You know, I've wondered how much more people are going to take from this Adminsitration before they say "Enough is enough." (Is there anyone in this Administration who has not made some vile remark toward some special group, association, culture, race, etc, etc, etc.? If there are, they are becoming few.) Maybe today, the teachers of America will wake up and take notice.
Why?
Because today, in front of the Governors of the United States, the Education Secretary, Rod Paige, called the nation's largest teacher's union (2.7 million-member strong) a terrorist organization, as reported by the Washington Post.
Paige said later in an Associated Press interview that his comment was "a bad joke; it was an inappropriate choice of words."
Yes. And I'm Santa Frickin' Claus?
Paige said he had made clear to the governors that he was referring to the Washington-based union organization, not the teachers it represents.
[NEA President Reg] Weaver responded, "We are the teachers, there is no distinction"...
Terry McAuliffe, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, put it in stronger terms, accusing Paige of resorting "to the most vile and disgusting form of hate speech, comparing those who teach America's children to terrorists."
Thanks, Terry. Now kindly get back to work to come up with a winning strategy for November.
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