Hoft's new Jennings claim is a dud
December 14, 2009 11:05 am ET by Matt Gertz
Gateway Pundit's Jim Hoft is again attempting to link Department of Education official Kevin Jennings to a workshop for high school students which included explicit discussions of sex that took place at a 2000 GLSEN/Boston conference. Hoft's new "Explosive" claim is that a Massachusetts teacher who "wanted to remain anonymous out of safety considerations for herself and her family" claims "that there is 'no way' that Obama's Safe School Czar did not know about the pornographic and sexually explicit material that was presented and discussed at the conference." Of course, neither Hoft nor the anonymous teacher provide any actual evidence that Jennings knew the specific explicit content that would be discussed at that workshop When Jennings was made aware after the fact, he reportedly criticized it.
HotAir's Ed Morrissey is, of course, along for the ride, and still can't even keep his baseless Jennings smears straight.
GP: It’s a great picture. So there’s no way. Let me ask you this, there’s no way that Kevin Jennings could have been at this conference and not know that there was this explosive sexual speeches, talks, materials around the conference?
It reminds me of Liz Cheney getting all kinds of rightwing media attention that she doesn't deserve - She doesn't (or shouldn't) know details that her father would know - she shouldn't have insider info, yet she claims expertise she shouldn't have. She's her father's proxy but she's actually a nobody with a famous last name. In a similar way, this anonymous attendee can't possibly know what Jennings knew!
One of the most telling remarks to me was when she said that no teacher wants any child to be hurt, but I can tell you that teachers who are against info being given to students, in an attempt to prevent bullying of homosexuals, hurt children.