Here’s the plot line for this conspiracy tale.
Andy of the Democratic Party, is a proponent of charter schools. His loyal side-kick (let’s call him Joe) even argues that there are no such things as “good charters” or “bad charters.” Joe says that this distinction is an invention of the evil Union Bosses.
But everyone knows they are full of crap on that point,”
says side-kick Joe.
Anyway, back to Our Hero, Andy.
Andy has argued that the Democratic Party should be the party of charter schools. So far, this hasn’t had much traction. Although there has been some support for charters among Democrats, support has mainly come from the Republican Party, President Bush and his Secretaries Paige and Spellings. And this presents a conundrum in an election year. How do you get a key platform of the Republican Party to become a key platform of the Democratic Party without turning into a Republicrat, that dreaded education version of Rosemary’s Baby?
Well, you cook up a theory that the Republicans, Bush and Spellings never were for charter schools!
Speculation has always been that Ed Secretary Spellings sort of has it in for charter schools. Conservatives have never trusted her (or for that matter the President) on choice overall. Meanwhile, charter supporters mostly consider her lukewarm at best on public charter schools.
Maybe when the writer’s strike is over, someone can take this piece of fiction and run with it.
Fred Klonsky 