American University seniors argue that Barney Franks should be UN-invited ...

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Hello All, Have you heard that many from the graduating class of American University, in Washington D.C., are urging the university administration to un-invite Barney Franks from speaking at their commencement ceremony? There are more than 140 seniors, from all political pursuasions, who are outraged that Barney Frank is slated to speak at their commencement. Though, you might be surprised by the reasons. Below is a statement and link to the account. However, before we move on let me take a moment to highlight a comment from one of the organizers (Sarah DiStefano) of the challenge to Barney Franks. She went on the record on Neil Cavuto's show to announce that while certain of the participants are well know Democrat students, having been active in the student Dem Party, many others have expressed a fear of retribution as they embark on the career searches, and have thus been 'scared silent'. How infuriating is that? The AU students content that: [i]"It [students' pride from graduating from AU] will be tarnished by a man who lacks credibility, and has given Americans reason to question the effectiveness of their government," the letter said. "If AU wants to breed the leaders of tomorrow, it won't happen by celebrating today's failures." "There are plenty of actually inspiring individuals here in Washington at our disposal," DeStefano said in the e-mail. "I don't know why American had to pick someone who in my opinion is dishonorable, corrupt, irresponsible self-serving and entirely unwilling to admit his mistakes. It doesn't seem like something an academic institution would want to celebrate."[/i] http://media.www.theeagleonline.com/media/storage/paper666/news/2009/04/16/News/Frank.Will.Speak.At.Spa.Graduation-3712440.shtml What say you?