Teachers Union Head Jokes About Arnie Duncan’s Lisp & Smoking Pot During College
- Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:20pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis has come under fire of late for comments made during her keynote speech at the 4th Annual NW Conference on Teaching for Social Justice in Seattle last month. The speech posted on YouTube shows Lewis mocking U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s speech impediment, and telling a crowd, which included children, that she spent college “self-medicating“ at Dartmouth by ”smoking lots of Weed.”
Lewis said of her recreational drug habits during college (via CNS News):
“I taught at a selective enrollment school for twenty years. So I was never in danger of losing my job. Plus, I look dang good on paper. I am the only black woman in the class of 1974 from Dartmouth College. Woo. People are impressed. Let me tell you, I spent those years smoking lots of weed, self-medicating. Self-medicating, thank you. Sounds like you all did to. Oh, I’m sorry there are kids here, I wasn’t suppose to say that right? Too late!”
Lewis also berated Duncan, criticizing that he “has the nerve to stand up and say ‘education is the civil rights issue of our time.’“ Lewis went on to say that if Duncan ”had gone to public school he would have had that lisp fixed,“ but followed with ”I know that was ugly, wasn’t it? I’m sorry.”
The CTU has said in a statement on its website that the “edited” viral video featuring Lewis, is being “promoted by right-wing, anti-public education advocates.” CTU defended Lewis, saying in their statement:
“While she may never be honored with the Mark Twain Award for comedy, President Lewis’ opinions and self-deprecating humor were an attempt to lighten the mood during a long and serious discussion about the on-going campaign to blame and vilify teachers for everything wrong with public education.”
Other than the edits (which still include plenty of context material) merging Lewis’ two major gaffes in the half-hour speech, this video from the Education Action Group Foundation, a non-partisan non-profit advocating for education reform, clearly shows Lewis’s cruel and negligent remarks:
Local ABC 7 in Chicago reports that according to the union, Lewis has since spoken with Duncan and says “she learned that she should never let frustrations get in the way of carry out her responsibilities as a leader.”
NBC Chicago writes that Lewis’s comment about the lisp was not meant to make fun of the speech defect, but to criticize the lack of resources at private schools, like the University of Chicago Lab School which Duncan attended. Prior to accepting the position of Secretary of Education, Duncan was the CEO of Chicago Public Schools.
Terry Katsulis, who taught and was a principal in Chicago Public Schools for 42 years, told ABC 7 that ”It was completely inappropriate for the president of a union with over 30,000 teachers to speak something like that.”
The Wall Street Journal reports that public school teachers unions have expressed widespread unhappiness towards President Barack Obama’s education policies which have embraced charter schools and been supportive of dismissal of ineffective teachers in low-performing districts. The National Education Association, the nation’s largest union, has been particularly hostile to the administration’s Race to the Top initiative that awards grants to states that embraced education overhauls such as linking teacher evaluations to student test scores.
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Comments (216)
PPMStudios
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 4:02pmWow! When the head of a Teachers Union starts attacking the Liberal head of Education, I guess all bets are off!
So this fat ‘ol tub of fecal matter runs the Chicago teachers union huh? Well this is Chicago politics at it finest!!
Report Post »Rweb
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:57pmMy mother is a teacher ever time these union official speak they ruin public option of teachers. The unions are the problem for teachers. These heads do nothing for teachers and admit all they care about is power.
Report Post »I_Hate_Libs
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 4:03pmNice to see class in the teachers union at Chicago. Just another reason to send your kids to private schools.
TEA!
Anyone But Obama 2012!
Report Post »someonewhocares
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 4:08pmWow she is an idiot.
http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 4:27pmI remember one Union Offical speaking to a group, saying: We are not in this to change teaching… but to collect dues… to support Politicians… to provide more spending for Education!
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 4:35pmMakes one wonder about the qualifications of the people that voted this cow to be their leader! I’m guessing they would also choose revs al and jesse to be their spokesmen as well! What a mean-spirited POS!
Report Post »Jezcruzen
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 5:21pmWREB – you are correct. I currently view teachers the same as locusts looking to devour whatever they can in the way of public wealth. They are held only slightly above used car salesmen. This particular POS is only the latest demonstration of why I feel that way.
Report Post »floridaswampthing
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 5:25pmI thought schools had a 0% bulling policy? I guess teachers union didn’t get the memo. I would love to see all states become “Right to Work” states so we would not have to join these ignorant bully unions. They do give teachers and all who are forced to join them a bad name.
Report Post »Founding Father2
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 5:31pmDid you see the Football Hall of Fame coach criticize Obama. http://www.americanparchment.com/video/2011/nov/football_criticizes_obama.html
He is right, Obama is destroying our economy and our nation. All of a sudden, I want to go watch football.
Report Post »motonutt
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 6:56pmUnkept socialist pig. that’s all.
Report Post »motonutt
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 7:24pmLooks like something they rounded up on that new show American Hoggers….
Report Post »I wouldn’t get in her way in line at the trough…..I mean buffet….
AOL_REFUGEE
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 7:26pmWell, I guess now we’ll all just have to understand and forgive this wild hog for her wacko remarks because…well…it was a ‘black thang.’
Report Post »claymoremacm
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 8:14pmHome School any questions?
Report Post »michael48
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 8:33pmwouldn’t want any puppies out of this skanks litter…for sure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dam , where do the lib’s find this much ugly and stupid??? teachers union…nuff said…
Report Post »gdubya19531001
Posted on November 16, 2011 at 9:11amGive them a microphone and they think they are entertainers. They certainly are not teachers.
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on November 16, 2011 at 9:34amTwo words..
Private School!
Report Post »IndianaJan
Posted on November 16, 2011 at 10:14amThe Chicago Public School system has been pushing socialism and “diversity” for over 30 years, and have an agenda that includes global governance. (See IBO, or just go here: http://truthaboutib.com/obamaduncanib.html ) I know this from living in Chicago my whole life until about 10 years ago. Teachers in other large cities are doing the same thing. Now, if your Mom teaches in a small town, she may be right as rain. But if my kids were school age now, I would certainly send them to private school, or better yet, home school.
Report Post »As for Karen Lewis, she is a complete pig. But the CTU is the most corrupt teachers’ union in America, so no one will care what she says. It will all go away very soon.
Sorry, I have to go throw up now.
Walkabout
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:54pmAfter watching this woman, everyone will consider homeschooling.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 4:20pmShe’s another vulgar unionista thumbing her nose at the tax payer. Yes Ohio…you voted to let trash like this bloated pustule continue to get paid by YOUR money. Better hope John Kasich has a plan B.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 4:29pmJohn Kasich does have a plan B. He told the city and county Government Officials to do what they want but don’t ask the State for another single dime when they spend all their education funds paying teachers because the State is broke thanks to Liberals.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 6:16pmJust like Steve Jobs told Obama, “ the unions are to blame ” and he was correct
Report Post »Indymaverick
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:54pmHer and Moore should slap some fat together sometime.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 4:04pmI found a video of the two of them on a date http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcWgfHF4zIk
Report Post »JAMACAMECRAZYMAN
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 4:30pm@TH30PH1LUS
That is the most halarious vidio ever!
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:53pmDuring college ?
Report Post »How about ever since.
Walkabout
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:57pmDon’t you know that potheads have instant credibility if they have a teaching certificate. that makes everything better.
Report Post »rumpleforeskin
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 8:25pmYes Rayblue. What a waste of good weed on a stinking ripplehog. And this doooooch is teaching kids?
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:53pmDrug Abusing Communist dictating how America’s children should be Indoctrinated..I Mean Educated…Well. O,K. not Really.
Report Post »discus02
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:52pmApparently she didn’t miss to many meals either!
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:56pmThe Blaze should be sued for trauma. They should not have shown a full frontal of this woman. It is horrifying even with her clothes on.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 4:04pmIf she fell off the stage she’d take the audience with her to the underground parking lot.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 6:46pmRayblue
Too funny.
Report Post »jonjon
Posted on November 16, 2011 at 12:38ampot gives you the munchies , she smoked alot of pot
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:52pmDartmouth had few blacks and had just begun to admit women in the early ’70s. She probably toked up to alleviate feelings of isolation. Too bad, she would have fit in better there if she had simply drunk herself silly every night..
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 5:25pmaffirmative action at its best….
Report Post »term limits for congress
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:51pm“I want my baby-back, baby-back, baby-back ribs.” (Fat Basterd, ala Austin Powers)
I see a candidate for a random drug test.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 4:31pmGet in my Belly (Fat Basterd, ala Austin Powers)
Report Post »Hatedemdems
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:50pmThe strange drag marks left in the sand were finally traced to Karen Lewis’s boobs during a stroll on the beach. Her walk was short lived when she saw a whaler break the horizon in hot pursuit of her oil laden body.
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 5:00pmWOW! thanks a lot for that visual,demdems! I am scarred for life!
Report Post »ZAP
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:47pmWhat`s the cape for?
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:59pmTo hide her embarassment
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 4:51pmIs that a cape or a tent?
Report Post »In detroit
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:44pmAnd also this gal is head of the teachers union and thats whats funny being self medicated no wonder we live in a brain dead society
Report Post »lynnissmart
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:44pmWow, this is what “class looks like.” vomit!
Report Post »vtxphantom
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:43pmPresident Karen Lewis is one ugly woman. Lose some weight, get your pride back, and stay way from my children. She is a bad influence.
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:42pmOMG – What a fat ugly cow!
Report Post »Her intellect and class is only surpassed by her beauty and charm.
Barry suporters – ugggg.
In detroit
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:42pmPublic schools= possible prison candidate
Report Post »Dirty Harry
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:37pmWould I rather have a lisp, or be 197 lbs over-weight and have boobs that nearly drag the grounds as I waddle around? Decisions decisions…
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:47pmThen obviously you don’t know much about Arnie. The lisp isn’t exactly his biggest issue. Neither one of these degenerates should be anywhere near schools or teaching children.
Report Post »knighttemplar999
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:35pmThat woman looks like a toad.
Report Post »BO_Bill
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 4:03pmChicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis’ appearance and demeanor, in my opinion, more closely resembles a cross between Whoopie Goldberg and Jabba the Hut. This means she is likely a voracious consumer of toads.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on November 16, 2011 at 10:11amShe looks like Walmart shopper, that’s for sure. How can a woman that looks like that make fun of anyone else?
Report Post »netmail
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:35pmLooks like a poster child for ‘Self Medicating’ to me. I think I see a ‘Twinkie Defense’ in her future too. In words and deeds and looks, Karen Lewis is the perfect representive of what America’s educational system is all about today. Beautiful, just beautiful.
Report Post »Spabule
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:50pmThe really really scary part is that she is at a conference “teaching for social justice”. What the hell is that? Indoctrinating youths to be just like the Occupy crowd? What?
Report Post »I don’t like it.
netmail
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 4:09pmSpabule…a lot of dope smokers went in to the teaching profession beginning in the late 60′s. The system today is what it has evolved in to. The ‘social justice’ thing, after all, is just a pipe dream.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 4:12pmGreat catch, SPABULE! I missed that part with her two-bit comedy act. Makes one wonder what the heck was the rest of that conference about? We have lost the educational system to socialists which means we have lost the children…..the country can’t be far behind. Someone wake me up when this nightmare is over.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:35pmWOW…..these people are sick. At least, they are starting to eat their own. My goodness…..who lets this woman near children.
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 4:41pmExactly ,she is a shining example of why the rest of the world is kicking our ass academically!
Report Post »obfuscatenot
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:35pmIllustrates with ultimate clarity what is wrong with the education system. This worman is in her position solely to further her position. Nothing about the Chicago Union nor the AFT is about education. It’s all about $, $, $. Poor unfortunate souls! Reminds me of Ursala. How many people do you have to pay to get your kid piano lessons? ONE! Why can’t you do the same with math? We need to remove the “public” from our schools. Too much $ in the system.
Report Post »hersey10
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:34pmI can‘t believe that guy’s name is Karen .
Report Post »CatB
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:41pmLOL .. I think the “medication” was needed .. imagine getting up and looking at that in the mirror. Poor “guy”.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:29pmThe Grill calling the Skillet “black”!
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:27pmPeople allow this fat cow to teach their kids, amazing.
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 4:45pmTeach what,eating 101?
Report Post »HKS
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 3:24pmAha, teachers, what quality people fill those roles.
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