Jenna blows off teaching job

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON - Jenna Bush has been bitten by the campaign bug and will not be teaching in Harlem this fall, the Daily News has learned.
"She is not going to teach this fall," First Lady Laura Bush told The News. "After she started working at the headquarters and started traveling with her dad, she decided she would wait until the spring so she could be involved all fall with the campaign."

Laura Bush said that Jenna's twin, Barbara, also has decided to put her career plans on hold until after the first of the year to stay on the election trail.
...
Peter Murphy, a spokesman for the New York Charter Resource Center, which helped the founders of the Harlem Day Charter School get established, said the door is always open for job applicants like Jenna Bush. "She has a perfectly good reason to put off her educational career," said Murphy.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/223634p-192127c.html

[NC_Nurse]

1. I'm shocked...

Shocked, I tell ya!

:eyes:

[obnoxiousdrunk]

2. Those Harlem

kids are going to miss her.

[hlthe2b]

44. yes... how on earth will they get by without her?

what an incredible loss......:eyes:

[Maine-i-acs]

3. What a robust economy we have!

Pampered 20 somethings don't even NEED to LOOK for a job! Lounge and sponge until the trust fund dries up ...

[name not needed]

4. Just like Daddy blew off the National Guard

It must run in the family.

[Javaman]

15. Two more twits sucking off the gov't teat...

Sure why should they go and teach? That would mean they would have to suddenly see the real world. They take an example of old daddio, "hmm, he failed at everything else, but is making the big bucks being a Saudi shill, why the hell not?"
Nothing like two more uninformed, unexperienced, no life experienced, ivory tower republicans.
They make me retch.

[imax2268]

50. yup

just like her daddy...

[kerry-is-my-prez]

69. Yep - same thing that popped into my mind....

n/t

[Beware the Beast Man]

5. Ahh, the time-honored Bush tradition

Sponge off the old man. Good, they can help around the ranch come November.

[maxrandb]

40. No, the tradition is

You say you're going to do something and it makes a splash all over the front pages of the papers and is breaking news on the Gestapo Cable Network....then you back out of it, and it shows up on Democratic Underground in the General Discussion Forum and maybe page 23 of the Amish Gazette.

Nothing to see here.

[Razoor]

55. you hit the nail on the head on thaf one

couldnt say it better.

[TahitiNut]

56. "All hat; No cattle" and "All sizzle; No steak." ...

... these are the mottos of the Busholini Family Crest: a Krusader's shield emblazoned with dollar signs, flanked by fasces, with rampant cockroaches and surmounted by an empty helmet.

[Vickers]

75. "they can help around the ranch"

:spank::spank::spank::spank::spank:

[Surf Cowboy]

6. Just like Dad,

she talks a big game about helping poor kids, then, as soon as everyone's back is turned, she goes back to helping the rich.

The apples never fall too far from the tree...

[swag]

7. Grade School Student Proficiency Futures Skyrocketed on the News

[Blue-Jay]

8. Great. Another liquor store in Harlem has closed.

heh

[fishface]

9. That might put a crimp in her Happy Hour commitments..

so many bars...so few hours..

[Bozita]

10. Community service is the only way she goes into a classroom

Did anyone believe that she was ever gonna teach in Harlem?

[goclark]

43. Great News for the kids in Harlem!!

I knew she was going to back out, she would NEVER set her drunk foot in Harlem.
And, Harlem deserves better than this trailer trash.

[aden_nak]

11. Maybe her dad can join her in the spring. He'll be out of a job, ya know.

[LosinIt]

12. Daddy got the good PR when she announced she would teach in Harlem

No need for her to ACTUALLY do any teaching in, ew, Harlem.

(/sarcasm)

[ChipperbackDemocrat]

16. C'mon folks lets be fair

She's helping out her dad, no problem with that.

By January 20th, she'll need her resume handy...just like her daddy. ;)

[lpbk2713]

13. They realize Daddy's sinking campaign needs all the help it can get.

What they don't realize is that it is an exercise in futility. Daddy has blown his chances big time.

[demnan]

14. Actually I can't blame her

Given the choices I can't say I would be teaching in Harlem if my Dad was running for President. That said, she should not have committed to the job if she had no intention of following through. However, who cares?

[Javaman]

18. Hmmm...

Maybe it was morons decision for her not to teach, she may get a first hand look at how successful No child is left behind is working...LOL

[Malva Zebrina]

17. teaching the strapless sop sisters to lie

just like mommy and daddy lie. Truth, ethics, morals are for the little people.

[Selwynn]

19. Nothing wrong with that.

If my father was running in a campaign, I would likely postpone starting a new job until after it was finished as well.

I'm for fairness, which is why I don't like using things like this as excuses just to hate everyone associated with Bush. I'm not saying you meant it that way. I'm just saying that I'm trying hard personally to separate legitimate and rationally grounded criticism from the kind of unskeptical criticism I'm so susceptible which takes any and every story no matter how trivial and interprets it through a lens of Bushes doing something wrong.

The reason I care about trying not to do that, is I've found that among the people I am trying to persuade to vote for Kerry instead of Bush (5 so far!) the only reason they still listen to me is because they feel that my analysis is FAIR. I'll honestly say, "that's not really a fair criticism" if it isn't, so that when it IS A fair one, they listen to me, because they know I have my facts together and strive to think critically and rationally.

Like it said, its an aim, not something I'm perfect at.

[LuminousX]

23. I'm with you

This seems like a rational decision and the fact of the matter, being a the President's daughter during the campaign and a teacher might actually be disruptive to the classroom.

[soup]

25. Then why make the commitment only a month ago?

*George hits the campaign trail
The twins graduate from school
The twins start campaigning with daddy
Jenna accepts job at the Harlem Day Charter School
Jenna decides not to honor commitment

Personally, I'd say it's a fair criticism.

[Ms. Clio]

83. Bingo--it was just another little bit of political theater

How many freepers will claim, a year from now, that Jenna actually did teach in Harlem?

[allalone]

85. oh geez

you're right. it'll be gospel by then

[Ms. Clio]

90. Yep, it's the Bushista modus operandi

Just get the lies and propaganda out there, to the faithful, and the uninformed, because chances are excellent that they will never even hear the truth. Especially if they watch Faux.

[seaglass]

27. I agree with you to an extent. Do you know what they do on

the campaign trail, do they actually speak for their father or do they just travel around sticking out their tongues (kidding)? But seriously I've never seen a clip of them speaking at any event and I'm interested to know whether they are decorations or useful.

[Selwynn]

39. I think it will be more interesting (telling) to see if she goes to Harlem

..after the campaign. That's what I would really be interested in seeing. If she does that then, honestly I have little to criticize, because I could easily see myself making the same choice of my father was running for president.

[nyhuskyfan]

29. I'm torn...

On the one hand, I couldn't begrudge anybody for campaigning for their father. On the other hand, she made a commitment to an employer and backed out of that commitment mere weeks before the start of the school year. That's a bit unfair to the school to have to try to fill that opening on short notice.

Of course, that assumes that they actually were giving her real responsibility. Perhaps they were never really counting on her in the first place (or are relieved that they don't need to babysit her).

[Rose Siding]

41. That was my attitude when they announced her job.

All power to her, I thought.

Thank you for giving me credit for not intending hate or derision on a young woman- I don't. And it isn't likely a point I'd raise in trying to pursuade any undecided voters. But this development does cause me to remember that using the media for image manipulation is standard practice for this crew.

If she ever shows up in Harlem, I'll owe you a coke.

[goclark]

82. She ain't showing up folks

She is not campaigning for her dad brcause she loves him.
I have never seen a picture of them even hugging.

She is working in his office because she is getting paid at least $100,000 plus extras I am sure.

She is with him on the campaign trail because she wants to get paid and find boys in bars.

[Bunny]

53. Well, it's not like Daddy's re-election campaign came out of the clear

blue sky. They've known for years now that Daddy was going to run again. If they had any thoughts at all of helping out, they should have never accepted those jobs.

It's not like they have no connections - I'm pretty sure they'll get jobs when the time comes. This all seems like a pretty typical Bush maneuver - use people to get good PR, then dump them at the earliest possible convenience.

[Selwynn]

59. She has the right to decide she wants to do this with her father.

She also has the right to think she might do one thing, then change her mind to do this with her father instead. I know I would do the same if it were my father.

If her father wasn't a republican that you hated, you wouldn't be judging her decision at all. If Chelsea had taking a job, then decided to postpone starting that job to stay with her family and help during a campaign, you would applaud, and be furious as conservatives who criticized the decision.

People change their minds and alter their choices all the time - but here, we treat conservatives, or family members of conservatives we don't like differently than we do liberals or other people that we think are ok.

The bottom line is, only she knows if the decision she made as the best, right, just decision. There are an infinite amount of contextual factors that go into the decision, and neither you or I are really qualified to pass judgment on that. That's the rational position.

But hell, if you want to criticize anything just because they are people you don't like, go right ahead. I however realize that I can't know whether her decision was a pure one, but I can certainly imagine doing the same thing in her shoes, and being right to do so, whether you would agree or not.

Sel

[Bunny]

62. Wow. Must be nice to breathe that rareified air in your castle in the sky

:eyes:

First off, you said that it's not up to us to pass judgement on her decision, but that's exactly what you did: "She also has the right to think she might do one thing, then change her mind to do this with her father instead. I know I would do the same if it were my father."
Sounds like you approve of her decision. I don't.

Second, Chelsea would have known ahead of time that her father was campaigning, and not taken a job offer that she would have to rescind less than TWO MONTHS LATER!! Chelsea has more class and consideration than the entire Bush clan put together.

In conclusion, I'll thank you to refrain from telling me what I should and should not believe. But if your love of the Bushes and yourself is so great that you have to do that, then carry on. I dare not expect much else from someone who quotes himself in his sig line. :eyes:

[Selwynn]

65. Your conclusions are invalid

"First off, you said that it's not up to us to pass judgment on her decision, but that's exactly what you did:"

No, I actually didn't. I said that she has the right to make her own decisions. We all have the right to change our course because we believe its the right thing to do. I personally know I would probably make a similar choice if it were my father, but that doesn't mean I know her reasoning or judge her decision. You fail to quote what I said later which ties into my point, thus taking it out of context. I said only she knows if her decision was made for just reasons.

"Second, Chelsea would have known ahead of time that her father was campaigning, and not taken a job offer that she would have to rescind less than TWO MONTHS LATER!! Chelsea has more class and consideration than the entire Bush clan put together."

You don't actually have any concrete idea what Chelsea would do. However if she had, you would have argued that there must have been a good reason, and treated her decision in the same like that you treat her now, "oh she would NEVER do this or that, because she has more class and consideration" etc.

"In conclusion, I'll thank you to refrain from telling me what I should and should not believe. But if your love of the Bushes and yourself is so great that you have to do that, then carry on. I dare not expect much else from someone who quotes himself in his sig line. :eyes:"

I didn't tell you want to think, but I can evaluate the veracity of your thinking. I evaluate it as, not top notch on this. Some people don't seem to be able to separate the visceral emotional hatred for bush from rational reflective thought. So they go out and every single thing they see and read is filtered through that lens. Sometimes things are not indicative of something more.

I've taken a job before, then had things come up that forced me to change my mind and take time off instead. It was the right choice to make. However, if I had a bunch of people who hated me, they could easily filter that decision and wail about how evil I was for backing out of my responsibility, etc. Wouldn't change the fact that it was the right thing to do.

Fixating on the Bush daughters is a tactic no particularly different than the freepers that so many mock and deride and scoff at here. They in their hatred will go all over the media looking for the most benign stories about family members of democrats and then filter them through their lens of hate and interpret the story as "telling" of Democrats evil. And its totally ridiculous. And like I said, if they did that to Chelsea - there would be utter and absolute outrage here. It seems hypocritical to me to somehow conclude its OK to do it to Jenna because its OK when "we" do it, just not when "they" do it.

I'm more interested in focusing on fair and well-evidenced issues, and issues that focus on the current administration and its policies I vehemently oppose. I'm not interested in digging up dirt on family personal life, personal decisions, personal attitudes, etc., because I know that it is too easy to filter all that through a lens of hatred and let that lead me to unjustifiable conclusions. And no amount of personal attacking of my character on your part will change that fact.

By the way.. its a good quote. It shouldn't be penalized just because I said it. :)

[Bunny]

67. Contrary to your own belief, you are not the paragon of rational thinking.

Maybe you didn't get the memo, but we are all allowed to have our own opinion on this and any other matter.

A paragraphs-long snooze on the perils of irrational thinking changes nothing for me. It reminds me of how the grown-ups talk in the Charlie Brown specials. Much sound and fury, signifying nothing may be another way to describe it. It all boils down to personal opinion, and if you try to tell me my thinking is wrong, you leave me no choice but to respond likewise to you. I think your opinion is wrong - you think mine is wrong. That does not make YOU right.

Now, to paraphrase your illustrious national grandma: "why should I bother my beautiful mind with this?"


And BTW - the quote is not that good.

[Selwynn]

70. You're right, we are all allowed...

...including me. :)

Saying that you have no rational basis by which to say with absolute certainty that Jenna's decision was "wrong" or should be criticized is no an opinion, it is a fact. My saying that in truth, we honestly don't and can't know all the reasons or factors going into her decision is also not opinion, it is just a truism.

Now what is opinion, is this: I believe that based on these truths we should give people the benefit of the doubt, and focus on provable issues, directly related to the people in government that matter. That's total opinion. Your opinion, seems to be that we should not give the benefit of the doubt, but instead take any news about our opponents, their families, their friends or anyone related to them in any way that can be twisted into something negative and use it to attack. That is also opinion. And you're right, we're both entitled.

But let's separate what is opinion from what isn't. It is not opinion to say we don't really know all the factors that when into her decision. If you're not Jenna, then that statement is just a fact. What we decide to do after acknowledging that is where the opinion comes in.

Life is not "all opinion." But of course people resort to that when challenged. There are things we can know an things we don't know. Our opinions should be formed from correct knowledge claims about facts, or honest admission on our lack of facts. In this case, we must honestly admit to a lack of facts, as well as a lot of personal bias : we already don't like these people. That makes it much harder to be rational. I think we should try anyway.

I'm sorry you don't like the way I communicate. But I enjoy the same entitlement to expression that you do.

[Bunny]

73. You're right. I don't have any way to know all of the factors

that went into Jenna's decision. Fine.

To take it one step further, I have no way of knowing all of the factors that go into any of her father's decisions. Does that mean I have to give HIM the benefit of the doubt? Surely you are not suggesting that, but I'm just taking your words to the next level. Tell me why I should give her father the benefit of the doubt.

[Selwynn]

81. That seems like a fair point to me.

I'll concede that. Thanks for the discussion! :)

[soup]

20. from the article:

>snip<
"They're not going to work until after the election," the First Mom added. "They'll be traveling with us, and they'll campaign separately."

The 22-year-old twins surprised their parents earlier this summer by volunteering to help out on the hustings.

They have traveled with President Bush together, and as a tag team, as well as with their mother. After returning from the Athens Olympics next week, they will make the rounds of several events at the GOP convention in New York City and will be active in the fall.
>snip<

Make the rounds of several events in New York. un hunh. :eyes:
Some people call it 'happy hour'.

[wellstone_democrat]

91. Tearing herself away from a vacation at the Olympics

in Greece to get back to that campaigning she loves so much?

Anyone see a little problem here with logic?
It was a short time ago that the big deal was made of her teaching the poor! She already was involved in the campaign and she didn't know it was *so* fascinating? He's campaigned before and none of them looked thrilled to be included. But, hey, I can understand making snap decisions, following your "bliss" and then going on vacation to get away from that blissful job...

[tom_paine]

21. Just more horseshit lies. She NEVER intended to teach in Harlem

That I fucking guarantee!

[chimpy the poopthrower]

30. You got it!

People who are saying it's only natural she'd want to help her Dad and that they would do the same thing are missing the point. They announced just recently that she was going to teach in Harlem, and they were simply lying. She didn't change her mind. They said it to score points for *. And they had some equally high-minded career plan for Barbara. I can't remember exactly what it was. Peace Corps maybe? Or something to do with hospitals? Anyway, they were both lies. Just like everyone else who is part of this corrupt administration, Jenna and Barbara, or the people they are allowing to speak for them, are lying like rugs.

[Demoiselle]

35. Agreed...

Let's keep an eye on the young ladies. I know we're not gonna care all that much after Kerry gets into the White House...but it's a good bet that neither girl will fulfill her honorable committment once the election is over.

[Mad_Dem_X]

57. Have to agree on that one...

Neither one will go into a noble profession. That would be too much too ask.

[2bfree]

92. Yep!

That was just campian trail hype. Ugh!

[matcom]

22. All I Could Read From Your Headline Was....

Jenna BLOWS :D

[VOX]

79. I did the same thing!!!

:evilgrin: :toast:

[hatrack]

24. Wow, what a surprise

NOT!

Like anybody fucking believed that she was going to go and teach in HARLEM at any point in her lifetime. Fat fucking chance.

[klyon]

26. I thought the twins were against dad running for pres.

I wonder what they were promised if they help out.

KL

[readmylips]

28. What the hell was Jenna going to teach?

She does not have a Masters or teaching degree. Teaching credentials are very high in New York, and 4 years of College with a C average, does not get you a teaching job. Jenna was just playing politics just like her sick dad.

[Lavender Brown]

31. She has an English degree

NYC schools are starved for teachers. They will take people who don't necessarily have teaching experience as long as they are college graduates.

[goclark]

86. She should be her pappa's teacher

He doesn't know how to speak or read English.

[PatriotGames]

32. Good. Give the teaching job to someone who deserves it.

[b06jgm]

33. C'mon, she got a degree...she deserves it, but the question is does she

need the job? Probably not...give it to a person who actually needs the job.

[PatriotGames]

36. OK, I'll go with that. Does she NEED it? That is better. :)

Plenty of unemployed techers out there that culd use it.

[progressivebydesign]

42. Yeah.. what the hell? Anyone with a bachelors degree can teach there..

.. another way to screw over TRAINED teachers!!! Charter schools, a back door way to screw over the NEA. Do you really want your child spending most of his week with someone not trained to teach children?? Hell, half the people waiting on you at the fast food place have bachelor's degrees.. it's the specific TEACHER training that makes the difference... and it is not required at most of these schools... that's why party girl Bush could get a job there.

[napi21]

34. I'm waiting to see how the twins do at the convention.

Are they speaking like Kerry;s daughters did? Wonder if they inherited any of Daddy's speaking abilties? (or disabilities.)

They alreadu threw a wrench into Daddy's plan by attending a gay wedding this past week.

I don't intend to watch the Pub campaign, my nerves can't take it, but if the "girls" are on the schedule, I think I might tune in to see.

[seabeyond]

37. "She is not going to teach this fall,"

no shit. the asshole family has never had a job, no one believed she would go to work. and i really didnt believe she would go to work with minorities and those that are poor.

stupid this is

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Not Jim Robinson! Keep screwing up like this and your donations are going to go right down the toilet!

[Dudley_DUright]

66. Inside Joke

Jim Robinson (AKA rimjob)is the founder of Freeperland (Free Republic).

[Bunny]

74. Oh crap! I feel so dumb!

I knew about Rim Job, too. D'oh!!!

[fishface]

45. I'm dyslexic...

you can imagine what I thought I saw when I first read that headline...hehehe

[Obamarama]

46. Well, make that THREE Bushes who will be job hunting after Nov. 2!!

n/t

[ItsMyParty]

47. Did anyone actually buy the crap about those two bimbos???

You know, Jen will work in Harlem and Barb will go to Africa and solve the Aids crisis!!! Give me a break!! Watch what happens to these two after the November elections. This is just pure swill to throw out in front of their adoring right wingers!!! Jen will end up hanging around Hollywood looking to be an actress and partying until they take her to the Betty Ford and Barb will marry some wealthy son of the wealthy and hold teas for the upper class ladies. Guaranteed!!!

[noonwitch]

48. There are far more important things in this election than Jenna Bush

I am continuing in my refusal to trash the twins. I actually feel bad for them, with all the media scruitny they get. I feel as bad for them as I do for Chelsea Clinton and Amy Carter. I did my share of trouble making when I was their age and I'm not going to judge them for it.

[Jack Rabbit]

49. It's nice to hear that some innocent children will be spared

!!

[noiretextatique]

52. can we say: PATHETIC PUBLICITY STUNT

an attempt to add 5 more black folks to the 50 or so in the GOP :dunce:

[Generic Other]

51. First year teachers have to prepare a shitload of stuff

Most have done some prep (lesson plans, practicums, student teaching)in ed classes. And since Jenna was only an English major, not an English-Ed major, she wouldn't have had any training in teaching English or any other subject to children.

As a result, she would need to devote extra time to preparing for her first job. Spending the summer traipsing around the country sticking your tongue out at reporters will not prepare you for the first day of school.

You have to be overprepared with lesson plans, assignments, ideas, projects, in short enough educational activities to get through 180 days, plus more for those days when the plans flop and Plan B must be instituted to avoid disaster.

4th graders are going to expect more than Jenna reading them the "The Pet Goat" everyday.

Any teacher as underprepared for teaching as this woman would die of embarassment to face a class under these circumstances.

[Lisa]

72. I feel sorry for anyone called in as a last-minute replacement for her!

That person's summer vacation is over. It'll be a scramble until the start of school, trying to get all the material ready in time. As you say -- last year I got called in to sub with barely 2 weeks before the start of a college course, and I darned near killed myself rather than show up unprepared.

I can't imagine the school administrators are too impressed. They simply LOVE having to find replacements in late August, when a lot of the qualified instructors have already made plans for the fall.

Lots of rookies don't get asked back if they flip-flop like that ... word gets around. How nice for her that she doesn't have to worry, though.

[West Coast Democrat]

58. She's never going to end up teaching there

after her Dad loses, this whole story will fade from public consciousness, and won't matter anymore. It is all just a cute story to sell to the public before the election.

[gauguin57]

60. More children left behind.

Whatever. Hopefully those kids will get a different teacher who gives a crap about them.

[matcom]

61. i got a $20 on me!

i mean, if she is "Blowin'" and all

:bounce:

[underseasurveyor]

63. And not to worry

I'm sure she can find somebody that can help her make change for that 20.
:spank:

[latebloomer]

64. "The costumes, the scenery, the makeup, the props

The audience that lifts you when you're down"

And she'd trade all that show biz for working in Harlem with a bunch of poor black kids?

Have I got a bridge for you!!

[democrat_patriot]

68. Wouldn't be because Harlem said she's UNQUALIFIED!!

and is a bad image? (drinking smoking etc)

The Harlem school district already stated: She need not apply.

[Malva Zebrina]

76. But Laura said they both had "distinguished college careers"

Could it be that the first frump lied? Noooo--tell me Laura the Stepford doesn't lie.

[oasis]

71. She was heard to say as she rode out of sight "So long suckers, g'night".

:hi:

[ulysses]

77. boy, *there's* a shock.

:eyes:

[Cha]

78. ONe good thing about this is ...bush can't use her

to point to and say my daughter is working in Harlem.

It's their last hurrah..so enjoy it ..you bush girls.

[VOX]

80. The * family gets top marks for shirking responsibility...

They rarely show up for anything important, including "Mr. President, we are under attack."

[allalone]

84. maynard g. krebbs

remember the tv sitcom charactor? whenever he heard the word work, he's freak out and yell WORK????? Jenna the same?

[Must_B_Free]

87. Headline: Jenna Teaching Blow Job

[WLKjr]

94. Damn you beat me to it :)

I almost had a double look at this post and thought it said Jenna Blows Teacher on Job

damn W dislexia..... lol

[drdigi420]

88. whoring for daddy pays better and the drugs are free

[0007]

89. Boo hoo day come November 6th - All that hard work down the drain

Grandma Barbara, Jenna, Barbara and Laura will cry their eyes out on this coming Tuesday night in Novemeber. And poopy bush will be heard wailing louder than the girls.

41 & 43 both one termers.

[Bombero1956]

93. what?

She gave up a chance to be seen with the less fortunate of our country? I am shocked.....that it took her so long to skip out.