The Education President

Bush on the minimum wage:

But let me talk about what's really important for the worker you're referring to. And that's to make sure the education system works.

I have worked with people who took on two minimum wage jobs to simply feed their family. If you don't believe in raising minimum wage, just say it. Don't insult people by telling them they have the luxury of going to college for some number of years, because a lot of them don't have that luxury.

Bush on racism and affirmative action:

But we ought to have an aggressive effort to make sure people are educated...

Again, just come out and say you are against affirmative action. Why the smokescreen?

Bush's message of encouragement for someone out of a job:

No, education is how to help the person who's lost a job.

Here in Silicon Valley we have lost hundreds of thousands of jobs. This area was perhaps the biggest casualty of the economic downturn. A great many of those who lost their jobs here have Masters degrees and PhDs. Telling them "here is a little money to go to a community college" will go over like the proverbial lead balloon.

Waving his magic education wand at all of those people suffering the failure of his four years as President will accomplish nothing more than to salt in their wounds.