Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event in Roanoke, Virginia "kids don’t want to learn"

The White House Office of the Press Secretary ^ | July 13, 2012 | The President

[mdittmar]

THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, Roanoke!  (Applause.)  It is good to be back in Roanoke!  Good to be back in Virginia.  (Applause.)  Back in the Star City. 

     There are a couple of people I want to acknowledge.  First of all, you've got one of the finest senators and public servants in the country in Mark Warner.  Give it up for Mark Warner.  (Applause.)  Now, Mark was a great governor for the Commonwealth of Virginia, and now he's a great senator.  I just want to point out we've got another great governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia who is going to be a great senator in Tim Kaine.  (Applause.)  We are thrilled to have them both with us today.

     I want to thank Mayor David Bowers who's here.  (Applause.) City Manager, Christopher Morrill.  (Applause.)  Fire Chief, David Hoback.  (Applause.)  And we've got former Majority Leader of the House of Delegates, Dick Cranwell is here.  (Applause.) 

     And all of you are here.  (Applause.)  Couldn’t ask for a nicer setting.  It is beautiful flying in to Roanoke. 

     Now, let me just say, unless you have managed to break your television set -- (laughter) -- you're probably aware that it is campaign season.  And I know it's not always pretty to watch.  We're seeing more money flooding into the system than ever before, more negative ads, more cynicism.  A lot of the reporting is just about who's up and who's down in the polls instead of talking about the things that matter in your day-to-day life.

[RetSignman]

[kids don’t want to learn...]

GOOD, because all they are being taught is Socialism/ Communism.

[TheRobb7]

Someone needs to post this on YouTube...or it will fall into the memory hole.

[BenLurkin]

He changes what he says depending on what his handlers judge to be most attractive to the given audience.

That is not what he would have said to the NAACP.

[TXnMA]

...but if your kids have been brainwashed by your racist "culture" that learning is too "white", it’s hard to teach them.

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

It’s painful when he tries to sound cool. His inner nerd is right on the surface.

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We need a series of Obama’s embarrassing moments with the caption “Channeling Urcle (spelling?)”