Pushing "education" IS pushing the liberal agenda...

[armyowalgreens]

The probability of a person being liberal, politically, increases greatly if he or she experiences any level of higher education.

Whether or not Obama is actually attempting to do so, he is pushing a liberal agenda when he tells kids to stay in school.

Conservatives don't want an educated population. They know that an increase in higher level education participation means that they lose power.

The Conservative base thrives on ignorance. The Liberal base is fueled by enlightenment.

It's really no surprise that the right-wing talking heads are attacking Obama over a seemingly innocent speech. They know just how much is at stake. Let them squirm.

We should all be proud of Obama for furthering the liberal, enlightened agenda.

[SpiralHawk]

1. Barefoot, in the kitchen, and pregnant with baby proles

The 'elite' Republicon vision for us proles.

[Hannah Bell]

7. not any more. too many proles & they don't need the workers. their vision

now is we should live alone, not mate, & unless well-paid, not consume.

[elleng]

2. Right you are!

Remember that rover planned for bushies selections by focusing on poorly educated church attending folks.

[armyowalgreens]

4. Both parties seek out that demographic. But only the conservative ideology...

thrives on ignorance.

[my2sense]

3. You hit the nail on the head n/t

[armyowalgreens]

5. One little kick and I'm off to bed.

[lib_wit_it]

6. Of course that's why the Bushies tried to gut public education with No Child Left Unblind. And by

funneling public school funds into charter schools that were exempt from standards testing.

[Hannah Bell]

8. "tried" to? you'll notice inclb hasn't been repealed, & $$ to charters is increasing, not

decreasing.

[lib_wit_it]

9. Yes, and I'm wondering if Obama listened to the arguments against those. It really disappointed me

to see him talking up charter schools.

[Hannah Bell]

10. obama's major campaign funders were also the major funders & promoters of

chicago's renaissance 2010 charter schools initiative.

[lib_wit_it]

12. Yeah, that was a problem for me at the time. Not surprised, just disappointed that he was won

over by this anti-public-education scheme.

[zonkers]

11. Nail on the head. ditto.