Since Obama is doing nothing but telling them to study and stay in school..why are

[SithMaster2019]

Because they are worried Obama is also going to attempt to talk about his political agenda. They also don't like the fact that the government is sending along lesson plans for the speech. They aren't comfortable with MORE government intruding upon the classroom. I'll admit, this is pretty dumb since it appears that Obama just wants to talk about education. However, Obama should release a transcript of the speech so people will be able to tell whether or not it contains anything political. This speech is potentially the only good thing he's done in his presidency so far. Also, to say conservatives are crazy is astounding. Have you ever heard Nancy Pelosi talk?

[ShriekingPanda]

Put the shoe on the other foot. What if a very conservative republican president were doing this? Would liberals keep their children home?

What if you knew that after the talk your child might be verbally abused by the teacher in front of his/her friends because of their political beliefs? What if you knew your child would face discrimination? Would you send them to school that day?

What if their political opinion influenced their grade or the way they were treated at school?

Imagine if we were talking about religious beliefs, color or sexual orientation. If we are all equal, why are some liberals so nasty to people with different political ideas - even children. (look at what's written here in these answers!)

Here is one of many articles on how conservative students are being marginalized on college campuses:
http://www.carolinajournal.com/exclusives/display_exclusive.html?id=68

But it's happening all the way down to the elementary school level as can be seen in this video where a teacher belittles a grade schooler and then tells her that if she votes republican her father (a soldier in Iraq) won't be home for 100 years:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2008/11/07/north-carolina-teacher-caught-tape-teaching-pro-obama-lessons/

[truthseeker]

radio talk show hosts and the media(FOX) control not only their lives , but their thoughts as well.

[Maxwell]

Actually you have no idea what BO will be telling them. He has not released his speech or talking points.

So until you ACTUALLY know what is being said, you should not make such claims.

[Alex]

hmmm because republicans are anti-education maybe? it sure seems like it sometimes

[paula]

Maybe the parents just don’t want their children to learn to “pledge to serve Obama”.

http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92974?fp=1

and http://www.sltrib.com/News/ci_13249171

[AndyG]

Lib hypocrisy!!!!

“The Department of Education should not be producing paid political advertising for the president, it should be helping us to produce smarter students,” said Richard Gephardt, then the Democratic majority leader in the House of Representatives.”

[Danny]

Becouse there to lazy and they want everything there way, i mean grow up people, its for ur own good get a life with a good job!

[Bryan]

Well not to point out the most obvious thought here, but you do realize that the speech has not been given yet. Right? Therefore your proclamation about what he is going to say is no better than the proclamations from the other side. I suspect that his speech will be pretty innocuous in content. Especially with all the furor it has caused, but it does not change the basic truth of the fact I have stated here.

[Sam]

Because that is not what he is doing . He figured out that most American adults do not buy his lies and he needs to take advantage of kids to talk his Liberal nonsense !!