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McCain Finds Unfriendly Audience in NYC [drawing a smattering of boos and hisses....]
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Posted on 05/19/2006 5:18:22 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

McCain Finds Unfriendly Audience in NYC

By BETH FOUHY, Associated Press Writer 34 minutes ago

Arizona Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record) received a cantankerous reception Friday at the New School's commencement, where dozens of faculty members and students turned their backs and raised protest signs and a student speaker mocked him as he sat silently on stage.

The historically liberal university has been roiled in controversy in recent weeks over the selection of the Republican and likely 2008 presidential candidate to speak to its 2,700 graduates and thousands of family, friends and faculty.

The Madison Square Garden crowd cheered loudly as Jean Sarah Rohe said McCain "does not reflect the ideals upon which this university was founded."

Rohe, one of two distinguished seniors invited by the university's deans to address the graduates, spoke before McCain did but noted that he had promised to deliver the same speech he gave at the Rev. Jerry Falwell's Liberty University last weekend and Columbia University on Tuesday.

"He will tell us we are young and too naive to have valid opinions," Rohe said. "I am young and though I don't possess the wisdom that time affords us, I do know that pre-emptive war is dangerous. And I know that despite all the havoc that my country has wrought overseas in my name, Osama bin Laden still has not been found, nor have those weapons of mass destruction."

McCain later thanked Rohe for her "Cliff's notes" version of his speech.

Sticking to the remarks he made in earlier speeches, McCain reaffirmed his support for the Iraq war but urged debate and dissent. And he repeated the theme that drew Rohe's derision.

"When I was a young man, I was quite infatuated with self-expression, and rightly so because,

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: mccain2008; mcinsane; mediadarling; pseudocollege; pseudoconservative; rino; sistasouljah
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retire......please.
1 posted on 05/19/2006 5:18:22 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

McLame...gettin' booed. I love it.


2 posted on 05/19/2006 5:19:18 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat ((I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of Dependence on Government!))
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"Some 1,200 students and faculty had signed petitions asking the university president, former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey, to rescind his invitation for McCain to speak, saying McCain's support for the Iraq war and opposition to gay rights and abortion were not in keeping with the prevailing views on campus."

Hey, two out of three ain't bad. McCain is all for don't ask and don't tell. He's for abortion too.
3 posted on 05/19/2006 5:21:29 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) !)
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"He will tell us we are young and too naive to have valid opinions," Rohe said. "I am young and though I don't possess the wisdom that time affords us, I do know that pre-emptive war is dangerous. And I know that despite all the havoc that my country has wrought overseas in my name, Osama bin Laden still has not been found, nor have those weapons of mass destruction."

Man, those talking points are getting old..

4 posted on 05/19/2006 5:22:28 PM PDT by cardinal4 (Kerry-Mcarthy in 2008!)
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If the Left don't like you because you are too far "right" and the right doesn't like you because you are a RINO lefty, by all means, run for president.


5 posted on 05/19/2006 5:23:06 PM PDT by fish hawk
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He's a fool, but the student speaker is even worse. A perfect little young lib, all ready to be unleashed upon the world and continue thier rants:

"I am young and though I don't possess the wisdom that time affords us, I do know that pre-emptive war is dangerous. And I know that despite all the havoc that my country has wrought overseas in my name, Osama bin Laden still has not been found, nor have those weapons of mass destruction."
6 posted on 05/19/2006 5:23:13 PM PDT by tongue-tied
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What did he expect? NY, Liberal University, hello?!


7 posted on 05/19/2006 5:23:36 PM PDT by Maine For Bush
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wait till he runs in 2008, then he'll see a hostile audience


8 posted on 05/19/2006 5:24:35 PM PDT by georgia2006
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To: Sub-Driver

Was the left side of his face pulsing?


9 posted on 05/19/2006 5:25:28 PM PDT by rocksblues (Liberals are serial liars)
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Kerrey urged students to exercise the open-mindedness he said was at the heart of the university's progressive history.

Well it didn't work

10 posted on 05/19/2006 5:27:16 PM PDT by Mo1 (DEMOCRATS: A CULTURE OF TREASON)
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When lib audiences hiss in displeasure, they mimick frightened pussycats and slithering snakes.


11 posted on 05/19/2006 5:29:01 PM PDT by Vision Thing
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Not that I cut McCain any quarter; I sincerely believe that the man has mental problems...but what a little pompus snot this one is:

"He will tell us we are young and too naive to have valid opinions," Rohe said. "I am young and though I don't possess the wisdom that time affords us, I do know that pre-emptive war is dangerous. And I know that despite all the havoc that my country has wrought overseas in my name, Osama bin Laden still has not been found, nor have those weapons of mass destruction."

So, you're naive, yet you know all about miltary strategy do ya? They'll appreciate that when you move on to West Point, LOL!

And you forgot to add that you were "Speaking Truth to Power," you little puke. Go change your diaper.


12 posted on 05/19/2006 5:29:03 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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Doh! Our thoughts were moments apart, LOL!


13 posted on 05/19/2006 5:29:49 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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The Madison Square Garden crowd cheered loudly as Jean Sarah Rohe said McCain "does not reflect the ideals upon which this university was founded - Communism. If it isn't communist, we'll reject it."

(These brains of mush will quickly change their minds when it's time for their paychecks to go to Washington.)

14 posted on 05/19/2006 5:29:55 PM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal.")
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well FR is not is on his side (sic)....


15 posted on 05/19/2006 5:30:47 PM PDT by Sub-Driver (Unelect All NJ Politicians....)
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Couldn't happen to a more deserving POS. The reason our Universities are filled with liberal professors is because of the failure of Congress to keep socialists from teaching in our schools! It's only fitting that he should feel the result of his inaction! Sucks doesn't it, Johnny Boy?


16 posted on 05/19/2006 5:31:11 PM PDT by NRA2BFree (CONGRESS, YOU BUILD THE FENCE NOW, OR WE'LL VOTE FOR LAWMAKERS WHO WILL!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I saw that. Um, I am a really slow typer/formatter...yeah! THAT's the ticket! hehehe


17 posted on 05/19/2006 5:31:22 PM PDT by tongue-tied
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Considering the people there, it would have been nice if the entire place had been suddenly swallowed by the earth.


18 posted on 05/19/2006 5:31:59 PM PDT by frankiep (Visualize Whirled Peas)
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Add a hiss from me--


19 posted on 05/19/2006 5:32:46 PM PDT by Mamzelle
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McCain getting booed by liberals. Conservatives have no use for him either, but he still thinks he has a shot at being president.


20 posted on 05/19/2006 5:33:42 PM PDT by Mogollon
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