Donahue Gets Crowd Riled Up At N.C. State Graduation (students walk out, boo liberal-speak)

WRAL-TV ^ | May 17, 2003

[Liz]

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Talk show pioneer Phil Donahue heard boos and catcalls Saturday during a politically tinged commencement address at North Carolina State University.

Donahue's speech was peppered with his political opinions. It was met with boos that rained down like confetti.

[Liz]

Clinton in "flight" gear.

[Liz]

And Hillary wasn't really booed at the concert, and Michael Moore wasn't really
booed at the Oscars. Nope. Didn't happen. The vast majority of the people love 'em.
Uh huh.

Duh. Yup, sittin' chere in mah double-wide wit de space heater goin' and mah pickup
settin' up on cinder blocks outside, ah buleeves 'im, ah buleeves 'im, a'right.........duh.

[atomic conspiracy]

I worked as a substitute teacher for a couple of years while I was in grad school. One day, I was assigned to a high school science class whose regular teacher was something of an NEA flake. Her assignment for the day was merely to show a video of a PBS program on human sexuality. The program was hosted by none other than Phil Donahue and devoted a lot of time to gay marriage, "transexualism", and similar liberal "lifestyle" and "acceptance" issues. I had some doubts, but I did show the video and decided to include a disclaimer.

I told the class to "remember that Donahue is an entertainer, not a physician or a psychologist. He is just one person, he is not an expert on any of these issues, his opinions and views are no better than anyone else's, and probably worse judging by the guests on his show. You need to be aware that views like this exist, but your parents are the people you really need to listen to."

At that point, a young man raised his hand and asked, "Sir, do you mean to say, basically, that he is full of s***?" When the laughter subsided, I calmly responded that we should avoid that terminology in school but, yes, it was otherwise an accurate appraisal of my viewpoint. I had to send him to the principal for obscene language, but I don't know what his punishment was.

[Ukiapah Heep]

""Take a liberal to lunch," he said. ", And hand them the check.

[onyx]

I heard about the Bob Costa interview, --- I did not and will not watch it.

[zip]

What has happened to North Carolina

Duke = Berkeley of the east. I isn't easy to understand when you realize that the residents of NC are basically Bible belt types that love their Country, not Kalif lib types.

[freekitty]

Sweet music to the ears. It looks like our young people are not buying the liberal lies anymore. Why would they. They have a true leader, George W. a man they can admire and also disagree with honestly, if they so choose. How about that folks, honest debate and morals. What a kick.

[Howlin]

Not in Durham and Chapel Hill.

[wayne_shrugged]

What a classless idiot to knowingly inject sensitively charged political views into the graduates' ceremony! It was their day -- not his! Classless creep but in keeping with his M.O.!

[zip]

Not in Durham and Chapel Hill.

Disclaimer: "except for college towns". We have the liberal armpit of Missouri in Columbia MO, home of MU so I understand.

[Howlin]

I will tell you that you are right, Duke is getting worse by the day.

[Howlin]

Alan Keyes was so sure that Duke was a left college he felt free to go there and trash President Bush.

[Publicus]

You are right.

[cubreporter]

They can't think for themselves either.

[zip]

"Your mission is to challenge your public servants and bring America back to basic constitutional values,"

He should have said "..back to my concept of constitutional values". The original statement is from a man that hates the Constitution with a passion i.e. Who were the idiots that added the Second Amendment to my version of the Constitution and who gave non liberals/socialists the right to free speech? And to think that I gave 6 years (Army 60's) to maintain this idiot's the right to be stupid. Oh well.....

[Dick Bachert]

"Donahue told the graduates that the rights and privileges in the Constitution have been eroded."

Just in case no one else picks up on it, the Constitution is (or WAS!) a LIMITED GRANT OF POWER TO THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BY -- REPEAT -- BY THE PEOPLE.

I HOPE these kids booed this moron when he came forth with that crap about Constitutional "PRIVILEGES."

[zip]

Alan Keyes was so sure that Duke was a left college he felt free to go there and trash President Bush.

Good point.

[MWS]

Eh, not as nice as I ought to be most of the time... but thank you for your kind words! :)

[Helms]

What has happened to North Carolina?

Excellent question- I have lived here for 13 years and what I suspect is rampant immigration, loss of manufacturing jobs/base, influx of those exiting the socialist North, combined with a downturn in technology (RTP)and a decade of liberal rule which never planned for a rainy day.

[f.Christian]

... interesting ...


Among the perspectives expressed by Donahue, who hosted a nationally syndicated talk show for 27 years: No child in public schools should be forced to pledge allegiance to the flag; Charles Darwin, father of the evolution theory, is one of the great geniuses of modern time; the war on drugs is eroding civil liberties and hurting minorities.