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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 10:29 AM
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Letters to Lexington Herald-Leader regarding Obama's speech
I've been going through the past few days of LTTE's to the Lexington Herald-Leader; they are overwhelmingly mocking of those calling the speech "creepy." This link is a fun read:

Readers' Views - Lexington Herald-Leader

So, it appears that the official Republican talking-points word for President Barack Obama's address to schoolchildren is "creepy."

You have to hand it to them. Republicans may despise every good and decent thing this country has ever stood for, but they have the best message discipline of anyone since the American Communist Party of the 1930s and 1940s.


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I couldn't agree more with Steve Robertson of the state GOP and talk-show host Leland Conway. An adult speaking directly to children without their parents present is very creepy. This is why I attend school everyday with my daughter; that way she's never alone with other adults trying to educate her.

As for the content of President Barack Obama's speech, I happen to have a copy of the agenda right here so parents can decide if they want their kids exposed to it.

Barack Hussein Obama will begin the broadcast with a reading from the Koran, followed by a visual lesson on gay marriage using two Ken dolls. Then he will decree a ban on slingshots and water guns then institute a tax on milk and Tater Tots. He will then conclude with a singalong to the socialist anthem The Internationale.

As you can see, conservatives' fears are well founded, as always.


I particularly liked the second one. That has to have been a DUer.
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Ishoutandscream2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 10:31 AM
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1. That is brilliant
Puts them in their place, doesn't it?
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 10:35 AM
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2. ...and the editorial board.
Honestly, I never realized that the Herald-Leader had this much of a leftist bent:

http://www.kentucky.com/591/story/921618.html

They go beyond the pale, though, by saying the nation's children need protection from our president's words.

What do they fear? That in a 15-minute speech Obama can hypnotize the nation's youth into forgetting everything their parents ever taught them and ... what? Do their homework?

It's especially repugnant that Kentucky Republican Party chairman Steve Robertson uses imagery associated with pedophilia — "circumvent parents . . . gain direct access to our children . . . creepy" — to demonize Obama. Robertson plays on the fear of black men, an old and ugly racial stereotype, and he should be ashamed.
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Cant trust em Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 10:52 AM
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3. The letters to Jack Cafferty have been similar
This is a political loser for republicans.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 10:56 AM
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4. You'd think so..trying to shut down a
speech by the president on Education?! They're acting like scared, insecure, little creeps.
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Undercurrent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 11:02 AM
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6. They're not acting.
They are scared, insecure, little creeps. And as stupid as dirt too.
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brooklynite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 10:59 AM
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5. Don't forget the socialist message of...
...sharing your crayons in drawing class...
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Undercurrent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-08-09 11:06 AM
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7. Yes! lol
Plus training the kids to bow to the dictator's authority by learning to say please and thank you.
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