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Did De Voss Lie to the Senate Hearing?

I was more concerned with the fact that her biggest accomplishments are inheriting money and marrying money. She is definitely not someone that should be in an important position.
 
Ah! Her foundation gave money to Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council. That's bound to get left wing hackles up.
 
Manc Skipper said:
I don't know. Some say she did. Pinnochio bigly. You tell me!

https://www.democracynow.org/2017/1/18/jeremy_scahill_did_education_nominee_betsy

She's not somebody I'd like near my kids' education.
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They believe in a Christian supremacist theocracy that should govern the United States. And Trump was certainly not their first choice, but if you look at the kind of dominionist crowd that these guys run in, the very right-wing evangelicals, they now have come to peace with the idea that Trump is God’s chosen vehicle to deliver these policies. They’re very militant believers.
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No follow up on that militant crack? Funny how they never do that. And her support for a strong family is something a lot of people want.

which the Southern Poverty Law Center has listed as a hate group.
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That one means nothing. The SPLC is bought and paid for by globalists, progressives, and Islamists.

https://www.democracynow.org/2017/1/18/jeremy_scahill_did_education_nominee_betsy
 
she sounds like someone who wants to gut public schools just like they've been trying to do in my state for years. i don't support her nomination.
 
Helix said:
she sounds like someone who wants to gut public schools just like they've been trying to do in my state for years. i don't support her nomination.
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Is it me or is every pick specifically hostile to the department they're supposed to run?
 
Cardinal said:
Is it me or is every pick specifically hostile to the department they're supposed to run?
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at first appearance, mostly. we'll see how it turns out. i'll weigh in more when anyone has actually done anything.
 
Helix said:
she sounds like someone who wants to gut public schools just like they've been trying to do in my state for years. i don't support her nomination.
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As soon as you get elected senator for your state that non-support will matter.
 
washunut said:
As soon as you get elected senator for your state that non-support will matter.
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my parents dedicated their careers to public education, and my fiancée is currently doing so. i also went to public schools myself, and i received a great education. my informed opinion matters now.
 
Cardinal said:
Is it me or is every pick specifically hostile to the department they're supposed to run?
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I see nothing wrong with that. These agencies are unlawful so putting up people to run them that are opposed to their existence is the right choice.
 
Helix said:
my parents dedicated their careers to public education, and my fiancée is currently doing so. i also went to public schools myself, and i received a great education. my informed opinion matters now.
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Informed anything scare the hell out of trump supporters.
 
Henrin said:
I see nothing wrong with that. These agencies are unlawful so putting up people to run them that are opposed to their existence is the right choice.
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Unlawful? I don't recall a law against them.
 
Cardinal said:
Is it me or is every pick specifically hostile to the department they're supposed to run?
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Not every pick, but you're not far off. Many of them, IMHO, are being put in place to reign in and shrink the departments they're being appointed to run. Some of that is okay with me. Some of it is not. The devil is in the details.
 
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randel said:
agreed, 100% needs to be kept as far away as possible...only reason she has even gotten this far is the money her family has donated to a multitude of republican fetishes
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is "republican fetishes" the new code word from the radical left for "republican causes"
 
Helix said:
she sounds like someone who wants to gut public schools just like they've been trying to do in my state for years. i don't support her nomination.
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we'd be better off if the Federal government wasn't involved in public schools in the first place
 
spud_meister said:
Unlawful? I don't recall a law against them.
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I think he's talking about the tenth amendment-something that has been ignored ever since FDR was in office but if it was interpreted correctly, those departments would not have a lawful basis to exist
 
Helix said:
i disagree.
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this board would be pretty lame if everyone agreed with me but the fact is, government interference into what are mainly local matters has only seen a decline in the standing of US education
 
Beaudreaux said:
Not every pick, but your not far off. Many of them, IMHO, are being put in place to reign in and shrink the departments they're being appointed to run. Some of that is okay with me. Some of it is not. The devil is in the details.
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Reign in and shrink is a fine thing if you can demonstrate that that's going to be done in any meaningful, intelligent way. Saying global warming is fake when you're going to head up the EPA doesn't give me that comfort.
 
TurtleDude said:
is "republican fetishes" the new code word from the radical left for "republican causes"
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It's the new code word for, faith based. While the real perverted fetishes are the purview of the left. Just more lib projection.
 
Helix said:
my parents dedicated their careers to public education, and my fiancée is currently doing so. i also went to public schools myself, and i received a great education. my informed opinion matters now.
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I went to public schools also, including one of the last FREE universities in America. My opinion matters to me just as yours matters to you. Our opinions not a wit when it comes to votes in the senate.
 
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