Bennett, who broadcasts his racist views,wants to educate more Wisconsin kids

"I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could -- if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down." -- Bill Bennett, former Secretary of Education, author of "The Book of Virtue" and conservative poster boy, in a radio interview.

To be fair, he added that it probably wasn't a good or workable idea, like Richard Nixon saying,"That would be wrong" into the hidden microphone to cover his butt. You can read the transcript, and put the comment into context, at Media Matters.

No, Bennett didn't suggest aborting black fetuses. He was talking hypothetically. But no matter how you slice it, his comments were racist.

Bennett, by the way, operates a virtual school in Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Virtual Academy. The Northern Ozaukee School District-based school is run by K12, a for-profit educational business founded by Bennett.

That virtual academy is the subject of a lawsuit by the state teachers' union, WEAC, which has been going on for a couple of years.

But Bennett is continuing to look for more business in Wisconsin, and has hired three lobbyists to represent his interests -- Nate Elias, Bill McCoshen, and Eric Petersen.

Presumably their jobs don't include defending Bennett's comments.

But it is hard to imagine any Wisconsin school district wanting to do business with Bennett after he shared some of his innermost thoughts this week.