I Guess That Makes Us Even Because You’re Nothing But a Loser To Me
Oh, Republicans, you are such helpful people.
There’s a Republican running for congress in Michigan named Kerry Bentivolio who used to be a school teacher. I say used to be because he resigned. After loads of complaints that he’s meaner than a two stinger yellow jacket.
Bless his heart, Mr. Bentivolio has all the personal appeal of a mud fence. But apparently that’s his best quality. He thought it was fun to intimidate students. That’s the Republican bully in his soul – the thug in him came out in front of kids.
Kerry Bentivolio, a Milford Republican candidate for the 11th Congressional District in Michigan (Oakland and Wayne counties — the Romneys grew up in Oakland County Michigan), told his students his goal was to make them cry and he added, “You’re just a paycheck to me.”
Dude, you have no idea what you are to me. Wanna hear it? I thought not.
Anyway, the Detroit Free Press outlined Mr. Bentivolio’s abuse of power of students, which included, “that he had one goal: to make each one of them cry at least once,” and “intimidating and threatening students by grabbing their desks and yelling in their faces or for slamming his fists on their desks.”
I dunno, maybe congressional power might go to his head and he’ll start walking down the street knocking walkers out from under old ladies or shoving medicare patients off cliffs. Think of the fun he’d have with that.
Congressional Republicans: we’re nothing but a paycheck to them.
Thanks to Ralph for the heads up.
Bless his little heart.
1Did he resign or was he made to resign?
2And people wonder why teens have an ‘attitude’ problem?
3Holy Cow… they finally found the soul of the Republican Party and it lives in Michigan.
4We aren’t even a paycheck to them. They get their paychecks from the Koch brothers and friends.
5Wow, I didn’t think other states could possibly outcompete the East Texas crazy but I am beginning to have my doubts.
6He must have been the Republicans’ “teacher of the year,” so now they will reward him with a higher paying, easier job where he can do more damage to a greater number of people. No wonder why I hate the Regressives.
Bentivolio taught English. In his 15 page to a 2006 evaluation, he wrote: “Four or five self-absorbed, spoiled brats does not a teacher destroy, nor will I permit it to do so. Nor will I permit it to do tarnish my reputation.”
7Srike the last “do.” My error!
8I know that parents think their child exaggerates school horror stories, but with a whole class experiencing his skilz why didn’t he get some parental face time?
9Remembering evil nun Sister “H”, from high school, who I still detest 42 years later, but suddenly she seems laughingly benign in his shadow. School anti-bullying policies should extend to the teachers.
10There’s an old saying, “those who can’t do, teach.” Here’s a new one, “those who can’t teach, run for congress.”
11June notes, “Bentivolio taught English. In his 15 page to a 2006 evaluation, he wrote: ‘Four or five self-absorbed, spoiled brats does not a teacher destroy, nor will I permit it to do so. Nor will I permit it to tarnish my reputation.’”
As an English teacher, I take exception to his errors in both grammar and character. The plural subject, ‘brats,’ needs a plural verb, ‘do.’ The singular pronoun ‘it’ is without a singular antecedent. Assuming he again refers to ‘brats,’ the pronoun should be ‘them’ in both of the last two sentences. What a sad excuse for a teacher, candidate (even Republican), and human being. Surely he is suffering from a mental disorder.
12gly, I was going to add a “(sic)” on each of the grammar errors, but knew the smart people here would catch them. He may be a Tea Party Republican, but is not a good English teacher.
13Ahhh…yes. I knew I remembered that name. Rachel Maddow had a piece about him when he got a shot at the election because Thaddeus McCotter blew his chance at running by submitting faked signatures supporting his candidacy. Not only is he a teacher but he also runs a reindeer ranch. Won’t he be an interesting addition to Congress if he should win. 🙂
14The principal let him get away with this? Was this their hire the terminally idiotic program?
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