Andrew Card booed at UMass graduation.
By on May 26th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
Andrew Card booed at UMass graduation.
Former White House chief of staff Andrew Card was booed loudly as he rose to accept an honorary degree at the University of Massachusetts commencement yesterday. Protesters were angered that Card “lied to the American people in the early days of the Iraq war and should not have been honored at the graduate student commencement.” “Andrew Card was Bush’s chief of staff from 2000 to 2006. By about 2004, he should be saying, ‘Look, either these policies change, or I’m going to resign,’” said economics instructor John Stifler. Watch the crowd’s reaction:
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Ah yes. Mob rules and shouts down people who they disagree with. Just the way the left likes it.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:04 pmCriminal
May 26th, 2007 at 3:05 pmouch!
May 26th, 2007 at 3:07 pmYes, #1… that is how we like it. It’s called free speech. It’s also called having the spine to stand up to the people who have been harming us for years.
It’s EXACTLY how the left likes it.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:07 pmAh yes. Mob rules and shouts down people who they disagree with. Just the way the left likes it.
Comment by MAF54
lame
May 26th, 2007 at 3:07 pmSCUM BAG
MAF54, Go fu*k yourself you worthless piece of sh!t.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:08 pmOh God, MF54, isn’t there a page waiting somewhere to be molested?
May 26th, 2007 at 3:08 pmEven if you disagree with someone, there’s this thing called civility. But then again, you wouldn’t know about it.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:09 pmIts funny how the Republic Party representatives in this thread say things like “Mob rules and shouts down people who they disagree with. Just the way the left likes it.”…while conveniently forgetting their mob rule and shouting down of people when Bill Clinton was impeached for lying about a blowjob. Why was it ok then but its not ok now?
May 26th, 2007 at 3:12 pm#7: Haha. Thanks for the chuckle. That was actually rather clever.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:12 pmEven if you disagree with someone, there’s this thing called civility. But then again, you wouldn’t know about it.
Comment by MAF54
Having tried articulate debate w/ clowns like you, one can’t help but resort to screaming at the top of one’s lungs after a while. You come on line here to be insulting as possible and then feel sorry for yourself when people push back. Get a life, fool.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:13 pm#4: What about Andy’s right to free speech?
May 26th, 2007 at 3:14 pm” Ah yes. Mob rules and shouts down people who they disagree with. Just the way the left likes it.”
Comment by MAF54
Ah yes. Fascists rule and shout down people who they disagree with (O’Reilly, Hannity, Colter, Malkin, Beck, etc., etc., ad infinitum). With the result that we allow a catastrophic invasion based entirely upon the lies of treasonous pukes like card. Just the way the right-wing likes it.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:14 pmMAF54–If you’re going to defend Card and this administration, I wouldn’t bring up civility if I were you.
Civility goes both ways. And someone who lies, distorts, and supports the destruction of democratic governance here and abroad has long sinc forfeited any right to expect it.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:15 pmMAF54,
May 26th, 2007 at 3:16 pmCivility? Is that what they called how the Repubs ran the House and Senate since ‘94? I would have never guessed that,I wondered what you would call it?
Maybe someday we’ll be civil enough to mock the war records and battle wounds of high-level Republican political figures.
Oh, wait a second, I forget – none of them have any.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:16 pmWhat about Andy’s right to free speech?
He wasn’t speaking. He was walkling across the stage and picking up a fake diploma.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:17 pm#13: If the “democratic governance” can be destroyed in 8 years, it has not deserved to survive and it’s time to implement a strong form of government.
#14: Awww… we were never uncivil. You were just too weak to stand up for yourselves.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:19 pmAh yes! All that GOP civility during the Clinton years!
May 26th, 2007 at 3:19 pm#14 I think he would call it “holier than thou”.
MAF54 is nothing but a chimpy leg humper.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:20 pmHey Maf54,
Thanks for explaining to us the meaning of civility. For some reason, I always thought it was called PREJUDICE when you blame an entire group of people, such as the “left,” but what do I know, I’m only a “leftie.”
May 26th, 2007 at 3:20 pm#4: What about Andy’s right to free speech?
Comment by MAF54
Hey, Andy had the right to keep talking. He’s got the microphone.
I mean, it’d be about as civil as what Dild O’Reilly or Sean Hannity do to their “guests’ when they disagree w/ what thye’re saying.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:21 pm“Even if you disagree with someone, there’s this thing called civility. ”
True, could you let Bush “Major League A-hole” and Dick “Go F-yourself” Cheney know that? They tend towards incivility quite frequently.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:22 pmOh, that’s right, Maf54,
“we were never uncivil, you were just too weak.”
Hypocrisy leads to avoidance. C’mon, everyone, join the efforts of ignoring this hapless troll!
May 26th, 2007 at 3:24 pm#19: Welcome to my ignore-list, Patrick.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:24 pmAndy’s right to free speech.? Remember that Bushyboy’s people don’t even let dissenters into his speeches. Let’s have him speak at a major university other than a military academy without the “free speech zone” roped off from his view.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:25 pmMAF54,
May 26th, 2007 at 3:26 pmDoes your mother know that you’ve nick-named yourself after a known Pedophile? A pervert that likes young boys?
“Ah yes. Mob rules and shouts down people who they disagree with. Just the way the left likes it.”
I believe your fearless leader called that a “mandate” and “spending political capital”.
Sucks to be on the other end of it, doesn’t it?
May 26th, 2007 at 3:26 pmMAF54
You must be getting quite a lot of excercise waving that double standard of yours so high.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:27 pm#26: Be a good kid and keep your mom informed about what you do on-line. Us adults do whatever we want.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:30 pmUs adults do whatever we want.
Comment by MAF54
Indeed, until you’re caught, convicted, and incarcerated. Of course, when that happens, you’ll be meeting plenty of old friends.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:32 pmAndrew Card knew everything that was going on in that administration, and he went right along with it. He deserves only scorn and disrespect. He is a traitor to this country and a blight on humankind. To give this war criminal an honorary degree is to condone his crimes, and UMass should be ashamed. Good for those students and faculty who shamed him should be proud.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:32 pmEven if you disagree with someone, there’s this thing called civility. But then again, you wouldn’t know about it.
Comment by MAF54 — May 26, 2007 @ 3:09 pm
Tell that to Dick Cheney a$$hole. If you want civility, stop using the screen name of a pedophile and stop acting like a troll. But, you won’t so fu*k you.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:35 pmOh, I see, we’re are supposed to treat serial liars and murderers with civility now. Sorry, I’m not about to take admonishment from someone with a nickname derived from a man who sexually harasses young men in his charge.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:36 pmWelcome to my ignore-list, Patrick.
Comment by MAF54 — May 26, 2007 @ 3:24 pm
Oh, its Jake…
May 26th, 2007 at 3:36 pmHey UMASS, well done!
Card is as big a snake as they come, stellar record as a war criminal notwithstanding. I love democracy in action. Think America has had enough yet? The fat lady is gargling on these creeps.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:37 pm#19: Welcome to my ignore-list, Patrick.
Comment by MAF54 — May 26, 2007 @ 3:24 pm
Hi jake
You scum bag pedophile worshipper.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:39 pmAndrew Card knew what was going in the administration, participated in it and by God he should be proud of it.
The history will judge this administration as a group of people who saw the writing on the wall, who saw the coming of the militant islam and tried to fight it, but who eventually couldn’t do anything about it because of the bleeding heart liberals and Chamberlainian politicians who were too weak to accept that stronger measures were required.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:39 pm#26: Be a good kid and keep your mom informed about what you do on-line. Us adults do whatever we want.
Comment by MAF54 — May 26, 2007 @ 3:30 pm
Isn’t it creepy when a pedophile worshipper starts talking about kids? Ewwww. I need to wash my eyeballs. Uh oh, I said balls. That probaly turns jake on.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:40 pmThe history will judge this administration as a group of people who saw the writing on the wall
No, history will just see them as criminals. Just like your pedophile screen name and the rest of the crew.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:41 pmWho the hell is Jake?
May 26th, 2007 at 3:42 pmWho the hell is Jake?
Comment by MAF54 — May 26, 2007 @ 3:42 pm
You a$$hole.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:44 pm“What about Andy’s right to free speech?”
No one prevented Card from speaking.
But don’t forget the right to free assembly.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:44 pm#1 – Hey man, you’re absolutely right. Just because you disagree with someone’s criminal activity, doesn’t mean you have to boo them. People need to show some respect for criminals.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:46 pm#41: You’re delusional.
#42: You don’t call booing as something that prevents someone from speaking?
May 26th, 2007 at 3:48 pmClassy. Remember the time when conservatives shouted down Clinton at a speech and held up placards?
Yeah, me neither.
This is a symptom of the fact that being liberal is an innately immature quality. Being conservative is an innately over-mature quality. Find something in the middle people!! Stop acting like douche bags.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:49 pmDoesn’t Andy Card know that you don’t roll out new products at a UMASS graduation when 80% of the country hates your ex-bosses war?
May 26th, 2007 at 3:50 pm#41: You’re delusional.
And jake, you are a pedophile worshipper. A$$hole.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:53 pmSo Andrew Card had a rough day. He’ll get over it, unlike the many thousands of family members who grieve every day for those that have died and been maimed in this war of choice. Notice I didn’t exclude the Iraqi’s here, who are also victims of this narcissistic war-profiteering regime.
To those who say it was rude or uncivil, when do we citizens ever get a chance to be heard by this administration? Bush will not show his face in crowds that haven’t been screened for any desent. Cheney won’t be seen in public since he was called out in NOL by someone using the same words Cheney himself used on the Senate floor to abuse a Senator.
Booing is far less than Card and the rest of them deserve, but it was a start. Thanks, faculty and students of UMASS, and boo to the administrators who ignored the wishes of its very own faculty and students by pushing this fake degree on so unworthy a recipient.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:55 pmStop acting like douche bags.
Comment by DreamCrusher — May 26, 2007 @ 3:49 pm
Douche bags are people that support an illegal occupation of another country after they have asked us to leave. You pick somewhere in the middle. You are so far to the right, that I can see you to my left.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:55 pm#47: Whatever. I’m having fun here watching Twin Peaks, drinking wine and enjoying good food. I hope you’ll have a good afternoon, too.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:56 pmI wonder how many personalities Jake err MAF54 has.
Even if you disagree with someone, there’s this thing called civility. But then again, you wouldn’t know about it -MAF54
I detected a nanna nanna “I am smarter than you” uncivil snark
That was MAF/Sybil personality no 21 *I think
May 26th, 2007 at 3:56 pm#48: The administration hears you at the election time.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:57 pm#47: Whatever. I’m having fun here watching Twin Peaks, drinking wine and enjoying good food. I hope you’ll have a good afternoon, too.
Comment by MAF54 — May 26, 2007 @ 3:56 pm
Anytime I can shine the light on a pedophile worshipper is a good day for the entire country. I wish I knew your real info, so I could send the cops over. Anybody that would use the screen name of a pedophile is a sick person, jake.
May 26th, 2007 at 3:58 pmHistory, if it is honest, will see the Bush Administration as follows:
Disasterous on both the home and the war front, the Bush Administration claimed to be fighting terrorism while in fact undermining efforts in that direction.
The Bush Administration oversaw two of the worst pre-Global Warming cataclysm disasters to have ever befallen the USA. 9/11, a historic failure in Bush’s reign, was used extensively to electioneer and keep Bush in power while he, ironically, undermined efforts to catch and punish the perpertrators. And example of such an abuse can be seen with Bush shutting down the CIA unit dedicated to hunting Osama Bin Laden.
The other disaster, would be Hurricane Katrina, which demonstrated once and for all what happens when you have a government for the majority, rather then for all. Previously FEMA had been a cabinet position run by career disaster managers, but Bush saw fit to alter this by demoting the position and putting a political lackey in charge.
This resulted in one of the worst cases of political blackmail gone wrong in world history, as Bush’s efforts to squeeze Katheline Blanco came to be seen as being more indicative of his personal stupidity and laziness, rather then a demonstration of power.
The lesser failures of Bush’s reign, including growing poverty rates, the third highest adjusted for inflation deficit in American history, the doubling of America’s debt, two failed wars, and the alienation of the rest of the world community eventually led to the fall of America’s empire, despite the best efforts of the relatively weak and incompetent Democrat run congress that was voted in as an effort by America’s people to reintroduce oversight in a government gone mad.
Though President Edwards made significant attempts at repairing the damage to America caused by the Republican idiotocracy, the net result of the two wars which would go on into the reign of President Fiengold, would forever diminish America’s importance in the world’s economic affairs.
May 26th, 2007 at 4:00 pmGod Forbid,Bush ever gets caught at the wrong town meeting!
May 26th, 2007 at 4:00 pmAaawww….
Isn’t it cute?
These morons supported the invasion of a country that posed no threat to the US, they support an occupation that maims, kills people by the thousands, and that has displaced many more; not to mention they watch TV shows that insult anyone who disagrees with them -but they make a fuss when one of their own lying criminals is dissed.
After years of heaping abuse on anyone who dares criticize Pres Bush’s many misguided policies, and bringing down the overall level of political discourse, they ask for “civility”. Stupid hypocrites.
May 26th, 2007 at 4:09 pmSpudge,
Douche bags are people that support an illegal occupation of another country after they have asked us to leave. You pick somewhere in the middle. You are so far to the right, that I can see you to my left.
They have not asked us to leave, and eh, I remember both Al Gore and Hillary Clinton having absolutely no problems with the idea of invading Iraq in 2002. But you don’t remember that, because Think Progress has rewritten history for you.
As a typical political dupe, you think being for/against this war has anything at all to do with political persuasion, even though there are people of all political stripes that supported the invasion of Iraq. That’s because you’re a dupe, and for you to believe in your position, you must only accept pure ideological sectarianism on the issue.
The Democrats have fooled you liberals completely, you just don’t realize it because you are too hopped up on hate for Bush. There’s a reason why we’re still in Iraq, there’s a reason why we went to Iraq at all, and it has very much to do with a broad consensus among our politicians, from both parties, to be there.
Deal with reality, please, or it will crush you in the end.
May 26th, 2007 at 4:10 pmThey have not asked us to leave
Yes, they have, so the rest of your post is just blah blah blah.
May 26th, 2007 at 4:12 pm#17 Ah yes, the basic inability to read followed by ignoring the clear intent and meaning of the text. (”Having supported the destruction of democratic governance” is not equal to “destroyed democratic governance”.)
And the point, of course, that you’re avoiding is that Card’s actions and speech void any need to treat Card w/ “civility”.
Given that you’ve deployed standard wingnut rhetoric and not addressed the point, I therefore conclude that you are not pursuing dialog or reasoned argument of any sort and have therefore voided any need to accord you civility, asswipe.
May 26th, 2007 at 4:13 pmSpudge,
When did “they”, as in the majority of Iraqis, ask us to leave? And by that I mean now, not some ambiguous point in the future, which is obvious and probably the kind of disingenuous BS you were trying for.
The Iraqi parliament has yet to pass any measure asking us to leave, or even present them with a timetable to leave. The Iraqi parliament, representing the 15 million Iraqis that voted. Remember them? You know, the people who live in Iraq?
Were you displacing the sentiments of Iraqis with your own?
May 26th, 2007 at 4:28 pmThe Iraqi parliament has yet to pass any measure asking us to leave, or even present them with a timetable to leave.
Comment by DreamCrusher — May 26, 2007 @ 4:28 pm
Here is news for the uninformed who should read the newspapers before typing nonsense:
A majority of Iraqi lawmakers have endorsed a bill calling for a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign troops and demanding a freeze on the number of foreign troops already in the country, lawmakers said Thursday.
Iraq Bill Demands U.S. Troop Withdraw
Now, I bet that this one troll will find a way to move the goal posts and say that this bill is meaningless.
May 26th, 2007 at 4:35 pmIt was endorsed – not passed.
May 26th, 2007 at 4:37 pmGiving Andrew Card a degree really degrade the value of a degree from UMass. I mean, it means any moral reprobate can get one.
May 26th, 2007 at 4:39 pm“When did “theyâ€, as in the majority of Iraqis, ask us to leave? And by that I mean now, not some ambiguous point in the future, which is obvious and probably the kind of disingenuous BS you were trying for.
The Iraqi parliament has yet to pass any measure asking us to leave, or even present them with a timetable to leave. The Iraqi parliament, representing the 15 million Iraqis that voted. Remember them? You know, the people who live in Iraq?
Were you displacing the sentiments of Iraqis with your own?”
Comment by DreamCrusher — May 26, 2007 @ 4:28 pm
Yo DreamsOutofHisAss:
Check it out:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/26/AR2006092601721_pf.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/10/AR2007051000387.html
Can we GTF out yet?
May 26th, 2007 at 4:39 pmIt was endorsed – not passed.
Comment by MAF54 — May 26, 2007 @ 4:37 pm
Moving the goal posts, as I predicted.
It doesn’t matter that it hasn’t passed. The difference is a legal one.
Just by endorsing the bill, Iraqi lawmakers are already asking the US to leave their country.
May 26th, 2007 at 4:41 pmAndrew Card = thug (member of the Bush Crime Family)
May 26th, 2007 at 4:59 pmThey should have all mooned him instead of booed him > lol.
May 26th, 2007 at 5:06 pmIdeologues like Card should stick to ideologue “colleges” like Liberty and Regent. They don’t fare too well out in the real world. That’s why Bush & Dick have to appear before canned audiences.
May 26th, 2007 at 5:10 pmHey Folks…get ready ‘cuz the next one will be a Tiberius or Caligula. Start practicing saying Yes Sir President Rotten Giuliani.
May 26th, 2007 at 5:27 pmThe 08 election is already fix through voter suppression courtesy all those U.S. attorneys Rove has planted, and other sundry and nefarious means.
America, your republic is gone.
Gregor,
I’m moving the goal posts? I said that the Iraqis, as of today, have not asked us to leave yet. That is true. The Iraqi parliament may have a bill in the works asking for a timetable, but it has not been passed yet, and as any Democrat should know, many things can happen to a bill before it is passed…..
Even then, they’re asking for a timetable, not a point blank withdrawal.
I said the Iraqis had not called for a withdrawal, then you geniuses moved the goal posts to “pending bill for a timetable”. LOL!
May 26th, 2007 at 5:28 pm“Yes, #1… that is how we like it. It’s called free speech. It’s also called having the spine to stand up to the people who have been harming us for years.
It’s EXACTLY how the left likes it.
Comment by Anonymous By Choice — May 26, 2007″
It’s also called childish stupidity!
May 26th, 2007 at 5:29 pmHey DreamCrusher, exaclty which Iraqis are you talking about, the ones installed by a forced election at gunpoint or the dead Iraqis, or the Sunni insurgent-Freedom Fighters or the Mahdi Army that just called on the U.S. to LEAVE?
May 26th, 2007 at 5:33 pmHow can you believe anything that the MSM media is telling you at this point about ANYTHING the Iraqis want?
I suppose all those suicide bombers want us to stay…
Public humiliation works for petty criminals and sex offenders, it should also work for public servants who are not serving the public but lying and cheating the public treasury.
May 26th, 2007 at 5:34 pmIt’s also called childish stupidity!
Comment by michael
Again, one of the few subjects you have direct, first-person experience in, that and chronic masturbation.
May 26th, 2007 at 5:50 pmmaf54; s’matter? You got a problem with freedom of speech?- it’s in the Bill of Rights.
May 26th, 2007 at 5:51 pmcard is an embarrassment. it’s just too bad alberto gonzales couldn’t give him a 24-hour heads-up on this, like he did on the plame investigation. maybe gonzo will take card out tonight to hassle bed-ridden hospital patients to make him feel better. just like old times.
May 26th, 2007 at 5:54 pm“They have not asked us to leave, and eh, I remember both Al Gore and Hillary Clinton having absolutely no problems with the idea of invading Iraq in 2002. But you don’t remember that, because Think Progress has rewritten history for you.”
They have not formally asked us to leave. But, polls show that a vast majority of Iraqi’s want us out and the Parliament recently took a vote to set timelines for the withdrawal of US troops.
As to Hillary Clinton voting to invade Iraq, you are wrong there. She did not vote to invade Iraq. She voted to allow the President to use force, if necessary, after the UN Inspectors completed their inspections. Bush pulled the UN Inspectors out before they completed their job because they were finding no WMD’s. And then Bush chose to invade Iraq.
I’m a little confused as to how you can say that Al Gore had no problem invading Iraq. Al Gore was a private citizen and had no say in the matter. And I certainly don’t remember him beating the drums of war.
You, sir, are an idiot in the first degree!
May 26th, 2007 at 5:55 pmMAF44; ist zu all a gut little Nazi? You sure sound like it.
May 26th, 2007 at 5:59 pmMilitary announces 8 U.S. deaths in Iraq
May 26th, 2007 at 6:08 pmAh yes. Mob rules and shouts down people who they disagree with. Just the way the left likes it.
Comment by MAF54
Idiot.
Explain this please…
May 26th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
Shirley,
Hey DreamCrusher, exaclty which Iraqis are you talking about, the ones installed by a forced election at gunpoint or the dead Iraqis, or the Sunni insurgent-Freedom Fighters or the Mahdi Army that just called on the U.S. to LEAVE?
Ah yes, the 150,000 US troops managed to force 15 million Iraqis to vote in the elections. Now if only those same troops could manage to quell some thousand insurgents…. Are you serious? That is an affront to the Iraqi people. They risked their lives to go to the polls, and you mock them and claim they were forced there.
Are you really this selfish that your own political position is so important that you would insult the entire Iraqi population in this way?
How can you believe anything that the MSM media is telling you at this point about ANYTHING the Iraqis want?
I suppose all those suicide bombers want us to stay…
You’re right, the suicide bombers represent the majority of Iraqis. Oh wait, no they don’t, you god damn idiot.
Kate,
They have not formally asked us to leave. But, polls show that a vast majority of Iraqi’s want us out and the Parliament recently took a vote to set timelines for the withdrawal of US troops.
Propaganda just keeps rolling here. The Iraqi parliament hasn’t voted on it yet. Hello???
Yes, the Iraqis want us to leave, eventually. We also want to leave, eventually. I want us to leave, eventually. Yet most Iraqis do not want us to leave now, because they realize that things will get much worse if we do, at this point in time.
As to Hillary Clinton voting to invade Iraq, you are wrong there. She did not vote to invade Iraq. She voted to allow the President to use force, if necessary, after the UN Inspectors completed their inspections.
That doesn’t even make sense. If the UN completed their inspections, there wouldn’t have been any reason to invade, aside from the real reason we invaded: to remove Saddam Hussein. Clinton has been onboard with that the whole time, and you’re a naive dupe who believes otherwise. Go back and read what they were all saying at the time. Kerry, Gore, Clinton, Edwards. Everyone was talking about removing Saddam Hussein. Get a clue.
I’m a little confused as to how you can say that Al Gore had no problem invading Iraq. Al Gore was a private citizen and had no say in the matter. And I certainly don’t remember him beating the drums of war.
Go read his speech from September 23, 2002. He outlined then pretty clearly that invading Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein was justified, but he didn’t agree on the timing that the Bush administration was pursuing in doing it. What does it matter that Gore was a private citizen? He still is, so what’s your point? That we shouldn’t listen to anything he says? Because Think Progress is doing a heckuva job being his scribe.
And part of being a scribe is carefully erasing any memory of Gore approving of invading Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein, at some point.
You, sir, are an idiot in the first degree!
Says the person who thinks the Iraqi parliament has voted on the bill for a timetable, and who believes everything her favorite politicians tell her…..
May 26th, 2007 at 6:52 pmBetter video clips.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp4MYii7MqA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gSqnYKsCVQ
May 26th, 2007 at 6:53 pmBetter video clips.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp4MYii7MqA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gSqnYKsCVQ
Comment by Slocum
Yeah, I was just watching one of those that was linked at Raw Story.
At least half the audience seemed to be involved in the protest and Card was driven off stage before he even had a chance to speak.
Awesome.
If the will of the people will continue to be ignored, this may be the only way that we have let to express ourselves.
May 26th, 2007 at 7:10 pmThanks, #81! Definitely keepers!
May 26th, 2007 at 7:23 pmbush , the worst president in the entire history of the united states. republicans s**k!!!!! , yes , it is long past due that we , democrats and independants , the new moral majority , stop being wimps. no longer will we stand by and let republicans get away with their crap. it is time for class warfare , class warfare is what republicans fear the most. in 2008 , it is time for a constitutional amendment called the “tax republican act” if republicans don’t like it they can go live in china where they locate their factories.
May 26th, 2007 at 8:24 pmThis is hella funny.
Good job, grads!
May 26th, 2007 at 9:24 pmbush , the worst president in the entire history of the united states. republicans s**k!!!!! , yes , it is long past due that we , democrats and independants , the new moral majority , stop being wimps.
Comment by howard
Democratic politicians are no better than the Republican ones. To think otherwise is absurd. I would have thought that the uselessness of the recently empowered Democratic majority, would have proven that point quite clearly.
If the people want REAL change, it will need to come from some alternative party. The two currently existing majority parties are corrupted beyond redemption.
It’s time to start it all over folks. We desperately NEED some new blood.
May 26th, 2007 at 10:03 pmPeople like Card need to learn that they are not welcome in polite society. They belong in jail but until they’re put there they need to know we don’t approve of their unjust freedom.
May 26th, 2007 at 11:26 pmTo all bootlicking supporters of the thugs who serve the crime family. There is a reason that these thugs talk only to people who are not allowed to talk back to them. There is a reason they are always appearing in situations that protect them. They are hated by the world and America. You play with the bull, you get the horn.
May 26th, 2007 at 11:48 pmGregor,
I’m moving the goal posts?
Comment by DreamCrusher — May 26, 2007 @ 5:28 pm
I don’t know. Are you? Because my reply was to MFA54, and unless you are using a sockpuppet, there should be no reason to think I said so about you.
I said the Iraqis had not called for a withdrawal, then you geniuses moved the goal posts to “pending bill for a timetableâ€. LOL!
You may be having a hard time with the terminology. You see, when someone asks “Soo, DreamCrusher, tell me: When are you leaving?” that is hardly an invitation to stay, and you’d be wrong to interpret it that way.
And as for the timetable; what is the timetable for? Well, for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. Duh.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:37 amOf course, if Card was a Democrat, the conservative trolls would be posting here about how it’s wrong to turn these students’ graduation into a political speech by having some Democrat drone on with partisan talking points. They’d be crying that liberals were exploiting the graduation of these poor students.
May 27th, 2007 at 1:41 amBout time people started speaking up. If this admin. truely believed Iraq is the right and necessary thing to do, they’d reinstate the draft.
May 27th, 2007 at 2:45 amIF they did that then they’d really see a protest.
Have the Bush girls put down their beer, pick up a gun and get their asses to Iraq. THEN let him talk about how important it is.
He’s an F’ing criminal!
I’m not a lefty, but I love it too. What’s the problem with just desserts? This consigliere, this apparatchik, this goon deserved way more way earlier. The gall of the guy to accept an honorary degree. What was Amherst thinking? Who “endowed” them to think that way?
May 27th, 2007 at 3:13 amBecause of the tight security and illegal suppression of Freedom of Speech, the TV cameras never will catch the protesters with Cheney or Bush in the same shot. The protest at the U Mass graduation demonstrates the REAL reaction Bush and Cheney would receive if all people were allowed to be in attendence.
May 27th, 2007 at 10:58 amAndy Card, the Joker butt plug. Shamless war criminal.
May 27th, 2007 at 11:11 amPlease, please, please! Don’t feed the troll. I was reading the comments up till maybe #45, but have stopped because of the inordinate amount of space spent reacting to that fool. Thank you to all who have given of themselves to leave the rest of us with this wonderful country! Remember also that if you ignore assaults on the constitution, it will go away.
Bless our troops!
John
May 27th, 2007 at 2:20 pmThe anger is roiling. Louis XVI (oops, GeorgeII) sits in the White and writes “Rien” in his journal. Heads are on pikes. The end is nigh.
Columbia ‘68
May 27th, 2007 at 2:39 pmDreamCrusher and MFA54…
Actually, the Iraqi Parliament has been calling for the withdrawal of foreign forces for some time now…
DefenseNews.com (Posted 06/20/05):
Iraqi lawmakers from across the political spectrum called for the withdrawal of foreign forces from their country in a letter released to the media June 19.
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In the letter, [Falah Hassan] Shanshal [of the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA), the largest group in parliament] said the 275-member parliament was the Iraqi people’s legitimate representative and guardian of their interests.
â€We have asked in several sessions for occupation troops to withdraw,†the letter said. “Our request was ignored.â€
â€It is dangerous that the Iraqi government has asked the U.N. Security Council to prolong the stay of occupation forces without consulting representatives of the people who have the mandate for such a decision.
â€Therefore we must reject the occupation’s legitimacy and renew our demand for these forces to withdraw,†the letter added.
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=925971&C=america
May 27th, 2007 at 2:43 pmThat’s awesome.
May 27th, 2007 at 6:38 pmThat is awesome and inspiring that they are standing up against this criminal.
May 27th, 2007 at 8:18 pmOK, lots of comments, but regarding the first one by MAF54, and his followups………….
Do any of you remember who MAF54 is? Try a google …..
HA …. BUSTED AGAIN !
May 28th, 2007 at 10:48 amA great display of the American Spirit from the state that birthed it. Massachusettsians following in the footsteps of Samuel Adams.
May 28th, 2007 at 12:25 pmIt’s about time college students and profs got involved and protested those scumbags in King George’s administration who got us into this predicament in Iraq. I look for more protest.
May 28th, 2007 at 4:45 pmMob rule is what you call john bolton and other republican thugs imported into Florida to storm election headquarters and halt the legal process of the presidential election of 2000.
Mob rule is what you call the fascist provocateurs protesting the revocation of a broadcasting license in Venezuela because the hate speech being broadcast got so bad.
The voice of democracy, on the other hand, stands up in support of the People against oppression, and corruption, and greed, and hypocrisy, and lies, and lies, and more lies being spewed forth from the mouths of un-elected “leaders”.
May 28th, 2007 at 8:58 pmGood for them. The only difference had I been there is that I would have thrown spitballs, too.
Seriously, good for them. How dare that war criminal sully their graduation day with his smirking presence?
May 28th, 2007 at 10:06 pmConservative-talk-radio has taught us one thing. You have to shout to be heard. Way to go UMass!
May 29th, 2007 at 8:32 am#13: If the “democratic governance†can be destroyed in 8 years, it has not deserved to survive and it’s time to implement a strong form of government.
Comment by MAF54 — May 26, 2007 @ 3:19 pm
MAF54; its noted that you dont mention democracy in your “strong form of government”.
May 29th, 2007 at 12:44 pmhey maf54, i was there..it was great. Just to clarify, it wasn’t mob rule it was civil disobedience. Many petitions were signed by students and faculty expressing the opinion that Andrew Card was not of the calibre individual desired by the university population to be awarded an honorary degree yet they felt more wise and went on with it. Well, students and faculty took control and without violence showed their/our displeasure in the situation. Your comment is a typical right wing response to being challenged.
May 31st, 2007 at 7:33 amI was there to see one of my daughters get there master’s & I kind of think there is a place for eveything and to protest sure I get it MA hates everything Bush that’s OK I live here in MA just one of the few who like Bush. Yes you can call me what ever you want but here is one thing I did notice all the bussenss grads I didn’t see one protest but maybe there the one who will make the money and we all know the republican’s are the rich ones — just also to leave an othe thought if only half or in some poeples mind votes for Bush the almost half the country is rich — why do common people vote the way — maybe just maybe it’s the real world?
June 2nd, 2007 at 7:36 pmAndrew Card is but a puppet. The focus should not be on Republican or Democratic puppets, but on their puppeteers. It takes a lot more than a degree from UMass to figure out who they are. The two-party system is the division required to conquer the ignorant mass to which you all belong. In war, he who makes all the money wins. This has been the case since the advent of world banking. Guess who’s winning?
June 3rd, 2007 at 6:38 pmIn the heart of the pre 9-11 intel info and the followup . I never blamed Andrew Card for any part of this or the misconceptions of what had happened. But I believe that during a period of early 2005, a prostitute named Debby Meyers who has now changed her name falsely to SUE LESY, to cover her dirty dealings. Use a false identification with HER FACE AND MY NAME And passed herself off to the WHITE house here in a meeting in CHICAGO scheduled for me in reference to a detailed letter I wrote . Pertaining to the mis 9-11 info.
June 22nd, 2007 at 5:23 pmHow that prostitute didnt clear a secret service background check, and alledgedly I Cant.. I will never understand. I have always wanted to ask him if he believed he had met with me in Chicago and what I had told him, Since i never discussed anything with Debby meyers, she simply was a voyeur with a drivers license using my name.
Maybe someone can ask him. so we can understand what took place.
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June 22nd, 2007 at 5:23 pm