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<blockquote data-quote="MichaelRl4" data-source="post: 1981235" data-attributes="member: 720264">Maybe not (I&#039;m not a Republican), but Democrats screamed bloody murder when Bush I did so in 1991:Perspective: Dems slammed George H.W. Bush for address to schoolsSeptember 4th, 2009 . by TonyDemocrats like Dick Gephardt objected strenuously to President George H.W. Bush addressing students in 1991.Ah yes, what is good for the goose is good for the gander.&nbsp; Let’s look back to 1991 when then President George H.W. Bush spoke to students at Alice Deal Junior High School in Washington, D.C. imploring them to stay away from drugs.&nbsp; That speech was broadcast to schools nationwide after letters were sent to schools around the country encouraging them to allow students to watch.What was the response at the time?&nbsp; The wonders of the Internet allow us to travel back in time and take a look.&nbsp; News stories from the period show that Democrats were much less than pleased with the speech.&nbsp; Among the complaints, House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt said, “The Department of Education should not be producing paid political advertising for the president, it should be helping us to produce smarter students.&nbsp; And the president should be doing more about education than saying, ‘Lights, camera, action.’ “</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MichaelRl4, post: 1981235, member: 720264"] Maybe not (I'm not a Republican), but Democrats screamed bloody murder when Bush I did so in 1991: Perspective: Dems slammed George H.W. Bush for address to schools September 4th, 2009 . by Tony Democrats like Dick Gephardt objected strenuously to President George H.W. Bush addressing students in 1991. Ah yes, what is good for the goose is good for the gander. Let’s look back to 1991 when then President George H.W. Bush spoke to students at Alice Deal Junior High School in Washington, D.C. imploring them to stay away from drugs. That speech was broadcast to schools nationwide after letters were sent to schools around the country encouraging them to allow students to watch. What was the response at the time? The wonders of the Internet allow us to travel back in time and take a look. News stories from the period show that Democrats were much less than pleased with the speech. Among the complaints, House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt said, “The Department of Education should not be producing paid political advertising for the president, it should be helping us to produce smarter students. And the president should be doing more about education than saying, ‘Lights, camera, action.’ “ [/QUOTE]

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