Al Franken

[Markle]

Daily KOS, that says all that needs be said.

 

[Markle]

Read Sen. Al Franken's furious takedown of his Republican colleagues after the DeVos vote

ahhhh is he showing his racism toward inner black children publicly now? wow.

I'm sure DeVos has spent a lifetime helping inner city black children

That you, as a Progressives demands to be uninformed, is not at all surprising. Allow me to assist you.

Education activism
Christian motivation
DeVos in 2001 listed education activism and reform efforts as a means to "advance God’s Kingdom".[5][6] In an interview that year, she also said that "changing the way we approach ... the system of education in the country ... really may have greater Kingdom gain in the long run".[5]

School choice
DeVos believes education in the United States should be opened up to for-profit charter schools, and she has stated that education is "a closed system, a closed industry, a closed market. It's a monopoly, a dead end."[113] DeVos believes that opening up the education market will offer parents increased choice, a view that critics call a drive to privatize the American public education system.[113]

School vouchers
DeVos is known as a "a fierce proponent of school vouchers" that would allow students to attend private schools with public funding.[114] According to The New York Times, it "is hard to find anyone more passionate about the idea of steering public dollars away from traditional public schools than Betsy DeVos".[61]

DeVos served as chairwoman of the board of Alliance for School Choice.[115] Until November 2016,[116] she headed the All Children Matter PAC which she and her husband founded in 2003 to promote school vouchers, tax credits to businesses that give private school scholarships, and candidates who support these causes.[117] Over the years, DeVos and her husband have provided millions in funding for the organization. In 2008, All Children Matter was fined $5.2 million in Ohio for illegally laundering money into political campaign funds.[118][119] DeVos was not named in the case.[120] The fine remained unpaid as of 2017, prompting calls by Democratic Party lawmakers for DeVos to settle the debt.[121][122]

Her other activities on behalf of public-school reform have included membership on the boards of directors of the Advocates for School Choice, the American Education Reform Council, and the Education Freedom Fund.[123] She has chaired the boards of Choices for Children, and Great Lakes Education Project (GLEP).[124]

DeVos is Chair of the American Federation for Children (AFC). Affiliated with the Alliance for School Choice, the AFC describes itself as "a leading national advocacy organization promoting school choice, with a specific focus on advocating for school vouchers and scholarship tax credit programs".[125]

During the 1990s, she served on the boards of Children First America and the American Education Reform Council, which sought to expand school choice through vouchers and tax credits. She and her husband worked for the successful passage of Michigan's first charter-school bill in 1993,[21] and for the unsuccessful effort in 2000 to amend Michigan's constitution to allow tax-credit scholarships or vouchers. In response to that defeat, DeVos started a PAC, the Great Lakes Education Project, which championed charter schools. DeVos's husband and John Walton then founded All Children Matter, a political organization, which she chaired.[126]

Detroit charter school system
DeVos has been an advocate for the Detroit charter school system. Douglas N. Harris, professor of Economics at Tulane University, wrote in a 2016 New York Times op-ed that DeVos was partly responsible for "what even charter advocates acknowledge is the biggest school reform disaster in the country". In the National Assessment of Educational Progress, Detroit had the lowest reading and mathematics scores "by far" over any city participating in the evaluation. She designed a system with no oversight, said Harris, and where schools that do poorly can continue to enroll students.[127]

Ramesh Ponnuru of National Review said that "some 47 percent of charter schools in Detroit significantly outperform[ed] traditional public schools in reading".[128] Defending DeVos's record in Michigan, Jay P. Greene, professor of Education Policy at the University of Arkansas argued Harris's New York Times article misled readers on the evidence and "falsely claimed that Detroit has failed to close failing charter schools", noting that Detroit has closed more charters than Louisiana, a state Harris cites as a model for charter school legislation.[129]

In a written response to a question about charter school performance posed during DeVos's confirmation hearing by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), asking "why do you think their performance is so poor?", DeVos defended the charter school system using graduation rates that were significantly higher than those used for state and federal accountability purposes. DeVos provided examples of several charter schools that she said had 4-year graduation exceeding 90%. These examples were contested by Columbia University professor Aaron Pallas and Education Week reporter Ben Herold on the basis that the actual graduation rates were roughly only half as large as DeVos had stated.[130][131]

Grading system
DeVos and Joel Klein said in a May 2013 op-ed that residents of Maine "are now given information on school performance using easy-to-understand report cards with the same A, B, C, D and F designations used in student grades". This system, they argued, "truly motivates parents and the community to get involved by simply taking information that education officials have had for years and presenting it in a way that is more easily understood."[132]

Betsy and Dick DeVos Scholars for Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Scholarship
The DeVoses have also established an annual scholarship, called the Betsy and Dick DeVos Scholars for Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Scholarship, which is awarded to students earning a BBA or combined BBA/MBA at Northwood University.[133]

Foundation for Excellence in Education
DeVos is a member of the board of the Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd),[134] a think tank founded by Jeb Bush whose stated goal is to "build an American education system that equips every child to achieve his or her God-given potential"

Betsy DeVos - Wikipedia

 

[Markle]

Al Franken is THE poster boy for modern day Democrats. I say hell yeah, go for it Dems!

Looks like something President Tinkles would enjoy

As you know and are displaying your desperation is duly noted.

So desperate you try FAKE NEWS.

 

[Desperado]

Daily KOS, that says all that needs be said.

How is the world could any other country have respect for this man as President?
I can't picture him having matches near a pack of Black Cats let alone having the nuke codes.

 

[Campbell]

Daily KOS, that says all that needs be said.

How is the world could any other country have respect for this man as President?
I can't picture him having matches near a pack of Black Cats let alone having the nuke codes.

AMEN Brudder Ben!

 

[buckeye45_73]

The dems run a grown up version of "pajama boy"

Compared to the warmonger Bush he's a saint!

Another thing.....Trump hasn't had time to show how goddamned ignorant he is.....we're in for a real treat if we don't all end up dead from a nuclear attack!

You call bush a warmonger yet supported hillary and obama who loved bombing countries and fucked up the ME more than bush.

 

[buckeye45_73]

Al Franken is THE poster boy for modern day Democrats. I say hell yeah, go for it Dems!

Looks like something President Tinkles would enjoy

Hillary isnt president, so quit calling her that. She can deal with her health issues privately now!

 

[Frankeneinstein]

Oh, please run that jackass.

The people of Minnesota seem to be very well pleased with him.

Mondale too

 

[AnCap'n_Murica]

Oh, please run that jackass.

The people of Minnesota seem to be very well pleased with him.

Mondale too

Mondale looks like Eisenhower compared to Franken.

 

[Frankeneinstein]

Oh, please run that jackass.

The people of Minnesota seem to be very well pleased with him.

Mondale too

Mondale looks like Eisenhower compared to Franken.

Pretty much my point, Reagan took 49 states, Mondale took Minnesota...cuz I guess they seemed, pretty well pleased with him

 

[Frankeneinstein]

Anything is possible and let's not forget.
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Franken was a successful comedian and political commentator

He has made a great Senator

I guess "great" is a subjective term, like the other "great" leader from the left, Jerry Springer...Franken/Springer seems to be the mold from which most of todays left wing candidates are cast.