Comments on: “I don’t think there should be public unions, period…” Jeb Bush

By: In Tampa it was Jeb Bush, in Bridgeport it is Bill Finch - Wait, What?

In Tampa it was Jeb Bush, in Bridgeport it is Bill Finch - Wait, What? — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 11:42:23 +0000

[...] Just last week, Jeb Bush was in Connecticut speaking before former Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley’s “think-tank.” Readers will recall that Bush used the opportunity to say, “I don’t think there should be public unions, period…” [...]

By: msavage

msavage — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:05:00 +0000

Oh come on, JMC–do you honestly claim that the Republican party is any better? Both parties are corrupt to the core. But the GOP has seriously gone over the cliff with Romney. Look at this: http://readersupportednews.org/off-site-news-section/69-69/13544-full-secret-video-of-private-romney-fundraiser
Is this really a person that you want running this country?

By: CT Essential Politics – Friday 09.21.12 - CT Devil's Advocate

CT Essential Politics – Friday 09.21.12 - CT Devil's Advocate — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:04:47 +0000

[...] Transparent - Dennis House Dems File FEC Complaint Against Roraback Campaign - Journal Register On Jeb Bush And Public Education - Jonathan Pelto, Wait, What? Big CT Job Losses Prompt Accuracy Questions - Rob Varnon, Hearst CT [...]

By: Windham Guest

Windham Guest — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 01:04:00 +0000

He looks like the milkman paid a few unscheduled visits to the old Bush ranch. Or maybe the mailman.

By: Windham Guest

Windham Guest — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 01:03:00 +0000

I understand your sentiments, JMC, but I will say that I have seen evidence that Pryor is actually a Republican in his own right, and his mother is a Republican delegate from New York. It doesn’t matter that much, as you say, with people like Obama, Duncan, Malloy, et al.

By: buygoldandprosper

buygoldandprosper — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:20:00 +0000

Just a note…Jeb looks like John Rowland in the photo.No doubt he has better legal advisors…

By: Linda174

Linda174 — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:05:00 +0000

I am stuck on two things…why is Jeb Bush lecturing anyone about education issues and who gives a crap what he thinks? He is the one behind the cyber charter push in Maine…..he will go away when he and his cronies can’t make money off our kids.

Opt out…no testing…no money..no more corporate “reform”.

They go away when they are held accountable and they can’t use our kids to rake in tax dollars as profits.

By: JMC

JMC — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:21:00 +0000

And BWT, to me Arne Duncan and Barrack Obama are merely Stefan Pryor and Dannel Malloy writ large. I believe Malloy would consider that a compliment. Of course he would; Obama is his role model and Malloy even copies Obama’s movements and agendas.

By: JMC

JMC — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:02:00 +0000

Bill,
Some conservatives can actually think. I like to believe I am one. We are no more monolithic than Democrats. I taught for 25 yrs. in public schools and was a Union building rep and Union executive board member for several of those years. 1/3 of the members of the National Education Ass. described themselves as conservative 10-12 yrs. ago,, according to an amazing admission made then in an NEA member bulletin published when Reg Weaver was NEA president.
However, NONE of the values and beliefs of conservative NEA members ever were or are in evidence in the NEA’s lefitst platforms that are drawn up and promulgated before presidential elections. This to me is an unconscionable betrayal of the values of 1/3 of its dues-paying members. But conservative NEA members keep and have kept their mouths shut, if they even knew or cared about the NEA’s radical leftist social agenda, because the Democratic party was supposedly “lookin’ out for teachers”.
This has all changed with the privatization movement. Privatization is impossible without the connivance and direct support of Democratic politicians, parents, and school boards members, because this movement is overwhelmingly directed at Blue, Democratic demographic zones. The movement cannot exist without them. To me, as a conservative, that is an indication of Democratic hypocrisy and charlatonry. It is also characteristic of many of the blue Ivy League grads who go for the big bucks, whether as Wall Streeters or CT Ed Commissioners. And Dem politicians like Malloy who surrounds himself with smarter, still less principaled creatures. And states like ours run by Democratic politicans who have no qualms about burying future generations in unthinkable debt in order to pander now to voters and stay in office (not, of course, only a Democrat characteristic!)
Welcome to your new, viral Democratic party.

By: Bill Morrison

Bill Morrison — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:18:00 +0000

Of course, standardized test scores do not really indicate improvement or failure, but conservatives cannot think beyond a catch phrase anyway. And, to see what conservatives have in store for us after they demolish both public and private unions, just look at last year’s CNN story about how American corporations are treating their work forces overseas when they do not have unions or labor laws to worry about. It is a remarkable portrait of the condition of labor during the Gilded Age! As Davy Jones of the Monkees once sang, “Look out, here comes tomorrow!”.