Poor Republican Public School Teachers, Victimized by All.

Poor Republican teachers, it all start out so innocently:

Thousands pack(ed) a convention center, Barack Obama T-shirts, videos celebrating the health care law … But this Obama love fest in Washington (saw) nearly 9,000 gathered were teachers in town for the National Education Association's weeklong annual convention.

Get out the crying towel, here come the “victimized” Republican teachers comments:

Edweek: For the Republican teachers in attendance, the digs at their political views were impossible to overlook. "What I don't like is the harassment going on for people to be an 'EFO'—an educator for Obama," said Maureen van Wagner, a special education teacher … roughly a dozen teachers who identified themselves as Republicans said they felt pressure from union leaders and the rank-and-file to support Obama's re-election—and felt marginalized when they wouldn't. Some interviewed said they were so worried about retribution from their colleagues that they wouldn't provide their names for publication.

What a wonderful example of individualism, strength, free speech and liberty. What is striking is the lack of confidence shown by these losers unless their surrounded by likeminded ditto-heads.

So voting against their own best interest, their students best interest, and being vilified by their own party should be applauded and encouraged by their fellow teachers? Ideological idiocy.

But what did take Republican teachers off guard was the criticism they received for expressing support for Mitt Romney. A Republican teacher speaking at the convention was booed for doing just that. The incident prompted NEA President Dennis Van Roekel to intervene, saying that everyone had the right to speak. Then there were the T-shirts. Some Republicans said they were presented with NEA T-shirts featuring Obama's name—and that it felt like being forced to choose between their profession and their politics.

Say it together; “Poor babies.” Even a few conservative teachers understand just how dumb their party allegiance really is:

"For Republican teachers, it's almost like we're stepchildren in NEA, and then in the Republican Party we're also stepchildren, because we're public schoolteachers, and that's not part of their focus," said Keiser, who teaches high school math in Long Beach, Calif.

Doh! What many voters don’t know and should about the NEA:

NEA officials said the union, which has never endorsed a Republican for president, makes every effort to ensure all its members feel welcome. The union holds a Republican Leadership Conference the same week as the annual convention. Union dues are kept separate from the NEA's political action committee, which spends donated funds to promote candidates such as Obama. And the NEA has endorsed GOP candidates who are pro-public education.