School Detention, Then and Now

" But at the end of the day care. We gonna have the most dedicated teachers the most supportive parents. The best goals in the world and none -- it will make a difference. Not about won't matter. Unless all of you fulfill your responses -- Unless you show up to those schools unless you pay attention to those teachers. Unless you listen to your parents and grandparents and other adults and put in the hard work it takes."

" Okay -- a showstopper. There's hypocrisy in Washington. And yes it goes both ways. What's the latest book controversy exploded around the speech president Bob I just gave -- public school students. Many conservatives were outraged about the speech and Democrats they are outrage to the Republicans were outraged but here's what's interstate. President Bush 41 gave me similar speech back in 1991."

" And by the year 2000. At least nine in every ten students. Should graduate from high school. We should be first in the world. In math and science. We need you regularly tests students' abilities. Every American child should start school ready to learn. Every American and -- Should be -- And every American school should be safe. And drug free."

" Senate Democrats feel the same way about President Bush 41 talking to the students that they feel today about -- Obama talking to them. Just -- Byron York chief political correspondent for the Washington and --"

" Well hi yeah. That red circle so I'm news there so what -- what is the Democrats to back in 1991 when President Bush gave that. Terribly. But -- what offensive."

" Speech Imus by the Democrats back then you know first of all -- I mean for president wants to give a speech to students and -- to work hard do their homework brush your teeth that you."

" Yeah that's neither party nothing wrong -- that but."

" Bush one did it in 1991. And there wasn't a lot of controversy before him. So he goes to junior high school in Washington DC gives a speech that you just saw the next day the Washington Post does a front page story. Saying suggesting this was all -- big political event to polish the president's presidential and."

" And let me just read from your I -- know this if from your echo puts it the day if you bush spoke the Washington Post published a front page story -- in his speech was carefully staged for the present political benefit. The White House turned in northwest Washington junior high class and it to -- television studio and -- students into practice broad based that's the and that is that beginning."

" And that's definition of presidential event it -- said the same thing about Obama's what happened was Democrats -- control of congress. And Democrats in the house became especially angry about this not only did they denounce Bush's speech. But they actually started an investigation by the general accounting office and they held hearings on it as well. I'm President Bush's speech yes it costs about 26000 dollars to states to hold bush speech we don't know what the Obama speech cost and certainly -- something. And the represented named William Ford -- the education and labor committee and in the house held this. Long -- Lamar Alexander who was the education secretary back -- to explain what the president was doing spending all this money that basically. That Richard Gephardt who was a top Democrat in the -- said this is they paid political event. For President Bush and they had no business doing it in an era of scarce resources."

" Yeah I I don't feel I mean it as appalling as it is when they would both parties showed an approximate that Republicans went to Democrat the Democrats going after -- in reading your article the thing that I found the most defensive about it. Because -- expected from the parties to go actually tell it like that unfairly -- might -- both ways. He's the Washington Post put in -- I'm dying to see the Washington Post front page article to well to see if they do the same thing. To president ballot but they did to bush 41 and both speeches I think we're quite inspiring to students."

" I don't cruel. Saying that bush should use the students as props I'm not suggesting that wasn't true but I think perhaps this president did the same thing. All presidents -- things like that. But it it was clearly was as a matter of fact at the hearings represented Ford and hearings into this hearing said in this. Speech said. Held up the Washington Post article on set after I see this I have serious questions about it so we'll look for tomorrow's."

" even Pinochet continues to present to use his props is -- half -- just being nasty. You know the truth this is that they know what President Bush 41 said 1981 was important for students I heard President Obama -- talk about how Michael Jordan. It got cut from the high school team in looking a look at what he accomplishment both both were some vaguely inspiring. Inspiring to students and instead you see this sort of political back and forth well."

" A lot of the conservatives who if you had reservations about this Obama's speech after they read it when -- was released yesterday and after they saw it when it was delivered today. They didn't have any objections I mean it was the that the objection actually to -- Obama's speech had been. The lesson the tears at the Education Department suggested asking students to write an essay about."

" What they can do to help the president and of course as you point out that came before the speech once they read -- they backed up in nineteen anyone after President Bush gave his speech. The Washington Post the next -- it -- and and then they start investigation the Democrats on the also to -- different sort of timeline."

" It became -- federal spending story instead of a -- the president and his agenda story."

" And all the -- gonna rush to after midnight tonight to see if the Washington Post online if what they're Democrats are not whether they give this president of the same treatment they gave President Bush 41 -- Thank you for integration that says -- was a great story thing."