Beautiful! John McCain Gets the Anti-War Treatment at Columbia Graduation!

[leftchick]

Anti-war members of the Class of 2006 stand with their backs to Sen. John McCain, R-AZ, as he delivers the keynote address during the Columbia University commencement, Tuesday, May 16, 2006 in New York. McCain defended his support for the Iraq war in a commencement speech that drew more cheers than boos. McCain, a republican widely thought to be considering presidential run in 2008, reaffirmed his belief that the Iraq conflict was just but encouraged detractors to speak their minds and argue vigorously for their position. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

[bdamomma]

1. the truth hurts doesn't it McCain

[leftchick]

2. he is an idiot

andan even bigger idiot if he wastes his millions running for prez.

[bigscott]

3. i hate that old man

why do some still think he is a wonderful maverick when he is just a war mongering toadie for * ?

[novalib]

5. What You Said

You said EXACTLY what I feel!

[spag68]

12. hate

I think it is inconsistent with progressive values to "hate" a politician. Despise, distrust, abhor or any of thousands of negative adjectives would serve better. Hatred is a self defeating emotion, well maybe not in bush family's case.

[novalib]

18. No. HATE

Sometimes HATE is the most appropriate emotion to have.

I HATE *.

I HATE McCAIN.

I HATE them both -- passionately, intensely -- white hot burning hatred for both of them.

And I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who does so.

[leftchick]

29. I Hate Repukes!

I Hate bush.

I hate anyone who supports bush.

I hate that they make me Hate but they do.

[stepnw1f]

19. Oh Bullshit

come down from your cloud. Nobody is claiming to be a Saint... psssst: hate is natural. It's what you do with it that matters.

[0007]

31. I hate junior and his crime cabal and I hate those that don't

hate this fucking goddamn asshole.

[Ravy]

20. And we all know the truth has a liberal bias. (n/t)

[NanceGreggs]

4. John McCain?

Isn't that the guy who was tortured as a POW?

Isn't that the SAME guy who now supports an Administration that promotes torture?

Just wonderin' ...

[RubyDuby in GA]

6. Well you know

The only bad torture is your own torture. It's okay for everyone else. :sarcasm:

Kind of like 'the only moral abortion is my abortion' (most often heard excuse coming from the pro-lifers).

[karynnj]

11. Sounds right to me - and if he were concerned about torture

he could have refused to back Bush, As a Republican, it would have taken real courage and character to support a man he knew well enough to know he was for observing the Geneva Conventions which called for humane treatment of prisoners.

[Neecy]

7. I really wonder...

He's in New York giving a warmongering speech and the article claims there were more cheers than boos? Hard to believe.

[karynnj]

13. Hard for me to believe too

He also will speak at the New School graduation. A close relative who attended there in 2004 said that the question was not Kerry or Bush but Kerry or not voting or voting for a third party. Over 1000 people at the school (which has about 8000 students) signed a petition asking Kerrey to uninvite him. They are NOT happy with Kerrey.

[Laughing Mirror]

17. They bring along their own cheering section, slobs like McCain,

and plant them in the audience. It's the oldest trick in show business, which seems to be the business most of these politicians are actually in.

[mdmc]

8. thanks for the pics and post

:kick:/r

[The_Casual_Observer]

9. mccain is about as boring as they come. I'm surprised they didn't

just walk out altogether.

[spag68]

10. McCain

Wait till he gets to the New School! I was there a number of weeks ago to listen to J. Biden, and they were fired up about McCain then.

[karynnj]

14. The only thing is McCain will likely use his reception there

to say he is brave - speaking to all these scary lefties.

[spag68]

15. McCain

Imagine using the same speech to fat pat Robertson and then in New York. I have to assume he can't afford to memorize two speeches. excuse me I meant fat falwell

[marions ghost]

16. fish out of water

at Columbia.

Fit right in at Liberty University in Virginia...fawning over Jerry Falwell.

[LibDemAlways]

21. Where are the Kerry, Gore, Edwards

commencement addresses? Even Clinton was forced to share the stage with chimp's father the other day. Maybe prominent Dems are speaking at graduations, but it sure isn't making the news.

[babylonsister]

26. You're right. Here's two examples:

U.S. Senator John Kerry and Journalist Gwen Ifill to Speak at May 15 Emerson College Commencement Ceremonies
04/20/06

Politics and world affairs will take center stage at Emerson College’s 126th annual Commencement exercises on Monday, May 15, with addresses by U.S. Senator John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) and journalist Gwen Ifill. Kerry, who has served in the Senate since 1984 and was the Democratic nominee for president in 2004, will speak during undergraduate ceremonies, which begin at 11 a.m. at the Wang Center for the Performing Arts, 270 Tremont St. in Boston.


http://www.emerson.edu/news/index.cfm#4427



Senator John F. Kerry to speak at Kenyon Commencement

GAMBIER, Ohio (May 10, 2006)– Senator John F. Kerry of Massachusetts will present the Commencement address at Kenyon's one hundred seventy-eighth graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 20. The program will begin at 10:30 a.m. on the lawn of Samuel Mather Hall. (The rainsite is the Kenyon Athletic Center.)

In addition to presenting diplomas to graduating seniors, the College will confer honorary degrees on Kerry; Teresa Heinz Kerry, chairman of the Howard Heinz Endowment and the Heinz Family Philanthropies; and Diane Ackerman, author of nonfiction works including An Alchemy of Mind and A Natural History of the Senses, as well as collections of poetry and several children's nature books. Honorary degrees will also be conferred upon retiring faculty members Robert E. Bennett, professor of classics, and Charles A. Piano, professor of Spanish.


http://www.kenyon.edu/x32070.xml

[karynnj]

28. Here are links to 3 Kerry college speeches this month

He spoke at Grinnell University:

http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/speeches/spc_2006_05_06.html


He spoke at American University:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=273x86176#86794

He spoke at Emerson (in Boston) yesterday - this one is funny and special as it's a Boston college that helped Kerry a lot in 2004 - this was an extremely friendly crowd. The affection showed in smiles from Kerry and from the kids.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=273x86176#86794

He will be speacking at the commencement at Kenyon College in Ohio this Saturday - this was the school where some students waited as long as 10 hours to vote in 2004.

[LibDemAlways]

33. I had no doubt he was delivering commencement

addresses. However, unlike McCain, he certainly hasn't been garnering much media attention. Leaves the public with the impression that colleges only invite repukes to speak - when nothing could be further from the truth.

[Le Taz Hot]

22. Is this the same generation

that is supposed to be so lazy with a sense of entitlement? (ala Hillary) Do me proud, children, do me proud!

[robbedvoter]

23. Sometimes I hate him more than Bush! because he fooled more

people with the integrity BS - thanks to an adoring media. mr Keating 5 was really always an opportunistic crook, yet I still see right here on DU people "shocked" at this or that statement, nehavior....

[BrklynLiberal]

24. On NPR this AM there were reps from The New School. McCain is NOT going

to get a warm reception there either. That school was FOUNDED by progressives. The students AND Faculty are really pissed that McCain was chosen to speak.
They said Barack Obama was first choice, but he had scheduling conflicts. Kerrey overrode the suggestions of the committee that chooses speakers and took it upon himself to invite McCain.
They said they would welcome him as a speaker during an event in which they could ask questions and such. They objected to him as a choice for commencement speaker since he does not represent what the school stands for.
They were quite angry that McCain is being given a podium at which to voice his views. They say he will then be able to lay claim to some "moderate" credentials since he spoke at the New School.

[Stinky The Clown]

25. I hope

He has water in his wingtips that lead to soaked cotton socks incubating a bad fungal disorder between his toes that even a good dose of sulfa can't touch.

Hey Johnny ....... fuck you, you weasel.

[babylonsister]

27. Yeah! Democracy in action! McCain must be embracing it! nt

[democrank]

30. It warms my heart

to see this kind of courage. Bless them.

[Joe Fields]

32. Bravo....Bravo!

[JohnLocke]

34. (nt)

Kick

[EVDebs]

35. McCain thinks we'll be in Iraq for "10, 20 years, that's not so bad"

""When asked this week on CNN how long the U.S. military is likely to remain in Iraq, Senator John McCain replied "probably" 10 or 20 years. "That's not so bad," he said..."

www.spectrumz.com/z/fair_use/2004/09_04.html

This idiot should NOT be allowed anywhere NEAR 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC.

[6000eliot]

36. He asked for this, didn't he?

Also, "more cheers than boos?" Isn't that kind of damning with feint praise?