Just a very fiery interview on MSNBC with a OK teacher about the consequences of

[kairos12]

inadequate funding to him personally and to his his classroom. During the interview he said he was a Republican and I think he stated in the interview he will remain one (it was kind of unclear as he started rambling about voting for a fence post).

C'mon wake the f... up.

Jeez!

[leftynyc]

1. I have zero sympathy for any OK teacher

that voted for donnie. They're getting what they voted for both in their state and nationally. Screw them.

[AJT]

2. Any teacher who is a republican I have no sympathy for.

The republicans want to destroy the teachers union and privatized the school system. This fool lives in a state where the republican government has demonized teachers as brainwashers and glorified babysitters. The republicans have ruined the state with trickle down policies. What possible reason could he give for being a republican?

[heaven05]

12. thought the idiotboypotusPOS

represented a better change from the prior POTUS than Hillary and I would bet the farm pride will keep them from admitting, ever, that they made a huge mistake.... .

[Hoyt]

3. These teachers want/deserve more, but are fine when others are denied. Plus, he sounds too stupid to

teach, to be honest. (Didn't see the interview, so I am going by what you said.)

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. You cant be a teacher or professor and a republican. You can be a purveyor of bullshit, but not a

teacher.

[heaven05]

5. I have two

trump voters in my circle of acquaintances and they really don't want to hear about how they really fucked up just wanting to see what kind of shitstorm could be started with the "change" stupidboypotusPOS represented to them during election season. They know they fucked up and the male that voted for idiotboypotus, gets angry when I lambast him for his vote. He is not a friend, friend.

[Eliot Rosewater]

14. His anger is why he is a con, a lib would say sorry, wont do it again, a stupid con

with the maturity level of a 9 yr old does what he is doing.

[heaven05]

15. exactly

he sees me coming and starts his frown because he knows what he's going to hear for the time I'm there.

[SunSeeker]

6. He said he would vote for a fence post so long as it had an "R" on it.

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Which, of course, is how he and his school got screwed in the first place. Keep making the same mistake and expecting a different result: definition of insanity.

[kairos12]

7. I thought he said that but I wasn't trusting my ears. WTF!

[SunSeeker]

8. He was basically arguing that the current GOP legislators should be primaried.

But he apparently doesn't realize that ALL Republican candidates are anti-union and anti-public schools.

[kairos12]

10. Maybe not vote for a fence post, but dense as one.

[NewJeffCT]

17. Unfortunately, the GOP has a lot of those

always vote (R) no matter what. Single issue voters as well.

I had a friend (not a close friend, but a friend) that was morbidly obese and passed away in his mid 40s a few years back due to weight related health issues. He was actually liberal on most social issues - pro choice, suspicious of any religion, had no problems with gay marriage... however, he loved his guns and always, always, always voted Republicans because he believed that Democrats were out to take his guns.

But, maybe if he, and others like him, had been voting (D) all along instead of against their own interests, we'd have gotten something like Obamacare under a President Gore and his obesity and related issues may have been taken care of years ago before it was too late.

[avebury]

13. Not only most of them are not being primaried, most of them are

running unopposed as well.

[Squinch]

16. He deserves whatever he gets. Or doesn't get.

[RandomAccess]

20. No, he said he'd vote for the fence post to get the people IN out

[SunSeeker]

21. Him: "If they put an R on a fence post...I will vote for the fence post."

He did also say he would do "whatever it takes" to hold the incumbents "accountable." Not sure if that included voting for Democrats.


The quote is at the 0:54 mark:

[RandomAccess]

22. Okay, that was garbled and it seemed like a small piece of it missing,

but I guess you're right. Thanks for the clip.

[SunSeeker]

23. The piece I'm referenceing is not missing. It's right there at 0:54.

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No need to guess. Google it yourself and find a better version if you're not happy with the quality of this video.

[SunSeeker]

24. Here's a link to the MSNBC story with the full video, no skip.

http://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/oklahoma-teacher-to-state-lawmakers-we-ll-do-whatever-it-takes-1201587779629

[procon]

9. That's what passes for logic in the alternate world Republicans live in.

That 5th grade teacher said he had a masters degree but had to work at second low wage jobs because teaching doesn't provide him a paycheck to live on. He went on to complain about shortages of basic school supplies, like text books. Then he said he would rather vote for a fencepost if it had an "R" on it, rather than another Republican who didn't support education.

Anything but a Democrat, right?

This is how Republicans think. Whatever it is that man has have against Democrats it is baked indeep and down to the bone. People like him will never even consider voting for someone who checks off on all the important issues he wants, just because they are a Democrat.

Maybe the best we can hope for is that he throws in the towel and doesn't vote. I dunno, how do we reach someone like that?

[avebury]

11. And Oklahoma's State Legislature is overwhelmingly Republican,

most of whom are running UNOPPOSED. They spend more time passing unconstitutional laws then laws that will actually help the people of Oklahoma. If teachers want change in Education funding then they need to take a page out of the Parkland students' playbook and vote these idiots out. As long as Republicans control State Government I doubt much will change.

I have no sympathy for Republicans in this state. They got exactly what they voted for. They are just dragging the rest of us down with them.

[Vinca]

18. It sounded to me as if he'd vote for the fence post before he'd vote for a Democrat.

I don't get these people. Is it all about gays, guns, abortion and Jesus? Democrats would fund education, no demonstrations necessary.

[gratuitous]

19. Say, wouldn't right now be a good time for a Democratic political rally?

Maybe Teacher Shitferbrains could get a little education about which party would serve him and his students and their families better. The Democrats could bring in a nationally-known Democrat to really bring the heat and the message. Say, wasn't Elizabeth Warren a resident of Oklahoma once upon a time? I'm biased, but I think she's more attractive than a fence post on about a gazillion different levels.

Democrats could be standing beside and behind the teachers, chatting with the local media folks directly. Get their platform in the news reports without being filtered through Fox or Sinclair. Might just turn one or two people around; you never know.