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Related: About this forumKaren Lewis Rocks.
Lewis spoke to a crowd of 30,000 at Union Park Saturday.
Here's video of her speech:
http://michaelklonsky.blogspot.com/2012/09/ctu-prez-speaks-at-todays-massive-rally.html
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Karen Lewis Rocks. (Original Post)
HiPointDem
Sep 2012
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Starry Messenger
(32,375 posts)1. Yes she does.
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)2. So THAT'S what a teachers union president is supposed to sound like !
Who knew.
proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)3. Karen Lewis needs to be our next AFT president.
HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)5. she didn't sound like she was interested in higher office at the end of that speech, when the
crowd starts calling 'karen lewis for mayor!'.
sounded like she would be glad to retire from ctu presidency as well.
LWolf
(46,179 posts)4. "You don't have an argument, so you name call."
That's politics in America today, and that's why teachers ought to be getting more support and respect.
Politicians, their corporate handlers, and corporate media sure as hell aren't going to encourage the nation to think, or teach the nation to use evidence to form an opinion.
Karen Lewis Rocks.
proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)6. A troll found the CTU Facebook page
He's being roasted. Don't mess with teachers. LOL