They just care more about the teacher’s union than they do poor kids.

gee, now I’ve lost my train of thought…….

On one hand I think it’s disgraceful that the Democrat Party cares more about the GD NEA than they do the education of poor black children in spite of all their rhetoric about “caring”.

On the other hand I’d be willing to bet that not one of the parents of these kids has ever voted for a Republican and still won’t ever vote for a Republican. They get what they deserve.

So he’s a racist bigot, and Obama is still magnificently …….er…… something.

I believe evil and classless are the words I’m looking for.

and believe it or not, it really breaks my heart that there is no hope of this changing anytime soon.
Children are our future……..it’s not just a slogan–IT’S TRUE! Of course, when “progressives” (WTH kind of term is that anyway?) think nothing of murdering a child in utero, you certainly can bet they really don’t give a hoot about their education.
And, once again, the media is silent. Where’s Al Sharpton on this issue? If Bush did this, he’d have been excoriated!!

The Democratic Party has handed a gift to the Republicans, if they are wise enough to see the opportunity. Republicans have the opportunity to exploit the termination of this voucher program for young black students in D.C. by hammering the Democrats for their blatant hypocrisy and disregard for provision of the most effective education for black secondary school students.

The RNC, led by Mr. Steele, should seize this opportunity to siphon off Black voter loyalty and support for Democratic candidates in the 2010 elections. Start telling it like it is in TV commercials, with the D.C. officials conveying their disdain for the end of this program.

Republican congressional candidates should aggressively pursue these voters by sharing the facts about who stands for the best educational opportunities for all students, including these young black students, not only in D.C., but throughout metropolitan America.

For many African-Americans, voting Democratic is a form of religion. Just like it is with many American Jews.

By all means, we should run good candidates and state our case for electing Republicans. But, let’s be realistic. This is, at best, a long-term project to win over the next generation.

This is the city, after all, that elected Marion Barry mayor after he’d been convicted of drug use, largely so they could “stick it to the man.”

This is what happens when you hand yourself to the whims of government – you will be disappointed.

Vouchers are a great idea, not the least from a government perspective – you hand your responsibility over. But from a parent perspective, they suck. At any time they can be taken away, as we see here. Now that parent is a pawn in a political war between who can appeal to them best for the education of their children.

That’s wrong, and we should not use our children as pawns.

could be a part of the private donor campaign; I think if it is a blatant Republican party move, it’ll be seen for the grandstanding it is.

With regards to the parents of these children fending for themselves, I understand where y’all are coming from, butI think they’re fending as best they can. They don’t have the benefit of upbringings we take for granted, and have been indoctrinated their entire lives. That kind of thing is hard to overcome. The fact that tghey even tried to get the vouschers tells me at least they’re trying.

Just because a battle can’t be won ( new black Republican voters in DC ) doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t be fought. I’d be willing to sponsor one of these kids, or at least help sponsor one. Heck, I sponsor 4 kids outside the country, be nice to help one here.

Cliche or no, it IS about the children.

I was just coming back on to say that I Googled it and found this link…and you beat me to it!

My first donation was small, but it won’t be the last, and I’m going to see if my employer and church group will also get involved.

A strategy at least as old as LBJ’S Great Society: claiming to prop up the black community against the evil Republicans who don’t want black children to have lunch money while simultaneously carrying out policies to keep them tied down and dependent on the Democratic party.

… a DC child in the Voucher program costs approximately 1/2 the amount of sending the same child to public school ($7,500 per year per voucher versus $15,000 per public school student). Logic suggests the best solution in both terms of educational advantage and cost-effectiveness would be to close down the public school system in DC and voucher the entire school-age population; but that’s me.

That aside, I’m perplexed and very disappointed that any American would willfully advocate depriving children of an adequate education based on an assumption about the childrens’ parents’ political beliefs or leanings. I don’t even want to try to get my head around that one.

… a DC child in the Voucher program costs approximately 1/2 the amount of sending the same child to public school ($7,500 per year per voucher versus $15,000 per public school student). Logic suggests the best solution in both terms of educational advantage and cost-effectiveness would be to close down the public school system in DC and voucher the entire school-age population; but that’s me.

That aside, I’m perplexed and very disappointed that any American would willfully advocate depriving children of an adequate education based on an assumption about the childrens’ parents’ political beliefs or leanings. I don’t even want to try to get my head around that one.

because many of you already express what I want to say and say it better. However, I want to respond on this topic. When Obama was running for president, he talked a good talk about education and how our kids needed to be ready to compete in this world, blah blah, but don’t you all see that it’s not about “education”, it’s about ‘indoctrination’. He’d rather have dumb and stupid keep voting for liberal handouts than an educated electorate. Kids that can actually read, write, and do math just might grow up to become people who think for themselves, want to do things for themselves, etc. and that’s a very scary thing for liberals.

It’s not that “the Democratic Party simply just doesn’t care”, it’s simply a part of their plan, keep ‘em undereducated/ignorant/stupid/whatever you want to call it. The Liberal agenda, to me, is just plain evil.

The rest is even more scathing (from Politico):

Obama’s budget effectively eliminates the scholarship program that has allowed 1,900 poor Washington families to finally have the same right as almost all of The Arena’s regular contributors: the choice of whether to send their children to a government-run or privately-run school. Obama, realizing how this budget has exposed him and Michelle to charges of hypocrisy because of their persistent rejection of public schools for their own children, lamely assured the affected families that he would support separate legislation to continue the program. However, he said so knowing full well that no such bill will ever come out of the Democratic Congress, which transforms him and his wife from being common hypocrites to unusually shameless ones.

http://www.politico.com/arena/perm/Steve_Steckler_7C18DE3E-3EA3-43C0-94DF-583D81268C62.html

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What’s the matter Obama? Don’t like the Public Option?

Any group who would oppose a god like savior because of his skin color must be behind this, they just must be.
Remember this the next time, probably today, some half nuts leftist starts throwing the racist charge around. They take their name calling seriously, principles ? Not at all or ever.

The poor don’t have the dollars to buy the democrats. The teachers union, due to force extortion of dues, does. lawyers and government employee unions. Both parasites that are draining the blood of this nation.
As a union protects against bad management, what pray-tell does SEIU protect against. BAD TAXPAYERS?????

Obama 97% McCain 3% in 2008
Kerry 90% Bush 9% in 2004
Gore 86% Bush 10% in 2000

Anyone in DC that wants to complain about their best and brightest young ones being screwed over by the Democrats should look at those numbers and ask themselves if they are insane. I feel sorry for their poor children. The Democrats have guaranteed that these children will grow up as ignorant as their parents. Change you can believe in.