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Education spending went up- way up- since this president took Oval Office (much to the consternation of this center-right blogger)…but are the more “Books not Bombs” liberals happy about his dramatic increased spending and bipartisan attempts at education reform through No Child Left Behind and Reading First Program? Do they hold Ted Kennedy accountable for any of their derision? Noooooo. Senator Kennedy, by the way, as the ranking minority member of the education committee and later chairman, opposed Bush’s idea of giving publicly-funded school vouchers for children to attend private schools (and have the same opportunities as Malia and Sasha).
President Bush in good faith has attempted to help all children of all stripes and colors (I’m sure that’s what MLK would have wanted, right?); but most especially, his No Child Left Behind and faith-based initiatives were aimed to benefit those underprivileged and impoverished.
I want to make sure I don’t leave any liberal behind; although I am hampered here, by a soft bigotry of low expectations regarding the ability of any BDSer to lift the wool over their eyes:
Fact Sheet: No Child Left Behind Has Raised Expectations and Improved Results
Since No Child Left Behind Took Effect, Test Scores Have Risen, Accountability Has Increased, And The Achievement Gap Between White And Minority Students Has Narrowed
I hope that what Bush did for Africa is remembered as much as what he did to/for Iraq. America lost a lot of its luster in many parts of the world, during the Bush Presiency, but not in Africa, where he is supposed to have something like an 80% approval rating, because of his health initiatives.
When America does good things, like this, it is supply-side anti-terrorism. I read where a guy in Gaza lost a son to the Israeli incursion and now his most fervent hope is that his other 9 sons become martyrs to avenge their brother. No one wishes to avenge his brother saved from HIV or malaria.
- Larry Weisenthal/Huntington Beach, CA
Larry,
I think you were on your sabbatical when I made my post.
@Larry Weisenthal:
So is snuffing out terrorists and liberating 60 million from oppression.
It’s an apples to hamburger analogy. I could say, “No one wishes to avenge his brother saved from terrorism”.
wordsmith/Bush Country
Yeah, been missing my favorite blog. I just looked over your Jan 14 post. Excellent. Agree entirely.
Best things the 43rd President did were Africa, Roberts, and Alito, in my opinion.
Future historians will be debating the worst for decades to come.
- Larry W/HB