It’s a good thing that instead of inarticulate people like George W. Bush in Washington these days we have folks like Arnie Duncan who know how to turn a phrase:
ABC News’ Mary Bruce Reports: Education Secretary Arne Duncan said today that Hurricane Katrina was “the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans” because it gave the city a chance to rebuild and improve its failing public schools. emphasis mine
Perhaps the right way to say what he was trying to express would have been: “An unexpected consequence of the devastation of Katrina was rebuilding and improvement of the failing public schools in New Orleans a testament to the spirit of the people of the city.”, but I’m just a neanderthal conservative what do I know about turning a phrase?
Glenn calls it the Gaffe of the year, well the year is still young but I’m not giving him a nelson because I understood what he meant rather what he said.
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