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On Jul 16, 5:18 pm, Timothy Crowley <timmyturm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 16, 3:57 pm, Branson Hunter <bh2...@netzero.net> wrote:
>
> > On Jul 16, 11:17 am, Ted <tedor...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Edwards has plan to diversify schools
>
> > > By: Mike Allen
> > > Jul 16, 2007 01:12 PM EST
>
> > > NEW ORLEANS -- Sen. John Edwards plans to warn later this week that
> > > the nation's schools have become segregated by race and income, and he
> > > will propose measures to diversify both inner-city and middle-class
> > > schools.
>
> > "John Edwards for President" webpage has no mention of this. CITE YOUR
> > SOURCE!
>
> they found it on a blog.

The author, Mike Allen, is a legitimate journalist:

   Mike Allen is the chief political correspondent
   for Politico. He comes to us from Time magazine
   where he was their White House correspondent.
   Prior to that, Allen spent six years at The Washington
   Post, where he covered President Bush's first
   term, Capitol Hill, campaign finance, and the
   Bush, Gore and Bradley campaigns of 2000.
   Before turning to national politics, he covered
   schools and local governments in rural counties
   outside Fredericksburg, Va., for The Free
   Lance-Star, then wrote about Doug Wilder,
   Oliver North, Chuck Robb and the Bobbitts for
   the Richmond Times-Dispatch, where he
   nurtured police sources on overnight ride-
   alongs through housing projects. Allen also
   covered Mayor Giuliani, the Connecticut
   statehouse and the wacky rich of Greenwich
   for The New York Times. Before moving to
   The Times, he did stints in the Richmond and
   Alexandria bureaus of The Washington Post.
   Allen grew up in Orange County, Calif., and
   has a B.A. from Washington and Lee University,
   where he majored in politics and journalism.
   http://www.politico.com/reporters/MikeAllen.html


Mr. Allen /quotes/ Edwards on much of this, and apparently spoke with
people on his campaign:

   As explained by people who have been
   consulted about the program, Edwards
   wants to set aside [sic] $100 million to help
   school districts implement economic
   integration programs. The money will help
   finance buses and other resources for
   schools that enroll additional low-income
   children.

None of this is new stuff.  Edwards has been spouting this bullshit
since 2004.

Note on "set aside":  that's just another big-spending Democrat term
for "spend".  The money would not come out of some other program; it
would be in addition to any other expenditures.

Edwards will, justifiably, be pilloried for wanting to reinstitute
busing.  Busing is racist.