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Giuliani Picked as First Republican Cornell Commencement Speaker
Copyright © 2011, The Ithaca Independent. All Rights Reserved. ^ | April 16, 2011 | By Ed Sutherland

Posted on 04/17/2011 5:55:26 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines

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To: Behind Liberal Lines; Libloather; The Mayor; GlockThe Vote; NYC GOP Chick; NYC Republican; ...
The headline writer here is obviously mistaken. Giuliani, in all likelihood, is not the first Republican to be the guest speaker at a Cornell commencement, just the first in quite a number of years.

Cornell goes back to the nineteenth century and its vicinity, rural and small-town upstate New York, had been traditionally Republican from the Civil War until recent decades. Furthermore, college campuses in general and Ivy League campuses in particular were not particularly dominated by leftists until the Vietnam era.

21 posted on 04/18/2011 8:43:51 AM PDT by justiceseeker93
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This bleating about "being first" sounds more like it comes from self-absorbed Rooty the Loser than it does from the college....as a way to kick-start yet another run.

He must have a lot of money left over from the Twin Towers Foundation he started after 911 managed by his then-mistress (now his third wife)----that nobody knows what happened to.

22 posted on 04/18/2011 8:51:54 AM PDT by Liz (A taxpayer voting for Obama is like a chicken voting for Col Sanders.)
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It sounds like he’s the first “since 1984”.

Long time.

He will likely be booed as a “fascist”. Hell they’d probably boo liberal democrats as “corporate neocons” if they differ from the Maoist orthodoxy on one policy point.


23 posted on 04/18/2011 10:17:12 AM PDT by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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Point of information: prior to 1984 Cornell did not have outside commencement speakers. The University President has always delivered the sole address. Then, in. 1984, the campus began adding a separate, guest, speaker to the convocation ceremony. Rudy is the first republican convocation speaker because there were no convocation speakers before 1984


24 posted on 04/18/2011 11:18:17 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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25 posted on 04/18/2011 11:48:47 AM PDT by NativeNewYorker (Freepin' Jew Boy)
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Musically

Far above Cayuga's waters

There she stands, Cornell

That smell is not Cayuga's waters

That smell is Cornell"

26 posted on 04/18/2011 12:32:53 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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I saw this Thread earlier and I had to go vomit.
After finishing with that, my first thought was --..
Which Dress Will He Wear?

27 posted on 04/18/2011 12:53:43 PM PDT by Condor51 (The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits [A.Einstein])
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LOL——what dress? That is funny.


28 posted on 04/18/2011 1:58:38 PM PDT by Liz (A taxpayer voting for Obama is like a chicken voting for Col Sanders.)
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