Senator Proposes Political Test For College Professors

>>A BILL UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE IOWA SENATE COULD STOP
UNIVERSITIES FROM HIRING DEMOCRATS IN THE FUTURE, THAT
SOUNDS RIDICULOUS BUT WE WILL TELL YOU WHY IT IS TRUE --
>>WHICH, BY THE WAY -- I DON'T KNOW HOW BIG THEY THINK SOME OF
THESE DEPARTMENT ARE, BUT THAT MIGHT LITERALLY MAKE IT
IMPOSSIBLE TO HIRE ANYONE IN SOME DEPARTMENTS.
THERE ARE
DEPARTMENTS WHO HAVE FOUR PROFESSORS, WHICH MEANS THAT
ANYONE BEING HIRED WOULD THROW IT OFF BY MORE THAN 10%.
IN
ADDITION --
>>I'VE GOT AN IDEA.
HOW ABOUT THIS?
YOU GUYS COME UP WITH
IDEAS THAT WILL WORK FOR AMERICA -- A REAL HEALTHCARE PLAN, A
REAL PLAN TO SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY, SOME IDEA OF HOW TO
MEANINGFULLY TREAT VETERANS -- BY THE WAY, THAT IS TIED TO
HEALTHCARE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED -- YOU DO THOSE
THINGS, YOU COME UP WITH AN IDEA TO MAKE SURE ALL PEOPLE ARE
CARED FOR, WELL CARED FOR, YOU COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT DOESN'T
HAVE A GIGANTIC SPLIT BETWEEN THE RICHEST 1% AND THE REST OF
THE 99%, AND YOU KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF YOU DO THAT?
YOU HAVE
SOME CONSERVATIVE PROFESSORS, BECAUSE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO
DEFEND IDEAS THAT MAKE SENSE.
AS OPPOSED TO NOW WHEN YOU HAVE
EITHER MONSTROUS IDEAS OR MEETING WITH IDEAS, BECAUSE IT'S
A PARTY COMPLETELY DISINTERESTED IN GOVERNING.
>>AND SCIENCE AND ACADEMIA.
>>AND THIS IS NOT A DEFENSE OF THE DEMOCRATS, BUT MAN IS IT AN
INDICTMENT OF REPUBLICANS.
AND THE NOTION THAT YOU COULD
LEGISLATE THIS -- FIRST OF ALL, THE BEST IOWA STUDENTS WILL
LEAVE THE STATE, I GUARANTEE THEY WILL LEAVE THE STATE, AND
WE SHOULD ALL HAVE THEM GO FOR THEIR OWN GOOD.
THANKFULLY I'D
LIKE TO THINK THIS WON'T PASS.
SO IT WILL MASSIVELY WE CAN
IOWA'S ABILITY TO CULTIVATE ITS BEST TALENT AND KEEP ITS BEST
TALENT IN THE STATE.
AND THE NOTION THAT YOU CAN THEN
LEGISLATE IT IS CRAZY.
AND TO EVERY PROFESSOR, DON'T REGISTER.
BE THE BIGGEST LIBERAL IN THE WORLD, BE A COMMUNIST, BUT
REGISTER NO PARTY.
>>HOPEFULLY WE DON'T AND UP WITH LAWS THAT REQUIRE PEOPLE TO LIE
ABOUT THEIR POLITICAL PARTY AFFILIATION, THAT SEEMS LIKE A
BAD DIRECTION TO GO.
IF THEY CAN PASS THIS FOR PROFESSORS, WHY
NOT FOR BARTENDERS?
ANYTHING.
>>BARTENDERS HAVE TO BE RELATED BY THE STATE, YOU ARE SELLING
LIQUOR.
HOW ABOUT BOUNCERS?
>>BOUNCERS, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE -- FIRST OF ALL, YOU CAN'T DO
THIS.
YOU CAN'T HAVE A POLITICAL TEST FOR ANY JOB.
BUT WANTED
ANYTHING ELSE?
THIS IS THEIR WEIRD VERSION OF AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION, BY THE WAY, THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING, THEN OKAY, IT'S
NOT FAIR THAT SOME JOBS HAVE FEWER PEOPLE THAT ARE LESS THAN
6 FEET TALL.
SO IF YOU WOULD THROW OFF THE HEIGHT BALANCE YOU
AREN'T ALLOWED TO HIRE THAT PERSON ANYMORE.
WHAT ABOUT
GINGERS?
IT'S A STUPID IDEA.
>>YOU SAY SOME FUNNY STUFF.
I JUST WOULD HAVE SAID RED HAIR,
BUT YOU SAID GINGERS.
>>HERE YOU HAVE THEM SAYING HOW DARE PROFESSORS BE MORE LIKELY
TO BE LIBS, YOU HAD BILL O'REILLY IN THE OTHER STORY
SAYING HOW DARE THE MEDIA BE MORE LIKELY TO BE LIBS, HERE'S
THE PROBLEM.
HERE IS WHY WE HAVE A SITUATION.
THE PROBLEM ISN'T
LIBS, THE PROBLEM IS YOU, CONSERVATIVES.
THERE IS NOTHING
STOPPING A YOUNG CONSERVATIVE FROM GOING INTO A JOURNALISM
PROGRAM OR FROM GOING INTO ACADEMIA, TAKING THE GREs AND
GETTING INTO A PHD PROGRAM.
THEY DON'T DO THAT BECAUSE FOR SOME
REASON, SOMETHING ABOUT BEING A CONSERVATIVE MAKES THEM NOT CARE
ABOUT SCIENCE, TEACHING, THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH, THE SEARCH FOR
OBJECTIVE REALITY.
THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THOSE THINGS SO THEY
DON'T GO INTO THOSE JOBS FIELDS.
THEN UP ON WALL STREET --
ACTUALLY A LOT OF THOSE ARE DEMS TOO, FOR DIFFERENT REASONS --
THEY END UP IN WHATEVER PROFESSION THEY WANT, NOT IN
ACADEMIA OR THE MEDIA, NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE STOPPED BUT
BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO.
THAT IS ON YOU, CONSERVATIVES, NOT US.

Senator Proposes Political Test For College Professors

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