The Reality Check

There's an uproar today about Obama's planned speech to school children in the US which will accompany a new lesson plan by the White House for the nation's kids. Critics are saying that it's a socialist style speech intended to indoctrinate young children for Obama's liberal values. Supporters are saying that it's just a pep talk, not unlike what George H. W. Bush did to encourage kids to stay in school and say no to drugs.

Here's the reality check: we won't know until the speech is made. Now that the critics are in an uproar, President Obama will probably change the speech to seem less like he's selling his policies. The critics should have just kept their mouths closed until the speech was made. If President Obama's speech was indeed just a pep talk, then no egg in the face. If Obama's speech was trying to indoctrinate, the critics would actually have some legs to stand on in their criticisms. Now, it's highly likely that President Obama, if his speech was to indoctrinate, will now neutralize his speech so as to not seem like Stalin or Saddam Hussein.

This does bring up another point. President Obama has been spending a lot tax payer dollars to sell his policies. I wonder how ethical that is.