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NDGirl1959
04-22-2012, 11:23 AM
http://dougwead.wordpress.com/

"The John McCain, eh sorry, the Mitt Romney campaign replayed a scene from past failed Republican candidates yesterday. They announced in the morning that Governor Romney would be the commencement speaker at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. The school founded, by Jerry Falwell, is touted as the largest Christian University in the world. And in the afternoon they announced that openly gay, Richard Grenell, would be Romney’s new national security and foreign policy spokesman.

Students at Liberty were in an uproar. Not over Grenell, but over the University choosing Romney instead of their beloved Ron Paul. The firestorm began on the University’s own website, where the thread hit 700 comments in a couple of hours. The discussion was promptly censored and then shut down proving that the University is not very aptly named. But the discussion moved onto Facebook where it continues to spread."

Origanalist
04-22-2012, 11:45 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=4SE1AEd2NqMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=4SE1AEd2NqM

The first twenty seconds is all you need.

Aratus
04-22-2012, 12:26 PM
:Dpoor :D mitt!:D

Feeding the Abscess
04-22-2012, 01:07 PM
Wow, good job Wead, way to pander to the anti-gay vote. Google Kent Snyder, why don't you.

Fucking disgraceful.

No1butPaul
04-23-2012, 12:28 PM
I don't know if it's me, or if this story has been scrubbed from the Internet. In any event, I called the University (the Chancellor's office) to express my great displeasure with them having Mitt Romney speak at the commencement and ignoring the protests of their students. The phone number to the university is (434) 582-2000. Hope others will take a moment to call.

Sola_Fide
04-23-2012, 12:40 PM
This is interesting because Liberty University has been the source of a lot of neocon sentiment lately. It's great to see that Ron Paul has a presence there.