Posted on 05/01/2008 11:40:10 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Northwestern rescinds honorary degree offer to Rev. Wright
21 minutes ago
Northwestern University has withdrawn its offer of an honorary degree to the former pastor of Democrat Barack Obama.
A university official says the school had offered the Rev. Jeremiah Wright an honorary Doctorate of Sacred Theology.
But vice president for university relations Alan Cubbage now says the offer has been rescinded because of the controversy surrounding Wright. He also says the school wants "to ensure that the celebratory character of commencement not be affected."
Wright is the former senior minister at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. His criticisms of the United States have drawn criticism to Obama's presidential campaign.
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Bwahahahahahaha
Which begs the question why they honored him in the first place.
He’s going to be mighty sensitive about this!
Hey Rev. Wright, your chickens are comin’ hommmmmmme....
Because Obama was supporting him. When he lost the support of Obama, he became evil.
“Which begs the question why they honored him in the first place.”
For the same reason the honorary degree was recinded, what he preaches about.
Like Obama, they were fine with it until everyone found out.
This has nothing to do with the "controversy" and everything to do with getting Obama elected. If O were still supporting him, Wright would have received the honor.
I am shocked! Is there no academic integrity. /sarc/
toooooooooooooo rooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssttttttt!
Well, then its on to the NOBEL
He also says the school wants "to ensure that the celebratory character of commencement not be affected."
But they would be happy to give it to him otherwise. These universities should be defunded.
“What you keep by you, you may change and mend but words, once spoken, can never be recalled.”
- Earl of Roscommon
By rescinding the honorary degree, they are only calling attention to their complete lack of judgment.
So the phoney “rev” is too radical even for the hotbed of leftism known as a university.
LOL! They were doing it for political purpose... with your and my money! When the light of day was shown on the target of their affections, they chickened out (or did they come home to roost...?).
Please, somebody explain to me why this “school” offered this loon an honerary degree in the first place? They obviously did about as much “scholarly research” as Wright did. It appears that both are in the Ward Churhill class of idiots.
Somehow, I don't think "controversy" had anything to do with it.
More likely, the honor is being rescinded because Rev. Wright torpedoed their boy.
Hmmmmmm. Isn't Bernadine Dohrn on the faculty at Northwestern?
There has been nothing new learned about the Rev. since he hit the stage. Our colleges are run by idiots.
I’m a victim of you Right-Brained Honkies-Rev.”Lefty” Wright!
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