Reply #207: What bullshit that is. Duncan is not the President and Damon

[Bluenorthwest]

is not a negotiator for teachers. Duncan was just trying to exploit Damon, to use him. Damon was there to advocate for teachers, thus, Duncan should have responded by meeting with TEACHERS. Duncan comes to Damon? Why? Because he's a celebrity, because he is trusted by people.
When a person is famous, that person learns how to avoid co-opting, exploitative leeches who wish to use, use, use. Damon holds no authority to meet with the administration on the behalf of others, there are those who do have that authority, and Duncan runs from them like the house is on fire.
Additionally, I checked and Damon was on a pressing clock, having gone out of his way to be there when his actual job and work were going on hundreds of miles away. Thousands? Far away. Take a plane far. Charter a plane at great expense far. Damon has responsibilities in his own job which he does not take lightly. He did not come there to be a gadfly. And Duncan has many more suitable people who have been long eager to meet with him, and he should do so.
To use the term that is used about such people as Duncan, Arne was just being a starfucker. No one likes a starfucker. Especially stars who do not wish to be fucked.