Un-fucking-believable

The next time Republicans accuse Democrats of resorting to hateful attacks, this should be the first thing to pop into your head.

Education Secretary Rod Paige called the nation's largest teachers union a "terrorist organization" during a private White House meeting with governors on Monday.

Democratic and Republican governors confirmed Paige's remarks about the 2.7-million-member National Education Association.

"These were the words, 'The NEA is a terrorist organization,' " said Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle of Wisconsin.

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Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas, a Republican, said of Paige's comments: "Somebody asked him about the NEA's role and he offered his perspective on it."

Two questions: (1) How does this kind of vile Republican rhetoric help us fix the school system? (2) Is Osama Bin Laden still at large because Bush has been focusing our troops and intelligence agencies on the evil schoolteachers instead?