The Early Word: Back to School - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com:
"Some conservatives, as The Times’s Sam Dillion reports, have ascribed “dark motives to the White House” in giving the speech, while worried parents have lobbed complaints at school officials across the country. The administration attempted to blunt any controversy over the speech on Monday, posting the text of Mr. Obama’s remarks on the White House Web site.
As The Associated Press points out, the president “makes no reference in his prepared remarks to the uproar surrounding his speech. Nor does he make an appeal for support for tough causes such as his health care overhaul. He uses the talk to tell kids about his at-times clumsy ways as a child and to urge them to set goals and work hard to achieve them.”"
"Some conservatives, as The Times’s Sam Dillion reports, have ascribed “dark motives to the White House” in giving the speech, while worried parents have lobbed complaints at school officials across the country. The administration attempted to blunt any controversy over the speech on Monday, posting the text of Mr. Obama’s remarks on the White House Web site.
As The Associated Press points out, the president “makes no reference in his prepared remarks to the uproar surrounding his speech. Nor does he make an appeal for support for tough causes such as his health care overhaul. He uses the talk to tell kids about his at-times clumsy ways as a child and to urge them to set goals and work hard to achieve them.”"
