President Obama's top education official urged government employees to attend a rally that the Rev. Al Sharpton organized to counter a larger conservative event on the Mall. (boldface mine--Darren)
"ED staff are invited to join Secretary Arne Duncan, the Reverend Al Sharpton, and other leaders on Saturday, Aug. 28, for the 'Reclaim the Dream' rally and march," began an internal e-mail sent to more than 4,000 employees of the Department of Education on Wednesday.
Sharpton created the event after Glenn Beck announced a massive Tea Party "Restoring Honor" rally at the Lincoln Memorial, where King spoke in 1963.
The Washington Examiner learned of the e-mail from a Department of Education employee who felt uncomfortable with Duncan's request.
Kudos to the Examiner for publishing this story. I notice that CNN doesn't have such a story as of the time I write this....
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And in local Dallas news, nine term Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson was caught funneling Black Congressional Caucus scholarship funds to members of her own family to the tune of $25K. It seems she "didn't know the rules" although she wrote them, didn't "recognize the names" of her grandson and nephews, and there were no worthy recipients in her entire district, With a 2.5 GPA required.... But she's going to pay it all back so it's like it never happened-right?
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