Posted on 07/04/2011 2:46:10 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
The nation's largest teachers union voted Monday to support President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election bid, marking one of the earliest union endorsements for the administration.
About 72 percent of the National Education Association's representative assembly voted to recommend the president's candidacy to its 3.2 million members, despite past disagreements between the Obama administration and many rank-and-file teachers who dislike parts of the president's reform agenda.
An estimated 5,414 members cast their support for the president while 2,102 members said no during the summer convention held in Chicago.
The NEA becomes one of the first labor unions to formally support the president in 2012.
"We have the same shared vision of America. (The president) has always talked about the importance of education from preschool to the graduate level," said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. " I don't mind fighting on how to get to that shared vision. I believe out of that discussion may come ideas that neither one of us thought about and may be better."
It is the earliest endorsement ever made by the union, according to Van Roekel. Indeed, the Republican field of candidates has not winnowed to a single candidate to oppose the president.
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As a member of the United Federation of Teachers, I’ll be ignoring that recommendation.
On this Independence day I wish the teacher’s union the same fate as John Andrade.
Excellent FrankR. Excellent.
Excellent FrankR. Excellent.
Question: When was the last time the GOP candidate won the endorsement of the NEA?
FrankR you are a true genius! A picture is worth a thousand posts and you nail it every time!!
Wow. Who here is truly shocked by this?
Breaking news?
Couldn’t they at least have the courtesy to see who the Republican nominee is before making a decision. It looks like a fait accompli this way.
/s
“They could dumb us down just by looking at us.”
I find it almost impossible that a group of "educated" people could be that stupid......Maybe that's why they say, if you can do it, you do it......If you can't.....you teach it........,.I have teachers in my family and the saying stands...
Anyone who says they respect teachers and should be paid well is an idiot!
Great! LOL.
The NEA endorses the DUmmie in chief the same day a report comes out that most Americans don’t understand what the 4th of July means. DUH.
Failed educators endorse a failed president.
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