[CW-Grad] Fwd: A crying shame

[Robin Russin]

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great essay by Tom!  One of the best I've read this year.

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A crying shame 
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Incoming House Speaker John Boehner weeps for our schoolchildren even as he works to take away their dreams.

By Tom Lutz

December 15 2010

We've seen Rep. John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) cry twice recently in public. On election night, addressing supporters, he was overcome with emotion while describing his up-by-the-bootstraps pursuit of the American dream. Then on Sunday, during a "60 Minutes" interview with Lesley Stahl, Boehner's tears began to flow as he worried aloud about today's schoolchildren. 

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