Hmmm, just in case the meaning of my previous post wasn't clear (and it does seem a bit obtuse on second inspection), what I'm trying to say is that Bush 43 (a.k.a. "Dubya") was among the former republican Presidents who promoted their politicsl agendas with regard to education by communicating directly with children. Dubya's "My Pet Goat" incident of 9/11/2001 was an infamous example, where his hesitancy in responding to the news of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington made it appear that he was more concerned with his political agenda than with the safety of the nation.

Yet when Obama announces that he wants to speak to America's children, suddenly the Republicans are all over him, accusing him of brainwashing kids! So I am envisioning the ridiculous uproar the R's would make if Obama did go beyond making televised speeches and visit classrooms to interact with kids the way Dubya had done in 2001. That's what my little bit of sarcasm was all about.