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Sanders to speak at Liberty University
WESH-TV ^ | August 6, 2015 | Dan Merica, CNN

Posted on 08/05/2015 10:15:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Bernie Sanders will venture into unfamiliar territory on Sept. 14 when he delivers a convocation speech at Liberty University, a massive evangelical Christian university in central Virginia.

Sanders, a culturally Jewish democratic socialist, is an odd headliner for the reliability conservative school that was founded by the late Jerry Falwell, a Southern Baptist preacher known as the father of the Christian right.

Liberty released their fall convocation schedule on Wednesday and Sanders was listed at the Sept. 14 speaker. The other speakers include Christian artists and authors Korie and Sadie Robertson, stars of A&E's Duck Dynasty, and Rep. Louie Gohmert, a conservative congressman from Texas.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a firebrand conservative courting evangelical voters in the GOP presidential primary, launched his campaign at Liberty....

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TOPICS: Current Events; General Discusssion; Moral Issues; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: berniesanders; democrats; libertyuniversity; sanders; vermont; virginia
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1 posted on 08/05/2015 10:15:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Liberty University is dead to me now.

How can an institution have true Americans like Senator Cruz and Governor Palin speaking, yet invite a commie like Sander to their campus? Sanders is simply the Comrade Joe Stalin of the 21st Century. He should be convicted of nothing less than treason and punished to the fullest extent.

2 posted on 08/05/2015 10:20:58 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What would a Socialist know about liberty? Socialist hate that word and what it stands for. Ask Slick Willie’s wife. She’ll tell you. She and her sex maniac husband think that Americans have too much liberty and they want to take some of it away. There is no such thing as TOO MUCH LIBERTY. Hillary can KMA.


3 posted on 08/05/2015 10:29:20 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The trouble with America is that it's full of Americans. - King Obonzo)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Conservatives are willing to listen to and debate ideas, liberals aren’t. What’s interesting is that Sanders would want to go there.


4 posted on 08/05/2015 10:34:56 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Christians never fear the marketplace of ideas.


5 posted on 08/05/2015 11:06:21 PM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius (www.wilsonharpbooks.com - Sign up for my new release e-mail and get my first novel for free)
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To: re_nortex
Get a grip. He's just giving a speech. Only liberal universities refuse to allow speakers that are not in agreement with the university hierarchy.
6 posted on 08/06/2015 12:03:22 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (Resistance to Tyrants is obedience to God)
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To: P-Marlowe

I quote your tagline: “Resistance to Tyrants is obedience to God”. Sanders is baby-killing tyrannical dictator who plans to make abortion on demand subsidized by “We the People” the law in this Republic. A vile murderer serving satan has no right to speak anywhere, much less at a university based on Christian values. Jerry Falwell’s anger at such a thing is being heard in Heaven.


7 posted on 08/06/2015 12:22:02 AM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: re_nortex
Jerry Falwell’s anger at such a thing is being heard in Heaven.

Jerry Falwell was a good friend of Larry Flynt.

8 posted on 08/06/2015 12:24:22 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (Resistance to Tyrants is obedience to God)
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To: re_nortex

Maybe they are treating his speech like a zoo exhibit, it is hard to find a “somewhat honest about themselves socialist” these days.


9 posted on 08/06/2015 12:28:27 AM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: P-Marlowe
Jerry Falwell was a good friend of Larry Flynt.

That sounds like the spinjob for a leftist lie. While Jerry Falwell doubtlessly prayed in earnest for Flynt's salvation, the smut peddler published an evil attack piece on Falwell in his vile rag, H*stl*r magazine. Falwell served God whereas Flynt, as is the case with Sanders, serves only satan.

10 posted on 08/06/2015 12:32:58 AM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It is Pure Genius!

Because now whenever ANY conservative is invited by a college republican club to speak at ANY public university and are treated like crap they can point out the liberal hypocrisy by saying,

“You progressives accuse us of being intolerant when Avowed Socialist Bernie Sander spoke at what you consider a ‘Extremist conservative college’ and he was treated with dignity and respect but here I am at a state college treated like a thought criminal, how very ‘diverse and tolerant’ of you”

We can rub their little dim doggie noses into any future piles of poop their fascistic behavior craps out in full public view of everyone.


11 posted on 08/06/2015 12:33:34 AM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: GraceG
Maybe they are treating his speech like a zoo exhibit, it is hard to find a “somewhat honest about themselves socialist” these days.

If that's indeed the case, then Sanders needs to be locked in a cage at Liberty with 24/7 security by armed guards. This monstrous individual is far, far worse than the fictional Hannibal Lecter. It's the goal of Sanders to drive America even further to the left than even the hussein cabal.

12 posted on 08/06/2015 12:36:12 AM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This is a good idea. Once again Christian Conservatives will show they are not afraid of divergent ideas and can behave like adults. Perhaps even Bernie will learn something.


13 posted on 08/06/2015 12:48:26 AM PDT by Robwin
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To: re_nortex
That sounds like the spinjob for a leftist lie

Google it.

14 posted on 08/06/2015 12:55:40 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (Resistance to Tyrants is obedience to God)
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To: P-Marlowe
Google it.

No thanks. I don't believe in Google, Bing, Wikipedia, Snopes or any other leftist-run outfit. Google is run by sodomites and the rest have some form of association with Bill Gates, George Soros and Warren Buffett. My understanding is that Google (which denies the Divinity of Christ) pushes its responses to favor far-left sites as part of its well-documented anti-Conservative agenda.

My sources of reliable information are nowadays limited to Free Republic (which has an excellent search feature) and, of course, the Sarah Palin channel. Fox News has become increasingly liberal and can't be trusted. I also avoid Drudge since it pushes RINOs and I believe has some involvement with sodomites in the upper levels of its staff and/or management.

15 posted on 08/06/2015 1:15:05 AM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: re_nortex
How can an institution have true Americans like Senator Cruz and Governor Palin speaking, yet invite a commie like Sander to their campus?

Young pathologists need to be trained.

16 posted on 08/06/2015 1:27:21 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: cynwoody

If they’re going to give a forum to an evil American-hating abortionist like Bernie Sanders, then just go ahead and invite the leaders of ISIS to speak there. They’re both serving satan and aim to destroy America.


17 posted on 08/06/2015 1:36:29 AM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: re_nortex

Duly bookmarked. Specimen #1438851124.


18 posted on 08/06/2015 1:50:39 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I applaud Sen. Sanders for having the courage (unlike other high-profile Democrats) to accept an invitation to speak at a conservative university.

I’m also willing to bet that you won’t see a subset of conservative students trying to shout him down during his speech - in fact I even doubt they will boo. The leftists at most other colleges should follow Sen. Sanders lead:

“...Liberty University was kind enough to invite me to address a convocation and I decided to accept,” Sanders said in a statement. “It goes without saying that my views on many issues — women’s rights, gay rights, education and many other issues — are very different from the opinions of some in the Liberty University community. It is very easy for a candidate to speak to people who hold the same views. It’s harder but important to reach out to others who look at the world differently. I look forward to meeting with the students and faculty of Liberty University.”

Well said, Sen. Sanders, and also an admirable trait that at one time in this country was more true of those on the left than on the right. Perhaps you can help change that, and restore sanity and civility to the political left.


19 posted on 08/06/2015 1:56:35 AM PDT by zencycler
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To: zencycler
The correct model that Liberty should follow is that of Free Republic where the owner, Mr. Jim Robinson, has set forth a policy of being UNFAIR and UNBALANCED. Deviant viewpoints from those opposing the pro-God, pro-life, pro-gun and anti-sodomy mission are simply not tolerated and those pushing any form of liberalism are zotted posthaste. The line from the soul-stirring hymn, "Onward Christian Soldiers" comes to mind -- "marching as to war". In war, the enemy is annihilated and not given a forum to air his views. So it should be likewise with this evil communist. Bernie Sanders is the enemy and his anti-God, anti-life, anti-gun and pro-sodomy spewage should not be given an opportunity to be aired. If this Republic is to be restored, institutions such as Liberty should lead the charge by not giving voice to those vile deviants who seek to destroy this country.
20 posted on 08/06/2015 2:24:28 AM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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