It’s For the Unions, Continued
Thursday, May 7th, 2009I just viewed a video of Gretchen Carlson’s interview of Ingrid Campbell and her daughter Mercedes. To say that it’s heartbreaking is understatement. Here’s the video of the interview:
Gretchen Carlson refers to President Obama’s quote that he’ll do “whatever helps kids.” After making that promise, though, he signed into law the omnibus bill funding the federal government for the rest of FY2009. Included in the bill was David Obey’s gift to the NEA: the dismantling of the DC scholarship program.
I said in this post that Chairman Obey’s dismantling of the DC scholarship program was proof of the liberal elitists’ soft bigotry. While thinking things through further, I’ve asked myself this question: What proof do I have that says President Obama doesn’t put unions’ interests ahead of other considerations? We know that he said that he’s for “whatever works for kids.” Still, there’s no proof that he won’t put the NEA’s interests ahead of these underprivileged children’s interests. (more…)
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