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President Obama's top education official urged government employees to attend a rally that the Rev. Al Sharpton organized to counter a larger conservative event on the Mall.
"ED staff are invited to join Secretary Arne Duncan, the Reverend Al Sharpton, and other leaders on Saturday, Aug. 28, for the 'Reclaim the Dream' rally and march," began an internal e-mail sent to more than 4,000 employees of the Department of Education on Wednesday.
Sharpton created the event after Glenn Beck announced a massive Tea Party "Restoring Honor" rally at the Lincoln Memorial, where King spoke in 1963.
"It sends a signal that activity on behalf of one side of a political debate is expected within a department. It's highly inappropriate ... even in the absence of a direct threat," Boaz said. "If we think of a Bush cabinet official sending an e-mail to civil servants asking them to attend a Glenn Beck rally, there would be a lot of outrage over that."
Can't say I'm shocked an Obama lackey would do this but it is troubling.
Education secretary urged his employees to attend Sharpton's rally | Washington Examiner
Actually this is a fireable offense. There's plenty of precedence on this.
Tim-
The Washington Examiner learned of the e-mail from a Department of Education employee who felt uncomfortable with Duncan's request.
Bullcrap.
It clearly says invited.
The Sec of Education can promote an event he's speaking at. Big deal. And no, I wouldn't care if Bush Sec did it either.
It was a polite invitation -- no "urging" or mandatory... so save the righteous indignation hackery.
This is who they should be fired -- the idiot employee at the DoE that can't even read.
Sounds like some little troll down in the mail room doesn't like his job or his boss.
Typical WA Examiner spin -- it's humorous how easily you guys fall for this stuff.
Bullcrap.
It clearly says invited.
The Sec of Education can promote an event he's speaking at. Big deal. And no, I wouldn't care if Bush Sec did it either.
This is who they should be fired -- the idiot employee at the DoE that can't even read.
Sounds like some little troll down in the mail room doesn't like his job or his boss.
Bullcrap.
It clearly says invited.
The Sec of Education can promote an event he's speaking at. Big deal. And no, I wouldn't care if Bush Sec did it either.
It was a polite invitation -- no "urging" or mandatory... so save the righteous indignation hackery.
This is who they should be fired -- the idiot employee at the DoE that can't even read.
Sounds like some little troll down in the mail room doesn't like his job or his boss.
Typical WA Examiner spin -- it's humorous how easily you guys fall for this stuff.
Bullcrap.
It clearly says invited.
The Sec of Education can promote an event he's speaking at. Big deal. And no, I wouldn't care if Bush Sec did it either.
It was a polite invitation -- no "urging" or mandatory... so save the righteous indignation hackery.
This is who they should be fired -- the idiot employee at the DoE that can't even read.
Sounds like some little troll down in the mail room doesn't like his job or his boss.
Typical WA Examiner spin -- it's humorous how easily you guys fall for this stuff.
And I don't believe that for one ****ing second. I'd take 10-1 odds that if a Bush appointee had invited 4000 subordinates to attend a Sarah Palin rally, there would be 100 posts about how he was disgracing America.
That is because listening to Palin speak is akin to torture, and we all know how that whole fiasco went down with the administration.
This is who they should be fired -- the idiot employee at the DoE that can't even read.
Sounds like some little troll down in the mail room doesn't like his job or his boss.
So let's see the true liberal method of attack here. A story comes out with an Obama administration official that "invites" 4000 of his employees to a political event, and don't for one second think that Sharpton's event wasn't political, also we all know what it means when the boss "invites" a subordinate to anything. But we have this story, and instead of liberals coming in this thread and being honorable, and saying things like they would if ANY repub were in office, Nooooooo.
Instead we get some fantastical line about how it was only an invite, and an attack on the whistle blower. Hey, I thought liberals were all for the whistle blowers out there? Oh wait, that was only when Bush was in office. :roll: I am surprised that the charge of racism didn't emanate, that is usually right on the lips of most liberals today standing at the ready to be thrown out there regardless if the charge even comes close to fitting.
I've read it twice and can't see any point that you're making. A boss invited his employees to a rally. So, it's political. No one was ordered back to barracks for day.
Um.... whistle blower only applies when a crime was committed. I'll go with Busy-Body little troll in the mailroom. Does the jerk that called the paper know that the Tea Party would like to see the DoE abolished and his job terminated??
Bullcrap.
It clearly says invited.
The Sec of Education can promote an event he's speaking at. Big deal. And no, I wouldn't care if Bush Sec did it either.
It was a polite invitation -- no "urging" or mandatory... so save the righteous indignation hackery.
This is who they should be fired -- the idiot employee at the DoE that can't even read.
Sounds like some little troll down in the mail room doesn't like his job or his boss.
Typical WA Examiner spin -- it's humorous how easily you guys fall for this stuff.
From what I see that you posted there pal, you have about 1/2 of them arguably violated by Arne.
Sure... if you are arguing with idiots.:2wave:
:lamo
And if that same government official had contaced his entire staff and 'recommended' they attend Beck's rally your ass would be in the hospital from heart palpitations!
Good lord...you are so predictable its sadly, tragically, pathetically laughable.
Vance:
I'm one of the least predictable persons around here.
The fringe-righties think I'm predictable because I hammer on their shallow masters in these Demolition-Derby type threads. Not liking Glenn Beck or Sarah Palin hardly tells you anything about me. I've posted longer thoughtful posts in actual discussion threads, perhaps you should check them out before you judge. You're attempt to predict how I'd respond to a hypothetical reeks of desperation.
Libertarians are the only political party that seem to stand for a consistent and clear platform -- but when you engage in left/right partisanship, especially of the fringe variety, you embarrass yourself and your party.
I think we should just go ahead and throw the entire DOE (federally) out. It's just a pass-through for federal dollars being redistributed to the states. Let the state DOEs handle the function of monitoring educational success.
I think we should just go ahead and throw the entire DOE (federally) out. It's just a pass-through for federal dollars being redistributed to the states. Let the state DOEs handle the function of monitoring educational success.
Amen sista! and if there are 4,000 people working there, thats 4,000 people that NEED to be unemployed...
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