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Originally Posted by filtherton
Yes, and? You're proving my point. The fact that Chicago Public Schools may or may not suck is irrelevant. You argued that Obama's choice for Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan,a was a bad choice because he had done nothing to improve the Chicago Public School System while he was in charge of it.
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I think my point was that it was a patronage choice and had less to do with objective qualifications in terms of results than with the two being "buddies", or the "Chicago way". I acknowledged that the choice was well educated and qualified. I was clear in saying that I would have chosen someone who actually got some results or who lead a successful school system. So, I am not even sure you understood the point I was making, and you did not seem to ask for clarification.