Sorensen booed at Oswego graduation (JFK hack disses Bush - gets booed...)

Syracuse.com/The Post-Standard ^ | May 16, 2004 | Delen Goldberg

[Unam Sanctam]

I think the behavior of the crowd is a disgrace. Perhaps withhold applause, but don't drown out what the speaker is saying. This is 10 times more likely to happen with a conservative speaker and a liberal audience, and we would be denouncing the crowd in such a case.

[sathers]

Remeber, we are not hearing EXACTLY what he said just a summary from the reporter.

Probably the way he said it was insulting to the audience.

[veronica]

Poppycock.

Liberals think they can turn every event into a Bush-hating fest. They never stop politicizing, and I am glad he got called on the carpet.

[magua]

the times are a changen.

[muawiyah]

Ted Sorensen is still a political hack, and he's still trying to justify Kennedy's abandonment of the Cuban patriots at the Bay of Pigs.

The crowd was justified completely in voicing their disapproval of this guy.

[CWOJackson]

While it may have been rude of the audiance, they were only exercising their own freedom of speech.

[CitizenJ]

Congrats to the audience for their response!

[Ciexyz]

I applaud the people who drowned out the speech. And if I was one of the alumni, I'd never send a dollar in alumni money to that school. The school authorities have made it plain that they're determined to push a certain political platform. They'd never get a dollar of my money.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

It's about time someone dissed the Kennedy Mafia. These guys have been living an underserved reputation for 40 years. Ach-patooey!

[yooper]

"I think the behavior of the crowd is a disgrace."

I think the behavior of the crowd reflects the proper attitude with respect to the liberal behavior recently seen in this country.

[Pikachu_Dad]

Lets get back to the "you are the future, go forth and lead the nation speeches"

[Hotdog]

Yep...I raised three children the Republican way...they got out on there own and guess what?...still Republicans!

[Texas Eagle]

Charlie Vecchio, 25, a former army soldier originally from Manlius, disagreed with Sorensen's views but had more of a problem with the audience. "People's reactions were a little outrageous," he said. "I have friends who died so we could say what we want. That's part of why our soldiers are over there, for our right to freedom of speech."

Yo, Charlie. Aren't our soldiers over there fighting for the audience's right to free speech also?

[lewislynn]

I think the behavior of the crowd is a disgrace

I think the behavior of the crowd was just, and Sorenson the disgrace.

[KellyAdmirer]

He had the microphone. He finished his speech. I reckon his freedom to say unpopular things was protected just fine.

[weegee]

Speakers at a graduation ceremony are generally guests at a school (receiving honorary degrees but never actually studying to become alumni).

The students shouldn't have to suffer their graduation being turned into a partisan political rally.

[sinkspur]

I think the behavior of the crowd is a disgrace.

Not me.

If this old fool decides to turn a once in a liftime event into a personal political diatribe, I'd have applauded if they'd thrown things at him.

He ruined the graduation ceremony.

And, a conservative who chose to turn such an event into a political event would deserve the same treatment.

This is not Sorenson's day; it belongs to the graduates.

He should be ashamed of himself. The college president should have given him the hook.

[Piranha]

I salute the crowd. Sorensen apparently was political and provocative, insulting the President and criticizing his judgment during wartime.

Sorensen should not have believed that he had carte blanche to proselytize at a graduation ceremony, and the students were exercising their right to react to his provocation.

I would not have been offended during the Clinton Administration if pro-Clinton students booed a graduation speaker who criticized his behavior in Mogadishu. I would have felt that he had it coming.

[veronica]

It's about time someone dissed the Kennedy Mafia.

I'd pay good money to see this happen to the slob Senator from Mass. What a joke HE is.