is 50.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>I wouldn't be surprised or concerned if the next leader of the party didn't emerge until the midterms.<< Just so his name isn't Adolf, Josef, Atilla, Vlad or Rush.
