[the808bass]

Unfortunately, Mr. Mike told the NEA a different story.

Concord Monitor
Huckabee Has Varied Record on Education

Huckabee became the first Republican yesterday to be endorsed by the New Hampshire chapter of the National Education Association. In a short press conference, President Rhonda Wesolowski lauded Huckabee's opposition to school vouchers and his commitment to arts and music education.

But Huckabee also favors "testing teachers" and replacing those who do not meet established standards. The NEA has been critical of the practice, as well as the federal No Child Left Behind law, parts of which Huckabee supports.

Still, Wesolowski said NEA-New Hampshire liked that Huckabee favors measuring student growth over time as opposed to judging a teacher's effectiveness by how students score on a single test. She said the group didn't ask Huckabee much about No Child Left Behind, since he wasn't a member of the Congress that passed the law. Huckabee, who backed President Bush in 2004, initially supported it.

Huckabee was the only Republican presidential candidate to meet with NEA-New Hampshire, Wesolowski said.

Perhaps they didn't understand that Mr. Mike says whatever his particular audience wants to hear at that particular moment.

[Tlaloc]

That’s interesting, except it wasn’t Mr. Mike who said that. It was someone else. And they were apparently wrong. You can listen to what the MSM and the NEA has to say about a candidate, or you can look at the candidate’s actual record.