If you haven't seen this video clip on Obama's July 16th speech at the NAACP, here it is:"And let me say this. If Al Sharpton, Mike Bloomberg, and Newt Gingrich can agree that we need to solve the education problem, then that's something all of America can agree we can solve. [clap, clap, clap]
"Those guys came into my office . . . [pause for irony] . . . just sitting in the Oval Office, I kept on doing a double-take.
[mimics his own disbelief, laughter, clap, clap, clap]
"But that's a sign of progress . . .
Progress?
I would like to say Obama doesn't get it, but he's way too smart. With both feet planted square in the neocon agenda, he and his Secretary buddy Arne "Non-Educator" Duncan have been working overtime on creating a feeding frenzy for public monies.
The cash is going to charters without a doubt, even though nobody says what the big deal is with these schools. The only thing I can tell is that they get to keep the class size down and pick their students. That doesn't cut it with the masses, the people whose dreams were once tied up with putting this president into the White House.
Sharpton, Gingrich and Bloomberg — not an educator among them. Just a trio of dissemblers with a nose for power and cash.
President Obama, I agree with you it's weird to see these guys sitting around the Oval Office, but what I can't get is why the heck were you in there with them?
President Obama's educational policies are so terrible and so wrongheaded that they almost make me question why I even voted for him. Thus, this is why I believe that all concerned individuals and groups need to be seriously working on changing Obama's position on educational issues. Moreover, individuals and groups need to encourage organizations like the NAACP, the ACLU, and Advocates for Children to bring class action lawsuits and cases into the legal justice system in order to stop some of Obama's educational nonsense.
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