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NEA's Chanin has choice words for conservatives

Stafford Palmieri
7.8.2009

It's got to be a good story when the sub-head reads thusly: "Editor's Note: Some of the language in the following story may be offensive."

That's because the words contained therein, those of NEA retiring general counsel Bob Chanin, are peppered with profanity. "Why are those conservative and right-wing bas***ds (read: not nice way of saying fatherless children) picking on NEA and its affiliates?" He gave a farewell speech to the same NEA annual conference that hosted (and booed and hissed) Arne Duncan. Guess Obama's era of postpartisanship is over, at least in that forum.

Read the story and watch a video (from an admittedly very conservative--and obviously offended--website) of Chanin's remarks.

Tags: Arne Duncan Barack Obama National Education Association
Stafford Palmieri
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