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| Education secretary urged his employees to go to Sharpton's rally |
| 2010-08-31 |
| 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 |
| #12 Sharp-tongue looked like a fool last night on The O'Reilly Factor. Bill almost said, Sharpie, you're full of crap. |
| Posted by: Jack Salami 2010-08-31 17:57 |
| #11 No Hatch violation because the Sharpton event was 'non partisan'. However, Duncan is a naive leftist. Sharpton has made more rascist statements himself than any 100,000 random tea party members. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2010-08-31 14:53 |
| #10 I wondered why there were so many people at Sharpton's rally. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-08-31 11:40 |
| #9 Separation of church and state!! Separation of church and state!! (Oh, wait a minute, he's on our side. Ok, it's just fine that a government lackey ordered his employees to attend a rally sponsored by a religious type. No problem! Nothing to see, move along now....) //moonbat off |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2010-08-31 11:40 |
| #8 Yes eltoroverde, not to steal the thunder from Fred's "Good Morning" beauties, but the singer in the above "Obamanation" song is like many of our conservative ladies, beautiful, talented, smarter than the Department of Education(?) and passionate. So here is one more plug for young people like her. Over 6 million hits on this video but Liberal Hollywood has never given her a break. Bottom line, support our wonderful conservative young people. |
| Posted by: Cromosing Pelosi9391 2010-08-31 10:25 |
| #7 That singer has some talent. Very easy on the ears and the eyes. |
| Posted by: eltoroverde 2010-08-31 10:01 |
| #6 "Sucker punching" is what the MSM does, and about all it does. Now & then they report. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-08-31 09:31 |
| #5 "[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 ”Sucker punch” as in race baiting, vote fraud, extortion, union payoffs…you know that sort of thing. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2010-08-31 09:25 |
| #4 Can we say Hatch Act. Not that AG Holder has any interests of upholding standing law. However, you can kill the appointee's time with long periods before Congressional committees after January on this line alone. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-08-31 08:39 |
| #3 Education Department spokeswoman Sandra Abrevaya defended Duncan's decision. "This was a back-to-school event," she said. If that's the case, why did Sharpton say Beck was trying to hijack civil rights. Translated: Civil rights is my thing, don't mess with my thing. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-08-31 08:31 |
| #2 Some EXCELLENT Tea Party/Rantburger Music Entertainment. A touch of the Latin American style. |
| Posted by: Cromosing Pelosi9391 2010-08-31 00:56 |
| #1 Bullshit. Like everything else the Department of Education has spewed forth since its creation this is complete and utter bullshit. I couldn't agree more |
| Posted by: Mike Hunt 2010-08-31 00:30 |