It hasn’t been a good week for American Federation of Teachers’ president Randi Weingarten.
After being on defense the entire time during NBC’s “Education Nation” multi-day event, she was put on a list of “Most Hated People in America,” alongside Osama bin Laden.
Now I know what you may be thinking: what conservative teacher-hater could be so over the top?
Try *Huffington Post* writer Keli Goff, who wrote:
“American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten is about to join Osama bin Laden on the list of Most Despised People in America. And if even one tenth of [Davis] Guggenheim’s film [“Waiting for Superman”] is to be believed, then this distinction is well earned and well deserved.”
Wow! Randi Weingarten, who has been described as willing to “protect a dead body” in the classroom, is taking heavy fire from the Left. This is big.
Goff continues:
“I had no idea until seeing this film that Teacher’s Unions give more money to political parties and politicians than the NRA. Yes, you read that correctly. So the next time a politician asks for your vote and claims to be “for the children,” ask them if they are also for the teachers’ unions, specifically tenure protections. Because you can’t be for both, plain and simple.”
“Waiting for Superman” seems to be the tipping point for many liberals who are rightly horrified by the state of our nation’s inner-city schools (many of which Weingarten negotiates with personally). The American public is beginning to realize that their tax dollars have been propping up a corrupt, immoral system and are demanding sweeping changes.
Victor Hugo is credited with saying, “An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.”
The teachers unions see their power slipping away. They know their time is almost up. But don’t expect them to go without a hellacious fight.