A group had the nerve to ruin ND's Graduation!!!

[vaberella]

Damn, it was expected.

[BlooInBloo]

1. And they were shouted down HARD immediately.

[vaberella]

2. I loved that. But none the less. The problem is this stuff is taped.

A lot of students will get that in their tapes---which would piss me off; but then I'd be excited that we shut them up.

[Catshrink]

4. And Faux will play it up

and turn up the volume making it seem like Obama was shouted down by a lone protester.

[create.peace]

5. hey, i wouldn't be surprised if faux

showed all the standing, chanting students as the protestors.....

[Catshrink]

7. Good insight -- they've done similar stuff before.

They have no scruples.

[MissDeeds]

8. Or paid for the protesters n/t

[geckosfeet]

9. I wouldn't be surpised if fauX planted hecklers to manufacture a fair unbiased news story.

[Parker CA]

3. Heck yeah! They silenced those idiots swiftly. Excellent reaction from the students.

[BlooInBloo]

6. What was that chant they launched into? Some school fight chant or something?

[Parker CA]

10. That's what it sounded like to me, but I couldn't understand it.

[vaberella]

15. Check out post #13 or #14. n/t

[Parker CA]

19. Oh, thanks, Va! That makes it even sweeter.

[zbird]

11. We are... ND nt

[vaberella]

14. Nope, it was, 'YES WE CAN"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/17/obama-notre-dame-speech-n_n_204343.html

[vaberella]

13. It was "YES WE CAN" that the protestors were shouting.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/17/obama-notre-dame-speech-n_n_204343.html

[BlooInBloo]

18. That's an uncommonly reasonable article for the A/P...

Clearly the writer's days are numbered.

[Critters2]

12. The group who ruined ND's graduation were the media.

Randall Terry and Alan Keyes just follow the cameras.

[firedupdem]

16. Exactly! n/t

[gblady]

17. I don't think they ruined it....

I actually think they enhanced it by creating a live juxtaposition
to the exact thing that the President was speaking about.

And they showcased how Obama actually handles controversy.
He doesn't get angry...doesn't rebuke or belittle.

And also showed that the overwhelming majority of attendees
were enthusiatically on the side of the President.

[vaberella]

22. Hmmm, kudos.

That's the other way of looking at it, that I didn't think about. You made a great point.

[stray cat]

20. Not in the least - otherwise you have to say those protesting W also ruined graduations

[vaberella]

23. Actually I do. n/t

[Withywindle]

21. No, I think they tried but they failed.

Obama did a great job of handling the whole thing with class by making his speech about the need to treat those we disagree with respectfully. And he did. And it sounded like 99.99% of the people there had his back on that point - the shouter just looked like a fool. And that can happen anywhere.