Former Sen. Bob Kerrey confronts two protesters who were heckling him over his work on the Sept. 11 commission. Posted on 07/22/2004 11:25:49 AM PDT by McGruff
Former Sen. Bob Kerrey confronts two protesters who were heckling him over his work on the Sept. 11 commission.
This is a differnet video. Higher quality.
For now.
I'll watch it all when I get home.
Thank you for the link. I was having difficulties with the other links.
What WAS he thinking?? There are cameras everywhere! Did he think that mad him look good????
Hey guys. Good job of standing your ground and keeping cool. It was obvious he meant to be rude and intimidating. He succeeded in rudeness and failed to be intimidating.
BUMP for later viewing pleasure :)
Say where does Bob Kerry work these days when he is not onb the living off the taxpaer's dollar. I wonder if that company knows just how distinguished an image their eleoquent representative presents when in the public eye.
http://www.newschool.edu/admin/pres/pres_bio.html
BOB KERREY
PRESIDENT
NEW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY
Bob Kerrey is President of New School University in New York City.
New School University has seven schools and one program serving the diverse educational needs of 7,000 undergraduate and graduate degree students and nearly 18,000 continuing education students annually.
New School University emphasizes critical thinking and small class size. It has two liberal arts colleges: Eugene Lang College and the Graduate Faculty, as well as an adult education college, The New School, which provides continuing education and undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The liberal arts are enhanced by four visual and performing arts schools: Parsons School of Design, Mannes College of Music, the Actors Studio Drama School, and the Jazz and Contemporary Music program. In addition, the University is home to the Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy.
For twelve years prior to becoming President of New School University, Bob Kerrey represented the State of Nebraska in the United States Senate. Before that he served as Nebraska's Governor for four years.
Educated in pharmacy at the University of Nebraska, Bob Kerrey served three years in the United States Navy. After his military service, he started a chain of restaurants and health clubs in Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas.
Bob Kerrey entered the race for Governor of Nebraska with no prior political experience and was elected as a Democrat in a heavily Republican State. After serving a single four-year term, he returned to business.
Upon the death of Nebraska's senior United States Senator, Kerrey became a candidate for the U.S. Senate. He was elected in 1988 and re-elected in 1994. He chose not to run for re-election a third time because of the offer to be President of New School University and his desire to return to private life.
As a Senator, Bob Kerrey acquired a reputation as someone willing to take a stand on issues even in the face of public opposition. He was a defender of free speech and the separation of Church and State as guaranteed by the First Amendment.
Kerrey opposed taking away the right of a woman to make her own reproductive decisions, supported extending civil rights protection in the workplace and in housing to gays and lesbians, and voted for reasonable gun control legislation. He also put his name behind Social Security reform and universal health insurance. In Nebraska, these were not traditionally popular positions.
From his first days as Governor to his last days in the Senate, Bob Kerrey has been involved with all levels of education in Nebraska and around the country. For the past 20 years, he has given his strong support both to increased funding and the need for significant reform. He headed the bipartisan Congressional Web-Based Education Commission which in 2001 produced an influential report entitled "The Power of the Internet for Learning: Moving from Promise to Practice."
In many ways New School University is an institution made for Bob Kerrey's leadership. One reason is that the university's founder, Alvin Johnson, was from Nebraska. In addition, Bob Kerrey's experience in politics has taught him the importance of the social research currently performed at the Graduate Faculty and the Milano Graduate School. Both New School On-Line University and the communication design investment and leadership at Parsons School of Design dovetail with his educational and public policy interests.
For Bob Kerrey, being President of New School University represents a chance to continue his passion for education and is a very hands-on educational opportunity. He has always been interested in the practical application of ideas. In his own words: "What I love is learning and helping others to do the same, especially when the learning requires hard work and a disciplined giving of individual attention that leads to discovery. We all underutilize our talents in part because we are afraid, in part because the inertia of educational organizations discourages us from becoming excited when the ‘eureka' moment arrives."
Bob Kerrey is the author of When I Was A Young Man: A Memoir, published by Harcourt Books (May 2002). He is currently serving as a member of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, as well as leading a five year writing challenge sponsored by The National Commission on Writing in America's Schools and Colleges.
He is married to Sarah Paley. The couple have a young son, Henry, who was born on September 10, 2001. His children from a prior marriage are named Ben and Lindsey.
Updated: April 2004
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The board of this school should get a copy of this.
This pos is a walking timebomb ready to explode. God forbid if someone dared to were a W04 hat at his school. This thug might just attack and kill him!
You were both awesome.
"Try and stick around all day today!!"
PRICELESS.
Oh, Man! This is a keeper! Thanks guys and great work!
LOL!
That's what he intended it to be, I'm certain.
Oh. A taste of their own medicine is so very sweet. Odd how Kerry was the first to name call. And over what? Nothing really.
What did Kerry think he was going to do, with their names anyways? Send them to Siberia? Chinese work camps?
uncontrollably, milk-coming-out-of-the-nostrils LOL!
Isn't it standard operating procedure to demand a public apology in a case like this?
Sun Tzu
Ping for your viewing pleasure.
You guys rock!
Did he think he was going to intimidate you by asking your names? And why was he so angry..... just because you were calling attention to the Dem failings? The man seems to be part of the "don't you dare question me" elite.
How far he has fallen.
Kerrey really thought he was going to strongarm and intimidate someone by demanding to know their name. Like who was he going to call, Sandy Bergler?
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