Education Secretary Duncan apologizes for Katrina comments

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Education Secretary Arne Duncan apologized Tuesday for asserting that Hurricane Katrina was "the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans," calling the remark "a dumb thing to say."

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Duncan said he was attempting to highlight that positive development. But he acknowledged Tuesday that the remark had backfired.

"I said it in a poor way, and I apologize for that," he told MSNBC. "It was a dumb thing to say. My point was a simple one -- that subsequent to that devastating, devastating tragedy, we've seen remarkable progress. And that school system has improved so rapidly it's been amazing to watch. And I just want to thank the teachers, the principals for their extraordinary commitment to the students there."

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What took so long, Arne?

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. He needs to be fired

He could have acknowledged the real suffering the kids in NO have had to deal with. He could have said he understood the devastation of Katrina on the lives of these children.

But he just explained his dumb statement and still managed to make a snarky comment about the schools.

So Arne gets a great big F.

[Dinger]

2. I Still Think That loser's Days As Ed suckretary Are Numbered (nt)

[Catshrink]

3. God I hope so!

[Reader Rabbit]

4. I hope you are right, but as a pessimist...

...I don't think it's very likely.

:-(

[MichiganVote]

5. I think I see a dead person....er...Obama bureaucrat.

[alp227]

6. Neither does Arne Duncan care about public schools...

nor does George Wanker Bush care about black people.

[LWolf]

7. "A dumb thing to say."

An understatement, to say the least.

Here's another understatement:

Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education was a "dumb" appointment.