Leaked Memo Reveals White House Distress: Why Don’t Schools Want Obama to Speak?
- Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:03am by
Meredith Jessup
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Last year, the White House received applications from more than 1,000 schools in a competition to secure a commencement address from President Barack Obama. But just one year later, it seems schools have lost interest.
A leaked internal White House memo reveals the Obama administration is scrambling to ramp its “Race to the Top Commencement Challenge,” facing a serious shortage of applicants less than one week before the deadline. CBS News reports:
The competition was extended from the February 25 deadline until Friday, March 11 after few schools met the original application deadline. CBS News has learned a White House Communications Office internal memo dated February 22 noted “a major issue with the Commencement Challenge.”
“As of yesterday we had received 14 applications and the deadline is Friday,” the memo said. The memo also urged recipients to, “please keep the application number close hold.”
A follow-up memo on February 28 reported receipt of 68 applications. Noting the competition among more than 1,000 schools last year, the memo said, “Something isn’t working.“ It called on staffers to ask ”friendly congressional, gubernatorial and mayoral offices” to encourage schools to apply.
“We should also make sure the Cabinet is pushing the competition out to their lists,” the memo said. The note reiterated, “We do not want the actual application number out there (we didn’t release the number of applications we received last year until after the submission period)-so folks should not use it in their pitches.”
On Monday, officials declined to cite the number of applications received so far.
So what does it take to get the President of the United States to speak at your graduation?
The president will travel to the school that is judged to best prepare students for college and careers. The competition is part of Mr. Obama’s ultimate goal of making the U.S. the country with the highest proportion of college graduates by 2020.
The White House has released this video featuring a member of last year’s winning class to try and inspire schools to participate this year:
Administration officials were unable to explain the reason for the apparent lack of interest.
“It’s a huge opportunity for high schools to tell their story,” Education Secretary Arne Duncan told CBS Radio. Asked about the lagging application numbers, Duncan said, “Folks are working hard.“ He called on schools to ”put their best foot forward and join the competition.”
In addition, a press aide from the Department of Ed said the deadline was extended “to provide an ample amount of time to reach out to schools from across the country… Like last year, we anticipate the overwhelming majority will be submitted near the close of the Challenge.”
The new deadline for schools to apply is 11:59 p.m. (ET), March 11.
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Comments (335)
leftylemn
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:57amOk, I’ll say it….THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES!!!
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 1:53amAmen!!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 2:12amThe emperor’s clothes have no emperor!
Report Post »Hisemiester
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 4:05pmMost schools do not have enough string for the marionette president, nor anyplace for the puppet master to stand and pull his lip strings.
Report Post »Jabber
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 7:17pmMaybe that‘s why he’s holding a contest…..? To cover himself up in those graduation robes that schools give to graduation speakers?
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:49amMaybe he could start a new program, “The President’s Schools”, kind of like “The Governor’s Schools”. Then, they could always twist an arm to get a captive audience and avoid the embarassment of their current situation! Put one in each state and there’d be, uh, 57 choices to choose from!
Report Post »jim
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:47amBecause he‘s the worst president in our nation’s history, perhaps?
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 5:16amSlamma-lamma BINGO
Report Post »BehindBlueEyes
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 6:11amObama makes Jimmy Carter look like George Washington.
Report Post »dawg of gawd
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 10:26amSorry that honor belongs to Bush. The W Legacy Program will never be able to erase that (unless Palin gets elected).
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:45amMaybe, he could speak at his high school??? Lemmesee, where was that?
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 3:56amYeah–where DID he go to high school?
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 10:27amNot in this country!
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:44amHow about, er, where his kids go to school????
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 2:07amExcellent question! It would be convenient, too. But he wouldn’t need to fly in AF One. Bummer!
Haven’t heard anything about Michelle speaking, either. Guess the kids aren’t too happy with her menu choices for them.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 10:27amHis kids go to a Private school, no indoctrination allowed.
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:44amMaybe if he walked on a picket line in his comfortable shoes …
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:43amJust because we could have a high number of college graduates DOES NOT mean that we have educated our youth. Now I’m sure Obama would love to see all kids be indoctrinated in college by their progressive/marxist professors, and I wonder if that’s not his real goal. But, I would much rather see more emphasis be put on improving our public school systems. High School should be the perfect place to teach our kids how to think. Please note what I wrote, cause I want kids to be taught how to think for themselves and NOT be told what to think!!!
http://www.americasteapartynews.com/tea-blog.php#/
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:43amMaybe he could speak in an Unemployment Line? Oops, I mean an Unemployment BENEFITS Line! (Notice how they keep using the wrong data to establish/defend their policies?)
Report Post »Dale
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:41amHe got 14 applications? Gee, I would have guessed fewer.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 1:44amOne from each Democratic Senator of Wisconsin.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 3:22amIf this is any indication of the youth vote in 2012, there is hope.
Report Post »glennisright.com
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:41amThe answer is simple…..He’s not been successful…..at all……finite.
http://www.glennisright.com
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:41amHEADLINE:
Report Post »Leaked Memo Reveals White House Distress: Why Don’t Schools Want Obama to Speak?
~Meredith Jessup
SUBHEAD:
“Something isn’t working.”
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Maybe the Obama agenda isn’t working; Stimulus I & II, “Jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs,” Healthcare, national debt, higher taxes, higher cost of living, devalued dollar, 14 Democrats in Wisconsin, and a lot of other things ~ NOT WORKING!
Salamander
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:41amGosh, this doens’t bode well for speaker fees after he loses the next election! Quick, someone call Bill Clinton for advice, ka-ching!
Report Post »LadyLiberto
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:39amWow! POTUS is losing his snake charm and The People are noticing more than they want to.
Report Post »ComeAndTakeThis
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:38amI uh wish to uh extened to the schools a uh, what happend to the teleprompter, a desire to continue the uhh indoctrination in the ways of uh Mao, and uh Stalin, I mean the uh democratic socialism that has uh worked for uh so well for other nations. GET THAT TELEPROMPTER WORKING!!! Uh Dammit.
Report Post »Tnredneck
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 7:49amObomas uhs and duhs are done on purpose to get everyone to forget what the question was….ok them maybe he is stupid then. George bush seemed like a speech therapist compared to oboma.
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:38amHmmmm, have they tried Harvard or Columbia???
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 1:42amNot even a kindergarten class in Chicago?
Report Post »LB
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 1:43amThey’ve never heard of him.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 1:51am@LB
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 1:43am
They’ve never heard of him.
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So much for my new keyboard and the last swallow of hot chocolate!
RONLMAO!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 1:52am@LB
It’s sweet to be remembered, but then Obama wouldn’t know about that.
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:37amHave they tried any schools in Hawaii, Indonesia or Kenya?
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:58amOr those schools where kids sing
Report Post »mmm..mmm…mmm Barack Hussain Obama
or maybe this one :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onXd8iH3OVQ&feature=related
tankerBigRed1
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:37amThis can’t be– all pols show him highly popular & gaining..
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:50amAre you dyslexic?
Report Post »kindling
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 1:23amThe people taking and reading the polls were educated by these teachers……..enough said!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 1:35am@tankerBigRed1
You’re a fireman, aren’t you?
Report Post »aLinedog
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 2:30amNah, He’s a Tankerboy with the First Division. Buncha lazy goldbrickers if you ask me! :D
Report Post »AIRBORNE!
-Line
Showtime
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 2:44am@aLinedog
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 2:30am
Nah, He’s a Tankerboy with the First Division. Buncha lazy goldbrickers if you ask me! :D
AIRBORNE!
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Should have enlarged that avatar before I asked the question. That boy’s got TREADS on it! (What do you call those things that aren’t wheels?)
Thank you both sincerely for your service.
Report Post »BehindBlueEyes
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 6:02amI could be wrong but I think tankerBigRed1′s post was in jest.
Report Post »sodizzy
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 4:49amBlue Eyes and Tanker Red,
Of course you were joking!! pretty funny, too.
Report Post »teachermitch32
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:37amCould be that the numbers or applicants are just plain embarrassing to this administration. Or, the idea of a failed POTUS doing anything in their hometown is embarrassing. Could be that the schrools applying are just not cutting the mustard as far as achievment and don’t meet the criteria, which is also embarrassing. All-in-all this is an embarrassing administration and Dept. of Edumaction.
Report Post »LB
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 1:41amMaybe he’s brushing up on his ibonics, so they needed more time.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 2:01am@LB
Report Post »Posted on March 8, 2011 at 1:41am
Maybe he’s brushing up on his ibonics, so they needed more time.
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Maybe he‘s brushing up on his ibonics so they can understand what he’s telling them.
Salamander
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:36amWow! Now THERE’s an UNDERSTATEMENT!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:49amWhat? Which?
Report Post »momsense
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 1:03amAmen!
Report Post »ImprobableSage
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:35amSo THIS is what the President, his Cabinet, and the Administration spend their time doing: Directing / flogging the Executive Branch staff to “push” this ego-enhancing competition in the hopes of (artificially) inflating the numbers of people who solicit him as a graduation speaker. ‘Cause it CERTAINLY isn’t, you know, running the country or bringing down the national debt or stamping out genocide in North Africa or anything.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:46amMeanwhile, the Middle East is burning, and Obama is partying.
Could we PLEASE put a LEADER in the White House?
Report Post »Dale
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 1:15amHe has plenty of time for this kind of thing. Georgie, spooky dude, is in charge.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 1:40amIt seems to me that Obama’s “Race to the Top Commencement Challenge” is yet ANOTHER one of his failures.
Report Post »trueblueday
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 4:04pmHe’ll get over it, by taking his clubs to his next golf outing! Mmmm Mmmm MMMM!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:35amI wish Donald Trump would go to the White House and just point his finger in Obama’s face and tell him, (–guess what?!), “You’re fired!”
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:12pmThat’s our job Showtime. We don’t need “The Donald” to fire him, just 51% of “We the people”!
Report Post »bread and circuses
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 3:46pm@GONZO
Report Post »If only you were right about needing only 51%, we will need at least 65% to overcome the ballot stuffing by the dead and the democrat states who have the same motto as chicago “Vote early and often”
handsmcml
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 6:33pmDon’t forget “LATE” if you need too. You never know when you may need that box of ballots in the trunk of your car. So what if it’s three weeks after the election. We need more votes for the recount! Late might also mean that the voter is in the grave.
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:33amwhats he gonna say?? the future looks bright and all is well..yea right
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:36am“Do your parents have any money that we don’t know about?”
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:50amHe can tell the truth.
Report Post »” Hey kids , got any grammas and grampas I can take off your hands ?
aLinedog
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 2:30amroflmfao
Report Post »home_of_the_brave
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 3:02amLMAO, you guys are a riot!
Report Post »felina g
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 5:52am“Work hard and we`ll stiff ya !”
Report Post »OhSuzieQ
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 11:00am@ CookCountyPatriot
You took the words right out of my mouth/head!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:32am“… Like last year, we anticipate the overwhelming majority will be submitted near the close of the Challenge.”
Don’t guess the schools had time for the applications this year. The union teachers were busy over in Wisconsin descecrating the Capitol Building!
Report Post »mill
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 9:54amMost schools…I say “most”…do no want losers,ie obama, addressing their student body.
This man is aiding in the destruction of our country. He’s not in the least bit concerned about gas prices.
We all blame the middle east..BUTBUTBUT WE GET THE MAJORITY OF OUR OIL FROM CANADA AND MEXICO!!!!
Someone still needs to explain why the problems in ME are effecting us so drastically and WHY ARE WE NOT DRILLING HERE…
I would not want him addressing my kids…
AND that was good question some one asked….WHY DOESN’T HE GO TO HIS OWN HIGHSCHOOL??????
Report Post »NUTHRDUMBCONSERVATIVE
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 11:57amAnd the school boards were busy trying to figure out how to get funding approved by the electorate. I am pretty sure there aren’t many school boards hoping to convince voters to support a hope and change stimulus package this time around.
Report Post »I SPY
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:28amYou might as well go ahead and uh, extend that deadline another few months, and again and again and again….
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:47amThey can’t! Graduation is right around the corner!
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 10:43amProblem is….posers are a dime a dozen. Who wants a poser speaking at a graduation ceremony? His own unpopularity really baffles him doesn’t it?
Report Post »Jabber
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 7:20pmCrap… Sorry about the double post above. I blame google.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:26amPerhaps because the parents have demanded that he NOT speak? Who wants their children to be brainwashed?
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:37amShowtime
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:26am
Perhaps because the parents have demanded that he NOT speak? Who wants their children to be brainwashed?
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BINGO!
Thank you for that. The truth does set you free. Maybe someday the Progs will learn that. LOL… yeah right!
http://www.americasteapartynews.com
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:41amSo Obama wants to read the teleprompter and take even more AF-1 rides , to get himself what ?
A picture ?????
http://conservativethinkers.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Obama-teleprompter.jpg
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:44amDuncan said, “Folks are working hard.“ He called on schools to ”put their best foot forward and join the competition.”
Report Post »————
Can madarassas join the competition too ?
banjarmon
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 12:48amMaybe the teachers that are in unions don’t want him to see just how bad they are doing…DUUUH…
Report Post »touch
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 1:01amI am sure this school located in Potomac, MD has a great chance of winning.
http://www.muslimcommunityschool.com/
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 1:10amgbisapl
Or perhaps whenever the President goes near a public school people like Glenn Beck go into a foaming rage about indoctrination.
Report Post »—————-
You have proof that union teachers and marxist leaders do not indoctrinate kids anymore ?
Showtime
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 1:26am@CheezWhiz ~
Report Post »“Can madarassas join the competition too ?”
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Cold, but definitely a good question, not to mention funny, too!
Down2TheC
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 1:30amI think it’s more of a political matter. Schools that actually prepare students for college wouldn’t want to enter. Schools that fawn over El Presidente are the one’s singing his praises and burning money and producing complete morons. (Except for the partial morons that drop out before graduation).
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 1:31am@gbisapl
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 1:04am
Or perhaps whenever the President goes near a public school people like Glenn Beck go into a foaming rage about indoctrination. It’s probably less of a headache for the schools to keep their heads down.
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Nah– The teachers are afraid some smart conservative‘s kid will ask why he or she had to bring a birth certificate to register for school but Obama didn’t have to show his to move into the White House.
Either that or some kid would ask him, “Mr. Obama, is it true that you crawled out from under a rock? That’s what my daddy said.”
cheezwhiz
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 1:37am@ Showtime
Report Post »http://www.politifake.org/image/political/small/1004/i-have-a-birth-certificate-mr-president-birth-political-poster-1271536169.jpg
Showtime
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 1:47am@CheezWhiz ~
Report Post »Love it!
Saved it to send to friends.
Thanks!
kryptonite
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 3:11amHere’s wh-Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z9qZzO2UOg
Report Post »WTH
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 4:55amYup, heard the whole change thing and it was bullsh*t, so we are gonna go a different way this year. We are gonna go with with Indonesian school boy as a topic.
Report Post »beebacksoon
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 7:08amShowtime
Report Post »So right! Glad parents (and perhaps the school administrators) are waking up and seeing the real Obama. Have you noticed he always makes a point to speak at colleges; elementary, middle and high schools?
I only wish our new governor could return the “Race to the Top” grant our former governor accepted. I’m sure there are federal strings attached.
grandmaof5
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 7:28amSHOWTIME, unfortunately if you don‘t want your kids brainwashed in today’s environment you have to send them to private school or home school. As for Obama, maybe schools would like him to spend an hour or two doing his job since the rest of the time he is on vacation.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 7:49am@SHOW ..
Not to mention that he was putting the kids to sleep …..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z9qZzO2UOg
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 7:57amDOWN2THEC You nailed it on the head. He‘s doesn’t want to speak at the school where he’s aready being praised daily. He wants to indoctrinate students at schools that he hasn’t reached yet. With two wars abroad,a political war in D.C.,the economy spinning out of control,oil at 107 a barrel and rising,the middle east falling into what will surely be another war,democratic legislators fhiding from their states,protest of all types spreading with help of google and facebook,14,000,000,000,000 in debt ….ect,ect he might want to do something about those thinmgs before going on a PR campaign for his next election.
Report Post »watrdawg2010
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 7:58amThis simply sounds to me like the country is waking up to this usurper that has no right to the office he has stolen. Since when did we change the constitution to allow kenyan citizens to become president of the United States?
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 8:08amMy kids get enough indoctrination at their school already, without the need for the head radical to show up and do it personally.
Report Post »Tagudinian
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 8:16amAnd people have had enough of this Kenyan who suffers from diarrhea of the mouth. And just like the disease or illness implies it is all garbage, lies and propaganda that issues forth from this impostor’s mouth.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 8:38amHe and his teleprompter have been campaigning for three years now. We’ve had enough. It’s time to stop speaking and time to start doing.
Report Post »Uncle Crusty
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 8:39amWho would want to listen to a loser anyway? This fraud in the WH is taking our country down the wrong path. What a mistake this country made electing this divider, apologist, marxist charlitan – THE MOST IGNORANT VOTE on record. Now I know why – half of our population wants socialism here, if not outright communism! This is just the beginning of the fall of America, we have much pain to go…
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 8:42amgbisapl, do you consider the article titled “Van Jones Brown-Nose Youth Recruitment: Forget Respecting Old People — You Are Gods, Geniuses & Walking Superpowers!” to be indoctrination? I do.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 8:46amThe highly insecure types always need constant reinforcement about how wonderful they are. When that is not forthcoming, they go into something resembling a desperate psychosis. As witness, this panic that’s being reported.
Report Post »pax_fratrem
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 8:50amTeachers are all busy in WI picket lines!
Schools could be racists?
Schools are waiting for Charlie Sheen’s reply, first … winning!
FLOTUS has mandated Tea as the beverage of choice in the high school caffeteria. Now, Tea Parties.have replaced Beer Parties.
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 9:05amWith all the liberal colleges we have out there …..How embarrassing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ha ha ha
Report Post »Ironeagle
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 9:18amSeems the only people Barry can now impress are fawning progressive teachers and naive kids–and even that pool is starting to dry up. Poor Barry, he needs all the adullation a narcissist can get!
Report Post »calebgs83
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 10:21am…if he had spoken at my graduation…I would have walked right by him without shaking his hand…he is a disgrace.
Report Post »OhSuzieQ
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 10:50amdamn Straight! ShowTime
Report Post »nothingbuthetruth
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 10:52amHa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha I cant stop laughing. they cant understand why no one wants Obama. Have they looked at the five trillion of new debt he put on these kids. Quit thinking these kids are stupid followers
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 10:54amOf course schools don’t want the POTUS speaking at their commencements and polluting the minds of our youth, they finally figured out who he is. Too bad it took 2 years to figure it out.
Report Post »ltb
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 10:59am“the memo said, ‘Something isn’t working.’”
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Yeah, here‘s what’s not working anymore – your lies. Americans have figured out that Obama is a liar and they couldn’t care less about what he has to say.
Report Post »oldoldtimer
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 11:12amIt is a proven fact you can not listen while speaking. Maybe that is why Obama does not hear us. His motor mouth never stops with the self praise.
Report Post »nothingbuthetruth
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 11:13amKids, this is a teachable moment. Obama is what you get when you dont look at the facts, understand who someones friends are and how they mirror the man.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 11:28amStalin was not in demand either… However, he simply [just] showed up whether they liked it or not.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 11:55amI guess that they (the Obama adminstration) is only great in your own minds. Used to be that schools would bend over backwards and beat each other down to have the POTUS come to their schools. Now they are not even applying for a visit by him?
Are we getting the point mr POTUS? Your poisen is not wanted. Most of us can barely stand the fact your illegitimate ideas are at the forefront of the country,,,,but we know your term has limits and is about to end.
Report Post »pitboss711
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 3:27pmWhat’s “isn’t working” is this administration.
Report Post »orkydorky
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 3:31pm@ banjarmon………………………………………………………….
My guess is, he don‘t care how badly their doing as long as the cash flow makes it’s way back to him for campaign funds!!!
Report Post »Theleftisda
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 4:42pmOur CBS News tally shows Mr. Obama has made 471 speeches, remarks and comments on every issue under the sun since taking office 423 days ago. His 54 statements on health care reform mean that better than 1 in 10 was on health care. Since the first of this year, it’s been nearly 2 in 10.
Report Post »(The communist in chief has diarrhea of the mouth)
beekeeper
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 5:03pmHave you taken a look at the application form? It is quite extensive, requesting three years of school “report cards”, various statistics, and has many essay questions:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/webform/commencement-challenge-2011
It would be non-trivial for a school to assemble the information needed – I’d imagine a couple hours, plus the effort to review and make sure all the info is correct, and for what? So that you can spend hours and hours working with the Secret Service to make the venue secure, get whatever is needed to secure the area to meet the SS requests, and to make school records available to the White House for review, all for a 20 minute presidential campaign speech by one of the more partisan presidents I can remember (“Elections have consequences”)…
Oh, and all this as every school district around the country is facing budget cuts, trying to balance their local budgets – they are a bit, how would you say it, “pre-occupied” at the moment…
Report Post »Jabber
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 6:32pmUm. Might I point out that perhaps the criteria for the competition is just too demanding? Or simply NOT permitted to exist at all?
“The president will travel to the school that is judged to best prepare students for college and careers.”
Since school teachers are taught (in college) social justice/equality/socialism-and are attempting to infiltrate their curriculum with it, how on earth can they justify participating in a CONTEST in which only ONE school WINS? Not to mention that the best way to prepare students for college is to teach them how to learn, how to study, how to take tests, how to work hard, etc and the best way to prepare them for careers is to teach them be on time, work hard, take orders, accept criticism, set goals, and apply themselves.
Just how many high schools does the White House think still operate under that ideal?
Report Post »Jabber
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 7:15pmUm. Might I point out that perhaps the criteria for the competition is just too demanding? Or simply NOT permitted to exist at all?
“The president will travel to the school that is judged to best prepare students for college and careers.”
Since school teachers are taught (in college) social justice/equality/socialism-and are attempting to infiltrate their curriculum with it, how on earth can they justify participating in a CONTEST in which only ONE school WINS? Not to mention that the best way to prepare students for college is to teach them how to learn, how to study, how to take tests, how to work hard, etc and the best way to prepare them for careers is to teach them be on time, work hard, take orders, accept criticism, set goals, and apply themselves.
Just how many high schools does the White House think still operate under that ideal?
Here’s last years finalists if anyone is interested:
* Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, KS
* Clark Montessori, Cincinnati, OH
* Denver School of Science and Technology, Denver, Colorado
* Environmental Charter High School, Lawndale, CA
* Kalamazoo Central High School, Kalamazoo, MI
* MAST Academy, Miami, FL
Interesting….
Report Post »2 incredibly well run “normal” public high schools (both in the Midwest)
One Montesorri school-with an interesting view of curriculum-and limited enrollment
One DSST school-that focuses on liberal arts through science and technology? Limited enrollment. Interesting list of donors too.
A “green” Charter School-limited enrollment, not overseen by public school district, only 20% of their school teachers are National Board Certified.
MAST Academy is a lottery style “Choice” school where applicants must “qualify” under specific criteria in order to be put in the lottery to join the school.
jhl1769
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 8:37pmHell no we don’t! My brother and I have had to call my nephews school and yell at them for a History and Sociology teacher that feels it’s okay to teach his Liberal OPINION to the students. He actually told them that anybody who didn’t want the Mosque at Ground Zero was wrong. Luckily, my nephew started a Republican club at his high school as a freshman and doesn’t buy this claptrap. However, we have had to explain to him that most Politicians and the Government aren’t to be trusted (both sides) and that he should use his own mind,in the TRUE American fashion!
Report Post »sodizzy
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 4:43amYeah!
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:28amMaybe even the dummies figured out Obama is a lot of boring Huff&Puff
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 12:08pmMaybe he extend it to the END of the school year.. if you don’t get want you want EXTEND how long they can apply.. what a joker we have leading us.. doesn’t he have MORE important issues like CUTTING SPENDING.. but guess he’s been required to work to long and needs a vacation..LOL..
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:40pmThis is a president who has chosen to leave Kevin Jennings remain his “Safe School Czar” in spite of his dubious past. Jennings previously organized a gay/lesbian children education organization and gave a keynote speech on teaching children about fisting at Tufts University. This president seems to have very low standards for his education department. Besides, what if he couldn’t make a speaking engagement and sent Jennings instead?
Report Post »DirectlyUnPCman
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 5:26pmThats the truth of it Showtime. The Wittless House has under estimated the parents of this country. We know what this fool is up to and have been telling and showing our kids for two years. You may have brainwashed the current post high school era, but you wont get the next generation without a fight. And guess who is winning that fight? We arent like ghetto parents. We care, and we are there.
Report Post »DisillusionedDaily
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:55pmIt could be that the kids are too busy playing with their free Ipads and Ipods that Jesse Jackson, Jr. got for them! Announce that LLCoolJ wants to come to the graduation and they will have 25,000 applications by sundown tomorrow!
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