With its themes of individual effort and responsibility, it would have been easy to imagine the speech Barack Obama gave to America's school children coming across the airways in the voice of the "Great Communicator" himself...
Well, at least the scripted version of the "Great Communicator"... When ad libbing Ronald Reagan could be far more awkward and antiquated than his current-day devotees would like to remember...
On Sunday's "Meet The Press" Tom Friedman characterized the whole prejudged controversy "flat out stupid," while fellow New York Times columnist, Bob Herbert suggested "it's time to get help" on Monday.
Faced with the actual event, those agitated with anticipatory angst were forced to seek a different target for their obsessions.
Bottom line: The speech was filled with conservative values... The fear mongers seemed to demonstrate serious pathology... I'm not a pro, but paranoid schizophrenia sounds about right to me.
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