Originally Posted by Grinity
I never thought I would live to see this:


but I'm glad I did!
Grintiy

Carter, Reagan, Bush Sr, Clinton, Bush Jr all delivered speeches to schools before this.

Originally Posted by Dottie
Okay, since you brought it up....

First, I don't get the controversy. I thought his message was great with little said that was controversial from a political standpoint.

It was the "talking points" delivered prior to the speech that were controversial. Almost all the questions were self-serving. It gave the appearance of politicizing the appearance.

As for past controversies, Bush Sr was famously lambasted by Dick Gephardt - and Bush Jr was "investigated" by Congress for his speech.

I thought Obama's speech was too long and had too many references to himself. There were a few good points and had he just hit those high notes, it would have been pretty good.