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Major teachers union endorses Obama's re-election
Associated Press ^ | July 4, 2011 | Staff

Posted on 07/05/2011 8:11:17 AM PDT by yoe

The nation's largest education union has endorsed President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign.

Members of the National Education Association voted to support Obama on Monday at their annual convention in Chicago.

In a statement, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel says Obama and the union share a vision and members wanted early and strong support to help his election.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; 2012election; democrats; dumb; elections; liberalfascism; nea; nobama2012; obama; obamao; schools; teachers; unexpected; unioncorruption; unions
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America's public schools are turning out dumb and dumber students....apparently the function of the NEA is not to educate rather they want power and more power......
1 posted on 07/05/2011 8:11:19 AM PDT by yoe
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I’m shocked.


2 posted on 07/05/2011 8:13:40 AM PDT by wny
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In a statement, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel says Obama and the union share a vision

They favor an America that is both economically and militarily weaker? To what end?

3 posted on 07/05/2011 8:14:44 AM PDT by fhayek
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Now, I’m really surprised!!!!


4 posted on 07/05/2011 8:14:44 AM PDT by immadashell
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To: wny

...meanwhile, sun rises in East, and dog lifts leg on fire hydrant...


5 posted on 07/05/2011 8:15:00 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: wny

Is this satire???


6 posted on 07/05/2011 8:16:26 AM PDT by traderrob6
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To: yoe

America’s public schools are turning out dumb and dumber students....apparently the function of the NEA is not to educate rather they want power and more power......

You don’t think the progressives/socialists/cmmunists want educated people do you? They want drones! Stupid, lock step drones! And, the teachers unions are producing them for the cause.


7 posted on 07/05/2011 8:17:48 AM PDT by Bitsy (!)
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To: yoe
It's nice to consider your options before making a decision, for those who have an open mind at least.

The NEA doesn't have that open mind, and they are not looking to see which republican, RINO, or TEA candidate will be nominated to oppose the communist. They are looking at all the options, seeing the spectrum from Palin, Cain, Bachmann, and DeMint on the limited government side all the way to Romney on the big government fringe of the GOP and saying they prefer communism/socialism over any alternative. It's not about competence, character, or values, just endorsing the most left-wing fringe candidate available.

8 posted on 07/05/2011 8:18:09 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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So? Who else are they gonna vote for?

Even if the NEA rank and file doesn’t care too much for Mr. Obama, they will cast an aiffirmative vote for him.

However, a bunch of ‘em might stay home.

PS: Is it true that New Hampshire has the lowest taxes in the US, but has the highest SAT scores? Just wondering.


9 posted on 07/05/2011 8:19:56 AM PDT by RexBeach (Mr. Obama can't count.)
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yeah yeah... why bother to wait for all that icky “see who the OTHER candidates might be” stuff...


10 posted on 07/05/2011 8:20:38 AM PDT by Mr. K (CAPSLOCK! -Unleash the fury! [Palin/Bachman 2012- unbeatable ticket])
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This is my shocked face:

:-O


11 posted on 07/05/2011 8:20:46 AM PDT by savedbygrace (But God.)
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A TEACHERS UNION is endorsing the dem?

This really is breaking news.

12 posted on 07/05/2011 8:21:34 AM PDT by AAABEST (Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
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If you rob Peter to pay Paul you can always count on Paul’s vote.


13 posted on 07/05/2011 8:21:57 AM PDT by hattend (Let's all meet Sarah at her last bus stop -- 1600 Pennsylvania Ave in Jan 2013)
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To: yoe

In other news today. Water is wet!


14 posted on 07/05/2011 8:24:31 AM PDT by zavvone
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It would have a tad more credibility if they would at least wait to find out who the other candidates are.


15 posted on 07/05/2011 8:25:03 AM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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This would have been news if the teachers Union had not endorsed Obama.

As it is ,it’s not news, it’s just the teachers showing that they really are not smart enough to be teaching our youth.


16 posted on 07/05/2011 8:25:35 AM PDT by Venturer
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It’s more like dumb and dumber. We’ve become a feel good nation. As long as you have self-esteem, apparently it doesn’t matter if you’re living in a cesspool of mediocrity. Obozo want everyone in the same cesspool.


17 posted on 07/05/2011 8:25:42 AM PDT by meatloaf
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The total failure of students in America’s schools can be laid right at the feet of the dimocrat party and teachers unions. They totally are responsible for the stupidity that comes out of schools now. Kids now need college educations to get up to what used to be a high school education. They simply have failed. And people just let them continue to do it. Kids quitting school at record numbers. Test scores in schools lower than home schoolers. What a mess.


18 posted on 07/05/2011 8:26:40 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (1 Cor. 15: 1-4; THE gospel of grace spelled out for all the lost. This is the way to Heaven.)
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As long as you have self-esteem, apparently it doesn’t matter if you’re living in a cesspool of mediocrity. Obozo want everyone in the same cesspool.

Mediocrity would be a major step up from what we have. That cesspool is not mediocrity, it is something else entirely.

19 posted on 07/05/2011 8:29:30 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: yoe

The NEA endorsement was bought and paid for a long time ago.


20 posted on 07/05/2011 8:30:07 AM PDT by Huskrrrr
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