February 22, 2006

UNLIKE HER HUSBAND, THE GOP CAN STEAL BLACK VOTES FROM HER (via David Hill, The Bronx):

Clinton raps vouchers (GLENN THRUSH, February 22, 2006, Newsday)

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton slammed private-school voucher proposals yesterday, predicting that vouchers would eventually lead to the creation of taxpayer-financed white supremacist academies - or even a government-funded "School of the Jihad."

Clinton, a longtime voucher foe who earned the backing of the city teachers union in 2000, says government financing of sectarian groups would incite ethnic and religious conflict - and encourage fringe groups to demand government cash to run their schools.

President George W. Bush has long favored laws that require states to provide vouchers, a position that earned him the allegiance of conservative Christian groups that have clamored for public education dollars.

"First family that comes and says 'I want to send my daughter to St. Peter's Roman Catholic School' and you say 'Great, wonderful school, here's your voucher,'" Clinton said.


Bad enough to be so openly anti-Catholic, but the families asking for the vouchers are black.

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 22, 2006 7:55 AM
Comments

"mrs clinton, what advice do you have for black families in the dc school district, that aren't able to send their children to private academies as you did when first lady ?"

"mrs clinton, you obviously didn't think the dc public schools were good enough for your child, what actions did you take as first lady to improve that school district ?"

Posted by: toe at February 22, 2006 3:05 PM

Mr.Toe,

Since DC residents can't vote for a New York senator, nor vote for president of the United States, why would I care anything about them or their schools.

Sincerely,

HRC

Posted by: erp at February 22, 2006 4:35 PM

Actually, the GOP gave DC school choice.


http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2005/06/06292005.html

Posted by: oj at February 22, 2006 4:39 PM

HRC made those comments "As an adoring, if somewhat puzzled, audience of Bronx activists loooked on.".

If living in Purgatory were not bad enough, HRC was telling them that Bronx schoolchildren weren't anywhere close to getting out of Purgatory, if she had anything to do about it.

No wonder they were "somewhat puzzled".

Posted by: John J. Coupal at February 22, 2006 8:16 PM
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