President Obama @ RU Commencement (merged)
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And criticizing those who want a President who "hasn't done it before" is ironic from a former community organizer.
He's not being partisan. He's talking about the need for reason and rational skepticism. Some of the conspiracy theorists on this site might feel threatened, but unless you're a Trumpkin everyone should be on board.
And he has recovered. The end of the speech is better than the political drum beating in the middle. Good 4th Quarter adjustment.
Donald Trump, Stephen A. Smith and a retired co-worker have turned me off from exclamation points forever, thanks to their gratuitous overuse of them. Even an exclamation at the of end of RUTGERS on the stadium, wouldn't look right.
Also, it didn't help Jeb Bush win the GOP nomination, did it?
Right on about former Sec. Rice. I'm sure LL Kool Aid disagrees.
Lol...i think there is a big difference between a us senator and state senator running for president, you know someone that understands the legislative process and a reality TV star.
You might not like Obama, but come on comparing him and Trump is a joke....One is a normal human being who you disagree with and the other is a reality tv show joke gone too far.
You might not like Obama, but come on comparing him and Trump is a joke....One is a normal human being who you disagree with and the other is a reality tv show joke gone too far.
Yea it's not like he was a US senator after that. Was the no shame comment referring to your political posts on this board?
President Obama said we won the first football game ever played! He knows all about Rutgers.
That was a great speech by President Obama. Rutgers was truly honored.
Did anyone notice when Barchi was introducing the president, he said this was this most accomplished class in history. He listed some of their accomplishments, among them was the final four in women's soccer and a top ten finish in wrestling. Nice.
I agree one hundred percent. I would have loved to have condI rice at my graduation instead of Jim Mcgreevy
This is a great moment for our school. Can people put their predictable partisan quips aside for even a single day? Apparently not.
And by the way: he was quite assertive in arguing against PC-related campus censorship and the like, specifically mentioning Secretary Rice.
And by the way: he was quite assertive in arguing against PC-related campus censorship and the like, specifically mentioning Secretary Rice.
Not a big fan of Obama and he certainly worked his and the Democrats political views into his remarks but I am fine with his speech and thought he did a good job. There was enough Rutgers specific comments weaved into the beginning and end to keep me watching. I appreciate him coming to speak at the schools 250th graduation.
This. He also callled out the left on campus who did not want to listen to Condeleeza Rice.
All in all, everyone will forget about the speech in a few months and only remember that the 44th president of the United States spoke at the commencement. Well done Rutgers and Mike with the a finance degree who was head of the student government.
I believe he was channeling a quote from a tailgate in Knoxville, TN circa 1979
Senator and the snowball story :
http://www.scientificamerican.com/p...-skeptic-senator-burned-after-snowball-stunt/
http://www.scientificamerican.com/p...-skeptic-senator-burned-after-snowball-stunt/
Don't become a cynic. It is easy to go there, and for many it is the fear of sticking one's neck out and maybe being wrong. Be brave, predict Rutgers to win. Don't give us that "Same old Rutgers" cynical shit line.
Great day for Rutgers, the fact that it drives people like Cali bananas is just icing on the cake.
Technically you are correct but only after the uproar and protests
Condi put up with he uproar and protests a few weeks earlier at U Michigan for about 100K. At RU she was only getting 35K, probably not worth her aggravation. She should have sucked it up anyway and showed up.
edit- It was U of Minn where she spoke before the RU commencement. Her fee was $150,000. A lot more $$ to take the burden off hearing the boo's. At RU when she backed out, she was only due to get 35K. That's a big difference.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Co...ichigan-Rutgers-Dropbox/2014/04/17/id/566145/
edit- It was U of Minn where she spoke before the RU commencement. Her fee was $150,000. A lot more $$ to take the burden off hearing the boo's. At RU when she backed out, she was only due to get 35K. That's a big difference.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Co...ichigan-Rutgers-Dropbox/2014/04/17/id/566145/
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Independent here who voted for Romney in 2012, and I thought President Obama hit it out of the park. Any GOPers who have a problem with his call for using reason and logic just make themselves look stupid. His comments on Condoleezza Rice were spot on. And I loved that the Student Body President who spoke before the POTUS recognized Eric LeGrand. Great job by all!
I got a personal flyover. Ospreys just passed over my house. I wish I had my phone ready to record. They were pretty low... heading north.
You mean the 2.5 years as a US senator before he ran for President? Hardly the stuff of legends. I had the same problem with Rubio. But I have no problem with someone like Trump, or for that matter, H. Ross Perot, who have substantial business experience in running for President.
Very different skill sets are required for running a business vs running a country, in business the goal is profit (often at all cost), in government it is to serve the people. If we run our country like Trump runs his business, we would all be out of a country in no time.
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