Bill O'Reilly - Commencement has become a decidedly liberal affair

[lovedforaday]

Once again, graduation time is upon us, and a new study by the Los Angeles Times says plenty about the state of higher education in America. The paper looked at the invited commencement speakers for 150 colleges and universities.

There are just four conservative speakers, as opposed to at least 69 liberal ones.Cory Book, the mayor of Newark, N.J

Comments

[ladypolitik]

As always, Bill and other right-wing reactionaries arent fans of ~letting the market determine the outcome~, after all.

Would have pegged him for insisting that "fancy book-learning was for elitist librawls, anyway!".

[chantalzola]

He went to Harvard, so he's definitely not one of the latter types, though I know what type you mean when you're saying that. (hi Glen Beck!)

I live in the Boston area and never heard of the Alexa thing. I feel like there's something missing? Why would something like that be boycotted?

[ladypolitik]

Oh, I know he went to harvard; that was sarcasm with a twist of discontent toward his usual posturing hypocrisy for that very reason. He pulls the whole "populist" charade a la Beck, to appeal to viewers who really would object to Fancy Book Learning™, all the while enjoying 'Limousine Liberal' behaviour for himself.

But that's nothing new with his brand of blowhard, either. Everyone is a elitist socialist pinhead when they go to fancy colleges--except right-wingers, who go to fancy schools to "take back America" and enduring all fancy book-learning on behalf of hard-working little people, of course.

[chantalzola]

Yeah I mean I think he even studied abroad at some point. But you're right, he definitely does have that image/share that image ala Mr. Beck. I wonder how one reconciles all of that money spent, all of those years spent getting degrees, etc. with pretending all of that is bad and is only for the Liberruls and not for the 'Every Day Man'.

[starzangelus]

There is no shortage of intellect or accomplishment on the right.

[executivehpfan]

There is no shortage of intellect or accomplishment on the right.

[tabaqui]

OH, man. Christopher Reeve.
*swoons*

[amyura]

More OT, but I love your icon.

[bowtomecha]

Seriously, Rand Paul was the best Howard university could come up with?

[lovedforaday]

I think Bill's talking about that time Rand tried to talk down to Howard U students at some town hall type thing, not as a commencement speaker.

[chantalzola]

Yeah I realllllllly don't think Howard's commencement speaker would be Rand Paul. They can definitely get better/higher level speakers for commencement.

[roseofjuly]

Yeah, Bill Clinton was Howard's speaker this year. Last year they had Arne Duncan.