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Saturday, September 1, 2012

Jeb Bush ‘s Irrational and Potentially Catastrophic Exercise in Hubris | Scathing Purple Musings

Jeb Bush ‘s Irrational and Potentially Catastrophic Exercise in Hubris | Scathing Purple Musings:


Jeb Bush ‘s Irrational and Potentially Catastrophic Exercise in Hubris

Jeb Bush’s predictable RNC performance centered on school choice with a dash of teacher union bash. The later, red meat for the GOP base; the former, code for vouchers with a lustful eye on total privatization of education. But Bush knows that his Florida test-based way is collapsing and he’s desperately trying to control the narrative with spin. He knows that for some republican voters, playing the union card enables justification of any means he chooses. It’s noteworthy that Bush never used the word “tests” during his speech.
Its understood that Bush needs his tests to be seen as holy writ to trigger privatization. While it’s becoming clear that it’s already occurring now in Florida via the for-profit charter school industry and the cash it’s pouring