Given all the heat regarding President Obama’s upcoming speech to the Nation’s students, it is a good time to reflect on how past presidents have communicated to American Youth. Take the first President Bush for example; he spoke to students at Alice Deal Junior High School in Washington City back in October of 1991. Did Democrats raise a fuss? And this right before the ’92 election season. For the video and full transcript of President George H. W. Bush’s talk to students, kindly go to: http://www.historyguy.com/biofiles/president_bush_speech_to_school_kids_1991.htm
Sources:
Bush Public Papers-1991-October–From the Bush
Presidential Library and Museum
On eve of 1992 campaign, Bush 41 pitches education plan in televised classroom speech–DailykosTV
Barack Obama is not the first president to address school children –PolitiFact.com
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/9/3/776393/-Another-wingnut-meme-goes-down-the-drain