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Ty Fahner and the Civic Committee are a laughing stock with their anti-teacher pension ad. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Ty Fahner and the Civic Committee are a laughing stock with their anti-teacher pension ad. « Fred Klonsky's blog:

Ty Fahner and the Civic Committee are a laughing stock with their anti-teacher pension ad.

Since Ty “Big Fat Liar” Fahner and his front group, Illinois is Broke, came out with their ad with an actress portraying a handwringing teacher, the response has been underwhelming.

The ad shows a teacher in a classroom setting only Hollywood would recognize. She’s a school marm at a desk, with lots of books behind her. Our Miss Brooks perhaps?

NBC’s Ward Room mocked it.

That’s right, teachers. Look at the kids in your class. Don’t look at attorney