Why do Republicans believe that studying and getting good grades are socialist?

I have read the entire speech (revised version) and it shouldn't be objectionable to any reasonable person.

I think the "I Pledge" video which was shown at some schools days before the speech was a red flag for some people. The parts where it says "I pledge to be servant of our President", "I pledge to be of service to Barrack Obama" and "I pledge to advance stem cell research" are a bit over the line. The video was largely positive, but I can see how a few parts of it could justifiably alarm a few folks.

Maybe they just believe that someone "telling" the students to study hard and get good grades is, lol. The funny thing is, as bad as this economy has been for the past 3 or 4 years, there is no way we can become a "socialist" government. We just don't have the resources. But that is just one aspect of socialism. I honestly believe that no matter how good the one party is doing, they will never get praise from the other party for the good they do or have done.

So they can keep them uninformed and following their useless diatribe. Knowledge is power

Edit: "to be a servant of the President" is not a red flag it just shows how uninformed these people are. Since the President and Congress have the authority to enforce the draft, to send you to war whether you believe in it or not, so every country should pledge to service their country, I guess being patriotic and supporting your elected President are just for white presidents...Like Bush, who ran us economically in the ground, two wars BTW those wars was funded by communist China. I guess rethugs do not have a problem taking monies from communists and accepting help from our socialists allies in conflict (war). I wonder how they feel with all the rhetoric and associating socialism with hitlerism. They might get the impression you are judging them. Perhaps they should re-align themselves with each other

They dislike Obama mainly because he is not the guy they voted for. They'd have no problem with socialism if the republican party told them socialism was good. There's nothing socialist about this speech, but they couldn't expect to be taken seriously if they simply said don't listen to Obama's speech because we think he sucks. They toss around the term socialism like they know what it means, but really all they mean is they don't like Obama because he's not the guy they voted for. Personally, I am against socialism and not a huge fan of Obama, but if he wants to give a speech to school kids, I say let him. He's the president. If we cannot let the president be the president, we should stop whining about him and form our own separate nation. But I hope we do not. I think our current mess is preferable to a republican nation.

The Republican political image is so badly damaged that they are grasping at anything for a rally cry right now. The party is anemic right now. All the Republican politicians concerned with is getting back into power. They will use any and every opportunity they can to sway the minds and hearts of the people. This includes inciting and invoking fear among American citizens. Right now they are mounting a strategy for 2012. So any little thing they can grab on to they will.

That is just what they say to keep the American poor and minority youth forever in debt to the Education Department. The Conservatives never really wanted someone to stimulate and encourage the Americans that are at trhe bottom of the socioeonomic totem pole because then there would be waaayyyy too many Obamas and Sotomayors and not enough Bushes.

I am a Republican and I believe in studying and getting good grades. My son is a republican and he has a college education. You must be watching cnn or some other very liberal news organizations.

To be honest, if Obama said "Don't stick your wet hand into a live socket", a lot of them would do it, just to prove him wrong and that not electrocuting yourself was a marxist ideal.

I don't think all republicans are that bloody minded though: I think it's a tiny minority who just have very big mouths and most of them will want their kids to succeed like everyone else.

No republican believes that studying and getting good grades is socialist. Our concern was whether or not our president was going to use our children to pursue his socialist agenda. Our concern was whether or not our president was attempting to indoctrinate our children into his version of socialism. Our concern is the fact that our president, in his arrogance, decided to include lesson plans for the teachers of our children to use after his speech. If Obama is such a better teacher then why is he not teaching and why don't we fire all the teachers we already have? Honestly I was surprised by the speech. It was not your typical liberal speech telling children that they are entitled to good grades. Obama actually told children to actively take responsibility for their educations. Obama told children that they would have to work and earn their grades. The surprise is his use of the word "responsibility"...a word liberals typically avoid when speaking.

A good education is the best defense against falling for conservative propaganda, so how can it not be socialist? :)