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HiPointDem

(20,729 posts)
Thu Sep 6, 2012, 03:38 PM Sep 2012

Rhee tells it straight:“There's no longer sort of some assumed alliance between the Democratic Party [View all]

and the teachers' unions."


As if the choice of Charlotte weren’t bad enough, an anti teachers union movie, Won’t Back Down, was shown at a convention event after being vetted by Democratic Party leadership. Michelle Rhee, the face of teacher union busting and the destruction of public education, appeared on a panel at the film’s screening. Rhee told the harsh and ugly truth about the way the Democrats are treating teacher unions. “There is no longer sort of some assumed alliance between the Democratic Party and the teacher’s unions.”

http://www.blackagendareport.com/content/freedom-rider-democrats-show-their-true-colors

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