1991 versus 2009
A sentence from President George W. Bush’s address to Ms. Mostoller’s class at Alice Deal Junior High School in Washington, D.C. on October 1, 1991:
“Write me a letter — and I’m serious about this one — write me a letter about ways you can help us achieve our goals.”
Here is the entire speech, if you are interested in reading it.
What has changed, other than the rise of the lunatic fringe of the Republican Party, led by Hannity, Coulter, Bachmann, O’Reilly, Beck, Palin, and Limbaugh?
Update 09/09/2009: Got the location of Alice Deal Junior High School wrong – it is in Chevy Chase, MD, not in D.C.
Update 09/12/2009: Nope, MapQuest shows that Alice Deal, at 3815 Fort Dr. N.W., is inside the corporate limits of Washington, D.C. It is close to Chevy Chase, but it is not inside the corporate limits of Chevy Chase.
Jimmy Z Show, that’s funny–I never heard that.
And just an aside, I actually voted for Bush. I admit it. I’m ashamed now. But it’s true. Some people, when presented with evidence, wake up.
No need to be ashamed, Debi. We all do what we think is right at the moment. Hindsight, as the saying goes, is 20/20.
Our news station kept showing the same clip over and over of a local father, red-faced with outrage that his son was going to be forced to watch our President give a speech about the importance of education and how he was going to keep his son out of school that day. And all I could think is how his kid would probably grow up to be just like his Dad—a dumb (and angry) sheep never learning to think for himself. Why bother when you have people like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh telling you how and what you think?
Except the liberals went nuts when Bush spoke in 1991.
Liberal hypocrisy strikes again.
Oh, did they really, JimmyZ? Prove it, you spineless reactionary moron. I want a URL that proves your assertion – a specific URL that shows that “liberals went nuts” over this particular speech. You don’t have the cojones to come back and answer. All you can do, just like your buddies, is throw out insults and then run and hide.
Couldn’t help yourself and stay away from the politics, could you? lol I know Jeff–they are CRAZY. And mean. The more silly and mean stuff they do, the more turned off of them I get. They are simply blowing a fuse because they lost the election. That’s all. I just feel sorry for this president. He’s one of the best presidents we’ve ever had and truly a good man, and he gets nothing but attacked. I’m looking forward to his talk tonight. I hope he’s pissed enough about all this craziness that he puts his foot down.
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