[truthingod]

Yes, to a degree. Quite frankly, sometimes you have to stop worrying about the politics to do the right thing.
Ronald Reagan sure didn't check the polls to do the right thing and the American people loved(most of them) for it.

[MineralMan]

"Yes, to a degree. Quite frankly, sometimes you have to stop worrying about the politics to do the right thing.
Ronald Reagan sure didn't check the polls to do the right thing and the American people loved(most of them) for it.
"

As individuals, that's fine. As Education Secretary, it isn't. Everything Paige says reflects on the administration, for good or bad. Right now, Bush doesn't need another blockbuster issue for the media to run over and over again.

Paige was an idiot, whether he was right or he was wrong in what he said. An idiot.

Watch the backpedaling begin.