Posted on 09/08/2009 3:59:53 PM PDT by pissant
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich defended President Barack Obama’s speech to school children Tuesday, urging “every child” to read the remarks.
Some conservative critics have accused the president of trying to “indoctrinate” school children with a speech Tuesday welcoming students back to school, but Gingrich said during an interview on NBC’s “Today Show” that the attacks are without merit.
“President Reagan did it, President George H.W. Bush did it,” he said. “I read the speech yesterday when it was posted and I think the White House was smart to post it.”
“It’s a good speech,” Gingrich added. “I recommend it to everybody if you have any doubts. I would love to have every child in America read it, think about it, and learn that they should stay in school and they should study.”
While Gingrich had praise for Obama’s school speech, he criticized the president for delivering a “very partisan” speech on Sunday that hit conservatives for not offering credible alternatives to Democratic attempts to overhaul health care.
“What’s your solution?” Obama asked of his critics Sunday during remarks to the AFL-CIO in Cincinnati. “You know what? They don’t have one. Their answer is to do nothing.”
Gingrich disputed the president’s characterization of the conservative position.
“Yesterday’s speech was fine if you’re a candidate, it was a terrible speech if you’re president,” he said. “For the president to suggest that his critics do not have alternative solutions is simply factually false.”
Looking toward the president’s speech Wednesday to a joint session of Congress, the former Republican House Speaker urged Obama to decide if he is “walking in as the President of the United States trying to calmly bring us all together, or is he walking in as a partisan left winger trying to rouse his side to run over everybody else?”
“If he can give a speech tomorrow night in the tone of his speech to the students, this country would be much better off,” Gingrich said.
It really bugs me when people who are supposed to be smart bungle the issue.
Newt has jumped the shark.
Shut the hell up Newt, you’re OUT. RINO’S be gone. Stop trying to help the evil destroyers of America.
Newt, as your former district constiuent, please go the hell away and take ‘Calista’ with you.
No mention of the curriculum/homework requirement?????
Are Newt and McCain best buds? Bromance?
How patronizng can he be.
Obama’s own “autobiography” does not support the fairy tale he told those kids today about being a po’ chil’ raised by a po’ self sacrificing single mother.
What a load of dreck. Bleccch.
time to retire newt
It’s crap like this that makes me wonder how anyone can continue to tout Newt as a serious contender for future office.
Newt you are either with us or the Enemy Of America there is no middle ground here!
What happened to 0be's foster pop? Is he under the bus? 0be never seems to mention him.
What subject was 0be's commie mommie teaching at 4:30 am? Koranic history? Just how many days did this happen?
Just askin'.
Any speech should be for the parents who refure to raise responsible kids......because they're (in most cases) irresponsible parents.
On the other hand...there are thousands of college graduates who worked their butts off...now collecting unemployment.
Did Obama mention that they shouldn't do coke or smoke???
Good grief !!!!
Better off? How, pray tell?
Obamacare has to fail. If it doesn't we are screwed to the max.
Of course not. Mr. Global Warming Couch figures bringing that up will get bad things said about him by the Washington branch of the SRM instead of how they'll say nice things about him saying nice things about the speech.
Or become gay crack whores like he did?
The speech isn’t the problem. Its the lesson plan that goes along with it.
4:30AM is wake up call before morning prayers.
alla akbar
And frankly, pretending to be president is the worst thing imaginable. That is what this marxist quisling is doing.
It’s the red flag that bothers me.
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