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"It might be helpful to hear the full text of how the comment was actually made before too much reaction.
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Yes, it might, but the bottom line is that we aren't going to hear it. What we're going to hear tonight and for some time to come is that the Education Secretary called the NEA a bunch of terrorists.

Then we're going to hear a bunch of sorry denials from Paige, Bush, and others. Then we're going to hear one more time that Paige called our kids' teachers a bunch of terrorists.

Finally, Paige will probably leave office, but the harm will be done already.

You see, conservatives like Freepers agree with Paige. All those moms and dads out there, though, don't. The ones that bother to go to parent-teacher meetings don't agree, since most teachers come off pretty well in those sessions.

Those whose kids are doing well in school aren't going to agree, either.

Take the schools in my area. They're very good, as a matter of fact. They're educating the kids well...they're sending them off to do well in college, and the parents are happy. Yes, there's the 5% of parents who are home-schooling, but the rest are feeling OK about the schools. They're a little ticked that the schools are run-down, but they like the teachers OK.

Bad judgement on Paige's part. Bad judgement.