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| Posted: 27 Mar 2009 16:48 |
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Criticism over Obama invite mounts at Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame has a tradition of inviting new presidents to speak at graduation. But this year's selection of President Barack Obama has been met by a barrage of criticism that has left some students fearing their commencement ceremony will turn into a circus.
Many Catholics are angered by Obama's planned appearance at the May 17 ceremony because of his decisions to provide federal funding for embryonic stem cell research and international family planning groups that provide abortions or educate about the procedure.
The consensus Thursday on the campus of the nation's largest Catholic university was that any president should be welcomed at Notre Dame.
"People are definitely entitled to their outrage, but I think the main thing is to see that it's an honor to have the president of the United States come to speak here whether you agree with him or not," said Katie Woodward, a political science junior from Philadelphia.
Justin Mack, a senior film major from Dallas, agreed.
"I didn't vote for him and there are a lot of things I don't agree with him or support. But I feel like for this event people need to put that aside," said Mack, a senior film major from Dallas. "My hope is that doesn't distract too much from what the weekend is about, which is the graduation."
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| Posted: 27 Mar 2009 21:14 |
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Criticism mounts!
Who cares?
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| Posted: 28 Mar 2009 22:11 |
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Right, I shouldn't have mentioned it unless it was criticism of Bush.
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| Posted: 29 Mar 2009 01:34 |
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Obama's getting criticized from every possible angle, some of which he deserves, much of which he expected-it's just not news simply because it's the Catholics of all people. You might as well make a thread that he won the Presidency or he's black with a funny name.
__________________But the backdrops peel and the sets give way and the cast get eaten by the play, there's a murderer at the matinee, there are dead men in the aisles
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| Posted: 30 Mar 2009 19:29 |
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No, I think it's important to mention he is getting flack for his abortionist position. If it were fabricated then you might have a point.
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| Posted: 30 Mar 2009 20:35 |
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I think a person has to actually perform abortions to call them an abortionist. That aside, someone having an opinion is not newsworthy.
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| Posted: 31 Mar 2009 18:09 |
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You are showing your liberal bias when you get upset over posting of criticism of the Prez. Besides I might not be a catholic, but that doesn't mean their opinions don't mean anything. Even if I don't agree with them on a lot of things.
If I had your attitude I'd have only postings allowed here that I agree with.
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| Posted: 31 Mar 2009 19:48 |
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Um...I'm not upset in the slightest.
I mentioned the meaning of the word abortionist-no upset there.
Then the fact that an opinion is not news-where's this upset you speak of?
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Ok if not upset, then critical of my being critical of the President. Or critical of my posting of other people being critical of the President.
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Is an abortionist a person who perfoms abortions? Yes.
Is criticism news? No.
Fin.
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| Posted: 01 Apr 2009 19:54 |
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Public opinion is news. Man are you crabby or what.
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Quote:
Public opinion is news.
This is false regardless of whether I'm reading it or answering it or someone else and no, I'm not crabby either.
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| Posted: 02 Apr 2009 14:44 |
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I'm glad you aren't crabby.
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