It Wasn't Sinister Then & It's Not Sinister Now
24hourpartypooper: President Ronald Reagan gave a similar speech to students as he was winding-up his second term in the Oval Office. The nationally-televised dialogue with students – which was held in November, 1988 — resembles the scheduled Obama event in many ways.
In the early afternoon hours of November 14, 1988, President Reagan, seated in the White House State Dining Room, proclaimed that he was “particularly pleased to be talking to American students” and then added ”a special hello to those of you who are watching on C-Span.”
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