The liberal led NEA

from Agape Press
by Jim Brown
[agendabuster's comments enclosed in these]

A new survey of the 2.7-million-member National Education Association reveals that leaders of the powerful union are overwhelmingly liberal -- yet the rank and file reflects the political philosophies of the country at-large. [Conservative]

Mike Antonucci is director of the Education Intelligence Agency, a union watchdog group that analyzed the survey. He notes most conservative members are not very active in the union.

He also says the NEA is able to frame arguments that it holds in a way that it can make policies appear to be attacks on teachers. [Yes, the liberals are very good at this~~just look at their "twist" on the Texas proposition 2: that a vote FOR it will null ALL marriages in Texas~~which is blatantly false but frightens people.] As he puts it: "The best way {to get away with liberal policies} is to frame {them} in such a way as to make them relevant to the rank-and-file's expressed priority: security."

The main lesson is that the organization is not a "single-minded juggernaut"; the people at the oars are capable of changing direction if they could only see outside." [Or get INVOLVED!]

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