Obama against school uniforms?

Media propaganda notwithstanding, mandatory uniforms in public schools are one of the biggest enemies of the working poor. This policy fails to eliminate economic class distinctions, and it suppresses creativity. Plus, the media continues to ignore the fact that the lion's share of uniforms are being made in abusive overseas sweatshops.

So I hope this entry is an indicator that we can count on President Obama to fight this scourge.

A new book reveals that last September, Obama got in a heated argument with Rahm Emanuel. "This is about whether we're going to get big things done," Obama said of his presidency. "I wasn't sent here to do school uniforms."

Of course, uniforms aren't the main point here. The more important point is that Emanuel was begging and begging Obama not to pursue health care reform. Begged him for days on end, he did.

Obama made health care the centerpiece of his campaign, yet once he got elected, Rahm Emanuel had the nerve to try to get him to abandon it?

Rahm Emanuel was reading from the wrong manual - that of the DLC. Like party big shots' refusal to allow Jimmy Carter to speak at the 2008 convention, Emanuel's pleadings were pure DLC.

Nothing but DLC!

But at least now it appears we have a President who won't alienate supporters with school uniform nonsense when he runs for reelection.

(Source: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/05/book_rahm_spent_week_aggressiv.html)