Campaign 2010: Eliminate Public Schools Says Tea Party Candidate

Remember when Republicans would say they wanted to eliminate the US Department of Education in order to appeal to their conservative base?  That's so 1990s.  Ditto with bans on dirty dancing and hugging and all that other stuff.  Very over.  This guy -- California congressional candidate David Harmer -- wants to get rid of public schools entirely. Via Slate.

Comments

[Matt]

Schools are socialist. Duh.

[Tim]

Interesting. I actually felt there was a large opening here for republicans in the coming election and 2012. If a GOP candidate could come out with a slightly anti-standardized testing position, they could bleed off a lot of teacher votes from the Dems. Then this guy comes along. It is worth noting that the political center in the country now believes in corporate funded "public education". How far we have come from the days of open classrooms.