Democratic Split Over Education Reform Tested By Hollywood Movie

[proud2BlibKansan]

WASHINGTON -- The most controversial thing to happen at the Democratic National Convention this week may end up being a movie screening.

On Monday afternoon, a Hollywood film called "Won't Back Down" -- which opens in theaters nationwide on Sept. 28 -- will be shown to a select crowd of convention-goers in Charlotte, N.C., just as it was one week prior at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.

But unlike Tampa, where the promoters had little concern about making waves with the party establishment and had no trouble when they ran the idea past the Republican National Committee, the request for a Charlotte screening went to the highest levels of the Obama administration, which passed the decision off to the Democratic National Committee, according to a source with knowledge of the chain of events. According to this source, Valerie Jarrett, Obama's close personal adviser, and David Plouffe, his top political adviser, both saw the request but eventually handed the decision over to the DNC's political director, Patrick Gaspard, who raised no objections.

In Tampa, the movie received an overwhelmingly positive response. During one pivotal scene involving Viola Davis' character and her son, people could be heard crying throughout the theater.

In Charlotte, the film's promoters are expecting protests outside the theater, and possibly some inside as well.

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[dsc]

1. are they trying to infuriate unions

if so they are doing a bang up job.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. I wish I knew

[liberal_at_heart]

3. wow I see my former post was erased

I mean really. It's like this has become an Obama website as opposed to a progressive website. Funding education is a progressive idea. And when our President who is a moderate democrat does not represent our progressive ideas we have the right to let him know we wish that he would move a little more to the left. I mean look at the success the gay community had. They put pressure on him and he changed not only his policies but also his view on gay marriage. I didn't see anybody on here telling the gay community that they were not allowed to criticize his policies on gay marriage, but I'm not allowed to criticize him on funding education? Now I know he is not going to impliment all of our progressive ideas. I believe in compromise, but sometimes we have to stand up for our progressive ideals. I don't know why I came back to this website. I left about half way through the election cycle in 2008 because of the intolerance of this place. I don't know why I came back. You people talk a good talk when it comes to supporting teachers unions, but where is the money? Where is the money for those teachers and where is the money for our children? Obama 2012. I'm out of here.