Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee desperate to convince people that she’s not a Republican
A recent article in The Atlantic recapped Michelle Rhee’s screening of “Won’t Back Down” in Charlotte, NC during the Democratic National Convention. The screening was not an official DNC event, probably because the DNC doesn’t screen anti-teacher/anti-union propaganda films at the urging of Rupert Murdoch-funded lobbyists.
Nevertheless, three nearly-identical stories appeared in the LA Times, Huffington Post, and The Atlantic, all selling the same non-story: that Michelle Rhee’s inability to get the Democratic party to officially sanction “Won’t Back Down” has made things all good between Rhee and Dems.
It’s a PR makeover that Rhee desperately needs. After informally advising Governor Rick Scott, providing political cover to Scott Walker, lobbying for Ohio’s SB-5, and spending more than half a million dollars on Republican candidates, Rhee’s actions have caused people to think that she might not be such a Democrat.
Unfortunately for Rhee, this is a PR makeover that doesn’t withstand any scrutiny. Two Democrats receiving PAC money from Rhee have denounced her money and her failed reform policies. The Governor of Connecticut called her divisive, and the voters of Washington, DC threw out the man responsible for foisting her on the District. More than thirty New York Democrats have denounced Rhee’s education agenda for New York City.
Nevertheless, three nearly-identical stories appeared in the LA Times, Huffington Post, and The Atlantic, all selling the same non-story: that Michelle Rhee’s inability to get the Democratic party to officially sanction “Won’t Back Down” has made things all good between Rhee and Dems.
It’s a PR makeover that Rhee desperately needs. After informally advising Governor Rick Scott, providing political cover to Scott Walker, lobbying for Ohio’s SB-5, and spending more than half a million dollars on Republican candidates, Rhee’s actions have caused people to think that she might not be such a Democrat.
Unfortunately for Rhee, this is a PR makeover that doesn’t withstand any scrutiny. Two Democrats receiving PAC money from Rhee have denounced her money and her failed reform policies. The Governor of Connecticut called her divisive, and the voters of Washington, DC threw out the man responsible for foisting her on the District. More than thirty New York Democrats have denounced Rhee’s education agenda for New York City.
