In case there are some out there who still care about issues other than slashing our own throats:

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16. I wish he knew that banning educators who question his reform policies from Twitter...

is not a really good move. It's been a turning point for me to be banned just as it is for so many others.

I have always been upfront about my strong support for him early on, and I also honestly speak out when I think he is taking a wrong path. My late hubby and I felt like part of the family of the Dean Campaign, but now it's like it never meant a thing to him.

I have watched our Democratic Party outdo the Republicans on the move to privatize public schools...they pushed these policies far more than Bush ever did. I spent 33 years of my life loving and teaching children and getting involved in their lives and the lives of their family. It tears my heart out to see what has happened since 2009.

I have watched Arne Duncan be allowed to spend nearly 4 billion on charter schools without any accountability. He's just walking away from it all. The charter schools have been the goal of the centrist Democrats at least since 2000, probably earlier.

I also find myself wondering and examining why the main reason to stay in our party is the fact that the Republicans are scary.

There ought to be reasons that make me want to stay and be enthusiastic. That's how it should be.