[Grut]

...Democratic Party officials.

You forgot the "inexperienced" and "overzealous".

[Skooz]

Ahhhh... I'll bet you have predicted the spin perfectly.

It was not their fault. If Reagan had not subjected the schools to such draconian cuts in the 1980s to pay for huge tax breaks for his wealthy friends these people would have gotten a good enough education to avoid all this.