Why watch Cspan instead of the news? (Not one negative call so far!)

[asdjrocky]

The handshakes!

[valerief]

1. I loved hearing the kids squeal with excitement! nt

[NYC_SKP]

2. Call Ins Right Now!!! Student line, Teacher line, and All Others.

Should be interesting...

[asdjrocky]

3. Working on it.

[Cha]

4. I love watching those wide

smiles after a speech like this..and the kids' reactions are priceless~

[asdjrocky]

5. Just think about how a handshake can change a life.

That's what the wingnuts are afraid of.

[Cha]

8. Exactly..I thought while watching the President's speech

that the scaredwingers are extra scared about a whole generation of future voters remembering this day.:scared::scared:

[Clio the Leo]

6. really?

I had it muted because I didn't want to hear anything negative!

[asdjrocky]

7. I swear, not one.

[Cha]

9. That's amazing in itself..

usually they'd have at least one brainwashedee chiming in with something bizare.

[asdjrocky]

11. I just watched the whole show, every call.

Not one negative call. Not one.

[jenmito]

13. MSNBC had this teabagger on (along with everyone who approved of Obama's speech) and HE said

the speech was ok but the worksheet had students "revealing information about themselves" which is unconstitutional according to blah blah blah (something he was reading on a paper he brought with him). The others said, "You gotta be kidding me," and similar things. He sounded like a Glen Beck fool.

[asdjrocky]

15. Which is why I chose to watch Cspan.

[jenmito]

20. They pretty much ridiculed him to his face, though. (And I'm DVRing C-Span.)

[asdjrocky]

25. I do wish I would have seen that.

[Cha]

16. glen bech does have his pool

of fools.

[Clio the Leo]

10. The only negative call I heard.....

.... was one student who's upset that the president didn't come to HIS school! lol I'm NOT kidding!

[asdjrocky]

12. I heard that, cracked me up.

Did you hear the mother of the down syndrome child?

[Clio the Leo]

14. sure did! and what about.....

..... the student who said, "I'm so glad our country is united under God and I just want to thank him for President Obama!"

lol ..... whether some on the left disagree with that statment or not, I'm sure the righties who were listening to that probably pooped their pants! ;)

[jenmito]

17. Not yet...

I got a phone call and had to pause the tv. I will get to it...

[quiet.american]

18. I'd love to hear what she said -- could you post? nt

[asdjrocky]

19. My computer is giving me problems, and I don't think the link is even up yet.

But here it is from my memory-

"I watched the entire speech with my 9 year old daughter next to me. She has down syndrome. When the President was finished speaking my daughter looked up at me and said, 'Mommy, I'm going to try harder.'"

It was that simple. I even get choked up writing that.

[quiet.american]

21. Thank you! Beautiful. nt

[Jennicut]

22. Wow...that is bringing tears to my eyes now. Thank you President Obama

for inspiring these kids.

[asdjrocky]

24. Yeah, and it was just like that, short and sweet.

Hit me right in the heart.

[Cha]

23. Oh..

:cry::) Verklempt~

[jenmito]

26. Joe Watkins (Repub. strategist) on MSNBC just said Obama is one of the best,

most-gifted, persuasive speakers of our time which is why although THIS speech was ok, this is a "slippery slope" and who's to say he won't speak AGAIN to students and try to persuade them into accepting his liberal agenda? HE got ridiculed, too, as Chuck Todd asked him, "Are you saying you're afraid Obama is too popular and kids like him?"

[asdjrocky]

27. And all the while I'm laughing inside.

Just think how many supporters he won today without mentioning politics even once.

[livetohike]

28. They (GOP) have nothing. They are really digging to find

something wrong in every single thing President Obama does. It helps to be able to laugh at them :-).