On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:09:48 -0500, J Herring
wrote:

....surely the Democrats wouldn't engage in such a thing...would they?

The Washington Post, a bastion of liberalism, seems to be sick of the games...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/4-pinocchios-for-arne-duncans-false-claim-of-pink-slips-for-teachers/2013/02/27/dac86324-8115-11e2-b99e-6baf4ebe42df_blog.html?wpisrc=nl_cuzheads

or: http://tinyurl.com/bqt66ev

As usual, the ****brains can't read:

"The American Association of School Administrators this week released
a report, based on a survey, that estimates that “at least 37,000
education jobs” would be lost through sequestration. That at least is
based on something more than a rough calculation, though of course it
is in the interest of this group to sound the alarm.

Moreover, note that the group refers to “education jobs,” not
teachers. We have previously found that 67 percent of education jobs
could be broadly defined as being held by teachers or teaching
assistants. That would translate into a reduction of about 25,000
teachers, based on AASA’s survey data.""