Reply #35: Please consider the sources. Wes Clark's opinon means much more than Paige [View All]

[benfranklin1776]

General Clark was quite correct to salute you as a leader of our nation. As a professional man who commanded people during his military career he keenly appreciated the benefit to the nation of strong public education and recognized who it is that delivers that education, namely good people such as yourself. The opinion of Mr. Paige, whose sole claim to fame seems to have been his stint as superintendent of the Houston school system when it used Enron style accounting to undercount people who dropped out of school, is quite trifling by comparison. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A14117-2003Nov7?language=printer

So I give you two :thumbsup: :thumbsup: for your good work. I agree though that stronger language was called for in responding to Mr. Paige by both Granholm and Rendell. Such a slur demands a blistering response not gentle reproachment.