A Breath of Fresh Air

Have you been following the "controversy" about Obama's coming speech to school children? Obama plans to tell the kids to study hard and stay in school. The tenor of the argument is best illustrated by this press release from the chairman of the (what else?) Republican Party in Florida:

As the father of four children, I am absolutely appalled that taxpayer dollars are being used to spread President Obama's socialist ideology. The idea that school children across our nation will be forced to watch the President justify his plans for government-run health care, banks, and automobile companies, increasing taxes on those who create jobs, and racking up more debt than any other President, is not only infuriating, but goes against beliefs of the majority of Americans, while bypassing American parents through an invasive abuse of power.

While I support educating our children to respect both the office of the American President and the value of community service, I do not support using our children as tools to spread liberal propaganda. The address scheduled for September 8, 2009, does not allow for healthy debate on the President's agenda, but rather obligates the youngest children in our public school system to agree with our President's initiatives or be ostracized by their teachers and classmates.

I guess studying hard and actually learning something are just part of the liberal Democratic ideology.

Three cheers for John Harwood, a real middle-of-the-roader who just can't take it anymore: