(2004-02-24) — U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige issued an apology today for joking that the nation’s largest teachers’ union is a “terrorist organization.”
“It was an inappropriate choice of words to describe the NEA as a ‘terrorist organization’,” said Mr. Paige. “I consulted a dictionary today and found several more appropriate terms to describe the highly-paid Washington lobbyists who masquerade as altruistic advocates for America’s children. Therefore, I revise my previous remarks. The NEA is not a terrorist organization. The NEA is an extortionist, obstructionist, monopolistic cabal.”
Mr. Paige added that his remarks did not necessarily apply to America’s hard-working public school teachers, who he described as “NEA victims and conscripts.”
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1 sisu // Feb 25, 2004 at 7:34 am
No lobbyist left behind
“The NEA is not a terrorist organization. The NEA is an extortionist, obstructionist, monopolistic cabal,” ScrappleFace quotes Education Secretary Rod Paige in an apology for joking that the national teachers’ union is a “terrorist organization”: “It w…