Heilig: Cast Your Vote for the Turkey of the Year

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1. Bridget says:

   November 27, 2014 at 7:17 pm

   Since I live in Louisiana, I would have to say Boy Wonder, John White. No wait, maybe it’s Bobby Jindal, who hired a State Superintendant of Education with NO Education credentials. No, no, it’s Obama’s basketball buddy, Arne Duncan. Oh my, so many to choose from……………….. How can I choose just one?

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2. Joanna Best says:

   November 27, 2014 at 7:29 pm

   Arne. No
   Question.

   Good job Julian! Smiling.

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3. Zulma, NYC retired math teacher says:

   November 27, 2014 at 7:48 pm

   The biggest jive turkey is Arne with a salmonella second goes to Cuomo.

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4. educator2013 says:

   November 27, 2014 at 7:49 pm

   Arne Dunk

   Sent from my iPhone

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5. Spanish&French Freelancer says:

   November 27, 2014 at 9:58 pm

   Stick a fork in him, he’s done!… Arne Duncan.

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6. KrazyTA says:

   November 27, 2014 at 10:18 pm

   The race to the bottom has a clear winner.

   Arne Duncan.

   For example, when it comes to word salad and cognitive dissonance, he has no peers.

   ¿😧? No, “Dr.” Ted Morris isn’t even close.

   😎

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7. Bob Shepherd says:

   November 27, 2014 at 10:34 pm

   Heck of a job, Dunkiling.

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8. Firstgrademonkey says:

   November 27, 2014 at 11:40 pm

   The billionairs could not have succeeded without Arne

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9. caligirl says:

   November 27, 2014 at 11:41 pm

   Arnie – His reach is far and wide. …and he knoweth not what he has done.

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   • Teacher Ed says:

     November 27, 2014 at 11:59 pm

     He knows what he has done but he’s not smart enough to have come up with the plans himself (and he needs a script to speak about it). Long ago, he was handed top jobs in a field about which he knows very little in exchange for being a puppet of politicians and big business.

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     • Used to love NY says:

       November 28, 2014 at 8:14 am

       Yes, which is why the billionaires pulling the puppet strings are even more to blame for putting their greed and lust for power above all else

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10. caligirl says:

    November 27, 2014 at 11:41 pm

    But I don’t forgive him.

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11. B.J. says:

    November 28, 2014 at 12:13 am

    I agree, Arne has done a lot of damage, but so has Barak. It’s a tie, with Al Sharpton in 3rd.

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12. Mille says:

    November 28, 2014 at 7:27 am

    It should be a tie:

    We need look no further than Microsoft to find the best description of aberrant self promotion that fits both Arne and Bill Gates: The Dark Triad: Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and Psychopathy

    http://65.54.113.26/Publication/33996667/the-dark-side-of-normal-a-psychopathy-linked-pattern-called-aberrant-self-promotion

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    • R2D2 says:

      November 28, 2014 at 7:39 am

      We know that Arne Duncan is an Adult Child.

      We know that Bill Gates is an Adult Child.

      The problem is: They don’t know!

      And, like other Nazi leaders, because of the Dark Triad of their Narcissistic Personality Disorder, they will never know.

      Actually, we are all Adult Children as long as we tolerate their dominance over us.

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13. Robert Rendo says:

    November 28, 2014 at 7:47 am

    To answer the question in the title of this post:

    Almost all of them.

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14. wgersen says:

    November 28, 2014 at 11:18 am

    You may consider Rahm Emmanuel for his unwillingness to go after the bankers who made bad loans to CPS. This blog post from Naked Capitalism outlines the financial chicanery in Chicago that resulted in the loss of $100,000,000. News about how schools are financed tends to get lost in reporting on public education, which too often takes the form of “brave politicians fighting back against unions”. Here’s what I took away from this post by Yves Smith:
    =>Mayor Emmanuel’s unwillingness to sue the banks will shift the blame to the school district in the same way victims of predatory loans are blamed by the media for their gullibility in accepting liar loans from banks.
    =>CPS will be required (or has already been required) to make budget cuts to offset the revenue lost as a result of financial mismanagement… and the budget cuts will affect the children in the schools while the banks who made the loans will be held harmless
    =>The involvement of investors who make contributions to political campaigns and who MAY stand to gain if more for-profit charter schools open is suspicious to say the least
    =>It appears that these financial decisions were made during Arne Duncan’s tenure as CEO of the CPS… a link that was not made in this post but one which is not lost on many education policy wonks like me nor readers of this blog.

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15. wgersen says:

    November 28, 2014 at 11:18 am

    Oops! Here’s the blog post to Naked Capitalism:
    http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2014/11/chicago-public-schools-100-million-swaps-debacle-demonstrates-high-cost-high-finance.html#comment-2361995

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16. Linda says:

    November 28, 2014 at 6:09 pm

    Robert Reich explained the Democratic President’s sell-out of working people. Corporate owners and other plutocrats, contributed 4 times the amount that labor associations contributed to his campaign.

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