Samira wrote:
For the record, in my opinion both speeches were perfectly fine and protesting either is the height of silliness.
I agree with this but trying to compare the two is asinine anyway.
In Bush's case, the complaint was made
after the speech and centered primarily around its cost. At worst, some accused Bush of using the kids as props for a campaign speech but no one was saying the kids were hurt by it.
In Obama's case, it was a shrill cry made a week or more before the speech and centered around accusations that Obama was
actively hurting our nation's children by trying to brainwash them into servitude. Think about that: they were saying the President of the United States was planning to intentionally hurt our schoolchildren in advance some evil liberal agenda.
Both speeches were fine but the accusations made in each case don't compare.