Librado Romero/The New York Times
Senator John McCain delivers commencement speech during The New Schools ceremony at Madison
Square Garden. Students holding leaflets and turning backs during McCain's address.
Posted on 05/20/2006 3:27:36 AM PDT by Pharmboy
Librado Romero/The New York Times
Senator John McCain delivers commencement speech during The New Schools ceremony at Madison
Square Garden. Students holding leaflets and turning backs during McCain's address.
Librado Romero/The New York Times
Senator John McCain, the keynote
speaker at the New School University
graduation, was received with jeers,
boos and insults.
The jeers, boos and insults flew, as caustic as any that angry New Yorkers have hurled inside Madison Square Garden. The objects of derision yesterday, however, were not the hapless New York Knicks, but Senator John McCain, the keynote speaker at the New School graduation, and his host, Bob Kerrey, the university president.
No sooner had Mr. Kerrey welcomed the audience to the university's 70th commencement than the hoots began to rise through the Theater at Madison Square Garden. Several graduates held up a banner aimed at Mr. McCain, an Arizona Republican and likely 2008 presidential candidate, declaring: "Our commencement is not your platform." Other students and faculty members waved orange fliers with the same message.
Mr. Kerrey, a former Democratic senator from Nebraska, was unapologetic yesterday about inviting Mr. McCain, his friend and fellow Vietnam War veteran, to speak. He noted early in his welcoming remarks that there had been intense media coverage of Mr. McCain's graduation speech last week at Liberty University, headed by the Rev. Jerry Falwell, in which Mr. McCain strongly defended the Iraq war.
"Many predicted that his speech today would not receive as friendly a reception," Mr. Kerrey said. "The expectation is that — and that expectation has already been realized — that some of you in this audience will act up to protest the senator's appearance."
The first student speaker, Jean Sara Rohe, 21, said she had discarded her original remarks to talk about Mr. McCain.
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Back when I knew people who attended New School (or, as it was called 20 years ago, "The New School for Social Research"), it was literally to the Left of Trotsky. I see it hasn't changed much
My "out of line" comment was in regards to post 31. But yes, these protesters were out of line as well (see posts 8 and 16).
" Jean Sara Rohe, one of two distinguished seniors invited by the university's deans to address the graduates.
Beginning by singing a wistful folk tune calling for world peace, Rohe announced she had thrown out her prepared remarks to address the McCain controversy directly."
" wistful folk tune calling for world peace" BARF!
It's a toss up between the "studies" of "social research" and "education" as to which has done more damage to humanity.
I had never heard of the New School, until the 9-11 Commission's Bob Kerrey cut out early on Bush/Cheney.
What's it produce? More Ward Chamberlain wannabes?
Oops. Chamberlain==> Churchill.
LOL. Try getting on one the numerous DaVinci Code threads here on FR and give a different opinion....
McCain's authoritarian streak would fit right in.
No lover of McCain here...but this episode shows the intolerance of the Left. Can you imagine Republican or Conservative students doing this to a Lefty politician? The Left has no manners, no decorum. They are just immature cry-babies with one goal: power (the power to run our lives).
McCain's Sister Souljah moment.
Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
If you look at the left what do you see? I see the Nazis of the Thirties, minus the cool uniforms.
They shout down anyone they disagree with, they resort to violence when a speaker dares to oppose them{ Note the Pie throwing and other acts}. I had my truck keyed because I had a GWB sticker on it. Do I have proof, no. But it was the only car or truck keyed in the lot.
I dont know where this is going to end. the left scares me as much as the Muslims.
What's it produce? More Ward Chamberlain wannabes?
Yeah, if Ward Churchill was into shopping at Commes Des Garcon and Barney's. A high-end liberal education -- and continuing education -- for the not prticularly bright.
http://www.newschool.edu/GF/registration/tuition-fees.htm
Grad school at a private u. started at something like $1700/course, and was ~$2300 when I finished, 2-1/2 years later.
Those days are over. In truth, I've worked with some New School grads and have known some of the profs. They're not "bad" people or particularly unintelligent. Just somewhat mis-directed. You can pretty much get whatever kind of college education you want in NYC and this is an education of a particular type.
No argument here...
Several graduates held up a banner aimed at Mr. McCain, an Arizona Republican and likely 2008 presidential candidate, declaring: "Our commencement is not your platform."
I found it interesting that the grads at the right wing Liberty who didn't agree with McCain on a variety of issues such as we see here at FR were nonetheless polite in their reception of him, vs. the left wing grads at The New School. Now, as CEO, who would YOU hire ? Hope those brats at TNS end up spending their careers selling tokens in the NYC subways. And, I am NOT a McCain fan.
Hope those brats at TNS end up spending their careers selling tokens in the NYC subways.
That's unlikely to happen. The New School is one of those places where you have a job waiting for you after graduation because someone made a telephone call on your behalf.
I remember a political ditty from more than twenty years ago that McCain can take comfort in.
"Hello, my name is Johnathan White,
I'm hated by the left. I'm hated by the right.
So I must be doing something right."
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