Posted on 04/20/2009 4:12:04 PM PDT by zaphod3000
AU students protest Barney speech
About 130 American University students have signed an online petition of sorts asking the school's administration to withdraw an invitation to Barney Frank, who is slated to deliver a commencement address at AU's School of Public Affairs in a few weeks.
The students blame the fiery House Financial Services chairman for the financial meltdown, singling out his longtime support of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae as contributing to the severity of the crisis and magnitude of bailouts.
"Many of us are having trouble finding a job and are finding our ability to get into grad schools hindered by the economy, so it's seems inappropriate for Rep. Frank to deliver the commencement," says Sarah DeStefano, a senior from upstate New York who describes herself as a moderate Repubican.
"I would never expect American, which is a left-leaning school, to invite a Republican to the commencement, but this speaker of all speakers seems wrong," she added.
Many of the signees are members of the campus Young Republicans chapter but a handful are Dems or independents -- and one of the protesters is the vice-president of the campus Democrats, she said.
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“They get it.”
Not from Bawney, she doesn’t.
Barney will send a gerbil, in absentia, named Fannie Mae.
They will not prevail.....
The Queee-ah will spew his filth
Yes they do get it.
As I just said in another thread...imo, BAILOUTS and SPENDING should be the message/focus of our Tea Parties.
I heard that the National Lollypop Lickers Association had invited Barney “My Boy Lollypop” Frank to give a speech too.
Okay, I thought this was going to be about the Scottie.
“...the fairy House Financial Services Chairman...”-fixed it.
I am truly impressed. I thought that anyone coming out of brain dead liberal American University was a lost cause.
I am dead wrong. Way to go, AU!
“AU students protest Barney speech.”
This is great!
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