Notre Dame - Watching it live...I can't help crying. The cult is alive and well.

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[Big_Monkey]

"The colleges framed their young minds...reality is now going to set in and they will learn quick that Socialism is not the answer they should have been fed for 4 years...

That may or may not be true. We are in a new paradigm with respect to the 18-29 year-old demographic. At no time since people have been tracking this demographic (at least since 1960) has a candidate or a party enjoyed as much support as Barack Obama does. He won this demographic by over 36 percentage points. With 18-29 year-old white males and females, he enjoys an approval rating of over 70%. His reception at Notre Dame is no surprise, although it should be sobering.

To put it in better perspective, Reagan barely lost this demographic in '80 and both Reagan and Bush won it convincingly in '84 and in '88 respectively.

Unless the GOP and conservatives can find a way to reach out to these voters and to shrink this gap, they're going to be on the outside of government, looking in for a long time.

[mysterio]

America is gone.

Stop being sad. America isn't gone. There are people in charge that you don't agree with. This too shall pass.

There are people dying of terminal illnesses. As far as I know, you aren't one of them. You are alive. Rejoice.

[JohnD9207]

and the lemmings cheer

[sarasota]

I feel the very same. Conservatism has collapsed as the liberal agenda prevails.

[Clemenza]

1. Notre Dame is NOT a member of the Ivy League, and never has been.

2. All of the most prestigious schools in America are run by libs, so I don't see how it damages its reputation.

[American Dream 246]

I was born in Europe. The Jews did not have terminal illnesses but they were exterminated. so, the “this too shall pass” is exactly what they said in 1930...

[Dallas59]

When they start to try and make money..they’ll wake up. At some of them will. That 4 bedroom 2500 square foot home with a boat out front and a pool in back is racist now...but just wait.

[American Dream 246]

And then it was too late.

[NormsRevenge]

no wonder why we are loosing have lost our country and values.

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My apology.

You chose your battle today. Much success.

I am sorry if I have diminished your efforts.

I am not saying it is not worth fighting for in the court of public opinion, I'm saying it is more a distraction from the real battle at hand. Something I do sense we do share a concern over.

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BumP

[mysterio]

And that, too, passed.

Comparing our situation now to Nazi Germany is hyperbole. Our fiscal policy, however, is similar to Wiemar Germany in some ways.

My point remains. Take a deep breath, and go outside for a little bit. Breathe in the spring air, and relax. Don't let the turkeys get you down. Happy weekend to you.

[NormsRevenge]

U.S.President Barack Obama waves as he steps aboard Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base May 17, 2009. Obama is flying to Indiana to attend the Notre Dame University Commencement ceremony. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES POLITICS)

[JavaJumpy]

No, Obama doesn’t own the country. It’s a facade. Assume that some of them might be the first generation to graduate from college. Why let Obama ruin it? Today it’s the graduates’ day. Tomorrow the administrators will have to re-evaluate the meaning of Notre Dame.

[Windflier]

That is exactly why I suggest that Mom and Dad sell out and buy a one bedroom condo when the last fledgling leaves the nest...

My parents began drilling me from the age of about 14 onward, that once I passed the age of 21, I would no longer have any claim to floorspace in their house, and if they deigned to allow me to live with them after that, that my relationship would be that of a renter - nothing more.

They never sold the big four bedroom house, and since we (7) left home, only a couple of us have ever endured the discomfort of living under their roof, even temporarily.

I'm drilling my kids the same way now.

[American Dream 246]

And that, too, passed. OOOKKK...how many of you lost their whole family? First, he nationalized banks - then he installed fear and brown shirts, and then he attacked religion and you know the end - so much than nobody dared to fight anymore because of fear and retaliation. It’s coming here and nobody thinks it’s important???

America is God’s country - the American Dream, the land of the free. Anyone dares to say we are not loosing it??? We ARE loosing it. But hey...can’t be that bad...

[mysterio]

I'm saying do not ruin your weekend grinding your teeth and rolling in hyperbolic depression over that which you cannot change at this particular moment.

And BTW, it's a nice day out there. Turn off the tv and take a walk. I'm getting ready to do that right now.

[Def Conservative]

Don’t be too upset...

I did undergrad at a liberal institution and am doing law school at one that turned out to be just as liberal and it pushed me further to the right.

[Aquinasfan]

I don't see ONE seat empty...I even saw Obama logo on hats...When you own the young, you own the country. America is gone. I am so so so sad...

I simply can't watch it. It's nauseating.

I can think of one benefit to all of this, which is that this has called attention to the fact that many Catholic universities are only nominally Catholic.

[Gator113]

I find it amazing how accommodating this University is being for Obama.

Some may have missed it, but Obama is listening through and earpiece as the priest speaks.

In order to make Obama more comfortable and to make him feel at home, here is what the university is piping into his ear......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH5ixmT83JE

[Sarah Barracuda]

WOW they are really kissing his ass..it makes me sick

[American Dream 246]

Good for you ! Thank you. You give me hope :-)