{"id":9987,"date":"2007-02-20T14:55:59","date_gmt":"2007-02-20T19:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/9987.html"},"modified":"2007-02-20T14:55:59","modified_gmt":"2007-02-20T19:55:59","slug":"on-fox-news-teachers-unions-much-more-dangerous-than-al-qaeda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/on-fox-news-teachers-unions-much-more-dangerous-than-al-qaeda\/","title":{"rendered":"On Fox News, teachers unions ‘much more dangerous’ than al Qaeda"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Hannity and Colmes last night, right-wing radio host Neal Boortz claimed<\/a> that teachers unions are “destroying a generation” and are “much more dangerous than al Qaeda.” In fact, Hannity gave him a chance to back away from the claim, but Boortz insisted he believes it.<\/p>\n

BOORTZ: Look, Al Qaeda, they could bring in a nuke into this country and kill 100,000 people with a well-placed nuke somewhere. Ok. We would recover from that. It would be a terrible tragedy, but the teachers unions in this country can destroy a generation. <\/p>\n

HANNITY: They are. <\/p>\n

BOORTZ: Well, they are destroying a generation. <\/p>\n

HANNITY: They are ruining our school system.<\/p>\n

BOORTZ: They’re much more dangerous. We worry about al Qaeda and we should. But at the same time let’s not let the teachers union skate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A few quick points in response. First, this effort to compare school teachers to terrorists seems like a fairly popular tactic for the right. You may recall, for example, that then-Education Secretary Roderick Paige called the National Education Association a “terrorist organization<\/a>” in 2004. Calls for an apology were ignored.<\/p>\n

Second, it’s also worth remembering that Boortz is not just some fringe nut, as evidenced by the fact that the president invited him to spend some time chatting in the Oval Office<\/a> recently. (Intemperate liberal bloggers are to be avoided like the plague, but Bush hangs out with those who think school teachers are worse than terrorists.)
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\nAnd third, for a group of people who claim to take terrorism seriously, they sure have lowered the bar on the terrorist threat.<\/p>\n

In 2005, Pat Robertson said<\/a> federal U.S. judges are a “greater threat to the fabric of America than terrorism.” In 2007, Boortz thinks teachers are “much more dangerous” than terrorists.<\/p>\n

The right still believes terrorism is a serious threat, doesn’t it?<\/p>\n

Post Script<\/i>: If anyone knows of any other conservative “(fill in the blank) is worse than terrorism,” let me know. I’m working on a list. Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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