Schieffer Hits Christie for How He ‘Demonized Teachers’ and Presses Him to Offer ‘Straight Talk’ on Raising Taxes
CBS’s Bob Schieffer hit Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie from the left on Sunday’s Face the Nation, claiming he has “demonized” teachers and urging him to give some “straight talk” about the necessity to raise taxes. After asking if he thinks “Governor Walker out there in Wisconsin has gone too far?” in trying to end collective bargaining, Schieffer ludicrously asserted “everybody in this country on all sides of this thinks we need education reform,” but he wanted to know if Christie realized his stance has “demonized teachers and will raise questions in young people's minds as to whether they want to go into the profession?” “Banal Bob” soon implored Christie with his standard plea: “You have a reputation as a straight talker, I think. Do you believe that the budgetary problems across this country can be resolved without raising taxes?” Christie zinged Schieffer with solid retorts to Schieffer’s left-wing presumptions, telling Schieffer “I disagree with the premise of your question which is that everybody agrees there should be education reform. It’s everybody but the teachers union who believes that everything is fine.”
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