Ann Romney: "We need to throw out (public schooling)"

[phantom power]

I'm 100% sure she'll say that is quoted out of context, or that she misspoke. But it's completely unambiguous they want to outright end public schooling, just like they want to outright end social security, and any other kind of public services.

We have to sift through soft-ball interviews and watch campaign ads to get even a broad sense of what a Romney Presidency might be like, but if you’re genuinely curious, I thought I’d bring you a small piece of information that concerns your children that I was able to tease out of a hard-hitting Good Housekeeping piece:

AR: I’ve been a First Lady of the State. I have seen what happens to people’s lives if they don’t get a proper education. And we know the answers to that. The charter schools have provided the answers. The teachers’ unions are preventing those things from happening, from bringing real change to our educational system. We need to throw out the system.

Wow. The Romney’s are going to throw out the public school system. As a parent and public school supporter I’m grateful she saw fit to reveal this tantalizing clue.

Put the K-12 public education system on the pile along with Medicare, Medicaid, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. We’re getting rid of these things, to bring “real change.” It will be a real change, no doubt. That part of the (latest) media-Romney marketing campaign is true.

http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/10/28/throw-out-the-system/

[Warpy]

1. I'd rather throw out Ann Romney

and all the other ignorant members of her class. Dump them off our backs, get them out of our government in every single way, stop giving anything they say any notice at all.

[Ilsa]

3. I'm hoping she and Willard

will expatriate themselves after they lose. They don't really want to be here, I believe, unless they get their way.

[Warpy]

14. Failing to fulfill the White Horse prophecy

might also make them persona non grata in Utah.

Queen Ann will want to move someplace she can be the arbiter of polite (read, rich as Croesus) society. Places like Roatan off the coast of right wing Honduras beckon, I think she'd find it quite seductive, especially once she'd driven the indigenous people back to the mainland, forcing them to take long ferry trips daily to clean her toilets.

[Cleita]

2. I guess only their Little Lord Fauntleroys deserve an education.

Instead of educating the best and brightest, the Ann Romneys of the world only want to educate the richest. That's part of their plan to take us back to the days feudalism.

[Mass]

4. Or we could have some 30+k a year for each kid.

Which is how much tuition costs in the school the Romney kids went to. I am sure schools and teachers in public schools could do great things with this type of money.

http://www.belmont-hill.org/

[Coyotl]

5. Mitt Romney: "And the teachers union is gonna have to be left behind."

[MichiganVote]

7. So let's see, no Social Security, No Medicaid, No Medicare, No public education, No healthcare

No fair plan for Immigration, No Gays, No contraception rights, No abortion rights, No criminal acts in the case of rape, No reductions in the size or spending of the military, No regulations on Wall Street, No clean Energy Plan, No PBS...and on and on....

Sure.

And this guy wants to be President to what population of people?

Unbelievable. Can't wait to keep living here if this guy is elected. Might was well go to hell for all the fun left in the US for anyone other than the wealthy.

[Iris]

12. This all just pisses me off to no end.

I hate these people.

[crunch60]

17. And you Mittens and Queen Ann, will be riding off into the sunset on your

big shiny horse. Can't wait

[Coyotl]

21. This photo just epitomizes how out of touch they are.

What the hell was he thinking, "Shiny expensive horse = defeat Obama?"

[ck4829]

6. Education for rich kids, cheap labor for poor kids

[crunch60]

16. Cheap labor and Cannon fodder for another war or two- The Romney agenda..

Cannon fodder is an informal, derogatory term for military personnel who are regarded or treated as expendable in the face of enemy fire. The term is generally used in situations where soldiers are forced to deliberately fight against hopeless odds (with the foreknowledge that they will suffer extremely high casualties) in an effort to achieve a strategic goal.

The Romney's would be happy to send off your son's and daughter's , but NEVER their own family or their kids.. All dhickenhawks.

[Angry Dragon]

8. I guess they will next say that people should not own homes

better to have company towns

[MichiganVote]

10. Well they won't own homes w/o a mortgage deduction

[Initech]

9. They just don't get it do they??

[ladjf]

11. As usual, she speaks for the Republican Establishment, a group that couldn't care less about

the real best interests for the American People, not to mention Planet Earth. nt

[crunch60]

13. Ann Romney did you read this? Failed Orlando charter principal gets massive buyout

The principal of a failed Orange County charter school took home a check for more than $500,000 as the school closed down in June and is still being paid thousands of dollars a month to wrap up the school’s affairs.

The check for $519,453.36 in taxpayer money was cut to Kelly Young, principal of NorthStar High School, two days after the Orange County School Board accepted the school’s plan to close in lieu of being shut down for poor performance.

The payment, which was authorized by the charter school’s independent board, appears to be legal.

But Orange County School Board chairman Bill Sublette is outraged at the payout, calling it “a shameful abuse of public tax dollars” and “immoral.”

State Sen. David Simmons called for a thorough investigation. “There’s no room for abuse by charter or traditional schools,” Simmons said. “All it does is hurt children.”

Attention; ANN ROMNEY; ANOTHER CORRUPT CHARTER SCHOOL (but great $$$$ for all your rich friends.. forget the kids.


Ann Romney wants to throw out the
public school system, endorse high paid Charter School (Teachers?), who teach the kids What to think, not How to think. Another money maker for the 1% like Queen Annie and her family.. I can't wait till they all go away.


http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/2012/10/failed-orlando-charter-principal-gets-massive-buyout.html

[Coyotl]

22. PIGS at the public trough = $519,453.36 in taxpayer money

Corrupt and scandalous!

[mercuryblues]

15. Is there a teacher

that will challenge Queen Ann to shadow her/him for just one day? Preferably one with MS, so ann can't use her MS as an excuse to decline the invitation.

[sakabatou]

18. Queen Anne once again, shows her true self

Hating the poor and middle class while demonizing unions.

[spartan61]

19. What the hell does Ann Romney know about

public education. She went to Kingswood, the female side of Cranbrook, and he went to Cranbrook. I just googled the costs there and now it costs $45,980 for nine months to attend. Thank God for public schools where the majority of us received our education.

[begin_within]

20. She keeps saying she's not running for anything, yet she won't shut up and go away.

[NoMoreWarNow]

23. I can't fucking wait for these mega-assholes to lose

[Ilsa]

24. Here's a link to the original Good Housekeeping

article. Get ready to puke:

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/_mobile/family/celebrity-interviews/ann-romney-interview-2012-election-issues

The comments are good, though.

[hopeful68]

25. One of the co-chairs of the National Educators for Romney Coalition has a diploma mill doctorate

The Romney Campaign wants to throw out public education and replace with what??? I've forwarded the following information to several media outlets with no response. I believe this appointment truly shows the Romney dedication to education...

One of the co-chairs of the National Educators for Romney Coalition has a diploma mill doctorate...On September 12, 2012 a Tampa Bay Times “Gradebook blog” post by Jeff Solochek reported, “Dr. John Giotis, headmaster of The School of the Immaculata, was named one of 14 national honorary co-chairs of the National Educators for Romney coalition, which is officially headed by former U.S. education secretary Rod Paige.” I believe John Giotis, current co-chair of the Pinellas County presidential campaign to elect Mitt Romney warrants some investigation. At present, he refers himself Dr. Giotis and holds a “doctoral” degree from La Salle University of Mandeville, Louisiana, a well-known diploma mill that was exposed by the journalists of 60 Minutes and closed by the FBI. A timeline of the fraudulent LaSalle University can be found at … http://www.chugachconsumers.org/lib/lasallechronology.htm



Mr. Giotis has claimed to have been victimized by the fraudulent LaSalle institution and although it seems clear that he does not hold a valid doctoral degree, he continues to use the title of “doctor” and in many writings lists his name with D. Ed. Examples can be found at… http://www.ccpcfl.org/articles/Guests/Giotis/Jesus-capitalist.htm. In addition, his name is listed as Dr. Giotis on the school’s website…www.immaculataschool.com as well as listed as Dr. John Giotis, a 2010 financial advisor/presenter of “Best Budgeting and Finance Practices for Christian Schools” for the Florida Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (FACCS)… www.faccs.org/assets/Uploads/2010-Workshop-Block-Schedule5.pdf



Using such a title and presenting yourself as having earned a doctorate of education seems a clear violation of Florida law…

Title XLVI Crimes, Chapter 817 Fraudulent Practices
817.567 Making false claims of academic degree or title
(1) No person in the state may claim, either orally or in writing, to possess an academic degree, as defined in s. 1005.02, or the title associated with said degree, unless the person has, in fact, been awarded said degree from an institution that is:
(a) Accredited by a regional or professional accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education or the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation



Mr. Giotis has been very active in Republican politics in Pinellas County as the current co-chair of the Romney campaign, a coordinator of the Yes2Marriage initiative and a campaign operative for Pam Bondi, our current State Attorney General. The Pinellas County Educational Facility Authority http://www.pinellascounty.org/bcc-agenda/2011_07_26/2011_07_26/30.pdf includes a pdf document, Giotis’ resume is attached and an asterisk notes his Doctor of Education degree as having been earned through the “LaSalle Education Corporation [which] was a legal but unaccredited degree granting institution”.



Clearly, I’m not a fan of Mr. Giotis and may have an admittedly tainted perception. I am simply tired of an individual of such questionable integrity continuing to seek to influence others in our community