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UMass officials quash Amherst chaplain's effort to trade course credit for Obama campaigning
Fox 59 ^ | By GLEN JOHNSON

Posted on 09/22/2008 7:05:51 PM PDT by Perdogg

University of Massachusetts officials on Monday quashed efforts by an Amherst campus chaplain to offer two college credits to any student willing to campaign in New Hampshire this fall for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: academia; highereducation; leftismoncampus; ma2008; mccainpalin; obama

1 posted on 09/22/2008 7:05:52 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg
The chaplain should be fired and defrocked.
2 posted on 09/22/2008 7:10:48 PM PDT by jrooney (Obama's mentor says God Da*n America. That explains Obama's refusal to put his hand over his heart.)
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To: Perdogg

A Massachusetts State college interested in the voting outcome of another state ????

Ya, innocent interest, I’m sure.


3 posted on 09/22/2008 7:16:29 PM PDT by dfwddr
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To: Perdogg

Wow...the kiddies at ZooMass have to be bribed with college credits to go out and campaign for The One?

That can’t be...this is THE year that the youth vote is coming out in force to vote. Unless it’s really snowy that day. Or unless there’s a game on TV. Or unless...

Seriously, this is how it is up here. Behavior that breaks all kind of ethical and moral standards is tolerated if it helps a democrat. But there’s hope...tell everyone to vote YES on Question 1 this November!


4 posted on 09/22/2008 7:17:40 PM PDT by LostInBayport (John McCain is the Luckiest Man Alive...mere mortals such as we can only wonder why...)
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To: Perdogg

The bastard probably broke the law. If he offered up the two credits for $100 he’d be riding in the back of a police cruiser.

$100 or some work, people will get credit for courses they didn’t take.

Democrat intergrity on parade.


5 posted on 09/22/2008 7:34:48 PM PDT by Doctor Raoul (Fire the CIA and hire the Free Clinic, someone who knows how to stop leaks.)
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To: LostInBayport

What is question 1, and is it MA or NH??


6 posted on 09/22/2008 7:43:46 PM PDT by gidget7 (Duncan Hunter-Valley Forge Republican!)
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To: Perdogg

I guess paying them is no longer enough. Being MA, this is hardly surprising. The corruption here is in hypermode, and has been for years. Most wonder if votes are ever even counted.


7 posted on 09/22/2008 7:46:40 PM PDT by gidget7 (Duncan Hunter-Valley Forge Republican!)
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To: jrooney

Defrocked? Are you kidding, this is MA, the chaplin is probably part of ACORN. This is nothing compared to what goes on everyday that ISN’T reported.


8 posted on 09/22/2008 7:48:25 PM PDT by gidget7 (Duncan Hunter-Valley Forge Republican!)
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To: Perdogg; All
I just heard on local news in MA, getting credits for political campaigning is happening??? Will have to watch at 11 to see what it's about.
9 posted on 09/22/2008 7:54:18 PM PDT by gidget7 (Duncan Hunter-Valley Forge Republican!)
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To: Perdogg

As a UMASS graduate (Ph. D., Polymer Science & Engineering, 1982) I am disgusted but not surprised at this chaplain’s action. This shows terrible judgment and he should be fired.


10 posted on 09/22/2008 7:54:42 PM PDT by RochesterFan
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To: gidget7

Question 1 will be on the Massachusetts ballot this November...a ‘yes’ vote will completely eliminate the state income tax within two years (cutting it in half for 2009 and bringing it to zero in 2010).

Beacon Hill will have to decide which is more important: the sacred cows (patronage, unions, waste) or the citizenry.

Last poll put it at 45%, and the informational booklets haven’t even been mailed out yet...


11 posted on 09/22/2008 7:56:14 PM PDT by LostInBayport (John McCain is the Luckiest Man Alive...mere mortals such as we can only wonder why...)
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To: LostInBayport

Thanks. I appreciate the info.

Not that I expect our communist legislature will listen to voters, they haven’t done that for years either. But we will vote anyway.

Watching 11 oclock news now to see what is up with “this” story.


12 posted on 09/22/2008 8:05:41 PM PDT by gidget7 (Duncan Hunter-Valley Forge Republican!)
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To: gidget7

OK this story is right, the colleges will not allow the exchange.


13 posted on 09/22/2008 8:07:11 PM PDT by gidget7 (Duncan Hunter-Valley Forge Republican!)
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To: Perdogg

What’s a “chaplain” doing at a public university?


14 posted on 09/22/2008 8:17:24 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: RochesterFan

I agree the Chaplain should be fired. However, as a long time resident of Amherst in the 80’s I am pleased that the President of UMass said No. That should give you at least a smile.


15 posted on 09/22/2008 8:41:01 PM PDT by mojo114 (Tell the media to back off Sarah)
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To: jrooney
The chaplain should be fired and defrocked.

I have a feeling his private life is probably already enough to get him defrocked.

16 posted on 09/22/2008 8:55:42 PM PDT by montag813
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To: Perdogg
Someone should also investigate if the college kids obambi’s campaign is sending into PA to knock on doors and get in people's faces are also offered college credits...
seriously...
17 posted on 09/22/2008 9:06:49 PM PDT by maine-iac7 (No trees were killed in sending this message but a lot of electrons were terribly agitated)
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To: Perdogg

That chaplain is a hack and sob. He should be dealt with appropriately.


18 posted on 09/22/2008 9:07:39 PM PDT by jimfree (Dems beat up girls who don't toe the line.)
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To: maine-iac7

I’m just waitin’ for one of those punks to get in my face.

I might just get in theirs.


19 posted on 09/22/2008 9:34:47 PM PDT by Emperor Palpatine ("Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen.")
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