Posted on 09/02/2012 8:51:56 AM PDT by nickcarraway
He may have appeared onstage at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night, but teacher Sean Duffy of Austin, Texas, isn’t necessarily voting for GOP nominee Mitt Romney come November.
“I lean more toward Obama, but I think I’m going to vote for someone who’s going to be a strong supporter of education and education reform,” Duffy, 26, told POLITICO in an interview.
Duffy teaches 11th grade English at Del Valle High School near the Texas capital. He’s also, as POLITICO reported yesterday, the co-star of a save-the-date video inspired by Wes Anderson’s “Rushmore” that went viral in 2010. On Thursday night, standing alongside former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Duffy highlighted the importance of technology in education.
“I went to speak about education, and I’m not really concerned about any of the political issues,” he said Friday.
Duffy said he’s heard Obama talk some about education — he cited the president’s desire to make college more affordable, and that he hasn’t “necessarily heard the same” from Romney — but added that he’s still waiting to hear more on the subject from both candidates. He wasn’t, however, impressed with the education portion of Romney’s keynote.
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The least the GOP could do is find an education booster—if they must have such—for their convention who actually backs their candidate.
But for all the preening that Jeb and Mitt did about their education records, education really shouldn’t be an issue for the president other than to get the federal government out of it.
And that’s not what I heard from either of them.
This is more than some mere coincidence. Sean Duffy is also a Republican congressman from 4th dist WI who defeated Dave Obey one of the masterminds of Obamacare.
We’ll soon see how they’re going to use this
By far, the worst thing Reagan ever did, was choose a vice president.
Jeb wants Romney to lose, so he can win in 2016. Plus, he probably thinks Romney is too conservative.
The Bush family is beginning to make the Clintons look moderate
Anyone linked to the Bush clan, including Marco “La Raza” Rubio...is not a conservative. Bush family liberalism has set the Conservative movement back for years
Duffy didn’t beat Obey, Obey retired.
I know where you’re coming from. When it comes to the globalist One World Order crap Bush was entirely too comfortable with, I certainly agree. His tax hike was a major mistake too. He wasn’t a true example of a Conservative, or even a Republican IMO.
His international ties moderated him. He never did get supply side, or the Capitalist end of things.
Then again, those international ties and his ability to get even Middle-Easter players to sign on to deal with Hussein and his invasion of Kuwait, was something I’d call masterful.
Some folks think he muffed even that by not taking Hussein out. I’m not sure if he made promises up front that resulted in that though.
My take on the situation was that Hussein wanted to run right down the Saudi Arabian peninsula, and gain major control of the oil production in the region.
If you think it was a mistake to engage there, I’d have to disagree. This guy was a real problem. Baited or not, he needed to be dealt with.
I appreciate the comments. Hope we agree on this, but if not I can understand alternative opinions too.
Take care.
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I had already forgotten about the oddball Duffy. But Jebbie “talked” about education and never mentioned “No Child Left Behind.” Jebbie also looked like he was quite angry with his party for some strange reason.
Oops, you forgot Sandra Day O’Connor, another AZ liberal.
No, Bush was worse.
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