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YAF on liberal graduation speakers
By punch bowl | May 29, 2008
As reported yesterday, at most major universitites a liberal will be delivering the commencement speech. Here is (a portion of) what YAF has to say about that:
A strikingly disproportionate number of commencement speakers at our nation’s top colleges and universities in 2008 were Democrat Party officials, leftist activists, and members of the old media, according to a survey released by Young America’s Foundation.
Using U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of the nation’s top 100 colleges and universities, Young America’s Foundation found that, for the 15th year in a row, commencement ceremonies were flooded with liberals while conservative speakers were few and far between.
Even in instances where conservatives were speaking, leftist faculty members threw temper tantrums. Professors at the University of Georgia tried to get the school to rescind an invitation to Justice Clarence Thomas, citing the much-discredited Anita Hill allegation. At Furman University many professors publicly detested the appearance of President George W. Bush, citing predictable liberal arguments about oil companies, greenhouse gasses, detainees, wiretapping, and the war in Iraq. At Washington University in St. Louis leftist students and professors turned their backs when Phyllis Schlafly was awarded an honorary degree.
To read YAF’s entire two cents, click here.
May 29th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
So Ron Robinson gets paid $400,000 per year to tell us who’s speaking at various colleges? Oh wait, I forgot, YAF also promotes 9/11 remembrance activities and gives out posters of columnists. Those are some mighty important activities!
Something tells me that donors should be concerned…
May 29th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
Disproportionate to what? A 50/50 split? College students tend to more liberal, so you’ll have to look at the level of liberal/conservative/apathetic students to know the levels.