Might I suggest a graduation speaker for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School this year?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

[lillypaddle]

1. Perfect! nt

[RestoreAmerica2020]

18. He would come as healer, comforter...he would have the right words, message.

...if he is invited by graduating class, then yes. His message has always been aspirational.

[LakeArenal]

19. Send Biden then.

Everyone loves him.

[stuffmatters]

22. That would be sooo sadistic. GW Bush expired the Assault Weapons Ban.

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[StevieM]

33. To be fair, it was the GOP Congress that let it expire. I believe Bush nominally called

for its renewal.

[Blue_playwright]

34. I think he did too.

God, can’t believe it’s so bad now that I kinda miss him.

Not Cheney though.,..

[stuffmatters]

39. GWB's "compassionate conservative" kabuki was how I read it then (2004)

.I'd truly be shocked if the NRA didn't contribute a boatload to Bush's reelection that year....

[Eliot Rosewater]

51. I think W will be looked at , historically speaking, as a relatively

decent person who was a horrible president. I am not saying he is, necessarily, just predicting history.

Especially now in light of the pile of human filth infecting our WH.

[samnsara]

2. i literally caught my breath when i scrolled down and saw PBOs photo!

[50 Shades Of Blue]

4. So did I.

[Leghorn21]

26. So did I.

[Raster]

3. Oh HELL YES!

[mainstreetonce]

5. I suggested this two days ago

I also suggested Joe because
I really believe Joe is gearing up for a run and this would be great publicity .

[Tommy_Carcetti]

7. Whoever it is, they deserve a true leader.

Even Trump knows that attempting to go there would be a disaster for him. That's why he (and Rick Scott) stiffed the Town Hall meeting.

President Obama's speech at the Sandy Hook memorial was perhaps my favorite of his presidency. I'm not saying that if he speaks at the graduation he needs to give a memorial speech that dwells on what happened, but I think someone of high esteem should come and recognize and reward these kids for the type of leadership they themselves have taken.

President Obama would be great, as well as Vice President Biden.

[mobeau69]

23. That's No. 1 in my book as well.

No 2. A More Perfect Nation.

[mainstreetonce]

6. Just to screw with Trump

Hillary would be another choice.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. That would also work.

Hillary or Bill.

[Stardust1]

40. What about

All three. The reaction from the GOP would be hilarious.

[fierywoman]

9. Oh yeah!

[33taw]

10. I also want Emma Gonzalez to speak at her graduation this spring.

[SpankMe]

11. I see this picture of one of the most awseome men of this century...

...and then I think of Trump. I have an urge to cry, get pissed and lose hope for the future of America - all at the same time.

[George II]

13. Better the last 100 years, this century has been only a little more than 17 years.

[irisblue]

12. Michelle...in a sleeveless shift would be a good choice.

[onecent]

14. THAT WOULD BE GREAT!!!

[IronLionZion]

15. You don't want the other guy who gleefully repealed President Obama's restrictions

on weapons purchases by the mentally ill?



I won't post his photo because it makes people

[Blue_Roses]

16. Yes!

[WiffenPoof]

21. Might I Suggest Rachel Maddow

[FM123]

29. Oh! My! God!

Everyone one should hear that speech.
It was so relevant that it could have been today and not 1990.
Especially when she said at the end that it was not up to the elders anymore, that they were now the elders and that they could make change that was needed.

[joem777]

38. Wow!!!

[RandomAccess]

30. I'm a little gobsmacked.

The long hair alone is a shocker. Her speech is pretty daring.

[Lisa0825]

35. Here ya go...

[RandomAccess]

53. That's amazing

It's really like 2 different people to me. Thanks.

[poboy2]

36. Whoa! Rach was a kick ass rebel. These kids are of this tree. -eom

[czarjak]

24. How about Wayne LaPierre?

[safeinOhio]

25. Sorry to say, June is a long way away.

There, most likely, will be more and bigger events at schools.

[spicysista]

27. An excellent suggestion!

I'd like to also offer Sen. Diane Feinstein as a choice. Much like the school's namesake, she's a trailblazer in her own right and has more "guts" than many of her male colleagues.

[lastlib]

28. Or.....

Gabrielle Giffords.

[DFW]

31. Gabby still has trouble with speech

It wouldn't be an ideal choice, although just having her and Mark attend would be gesture enough.

I have known her since before she was shot, and you can't imagine the mind cooped up in that convoluted speech center just exploding with ideas she wants to get out.

[lastlib]

32. point taken.

Damn guns. Damn murderers! . . .

[DFW]

37. Had it not been for that nut case in Tucson

She might well have been a serious contender for president in 2020 or 2024.

I think can't imagine the curses Mark must say about Loughner every morning and night. I know she's still "in there." When I saw her after she was shot (it was December 2012) I was worried she might not recognize me after nearly 2 years (we had been together for New Year's 2010-2011). I needn't have concerned myself. As soon as she saw me, she reached out for me with her good arm and let out a squeal of delight. She has lost motor skills, granted, but is the same bright, aware woman she always was, locked up in there.

[Politicub]

41. Yes!!

This made me tear up. He is perfect for the address.

[disillusioned73]

42. Anthony Rizzo

from the World Champion Cubs actually graduated from there - not a bad choice either..

[link:http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-spt-cubs-anthony-rizzo-speech-20180219-story.html|

"Rizzo described Aaron Feis, his football coach for two seasons at Stoneman Douglas High School, as a hero for shielding his body in front of students before getting killed. Rizzo spoke to Feis last month after Rizzo donated $150,000 to help pay for lights for the school’s baseball field."

[Honeycombe8]

43. I agree! Would he do it? I HOPE SO!!!! These students are remarkable. They deserve the best!nt

[lpbk2713]

44. Oprah and Clooney were big donors.

The auditorium would be packed if they were to appear.

[mainstreetonce]

45. I love all these suggestions .if no big name is available

Nicole Hockley could do a great job.

[Rabrrrrrr]

46. And at this point, even if not Obama, that school could ask any big name liberal

and they will gladly come for free.

[Rabrrrrrr]

47. Or get someone who is very well known for peace/non-violence - Jimmy Carter, Chomsky, Malala,

Actually, I think Malala would be awesome - bring in a Muslim woman who's been shot and was also a teenage activist? Hell yeah!

That'd really be not only just totally awesome to have her speak there because she's so awesome... it would be a total poke in the face of all the rightwing Christian jihadists in this country that are making us so unsafe and are no different than the people who shot her.

[treestar]

50. Malala - that is a good idea too

She is a survivor.

[Rabrrrrrr]

48. Or invite Donald for the sole express purpose of loudly booing him en masse for an hour or so.

Never let him say anything without being booed and told "You suck!" and "Fuck you!!" simultaneously by everyone.

[treestar]

49. That would be a really nice thing for them

[Wwcd]

52. Please

Please?

We all need this.