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Mike Huckabee to Common Core Creators: Rebrand, Don't Retreat
Breitbart ^ | Feb. 1, 2014 | Dr. Susan Berry

Posted on 02/21/2014 1:38:51 PM PST by Lucky9teen

Though former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee told his Fox News Channel audience in early December he was no longer supporting the Common Core standards for which he had avidly campaigned, his message to one of the groups that created the standards was different.

According to The Washington Post, at a recent meeting of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), one of the organizations that created the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), Huckabee urged state education officials to get rid of the “Common Core” name because it has become “toxic.”

As the Post indicates, however, Huckabee still intends to support the standards.

“Rebrand it, refocus it, but don’t retreat,” Huckabee reportedly told CCSSO members.

As Breitbart News reported in December, Huckabee, who is considered to be a Republican presidential hopeful in 2016, opened one of his shows by telling his audience that people have been posting on his Facebook page that they will never watch his show again because he supports the Common Core standards. Others, he said, have told him they could not trust him because of his support of the standards, and some said he needed to learn the truth about Common Core.

“I don’t support what Common Core has become in many states or school districts,” Huckabee said. “Look, I’m dead set against the federal government creating a uniform curriculum for any subject. I oppose the collection of personal data on students that would identify them and then track them, and certainly any effort to give that personal information to the federal government.”

“I am steadfast in my belief that parents – parents – should ultimately decide the best venue for their children’s education, whether it’s public schools, private schools, religious schools, or home schools,” Huckabee added.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Education
KEYWORDS: commoncore; commoncorerebrand; csso; huckabee; progressive; rebrandcommoncore; rino; wolfinsheepsclothing
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To: Lucky9teen
Something sucks. Change its name. Presto! Fixed.

What an ass.
21 posted on 02/21/2014 2:10:14 PM PST by 98ZJ USMC
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To: Lucky9teen

Anyone who supports Commie Core, whatever its called, is not on our side


22 posted on 02/21/2014 2:12:55 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: Responsibility2nd
I'm probably the only FReeper among tens of thousands who LIKES Huckabee. The GOPe could do (and is doing) a lot worse.

A lost worse? You have to be kidding?

Huck-a-phony is as much a Statist as Romney, McCain, Christie, etc. He is a hard-care Statist who happens to be religious.

Huck-a-phony is NOT a Conservative.

23 posted on 02/21/2014 2:36:27 PM PST by sand88 (We can never legislate our way back to Liberty)
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To: Lucky9teen

Huckabee supports Commie Core....which will kill any Pres aspirations....Commie Core is quite anti-christian


24 posted on 02/21/2014 2:40:50 PM PST by SeminoleCounty (Diversity is just racism against white folks)
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To: Lucky9teen

Me to Huckabee, “Shut up and go home to Little Rock!”


25 posted on 02/21/2014 3:07:51 PM PST by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: Lucky9teen

“Look, I’m dead set against the federal government creating a uniform curriculum for any subject. I oppose the collection of personal data on students that would identify them and then track them, and certainly any effort to give that personal information to the federal government.”

I kinda thought that that is what “Common Core” is. Am I missing something here or is jus Huckster bloviating?


26 posted on 02/21/2014 3:51:57 PM PST by JimSEA
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To: Lucky9teen

He is the one who released a murder who promptly killed 2 police officers at a diner. Did not even phase this piece of....


27 posted on 02/21/2014 4:41:01 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: Nextrush

A pitchman for the GOPe along with Ann Coulter and a host of others seen regularly on the Fox News Channel.

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Well said!


28 posted on 02/21/2014 4:46:19 PM PST by Bigg Red (O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Ps 8)
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To: Lucky9teen

This is what Liars do.

Re-package it just means change the PR, but keep the program the same.

This should scare any thinking Christian to death and sicken each and every one of us where Huckabee is concerned.

He is a Lying Pretender of a Christian.

Christians don’t try and decieve.


29 posted on 02/21/2014 4:57:16 PM PST by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Your ass might appreciate it if it came first.

True. Hadn't thought of that. What can I say? Men are pigs.

30 posted on 02/22/2014 5:26:02 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it." - George Orwell)
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