Rick Santorum came thisclose to admitting he has repeatedly lied about Pres. Obama’s position on higher education this weekend, and it happened on in an interview with Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday“:
Wallace pressed Santorum on the issue of higher education. The candidate had recently called Obama a “snob†for wanting “everybody in America to go to college,†but Wallace pointed out that what Obama actually encouraged was for all Americans to have at least one year of higher education or some kind of vocational training or apprenticeship.
Santorum acknowledged that he might have made a mistake.
“Look, maybe I’ve read some comments where at least it was characterized that the president said we should go to four-year colleges,†he said. “If I was in error, you said you haven’t found that, I certainly read that… if it was an error, I agree with the president that we should have options for a variety of training.â€
We’ll just have to take Rick Santorum on his word, as he might say, that he misheard Pres. Obama on the multiple occasions when he has called for increasing resources for community colleges and similar job-training facilities. For example, we’ll have to assume Santorum blanked out during the president’s 2012 State of the Union Speech when he made this reference to the decades-old, public-private job training programs at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte:
“Jackie Bray is a single mom from North Carolina who was laid off from her job as a mechanic. Then Siemens opened a gas turbine factory in Charlotte, and formed a partnership with Central Piedmont Community College. The company helped the college design courses in laser and robotics training. It paid Jackie’s tuition, then hired her to help operate their plant.
I want every American looking for work to have the same opportunity as Jackie did. Join me in a national commitment to train two million Americans with skills that will lead directly to a job. My Administration has already lined up more companies that want to help. Model partnerships between businesses like Siemens and community colleges in places like Charlotte, Orlando, and Louisville are up and running. Now you need to give more community colleges the resources they need to become community career centers — places that teach people skills that local businesses are looking for right now, from data management to high-tech manufacturing.
We’ll also have to assume Santorum and his campaign staff were so busy on Feb. 13 that they missed it when the president proposed an $8 billion Community College to Career Fund to support this initiative.
The president has also mentioned public service and the military as important post-high school training opportunities.
http://www.pensitoreview.com/2012/03/04/santorum-forced-to-admit-president-never-said-everyone-should-go-to-college/
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