2016 Postmortem

cwydro

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28. President Obama's daughters attend private school. nt

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Mon Mar 21, 2016, 10:18 AM

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Their Kids Don't Attend Public School [View all] amborin Mar 2016 OP

La Canada-Flintridge is a well-to-do area with good LibDemAlways Mar 2016 #1

yes, exactly! they are of and for the elite amborin Mar 2016 #5

School taxes are paid, even when the children don't attend, so how are fewer dollars synergie Mar 2016 #10

School taxes are collected from homeowners, true. LibDemAlways Mar 2016 #25

You do realize, don't you, that Sanders also has the same type of fundraiser with the same dollar Tanuki Mar 2016 #19

I've heard that Bill Clinton was so poor they grew up without indoor plumbing shadowandblossom Mar 2016 #45

obama's kids don't go to public school. stanford is not a public school either. virgin mary msongs Mar 2016 #2

All of that is true. But like I said, children kept LibDemAlways Mar 2016 #7

How? Do you think that the cities in which these poeple live don't collect school taxes and synergie Mar 2016 #18

The fact that they can afford a gated, private school stinks of elitism... Human101948 Mar 2016 #26

President Obama's daughters attend private school. nt cwydro Mar 2016 #28

And they are now part of the elite... Human101948 Mar 2016 #30

But schools receive that funding per pupil. kcr Mar 2016 #29

Having an event for their base. pdsimdars Mar 2016 #3

yes amborin Mar 2016 #4

By their "base" you mean, to raise money for Democrats? Like Bernie was supposed to do synergie Mar 2016 #16

How did "progressives" start despising the wealthy? JaneyVee Mar 2016 #6

guess you missed the point; but, otherwise, why are you defending restricting access to billion amborin Mar 2016 #8

So what was your point, and where is your proof that the poeple you refer to are billionaires? synergie Mar 2016 #15

Real ones don't make such silly and moronic assuptions about parents who choose synergie Mar 2016 #13

Well, I don't. shadowandblossom Mar 2016 #22

^^^ Mathematically challenged PowerToThePeople Mar 2016 #23

The Clintons both attended public school growing up. shadowandblossom Mar 2016 #9

The OIP wasn't saying the Clinton's did, but that these random people who were synergie Mar 2016 #12

I get that this post is supposed to be a smear, since that's pretty much what I've come to expect synergie Mar 2016 #11

It's part of the Gish gallop approach to ... JoePhilly Mar 2016 #24

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Let me guess....do all of Bernie's high rolling donors send their kids to public schools? Tanuki Mar 2016 #17

OMG. This so flies in the face of everything BS supporters have preached to us Fla Dem Mar 2016 #36

Beautiful campus. I don't begrudge anyone having the resources to oasis Mar 2016 #20

There's no reason we should begrudge them for it. shadowandblossom Mar 2016 #21

Maybe not begrudge, but people are too quick to dismiss public schools. kcr Mar 2016 #31

Hey kcr, I hear you and respect shadowandblossom Mar 2016 #37

I'm not. kcr Mar 2016 #40

Okay. shadowandblossom Mar 2016 #41

I agree with you. I started with boys in private, different reasons, but supposedly higher academics seabeyond Mar 2016 #42

There are international baccalaureate (IB) katsy Mar 2016 #32

That sounds amazing shadowandblossom Mar 2016 #38

There is that, what Katsy suggested. I also found with my boys that keeping them in the seabeyond Mar 2016 #43

thanks for sharing shadowandblossom Mar 2016 #46

Excellent! katsy Mar 2016 #49

Not very big I'm rural katsy Mar 2016 #47

I had never heard IB schools before shadowandblossom Mar 2016 #39

They are what all our schools should be katsy Mar 2016 #48

I'm going off topic but, oasis Mar 2016 #33

And I bet this town votes for Bernie in June RandySF Mar 2016 #27

So, that has some relevance in what way? MineralMan Mar 2016 #34

So people who send their kids to a fancy school are hosting a Clinton fundraiser? gollygee Mar 2016 #35

They did fundraising for Obama too. Sorry. nt BreakfastClub Mar 2016 #44