The good people over at The Orlando Sentinel did a little research and point out how exceptionally hypocritical it is for Greer of all people to be leading the freaking out among conservatives:
There once was a political operative who loved to tell crowds he had a simple way of explaining to children the difference between Republicans and Democrats.Of course, Greer thinks him talking to students about politics is entirely different than Obama addressing them because, and I quote, because he "wasn't using lesson plans."
"Republicans get up and go to work," he would tell his son. "Democrats get up and go down to the mailbox to get their checks."
This man not only talked to his son about Republican values, he went into public-school classrooms and talked about them as well.
That man is Jim Greer -- the same Jim Greer who, as chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, just threw a nationwide hissy fit, claiming that the classroom is no place for politics and Barack Obama's "indoctrination."
One Seminole County mother, Barbara Wells, remembers the day Greer spoke to her son's sixth-grade class. "My son said he made some sort of Hillary Clinton joke," she recalled.
But you know what? Wells didn't pitch a fit. She didn't call up the local TV station to scream about Republican indoctrination. Instead, she advised her son: "Whatever you are told in life, remember there are two sides to every story."
Today, Greer is taking credit for the speech that Obama gave, and has proclaimed himself a hero. Without him, Greer suggests, Obama would have gone ahead with his speech filled with liberal propaganda, and instead rewrote the speech because he was "caught with his hand in the cookie jar."
Again, no evidence for his claim. And even Joe Scarborough called out this guy as being out of line.
If you haven't yet, I suggest you read the speech he gave today, complete with a shout out to Facebook and Twitter!
**Update** The White House has released video of the speech:
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