Proof in the Pudding, PT 2

The Progressive Left’s “heads we win, tails you lose” modus operandi is in full display all over Oklahoma today on the heels of the conservative sweep in Oklahoma’s statewide offices last November. Comes now the ubermenschic State Board of Education (somehow ‘progressive’ seems a tad insufficient) to declare at its first public meeting of the year that the democratically-elected (and American Majority-trained) Superintendent of Education, Janet Barresi–champion of school choice and founder of two charter schools, no less–cannot hire her own staff without…get this, the Board’s approval.

However, it’s not the Board’s brazen overstepping of its legislative mandate, nor its blatant partisan-progressive motivation in such condescension that has those of us with a more rightish persuasion salivating. Nay, it is the beautiful coordination of non-partisan organizations–including American Majority–that has risen to the occasion in less than 24 hours to expose the shenanigans of the Left in Oklahoma.

This is precisely how it should be executed across the country…if you don’t mind my saying so. Blogger extraordinaire, only a couple weeks on the job, Peter J Rudy livestreamed the proceedings of this faux meeting of the Board via Twitter, and the coverage was then blasted via Oklahoma Watchdog. Veteran politico, radio personality, and blogger Mike McCarville quickly followed on with the important revelation that the leader of the pack in the Board’s attack on Barresi is both an uber-leftist and donor to Barresi’s general election opponent. The hat-trick was then delivered by conservative think tank Oklahoma Council for Public Affairs in its policy prescription for critical reforms in the Board of Education. We should note, too, that only after this critical mass was built by these groups did elected officials–including the Governor, Senate President Pro Tempore, and Speaker of the House–see an opportunity to chime in and pile on.

Capacity groups cleared the field; now the progressive Board of Education has no leg to stand on…but they’ve ‘lots of splainin’ to do’. With Oklahoma’s 2011 legislative session still a few days from its opening, we’re off to a great start.