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5/12 Bush not attending his daughters' graduations because he "does
not want to subject other families to the disruptions of a
presidential visit". He doesn't, however, seem concerned about
disruptions at the 3 commencments in battleground states he'll
speak at.
http://csua.org/u/79o (nytimes.com)
\_ Can you *really* not tell the difference between having the
President Of The United States as a speaker vs. having him as a
random there in the audience to scream "JENNA! WHOO! YEAH BABY!"
when she gets her diploma? Troll harder.
\_ His two daughters are graduating. He's making public excuses
for why he's not attending their commencements. He's, instead,
speaking at graduations in swing states. He can't bring himself
to say "We have scheduling conflicts." He has to lie.
\_ from the persptective of turning the streets of new haven into
a fucking circus, there's no difference between bush giving a
speech and attending in the audience. also, bush is really really
hated in this town. I think there may actually be fewer
republicans in new haven and at Yale than at berkeley.
-new haven resident
\_ I shall translate these posts for those of you less
fluent in modern "liberul speech."
<Bush sucks! Hate BUSH!!! BUUUSSSSHHHH!!! EEEVVVVIILL!
HATE, FEAR, KILL, HAAATTEEE BUUUSSSSHHH!!! AUGH!>
\_ Typical Right Wing villification of anything that might
challenge your way of thinking. Chill out, son.
\_ It's not hate. It's terror at what our country is
becoming from the top down.
\_ A) BS. B) What I'm saying is you guys have lost all
touch with reality.
\_ dear ass monkey, "bush is hated in this town" is
an observation of how other people feel, not
necesarily my own opinion. If you think that Bush
is anything but despised in ultra-liberal college
towns it is you who are out of touch with reality.
republican campaign strategists, unlike you, are
very aware of this reality, which is why they know
it's a waste of time and money to campaign in
an ultra-liberal college town.
\_ Dear Moron: I can only assume you
misinterpreted this on purpose. I was not
responding to the statement of fact that Bush
is hated in said town. I was translating the
posts that claimed Bush was weaving an evil
tapestry of lies and deceit to get out of
his daughter's graduation. Your assumptions
of understanding all the details of what went
on it planning behind the scenes in the Bush
administation are completely retarded.
You're all making mountains out of molehills
for your anti-Bush campaign. I am not a Bush
fan, but even a monkey could see this.
\_ dear jiveass dipshit: if you were not
replying to that post, you shouldn't have
formatted your post so it looked like you
were. learn to fucking format.
\_ Sigh, low reading comprehension scores,
huh? You notice I used the word
"posts." You see, that's a pural. It
means "more than one post." I
responding to elements of BOTH posts.
Not a specific fact in ONE post.
\_ But why even bother throwing out bogus excuses?
Because "I'm on the campaign trail, so I can't
make my daughters' graduations" won't play well?
It's an epidemic with the man. He can't appear
flawed so instead he lies. That's sociopathic
any way you cut it.
\_ Try cutting it so it looks more like
reality. They probably decided the
graduation thing years ago. Now, the
campaign advisor sees he has free time
that day and schedules a speech. What,
did you expect him to sit home and
watch Oprah just because his daughter
was graduating and he couldn't go?
\_ I love America and am as patriotic as they come.
And I agree that Bush has to go for the good of
America. Fortunately, I am in a large and growing
majority. Enjoy your next four years out of power.
\_ so if Bush is the speaker he'd attend?
\_ Well, I doubt he got to be valedictorian at his own
graduation.
\_ Yes, but wouldn't be sitting next to Random Parent in the
audience. He'll be up on the stand with the rest of the
speakers where the attention is already focused. |
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| csua.org/u/79o -> www.nytimes.com/2004/05/11/politics/11TWIN.html?pagewanted=print&position= New York Times May 11, 2004 Bush Will Attend 3 Commencements, His Twins' Not Among Them By ELISABETH BUMILLER W ASHINGTON, May 10 President Bush will be going to three college commencements in coming weeks but not those of his twin daughters, Barbara and Jenna. Mr Bush and his wife, Laura, said they did not want to subject other families to the disruptions of a presidential visit when Barbara Bush graduates from Yale University on May 24 in New Haven and Jenna Bush graduates from the University of Texas on May 22 in Austin. Mr Bush turned down an invitation to speak at the Texas ceremony. But he will give a commencement address at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and at Concordia University in Mequon, Wis. Gordon Johndroe, the first lady's press secretary, said on Monday that the president and Mrs Bush would mark their daughters' commencements in a different way. Mr Johndroe said. Officially, Yale had no comment on the plans of Mr Bush, a 1968 graduate who also received an honorary degree there in 2001, when he delivered a short address at commencement. White House decision," said Helaine Klasky, Yale's spokeswoman. But faculty members, noting that protesters had interrupted the president's remarks at Yale in 2001, said that he would most likely have faced demonstrations on the campus because of the war in Iraq. Robert W Gordon, a Yale Law School professor and a critic of Mr Bush. Officials at the University of Texas had also expected protests. Don Hale, the university's vice president for public affairs. The commencement speaker at Texas will be Commerce Secretary Donald L Evans. Yale does not usually have a major commencement address, but the speaker for Class Day will be Ken Burns, the documentary filmmaker. Hidden links: 10. |
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