MEA endorses Mitchell for governor
By Kelley Bouchard kbouchard@mainetoday.com
Staff Writer
PORTLAND — The Maine Education Association today endorsed Democratic candidate Libby Mitchell in the governor's race this fall.
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“As a former classroom teacher, Libby understands the challenges and the rewards of teaching in a public school," MEA President Chris Galgay said during a news conference at Portland High School. "She understands that educators must be partners and collaborators in making sure all of Maine’s schools are successful.”
MItchell said she was grateful for the endorsement, noting that she would like to be known as Maine's education governor.
"I think education is the key to improving the lives of all Mainers," Mitchell said. "It's the key to putting people back to work, to creating new jobs, to raising incomes and to keeping young people in Maine."
Mitchell said she is committed to making sure the voices of teachers, parents and students are heard in Augusta, and to promoting innovative educational models such as Expeditionary Learning at King Middle School and the community support for education that is demonstrated in Jackman.
Before endorsing Mitchell, MEA members invited the five candidates for governor to be interviewed. Four attended the meetings and shared their views on public education.
After the interviews, members cast ballots for the candidate of their choice, recommending Mitchell for endorsement. The MEA board of directors voted to approve the endorsement.
“Maine needs an experienced, competent, and committed leader," Galgay said. "Maine needs someone with proven leadership skills and a bipartisan track record. Maine needs someone focused on improving our great public schools. Maine needs someone who knows how to bring parties together to find solutions. Maine needs someone that inspires the best in all of us. Maine needs Libby Mitchell.”
Republican candidate Paul LePage was the only candidate who failed to respond to MEA’s request for an interview. He has proposed sweeping education reforms that would reduce school administration, tie teacher evaluations to student performance and increase competition for public school funding.
The MEA is a statewide union that represents 25,000 teachers, professors and others who work for public school districts, the community college and university systems, and the Maine Public Broadcast Corp.
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80 COMMENTS
hillbilly said...
And so it starts. There is no more liberal organization in politics than the MEA. Teachers are the most prevalent occupation in the legislature by far, they and Mitchell have engineered the condition this state is in today. If you want more of the same as the last 16 years, vote for Mitchell and the unions. If not, there is an alternative.
June 24, 2010 at 10:10 AM Report abuse
OldHippie said...
I'm sure the State workers union will support her too.
June 24, 2010 at 10:21 AM Report abuse
AICS08 said...
Big surprise there...NOT!!
June 24, 2010 at 10:22 AM Report abuse
MainelyJack said...
Well, if this isn't the smallest surprise of the day. It is one of the reasons that tens of thousands of us will not vote for her.
June 24, 2010 at 10:24 AM Report abuse
longpondloon said...
SURPRISE, SURPRISE, SURPRISE.
June 24, 2010 at 10:27 AM Report abuse
TheCynic said...
Why is this considered "news"?
June 24, 2010 at 10:28 AM Report abuse
Jon said...
No surprise here. What other choice did they have. A looney junk dealer, a wealthy egotist, another rich guy with no qualifications. Mitchell's wide ranging experience and her many accomplishments have helped improve Maine. hillbilly is right if you want proven experience, a love of Maine and its working people then Mitchell is your candidate.
June 24, 2010 at 10:28 AM Report abuse
AKMaineiac said...
And Libby will shovel money, no she's gonna get one of those machines Obama's got down there in Washington. Every Liberal's dream... it look like a brush chipper, but you dump baskets of money into it, and it's guaranteed to solve every problem know to us. Just keep dumping money into it... it'll work... someday.
June 24, 2010 at 10:34 AM Report abuse
whoa said...
The unions lost Richardson when he dropped out, for ethic reasons. Libby is choice number 2. You are correct, the other unions will be right behind with their endorsments.
June 24, 2010 at 10:35 AM Report abuse
logicalview said...
I guess the MEA ignored Libby's budget where state funding for K-12 education was slashed and the 55% commitment was abandoned. Does the MEA really care about education or just preservation of the status quo?
June 24, 2010 at 10:36 AM Report abuse
BonusEleven said...
LMAO...Jon must think all is well in Maine. Jon must have a little something coming in from the state that the rest of us don't have. Vote down the greedy idealogues, such as Jon, who pilfer the state coffers while they tell you "everything is just dandy". It's all BS! Libby is nothing but more of the same and we ALL know where that has brought the economy and education in Maine. We need an actual freakin change! Vote out the corrupt Democrats...ALL of them!
June 24, 2010 at 10:45 AM Report abuse
EYESOPENED said...
I do not believe organizations should publicly back candidates ! first off its not the members backing them its the staff, I know three teachers and all said they were voting Lepage, it is not all 250000 members backing the candidate but thats what they want you to believe, they only picked mitchell because she was a former teacher.
June 24, 2010 at 10:47 AM Report abuse
lovinit said...
There's another 25,000 votes LePig will not have. Wee, Wee, Wee
June 24, 2010 at 10:55 AM Report abuse
henryelm said...
well, so you expect the MEA to support the candidate that wants to eliminate the department of education and add creationism to the schools in violation of the constitution??? OR do you think they should support Le page's privatize the public school stand??? Or should they accept the right's view that PUBlIC educators are nothing but burdens to society feeding at the public trough??? OF course the MEA supports Mitchell or "anyone BUT Le Page".
June 24, 2010 at 11:00 AM Report abuse
henryelm said...
YUP and the odds are pretty good the other PUBLIC unions will follow suit. They are voters, who work hard to contribute to society, and don't look kindly on being portrayed as useless bottom feeders.
June 24, 2010 at 11:03 AM Report abuse
rogerthat said...
Of course the teachers union wants somebody who's going to dump loads of money into education and pander to the union's every whim. It's time to reduce the teachers union influence over education since its only interest is in preserving its members' jobs.
June 24, 2010 at 11:09 AM Report abuse
chet said...
Maine needs someone with proven leadership skills and a bipartisan track record. Who do they think they are kidding? Is this is a joke? The Union is the problem. LePage all the way to the Blaine House.
June 24, 2010 at 11:18 AM Report abuse
common_cents said...
Once again, the MEA opens to public scrutiny it's role in influencing political campaigns and the secret monies it spends on its slate of approved candidates at state and, even local levels of government. Having once participated in their charade of having candidates make pitches to them, prior to their 'deciding' to endorse the obvious DEM slate; I checked their political expenses and found NOTHING for the lavish catered event at their headquarters....maybe it didn't happen?....I still remember meeting the former MEA director who parked his new Cadillac out front and bragged about it in a brief conversation....mmm.....mmm....mmmm!
June 24, 2010 at 11:20 AM Report abuse
C-Fairer said...
I've spent most of my life unlearning what I was taught in Government schools.
June 24, 2010 at 11:24 AM Report abuse
ModerateOne said...
LePage should have at least responded. This is the kind of arrogance the unions will use as a motivation to get out the vote. Respectful disagreement is one thing. Ronald Reagan was the master of this. Showing total disrespect is another thing. Not the best political move.
June 24, 2010 at 11:27 AM Report abuse
common_cents said...
Isn't the "BIG BANG THEORY" just the approved secular scientist's version of Creationism?.....If it isn't what was there before the big bang? Teaching both sides of the CREATIVE vs. EVOLUTION controversy is far more educational than promoting only one view. LePage is correct in not censoring such an important scientific topic, and simply preferring to 'teach' or discuss both sides of the controversy...now that's a real open minded perspective on education!
June 24, 2010 at 11:29 AM Report abuse
chet said...
If LePage responded they would have twisted what he said. LePage did the right thing.
June 24, 2010 at 11:30 AM Report abuse
revelation said...
The MEA and the other unions should find a nice size toilet and flush their money down it. Their money is not going to help Mitchell win the governorship. The people are 'on' to the democrats finally and they will vote in LePage.
June 24, 2010 at 12:00 PM Report abuse
ModerateOne said...
chet, LePage has such radical views that it would be foolish to twist them at all. Creationism will turn off the majority. Tax dollars funding religious schools (Catholic, Islamic). There is plenty to work with (as with Mitchell)without making up stuff.
June 24, 2010 at 12:17 PM Report abuse
kostink said...
Oh, the bellyachers and the Lepagers are at it again on this message board. Libby Mitchell is a former classroom teacher and has consistently tried to defend public education system from all kinds of attacks -- from the right and the left. Our schools are doing well and Mitchell is committed to making them even better.
June 24, 2010 at 12:17 PM Report abuse
ModerateOne said...
In the Republican debate LePage said in his opening statement that Maine ranked at the top in education spending, and our kids ranked near the bottom in performance. When he was confronted with the fact that Maine spends less than the national average per student in education he simply ignored the fact. It appears his candidacy is made up at repeating Tea Bagger talking points over and over, and ignoring everything else. Given the Democrats in the primary, and the fact that I could not vote for any of them in November, I was sure that I would be at least strongly considering a Republican in November. So, the one extremist candidate in the Republican field won. Chandler Woodcock 2.0
June 24, 2010 at 12:33 PM Report abuse
JoeSchmoe said...
Jobs! Let's focus on creating jobs. All the education in the world won't do you a bit of good if you can't find a good-paying job after you graduate.
June 24, 2010 at 12:35 PM Report abuse
NoSpin said...
Say no to the "Special Interest Groups." Let's put our country first and vote LePage for governor. Libby had her chance and blew it. The last thing we need is a Baldacci with a skirt.
June 24, 2010 at 12:41 PM Report abuse
badjuju said...
Wasn't going to vote for her anyway, this just seals the deal. typical
June 24, 2010 at 12:47 PM Report abuse
Old-school said...
Well said Hillbilly. Has anyone read what Eliot Cutler says about education in Maine? It is on his web site and makes a lot of sense. Also explains why MEA won't endorse him.
June 24, 2010 at 12:49 PM Report abuse
SiddFinch said...
Libby really helped the working people when she supported the tax reform bill. The bill gave a standard deduction couple making $40,000 an income tax cut of .20% of income the first year and because they eliminated indexing an income tax increase in the years after. Of course the income tax cut as a percentage of income increased with income with a couple making $1 million getting a cut of 1.47% of income. Libby did this to the middle class and she says she is proud of it.
June 24, 2010 at 12:57 PM Report abuse
DasBoot said...
Who did you think they were going to endorse? Business as usual. Spiraling down the drain.
June 24, 2010 at 1:06 PM Report abuse
henryelm said...
"LePage is correct in not censoring such an important scientific topic, and simply preferring to 'teach' or discuss both sides of the controversy.." ah you mean lepage will BRING political controversy( not fact and science) into schools to manpulate young minds?? Sort of like the Texas board of eduction rewriting the text books (and history) to THEIR liking???
June 24, 2010 at 1:20 PM Report abuse
DavyJones said...
I wonder why the MEA didn't endorse the CEO of yard sales??? Hmmm. I wonder if it has to do with the dissolution of the Department of Education?
June 24, 2010 at 1:22 PM Report abuse
henryelm said...
"LePage said in his opening statement that Maine ranked at the top in education spending, and our kids ranked near the bottom in performance. When he was confronted with the fact that Maine spends less than the national average per student in education he simply ignored the fact." And rank in the top 5 in testing. He must get his "facts" from Common. The right simply LIES to win . birth certificates, death panels, Obama caused the oil leak yada yada yada.
June 24, 2010 at 1:25 PM Report abuse
henryelm said...
I thought the "right" was christian and believed in the constitution. I guess they missed that "don't lie" commandment It's why the christian part of the right LEFT the rest of the right behind and voted Obama in the last round to embrace compassion instead of hate and Truth instead of lies.
June 24, 2010 at 1:30 PM Report abuse
NickName123 said...
Here is education for you. MEA code words: "care about education" = "caters to our union".....
June 24, 2010 at 1:35 PM Report abuse
Headsup said...
Shocking news that MEA endorsed Libbyral Mitchell. Who's next, MSEA? When was the last time either of these unions endorsed someone other then a democrat? They have lost their credibility.
June 24, 2010 at 1:45 PM Report abuse
Biddy said...
Like it or not if elected Governor LePage is going to have to deal with the MEA and other Unions as well. Declining to return the group's questionaire shows a lack of will to at least discuss issues with groups that have an impact on policy. It further confirms the opinion of some of us that he would be a "My way or the highway" type of leader. Fortunately he would likely be confronted with A Democratic legislature which will shape him up fast. LePage's "Raging Bull" style is similar to a mayor we had in Biddeford in the mid 1990's. A Mayor that got the city involved in multiple lawsuits and who virtually destroyed the public school system. LePage is running for Governor not for King.
June 24, 2010 at 1:49 PM Report abuse
oldernwiser said...
November 2010: LePage 45% Mitchell 36% Cutler 11% the rest 8% You heard it here first, folks!
June 24, 2010 at 2:01 PM Report abuse
Divinity said...
oldernwiser said... "November 2010: LePage 45% " ___________________________________ Well, in baseball 1 out of 2 is a great batting average. How much older are you?
June 24, 2010 at 2:24 PM Report abuse
hillbilly said...
Our schools are doing well? WTF? You can't wear a shirt with the American flag on it but are required to celebrate Black History month; may 5; do "community service"; sing songs praising Obama; taught that no one can be left behind because you won't be allowed to fail; take classes designed by the eco-elite, global warming Goreists; and generally suffer ultra liberal political indoctrination for 12 years. No wonder HS grads to often can't read or make change. The teachers are doing well at furthering the lefts agenda with a captive, impressionable audience, our Kids.
June 24, 2010 at 2:28 PM Report abuse
xcalibur1066 said...
Maine spends tons on education. Maine students do poorly when compared to students in other states. Maine students do even worse when compared to students in other countries. Liberal logic then is of course, spend more money. How about upping the standards for becoming a teacher? In the USA, public school teachers graduate from the lower third of their class. In Europe, public school teachers graduate from the top third. Nice to see that the name calling liberals are out and about. There is something to be said for consistency. And if they are products of the Maine school system, they prove my point.
June 24, 2010 at 2:54 PM Report abuse
xcalibur1066 said...
Read this if you want to see what 30 years of Libby's party has done to Maine : http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/Publications/MaineAgingEconomy.pdf Scary stuff.
June 24, 2010 at 3:07 PM Report abuse
xcalibur1066 said...
* Maine spends 25 percent more per pupil than the national average, yet Maine's test scores have dropped. According to the Center for Education Policy, Applied Research and Evaluation at the University of Southern Maine, there is little or no positive correlation between school spending and test results. * Maine's student-to-teacher ratio is about 11-1 while the ratio in similarly rural states is about 14-1, yet all those peer states have better student test scores than Maine. Also, if Maine had a ratio of 14-1, education costs for personnel would be reduced by $400 million annually. * In 1980, teachers outnumbered support staff by 2-1. By 2006, Maine schools had more nonteaching staff than teachers. from : http://www.kjonline.com/opinion/columnists/maine_s-great-work-ethic-needs-an-education-upgrade_2010-04-18.html Now, why do you think the MEA endorses Ms. Mitchell?
June 24, 2010 at 3:13 PM Report abuse
wingnut said...
There goes the falicy that teachers are educated and wise! OK MEA...welcome to mitcHELL!
June 24, 2010 at 3:15 PM Report abuse
hillbilly said...
I bet you all know someone you went to high school with who became a teacher. Some, a few, were undoubtedly good students and did so for the best of reasons. They exist but they are few. The ones in my class who did were the jocks who wanted to coach and the lazy who wanted summers off. Add to that the ones who simply like having control and power of a captive child and you have the bulk of the MEA members. The top third of the class found something productive to do.
June 24, 2010 at 3:23 PM Report abuse
youdecide said...
Wow, why would anyone want to go into teaching? With the comments and "high regards" many of you have, do you think anyone is going to want to go into a field where there is so little respect? I surely wouldn't, and I wouldn't want my kids to either. Take a look around at the people who are raising most of these school kids. Very few have parent(s) who care. It's no wonder "test scores" are out the window. Yep, if my child wanted to go into education right now, I'd have her read these comments.
June 24, 2010 at 3:29 PM Report abuse
xcalibur1066 said...
youdecide : I am not sure what you are reading into the comments. My data has nothing to do with teachers individually. It is the system that is flawed. It is actually the system that keeps many very talented from the teaching profession. My nephew was a gifted student in HS and college. He is now a teacher in Maine. The "system" is going to make him leave the profession.
June 24, 2010 at 3:37 PM Report abuse
hillbilly said...
The system, like any system dominated by a workers union, is flawed. It encourages mediocrity by rewarding longevity instead of success; and discourages creativity and individuality. Like all unions, its purpose is not the betterment of the members but its own perpetuation and accumulation of influence. When teachers are rewarded for successful teaching and fired for incompetence (an impossibility now) we will have a system that works. Neither can co-exist with a union designed to protect the unproductive and incompetent.
June 24, 2010 at 3:44 PM Report abuse
hillbilly said...
And then we will have teachers that deserve our respect and get it.
June 24, 2010 at 3:45 PM Report abuse
DasBoot said...
henryelm Your going to be devastated in 2012, aren't you?
June 24, 2010 at 3:59 PM Report abuse
hillbilly said...
KO; our schools are doing well. Check this link out and tell me you still think so. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/24/mass-district-policy-let-elementary-school-students-condoms/?test=latestnews
June 24, 2010 at 4:13 PM Report abuse
Buck said...
Just what this state needs. an ex-teacher for governor with a bunch of teachers for legislatures. Sounds like receipt for bankruptcy. You fools here Maine are on down ward spiral if you elect Mitchell. I am so damn happy that I am retiring and leaving this Democratic CESSPOOL.
June 24, 2010 at 4:18 PM Report abuse
maineilove said...
I belong to the MEA, and I am certainly not endorsing Mitchell for governor! And guess what - I know many, many other teachers (who may not admit it publically), but are definitely not endorsing Mitchell for governor, and yes, many of these are the same teachers who are thanking their lucky stars Baldy's puppit, Susan Gendron is GONE - GONE - GONE!
June 24, 2010 at 4:57 PM Report abuse
Ayuh23 said...
I am very disappointed that Mr Lepage refused to respond to the MEA's questionnaire. I am not interested in even considering electing anyone to public office who is unwilling to listen to all sides of an argument before making a decision. As for the quality of Maine schools- according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (the Nation's Report Card) Maine consistently performs higher than most states. New England states outperform most of the US and NE states are comparable to scores of many of the highest scoring countries in the world. In Maine, SATs are given to all HIS Juniors, instead of just the college bound, and cannot be used to compare to results from other states. Enough school bashing already.
June 24, 2010 at 5:06 PM Report abuse
mudtech123 said...
Libby Mitchell and the Educators should first want the Students to be successful and then the schools. They seem to have it backwards.
June 24, 2010 at 5:43 PM Report abuse
henryelm said...
"Maine spends tons on education. Maine students do poorly when compared to students in other states." wrong Maine test scores are in the top 5!!!!( stop listening to "common"s" baloney data)."* Maine spends 25 percent more per pupil than the national average" wrong again!!!," yet Maine's test scores have dropped." that is true we used to be first in the country a decade ago. I attribute it to cuts to education.
June 24, 2010 at 5:54 PM Report abuse
henryelm said...
"In 1980, teachers outnumbered support staff by 2-1. By 2006, Maine schools had more nonteaching staff than teachers." It's called creating efficiencies and getting more bang for the buck. "Support staff" are cheaper then teachers by at least 50%.!!! An ed tech makes about 1/3 of a teachers salary ( and often are certified teachers!!!)
June 24, 2010 at 6:04 PM Report abuse
JMY1 said...
I wonder what the "questions" were?
June 24, 2010 at 6:39 PM Report abuse
jude said...
Teachers endorse the Democrat? Now there's a shocker.
June 24, 2010 at 6:56 PM Report abuse
workingclass said...
Go LePage!!!
June 24, 2010 at 7:32 PM Report abuse
NickName123 said...
a union insists a candidate must answer their questionaire.....hows that for power politics.......maybe the republicans should insist that Mitchell complete their questionnaire...that would be the equivalent situation...how about every group in the state creating a questionaire and insisting a candidate answer it
June 24, 2010 at 8:14 PM Report abuse
lovinit said...
hillbilly,--Sounds like the teachers in your district are pretty bad. Please name the 3 worst. Cricket, Cricket
June 24, 2010 at 8:27 PM Report abuse
Routone said...
Poor, poor LePigNuts. No one loves them. No one cares. Well those "liberals" don't know that LePage is the one, he's going to save all of the "real Americans" from the "liberals" like Obama! Yes, and we know the truth, we know that the MEA are a bunch of communitsts! We're LePigNuts and we know! We also know how "dangerous" Unions are, they're just a bunch of Communists too! Glenn Beck says so! And LePage knows all of this, and he knows that the only way to be energy independent and bring jobs to Maine is to drill lots and lots of oil wells off the coast of Maine. Don't you know it was the "environmentalists" who were responsible for "forcing" the nice oil companies like BP to drill way out far, far in the ocean. LePage won't let that happen! He's tough and will yell at the nasty socialist environmentalists! Go LePage! Republican: Alice, where's Wonderland?
June 24, 2010 at 8:32 PM Report abuse
Routone said...
Poor, poor LePigNuts. No one loves them. No one cares. Well those "liberals" don't know that LePage is the one, he's going to save all of the "real Americans" from the "liberals" like Obama! Yes, and we know the truth, we know that the MEA are a bunch of communitsts! We're LePigNuts and we know! We also know how "dangerous" Unions are, they're just a bunch of Communists too! Glenn Beck says so! And LePage knows all of this, and he knows that the only way to be energy independent and bring jobs to Maine is to drill lots and lots of oil wells off the coast of Maine. Don't you know it was the "environmentalists" who were responsible for "forcing" the nice oil companies like BP to drill way out far, far in the ocean. LePage won't let that happen! He's tough and will yell at the nasty socialist environmentalists! Go LePage! Republican: Alice, where's Wonderland?
June 24, 2010 at 8:33 PM Report abuse
Do2nT said...
Duh! Does a bear...... All the same, let's not tar all teachers with the same brush. Many, many, many do not pledge allegiance to the MEA and DO have their students best interests at heart.
June 24, 2010 at 8:34 PM Report abuse
heyjoe said...
The only time my education was ever interrupted was when I was in school.... George Bernard Shaw
June 24, 2010 at 8:36 PM Report abuse
Routone said...
DO2, Let's see, since the MEA is dedicated to the professionalism of teachers and performance standards, you belive that since they're for Democratic candidates, that they're "bad." Republican: Ignorant. Clueless. Angry.
June 24, 2010 at 8:39 PM Report abuse
TheLeRue said...
JMY, You wonder what the questions were? Doesn't matter, LePage wouldn't have had the answers. He's just not a question and answer kind of guy.
June 24, 2010 at 8:53 PM Report abuse
KnightDriver said...
This endorsement just shows why we DON'T need Libby as Gov, unless of course you want more of what we have had. Sorry people..it's time for change!
June 24, 2010 at 9:00 PM Report abuse
Do2nT said...
Routone: I understand why you might think and respond the way you did. The MEA is an institution that is concerned only with self-perpetuation and political power. It is not a union of students. "...dedicated to the professionalism of teachers and performance standards" Sorry, but your "dedication" is my "lip-service".
June 24, 2010 at 9:43 PM Report abuse
cGV0ZWU%3D said...
Kevin Scott 2010. The guy just has it going on. Why are so many "passionate" people stuck on National Political Parties? Ever taken a risk, started a company, tried something new? Look, its just the Governor we are talking about people - and in Maine at that. Listen to Kevin Scott at his web site... and have some respect. If you do not agree, okay - but be christian for goodness sake.
June 24, 2010 at 10:03 PM Report abuse
null said...
And so it starts. That's right hillbilly. We will be doing all we can to ensure that Maine does not embarass itself by electing a creationist and climate change denier. This is not Texas. This is not Alabama. Maine is a progressive educated state and will, hopefully, turn back the tide of the those who confuse science and religion. Just imagine how many Jackson Labs you will see coming here if we elect a governor who rejects real science in favor of fairly tales. See how many Idexxes will come here if Maine students don't trust that "science stuff" and are taught that creationism and biology are in the same discipline. We will be the laughing stock of New England. Not to mention that Lepage will be in way over his head if he was to be elected.; He will have to rely on lobbyists to get his info. and since he is not a clean election candidate who knows who he will be beholden to.
June 24, 2010 at 10:12 PM Report abuse
chet said...
Go LePage; Cut baby Cut!
June 25, 2010 at 6:32 AM Report abuse
FlyingPoint said...
Null, We ARE the laughing stock of New England due to decades of being governed by people like Mitchell and the Pingrees. They have destroyed private health insurance and doubled the cost.They have done nothing to improve education for children, they just dump money on the problem. They have driven private business out of state. Democrats OWN every failed policy in Maine!
June 25, 2010 at 9:20 AM Report abuse
bXBhcmVudA%3D%3D said...
OHMYGOSH! The MEA endorses her? I am SOOOOO voting for her now! Thank you. Thank you, MEA, for helping me to see the light!
June 25, 2010 at 9:31 AM Report abuse
hillbilly said...
Mitchell, you feeling the warmth yet? Same old, same old aint working any more.
June 25, 2010 at 11:06 AM Report abuse
ValdezGreene said...
Do2, Amazing, you say that the MEA is an organization only concerned with the "self perpetuation of polotical power." And the RepubliCON party isn't? What a joke! Another prattling Republican who believes reality is only what you wish it to be, not what it is independent of your childish fantasies. Republican: We'll say anything!
June 25, 2010 at 11:27 AM Report abuse
YXNkNTY1NjZzZA%3D%3D said...
A public sector union is backing someone who has based her entire career on raising taxes on the private sector and giving the money to public sector unions? Get out!
June 25, 2010 at 12:33 PM Report abuse