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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
TO APPROVE A NEW CURRICULUM STANDARDS FOR U.S. HISTORY AND OTHER SOCIAL STUDIES. THE NEW STANDARDS WOULD COMMENT OR WATER DOWN THE TEACHING OF SLAVERY,...
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TO SCREW UP SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. POLITICK SHOULD PLAY NO PART IN THE SCHOOL BOARD OR THE CURRICULUM IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. UNFORTUNATELY, I LIVE HERE...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK C-SPAN
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FOR HAVING THESE KIND OF DISCUSSIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT POLITICS HAS ALWAYS BEEN INVOLVED WITH PUBLIC EDUCATION. THERE IS A LONGSTANDING DOCUMENTED...
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| 00:07:18 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
MEMBERS CALLED THE PROPOSAL A TRAVESTY. SHE SAID, I AM ASHAMED OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE. BOARD MEMBER GERALDINE MEMO -- MILLER WAS ABSENT FOR BOTH VOTES,...
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TERRIBLE. IT I THINK IT IS A CLEAR REFLECTION OF THE KIND OF ENVIRONMENT WE ARE IN. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A 70% BLACK AND LATINO NOT EVEN GRADUATING...
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| 00:09:48 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
OF PAPERS ACROSS THE NATION. THIS IS THE "HARTFORD COURANT" THIS MORNING. JOINING US NOW TO GIVE A LITTLE CONCEPT OF WHAT HAPPENS IS JON LENDER. TELL...
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Lender, Jon - Reporter
ENDORSED THEIR CANDIDATE FOR U.S. SENATE IN NOVEMBER. THE SEAT THAT IS BEING VACATED BY CHRISTOPHER DODD. THE DEMOCRATS NOMINATED RICHARD BLUM AND FALL,...
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Lender, Jon - Reporter
FOR TWO DECADES. HE HAD BEEN VERY POPULAR. HE NEVER REALLY HAD TOO MUCH POLITICAL TROUBLE, UNTIL "THE NEW YORK TIMES" STRUCK THIS BOMB. IT HAD TO DO...
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| 00:13:22 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
MCMAHON HAS ACKNOWLEDGED PROVIDING PART OF THE INFORMATION TO "THE NEW YORK TIMES."
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Lender, Jon - Reporter
THEIR CAPITAL LINK -- CAPITALIZING ON IT. EVERYBODY IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS CRITICIZED HIM. IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED. WE TOOK...
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| 00:14:34 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
IS A VERY WEALTHY PERSON. SHE HAS ALREADY SPENT $60 MILLION TO GET TO THE POINT
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Lender, Jon - Reporter
WHERE SHE IS. SHE ONLY HELD WON PUBLIC OFFICE BEFORE. SHE NEVER HELD ELECTED OFFICE. SHE IS WILLING TO SPEND $50 MILLION ON THE CAMPAIGN, SHE SAID....
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
BACKGROUND -- WHAT IS IN HER APPEAL? GUEST: SHE HAS BEEN PRETTY FRANK ABOUT IT. SHE HAS CAST HERSELF AS AN OUTSIDER IN A YEAR
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Lender, Jon - Reporter
WHEN RELATIVE OUTSIDERS ARE WINNING RACES. SHE IGNORED ALLEGED EARLY IN THE CAMPAIGN THAT SHE HAD NOT EVEN VOTED IN THE 2006 GENERAL ELECTION. SHE SAID...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
GUEST: IT IS ROUGHLY EVEN. I CANNOT QUOTE YOU THE NUMBERS RIGHT NOW, BUT LAST
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Lender, Jon - Reporter
WEEK, AFTER THE STORY HAD AND THE CONTROVERSY HAD A COUPLE OF DAYS TO DEVELOP, THIS WAS AN EVEN RACE. AT THIS POINT. HOST: WHEN WILL THE RUNOFF TAKE...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
GUEST: IT WILL BE A THREE-WAY RACE. IF WHAT
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Lender, Jon - Reporter
HAS HAPPENED IS ANY GUIDE, HE DID NOT GET 15% OF THE CONVENTION DELEGATES, BUT HE IS A VERY INTELLIGENT GUY. HE COMES OVER VERY WELL ON TELEVISION. A...
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| 00:17:53 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THE TEXAS BOARD OF EDUCATION AND APPROVING A NEW CURRICULUM STANDARDS AND SUMS DISCUSSION OF THE SPECIFICS. -- SOME DISCUSSION OF SPECIFICS. BUT WHAT...
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JUST SAY THAT YES, POLITICS, RELIGION, PUT PEOPLE'S PERSONAL BIAS, RACE HATRED, HOMOPHOBIA, PEOPLE HAVE TO TAKE THEIR OPINIONS AND DO NOT LOOK AT THE...
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| 00:19:43 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THANK GOD FOR THE TEXAS SCHOOL BOARD BECAUSE THE EDUCATION IN OUR COUNTRY HAS BEEN LOPSIDED IN THE PAST WITH THE LEFT-WING LIBERALS. I HAVE BEEN READING...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
SHOULD NOT INFLUENCE EDUCATION AT ALL. THIS WHOLE CONCEPT
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OF NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND AND THE GOVERNMENT IN FUSING OF LARGE FUNDS INTO OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IS RIDICULOUS. WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I REMEMBER HEARING...
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| 00:22:03 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION. THE POLL FOUND THAT 41% OF THE AMERICANS HOLD A FAVORABLE THE ROOTS OF THE LAW. THE DIVISION FELL AMONG THE PARTY LINES. ARIZONA,...
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ALWAYS HAD AN INFLUENCE ON EDUCATION. I GREW UP IN THE NEW YORK CITY AREA DURING THE 1940'S AND 1950'S AND WENT TO COLLEGE IN THE 1960'S. I WENT TO A...
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| 00:24:21 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
NEW YORK TIMES." CHICAGO, ILL., YOU ARE NEXT. CALLER: I DO NOT THINK THAT POLITICS SHOULD PLAY A ROLE IN EDUCATION, BUT IT ALWAYS HAS. THAT IS
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SOMETHING WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. WE HAVE SEEN THE MARCH OF REPUBLICAN CONSERVATISM FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS. YOU LOOK IN ARIZONA WHERE THEY...
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| 00:26:41 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
OBERLIN PARK, KANSAS, REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I DO NOT THINK
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THAT POLITICS -- THE TEXAS SCHOOL BOARD HAS -- FOR YEARS, THE LEFT-WING AND THE PROGRESSIVES HAVE BEEN TAKING A MEAT CLEAVER TO THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
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CALLER, -
POLITICS ONLY HAS INFLUENCE ON EDUCATION WHEN A PERSON IS ON EDUCATED. WHEN YOU ARE EDUCATED AND YOU KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT HISTORY, POLITICS IS NOT REALLY...
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| 00:29:19 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
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WOULD WRITE ABOUT HOW THEY TRIED TO WRITE -- LOOK AT HOW THE REPUBLICANS GET UP AND LIED. THEY'RE TRYING TO CHANGE IT TO THEIR VIEWS. MY GRANDFATHER...
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| 00:30:01 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
NOT BELONG, ONLY TRUTH. THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE HAVE
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PEOPLE LIKE A DOMESTIC TERRORIST AND HE SITS ON THE BOARD THAT DECIDES WHAT GOES INTO OUR SCHOOL WALKS. YOU ASK YOURSELF, WHAT HAVE THE CONSERVATIVES...
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| 00:31:26 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
TO TALK TO REPORTERS. HE IS A BIT FROM TO MARS PROGRAM. >> IS IT CAN -- HE IS -- HERE IS A BIT FROM TOMORROW'S PROGRAM. >> I THINK IT
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IS ANIT-CULTURE THAT GOT US INTO THIS MESS. HERE IS THE
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BIG THING THIS YEAR. WE ARE THE PARTY IN POWER. WE HAVE THE MAJORITY IN THE CONGRESS AND WE HAVE THE WHITE HOUSE. THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT. IRONICALLY,...
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| 00:32:56 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
LOS ANGELES, YOU ARE UP NEXT. CALLER: THE QUESTION IS REALLY KIND OF MISSTATED. WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE LOCAL SCHOOL
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BOARDS, THEY ARE ALL DEMOCRATIC. THERE HAS NOT BEEN WON THE KIND OF SCHOOL BOARD THAT HAS ANY KIND OF REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATION. TAKE A LOOK AT LOS ANGELES....
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| 00:34:22 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
KING PARK, NEW YORK, CHRIS ARE DEMOCRATS LINE. CALLER: THANK YOU FOR C-SPAN. YOU ARE THE MOST UNBIASED
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| 00:35:13 |
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SHOW. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THIS WHOLE TEXAS PREWRITING OF THE BOOK. I THINK WE'RE GOING BACKWARDS. WE'RE NOT GOING FORWARD IN THIS COUNTRY. I KNOW THAT...
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BUT WE HAVE DONE HERE SETBACK EDUCATION A LEVEL PROBABLY A CENTURY. INFLUENCED BY DICK CHENEY, BUT GEORGE BUSH, WHO HIJACKED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WITH...
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| 00:36:52 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
YOU CAN JOIN US ON TWITTER. INDIANAPOLIS ON OUR INDEPENDENT LINE. CALLER: I DO NOT KNOW HOW YOU CAN CONTROL IT. THE TEXAS SCHOOL BOARD CAN PASS AND WRITE...
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THEY WANT. HOW DO YOU CONTROL INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS? HOUSECOAT YOU THINK IT IS A MOOT POINT? -- HOUSECOAT YOU THINK IT IS A MOOT POINT? -- HOST: YOU THINK...
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THEIR STORIES, THERE WERE CERTAIN THINGS FOUND IN THE RIDING. --
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| 00:37:52 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
WRITING. FROM "THE NEW YORK TIMES" -- COURTS SHOULD GIVE HIGH LEVELS OF THE FRENCH ONLY TO DECISIONS MADE BY TOP AIDES. A CHANGE THAT WOULD CREATE INCENTIVES...
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PART IN ANYTHING. TEXAS IS THE ONE THAT HELD US BACK EVEN THOUGH WE WERE FREE. TEXAS IS NOT EVER GOING TO GET OUT THE TRUE HISTORY. WHEN I WAS COMING...
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| 00:40:28 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
I WOULD LIKE TO
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| 00:40:32 |
CALLER, -
COMMENT ON THIS LAST AFRICAN UN-AMERICAN THAT JUST CALLED IN. WHAT IS THIS HATRED FOR WHITES ALL OF A SUDDEN? YOU HAVE THESE PEOPLE CALLING IN AND CLAIMING...
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| 00:41:47 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
AND THAT COLUMBUS DID NOT DISCOVER AMERICA. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. NOBODY IS TRYING TO WRITE AFRICAN-AMERICANS OUT OF HISTORY. YOU HAVE GEORGE WASHINGTON...
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| 00:42:22 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
A BEARING ON EDUCATION, LET'S LOOK AT --
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HE WAS A SENATOR BACK IN 1968. HE WOULD -- COULD NOT HAVE BEEN A SIMPLE YES OR NO. EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO IS EDUCATED. PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES,...
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| 00:44:31 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
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CALLER, -
I WAS BORN IN TEXAS. I AM REALLY EMBARRASSED SOMETIMES. SOME OF THIS STUFF IS WAY BEYOND. ONE GOOD BOOK FOR PEOPLE TO READ WOULD BE "1984." IT IS AMAZING....
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| 00:45:22 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
GULF WITH THE OIL SPILL.
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