Re; Mixon's The One

Michael Pugliese debsian at pacbell.net
Wed May 15 23:06:07 PDT 2002


Nathan>...The Right doesn't just try to win issues that they want; they pick issues that will destroy the coalitions that support a whole range of policies they oppose. Conservatives don't just like school vouchers ideologically-- they see it as a wedge issue to divide Catholics and inner-city blacks from the public school unions.

Inside front cover of the latest Commentary has an ad from a Black school voucher group, BAEO, that attacks Sandra Feldman of the AFT.

AFT: Research: Voucher Home Page ... of BAEO Over the past nine months, millions of Americans have seen lavishly produced TV ads featuring African-American parents talking about school vouchers. .. .http://www.aft.org/research/vouchers/ http://www.pfaw.org/issues/education/vouchers/factsheets/BAEOReport12_01.pdf Report Reveals Right- Wing Backers of BAEO Over the past nine months, millions of Americans have seen lavishly produced TV ads featuring African- American parents talking about school vouchers. These ads and their sponsor, the Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO), portray vouchers as an effort to help low- income kids. But a new report explores the money trail behind BAEO, revealing a trail that leads directly to a handful of wealthy right-wing foundations and individuals that have a deeper agenda. Michael Pugliese



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