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Conservatives in general have a deep-rooted suspicion of public schools, largely because of their antipathy toward the NEA, whose actual power over the public classroom is grossly exaggerated.

Truth-be-told, most public school teachers adhere to a strict and detailed curriculum mandated by the state in which the teacher works.

A blogger at SAB challenged me to list the private schools which are liberal, unaware that such a task would be staggering and impossibly time consuming.

Instead, and based on the premis that, “By their fruits, you shall know them”, I offer a list of well-known liberal and conservative personalities along with the secondary schools from which they graduated. You can draw your own conclusions.

Private School Liberals

Dianne Feinstein - Sacred Heart High school

Al Franken - The Blake SChool

John Kerry - St. Paul’s School

Ted Kennedy - Portsmouth Abbey School

Joe Biden - Archmere Academy

Barack Obama - The Panahou School

Nancy Pelosi - Notre Dame School

Al Gore - St. Alban’s School

Bill Richardson - The Middlesex School

Elliott Spitzer - The Horace Mann School

Public School Conservatives

Ronald Reagan - Northside High School

Fred Thompson - Lawrence County High School

Rush Limbaugh - Cape Central High School

Richard Nixon - Fullerton High School

Glenn Beck - Sehome High School

Gerald Ford - South High School

Gen. David Petraeus - Cornwall Central HS

Dwight Eisenhower - Abileen High School

Charleton Heston - New Trier High School

Newt Gingrich - Baker High School