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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
What was so offensive about those questions that you couldn't answer them?
If you'd prefer not to answer, I'll just go along with Ace's description here:
...and assume that is the answer.
I just want to understand. Seems now it's a sensitive issue for some reason.
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My view is not complicated and I am surprised with the response. I have a child and the thought of someone exploiting my child or children in general is never something I am going to take lightly. Call me over-protective, call it irrational, I don't care, but if I don't trust a person I am not going to be comfortable with my child being exposed to that person. With that said, I also know there are some people out there who are simply against Obama for whatever their reasons and will use every issue, any issue to try and make him look bad. Obama needs to understand the difference between those with legitimate concerns and those who are simply on the attack. Perhaps, the irony is lost, but in my view Obama was wise to release the speech and to change the lesson plan. But, I still believe he showed a lack of foresight and created his own problem here. When people with rational concerns are grouped with those with irrational concerns it simply angers those with rational concerns.
Most of the people here seem to want to "win" all sides of this issue. For example if the public response was truly irrational, a strong leader does not need to respond to irrationality. If the concerns were truly irrational a strong leader simply gives the speech and follows through with their plan. It is interesting to look at a past President like Nixon. Nixon not only did not respond to the irrational, he did not respond to the rational. Nixon seems to me to be on one extreme (Nixon didn't give a shit), Obama and his administration on the other (constantly complaining about the right and constantly bending to their will). And, you guys here seem to be o.k. with that??? I don't get it.