Yet Another Walkback
Yet Another Walkback
skittery
Courtesy of Bill Whittle
...Critics pointed to the part of the lesson plan that originally recommended having students “write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the president.”
The White House revised the plans Wednesday to say students could “write letters to themselves about how they can achieve their short-term and long-term education goals,” the Associated Press reports.
“That was inartfully worded, and we corrected it," White House deputy policy director Heather Higginbottom told the AP....
The *tappity*tap* of re-writes on Teh Skool Speech—merely to “rephrase” those “inartfully worded” bits [from the most naturally gifted speaker in Teh HisStory of Da W∅rld]—is deafening.
Further walkback:
The White House plans to release a copy of Obama’s remarks on Monday, in plenty of time for parents to decide whether they want their kids to hear the speech.
“... “That was inartfully worded, ...”
Obama, thy middle name is inartful.
“The White House plans to release a copy of Obama’s remarks on Monday, in plenty of time for parents to decide whether they want their kids to hear the speech.”
Most likely, that will be Monday at at 11:58pm, on a website you can get the URL for by calling 1-800-BH-OBAMA.
On Tuesday morning: fiskers of America, unite!
Posted by ZZMike on 09/05/09 at 09:46 AM
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