You Don't Have a Daughter

News website Hot Air reposted the President's speech to the kids. Surprise surprise - there's absolutely nothing to worry about. There's no socialist agenda being pushed; kids aren't expected to pick up a shovel tomorrow and fork over their paper route cash to an Obama representative. Old stiff Uncle Obie is just trying to connect with the kids through Harry Potter books, Twitter and Google. Why would anyone be surprised? This isn't a Republican issue; this isn't a Democrat issue. Once again, one party has completely overblown another party's actions. We saw it four years ago, we saw it 12 years ago, we saw it in the Adams vs. Jefferson election (both of them). It never stops. I hope the kids enjoy their day off. I know mine will when I get caught up in the madness and do the same thing 12 years from now.

One of the most interesting comments made was by someone named crosspatch. On the Hot Air blog, the blog author pointed out that when Reagan made a similar speech to classrooms in 1986, he made lots of references to how great he and his administration (and America's military) had performed recently. The author noted that if Obama were preparing to make a similar speech about how great he and his crew were, then Repubs would be up in arms. So does that make Reagan wrong for doing it? Crosspatch, however, had a quick rebuttal to make about that. Here's what he had to say:

"There is a huge difference between Obama today and Reagan in 1986.

Reagan won 49 of 50 states. He won 525 out of 538 electoral votes.
He beat Mondale in the popular vote by over 18 points. In contrast
Obama did no better in 2008 than Bush did in 2004. Obama carried 28
states, McCain won 22. Obama won 365 electoral votes. He won the
popular vote by 7 points.

Reagan was hugely popular with Democrats and Republicans and
Independents. He was inclusive, Obama is divisive. Reagan was like
everyone’s Dad or Grandpa. Obama is like a weasely snake oil salesman.

I believe the country’s reception of Reagan speaking to our kids in
his second term after he had accomplished a lot is much different than
Obama speaking in the first few months when he has pretty much
accomplished nothing."

Excellent point, sir. I made all my points in my earlier post, so I'll just end this one right here.