The Obama Administration learned a valuable lesson from parents across the country: don’t push your socialist agenda on my child.  After a week of criticism over a speech and study guide asking students what they can do for President Obama, the administration toned it down.  The president read a good speech with a focus on personal responsibility, staying in school, and setting goals.  He told schoolchildren to look to the future and use school as a way to succeed no matter what your background.  This is a message all parents need to re-enforce with their children.

Watch this panel on Today’s THV:

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 Members of congress should take offense to President Obama telling them that if they don’t have a deadline, they can’t get anything done.    In his fourth prime time news conference of his administration, President Obama continued to poke and prod of members of Congress into quick action on healthcare.   The problem with this prescription, the administration needs to realize that to carry out a complete overhaul of our health care system, it’s more important to get it done ‘right’ than ‘right now.

Another inspiring teleprompter-driven Obamacare speech, mixed with some questions from the media, and nothing new to show for it.  It was more of the same, and many are still asking the same questions about cost, choice, and coverage for our elected officials.  When the president was pressed for details, he reverted to his talk of little blue pills, red pills, and sore throats.

The president dodged the cost question by saying, “before we talk about how to pay for it, let's talk about what exactly needs to be done.” 

 The upcoming ABC prime time health care program is a tough pill to swallow.  "Questions for the President:  Prescription for America" is nothing more than than in infomercial with a healthy dose of skepticism from champions of equal time.

 The administration's record of selective media access and planted questions at press briefings has raised eyebrows of even objective observers.   If you didn't know any better, you'd imagine 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue has a new sign reading: "Welcome to the Obama White House - Journalists please check your integrity at the door." 

Don't get me wrong, you can't blame ABC for accepting the offer to broadcast live from the East Room, the Blue Room, and the South Lawn of the White House.  Not to mention the exclusive conversation with the President of the United States.  Despite the red-carpet treatment, the network has an ethical responsibility to be accurate in their presentation.  I hope they are, but it doesn't look that way.

ABC News has refused to air paid ads which offer an alternative viewpoint during the prime-time program.  They refused to allow the Republican National Committee (RNC) to present the views of any GOP leaders.  RNC Chief of Staff Ken McKay protested the program, saying this is a "glorified infomercial to promote the Democrat agenda."