Posted on 03/20/2014 9:25:01 AM PDT by cotton1706
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) will appear with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) and Gov. Bill Haslam (R-TN) Wednesday at an education roundtable discussion sponsored by pro-Common Core Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Tennessee Business Roundtable.
A press release by the election campaign of Tennessee state Rep. Joe Carr (R), who is challenging Alexander in his reelection bid, announced the fact that Alexander will join Bush and Haslam in support of the Common Core.
The roundtable event comes in the midst of a fierce battle waged by Carr and other conservatives in the Tennessee state legislature to roll back the Common Core standards.
On March 15th, Breitbart News reported on the battle in the state House that resulted in an 82-11 vote to delay the controversial standards for two years.
The vote was a rebuke of Haslam and Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman, who have argued that Tennessee must move forward with the Common Core standards in order to keep up with other states. Haslam told state lawmakers that a repeal or delay of the standards “would be a disruptive and costly endeavor for the state as well as the districts, schools and teachers that have been implementing the standards for some time.”
Two days after the state House’s vote, Williamson County Schools Director Dr. Mike Looney tweeted a comment that referred to Common Core opponents as “irrational.”
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One idiot supporting another idiot.
USA has so few actual leaders; neither of these horrible people are in that group.
Next time you meet a liberal ask them why they are for lock step conformity in education instead of local diversity in educations tandards?
Then watch their heads explode
Burn that Bush.
Lamar is an idiot. He called himself the “Education Governor” when he ran Tennessee. What he brought in was a mountain of educational bureaucracy that has hopelessly mired the education process down in PC waste and mindless procedure. The teachers here hate it and the kids suffer.
Lamar is a classic RINO and needs to go.
That whole gang of turds needs to be flushed,, all of them have overstayed their ‘annointings’ far too long.
They are so far out of touch, galactic probes couldn’t find them, no matter how inflated their egos.
Common Corruption - just say NO!
Reason 316 why home schooling or enrolling your children in a quality private school is rapidly becoming a necessity.
Been seeing Common Core ads on TV (”teachers” talking about how great Common Core is - kids will learn a lot and be prepared for college) ..... the logo at the end of the ad is just plain “creepy” and reminds me of something the artsy types would come up with for Obama. It’s a blue hand with stars on it and smeary red lines to the right of it. What’s weird, I haven’t been able to find a pic of it online.
We don’t need federal standards for schools.
My teacher friends hate common core.
All the Bushes are elitist “I <3 Gov” career ‘public servants’ (i.e. “POLITICIANS”) first, and RINO’s last!
I've been saying the same for several months now.
Lamar Alexander is, and has become, just another turd swimming in the political punchbowl.
The missing piece at this moment is somebody who can really OPPOSE Alexander politically by running a HIGH POWERED campaign against him.
We all want RINO Lamar gone... but there is no STRONG voice contesting him.
Good Ole Mr. Edukashun Channel One {school kids made to watch commercials at school} Shill LaModerate Alexander. So Lamar how much you being paid to shill for this one? LMAO!!!!!
As is usually the case with Alexander. If he can figure out a way to make taxpayers pay for it he considers it an extra added bonus. Shilled for any downtoan Communications Buildings lately Lamoderate? LOL.
And the GOPe will want us to fall into lockstep behind Jeb in 2016.
Why?
The only reason Lamoderate has a legacy as governor is because when you replace a Felon Pardon Selling Governor there is no way to go but up.
“And the GOPe will want us to fall into lockstep behind Jeb in 2016.
Why?”
Because he’s their new favorite milquetoast loser to rally around.
Good heavens, how many catch phrases can these idiots think up to aggrandize themselves to the Leftists and the mush melon headed wing of (self proclaimed) Conservatives?
No child left behind...
Common core...
Here kitten, want some candy? Just get in my car...
Shesh!
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