Has part of the country gone nuts?

The President of the United States is giving a speech on Tuesday, September 8, to elementary and high school students across the country encouraging them to do well in school and to graduate. Right-wing broadcasters and extremists are objecting!!!! Are they nuts?

The White House has also provided schools with a list of possible, age appropriate, discussion topics for before and after the broadcast. Things like "what do you think the President should tell kids?" and "What did you think of the what the President said?" Here are links to the materials: http://www.ed.gov/teachers/how/lessons/prek-6.pdf and http://www.ed.gov/teachers/how/lessons/7-12.pdf

But the agitators and those that listen to them are so opposed to anything that a black President (or worse, a multiracial President) does, that they can't even agree that encouraging kids to stay in school is a good thing! One acquaintance told me that the administration is "arrogant and people don't like it." I'm surprised he didn't say the President is "uppity"!

Arrrggghhh!