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Education secretary urged his employees to go to Sharpton's rally
President Obama's top education official "ED staff are invited to join Secretary Arne Duncan, the Reverend Al Sharpton, and other leaders on Saturday, Aug. 28, for the 'Reclaim the Dream' rally and march," began an internal e-mail sent to more than 4,000 employees of the Department of Education on Wednesday. An invitation from your highest boss like this is more of an order. Sharpton created the event after Glenn Beck announced a massive Tea Party "Restoring Honor" rally at the Lincoln Memorial, where King spoke in 1963. What this says is that Sharpton couldn't get a 'crowd' (if that's what you call it) without the Department of Education practically ordering staff to attend. The Washington Examiner learned of the e-mail from a Department of Education employee who felt uncomfortable with Duncan's request. Although the e-mail does not violate the Hatch Act, which forbids federal employees from participating in political campaigns, Education Department workers should feel uneasy, said David Boaz, executive vice president of the libertarian Cato Institute. "[Conservatives] think we showed up [to vote for Barack Obama] in 2008 and that we won't show up again. But we know how to sucker-punch, and we're coming out again in 2010," Sharpton said. He said to the few faithful follows who attended his gathering without having to be told to attend by their boss. Duncan called education "the civil rights issue of our generation." "Educators, we have to stop thinking of [poor-performing children] as other people's children," he said. And your department has had what? 40, 50, 60 YEARS and in all that time performance has dropped faster than the Congressional Approval Ratings. I am thinking of one Federal department which needs to be destroyed - not reformed, not financed, utterly and completely vaporized. And the ground salted as an example to future generation to never, ever, ever, place your children in the hands of politically appointed bureaucrats. Speakers at the Sharpton rally praised Obama and took jabs at the Tea Party. "Dr. King gave us a miracle in 2008. He gave us the first African-American president, and we must let them know today that we support [Obama]," said John Boyd, Jr., president of the National Black Farmers Association. Another Racist-named organization I see.... D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton said Beck's rally "would change nothing. ... We will move right over you." Education Department spokeswoman Sandra Abrevaya defended Duncan's decision. "This was a back-to-school event," she said. Bullshit. Like everything else the Department of Education has spewed forth since its creation this is complete and utter bullshit. Posted by: CrazyFool 2010-08-31 |
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