[lbo-talk] She is one ugly cunt....

[Chuck Grimes]

http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/06/michelle-rhee-california-pac.html

Joanna

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``Michelle Rhee has taken her first steps onto California's political 
playing field, establishing a committee to make campaign contributions and 
hiring a lobbyist.''

Here is the antidote:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/what-michelle-rhee-has-been-up-to/2011/06/07/AGh95HLH_blog.html

``What Michelle Rhee has been up to
By Valerie Strauss

While investigators in the District are trying to determine how much 
cheating there was on standardized tests while Michelle Rhee ran the city's 
public school system (and there are reasons to worry it was widespread), the 
former chancellor has been busy joining with Republican governors to strip 
teachers of their collective bargaining rights...''

I'd suggest reading this Post report because it has a state by state list of 
states Rhee has been working in to gut public education and turn them into 
privatized corporate houses of punishment. Here's just one example from 
Wisconsin:

``WISCONSIN

Republican Gov. Scott Walker, you will remember, pushed a budget that cut 
state worker pay, eliminated collective bargaining rights for public 
employees, and contained other measures to weaken unions. Massive protests 
followed. Rhee went on Fox News to support the plan to limit bargaining 
rights for teachers. Take a look at the video here.

And here's another video of Rhee, on a local news channel, talking about why 
it is important that teachers not have some collective bargaining 
rights...''

Here is hoping a gut hate reaction takes place here. I had one the first 
time I saw her on tv in some PBS Frontline documentary on DC schools.

I haven't been following California news at all so I rely on others. At a 
guess I suspect she is not prepared for thousands of mostly latino crowds to 
jam the streets, once they get a load of Ms Rehee on their local tv news.

I hope she gets extended coverage because the more you listen and watch her, 
the more you hate her. She has that Dick Cheney special knack.

Here's a story about Cal redistricting and its effects on the political 
scene here:

http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2011/06/will-new-congressional-districts-squeeze-out-california-republicans.html

Briefly, it could easily mean fewer Republican seats and amplify their 
slowly decling political strength. The importance is that (I am guessing and 
could be wrong) latino communities around the state tend to more liberal and 
more likely to react politically. I suspect they are much more likely to 
follow news on public education and will definitely track what their local 
representatives do on education and immigration.

I am trying to find the good side to Rhee's arrival in California.