(Utah college) seeks to "balance" Moore

[Cocoa]

http://www.sltrib.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?article=2416752

Student leaders Jim Bassi and Joe Vogel continued their scramble Friday to find a conservative speaker to "balance" the upcoming appearance of "Fahrenheit 9/11" filmmaker Michael Moore at Utah Valley State College.

The short list consists of commentators Sean Hannity and Michael Reagan - son of the late President Ronald Reagan - and Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, said Derek Hall, college spokesman.

Their efforts paralleled a Wednesday request from UVSC President William Sederburg, who asked student leaders to recruit a right-leaning figure as a counterbalance to the left-wing Moore, whose documentary has caused a national uproar.

"The campus needs to be a place for the exchange of ideas," said Sederburg, who served as a Republican state senator in Michigan for 12 years. "We need to balance with a more conservative viewpoint. The student government has an important responsibility to do that."

Yet college officials saw no need to "balance" the conservative perspectives of previous speakers, who have included Alan Keyes; Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah; former U.S. education secretary and drug czar William Bennett; or Barbara Bush.

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[Swamp Rat]

1. Herr Sederburg wants a balance that has ONLY a conservative viewpoint

Utah is ripe for Nazi Youth training.

[StClone]

2. I thought Moore was here to balance out Rush, Hannity, O'Reilly?

And the rest. Only in a WInger world view is one voice too many against their masses.

[fugue]

3. Truth must be balanced by lies?

As I once commented in a global warming thread on a different bulletin board, sometimes there is only one side. . . .

[classof56]

5. Welcome to DU. Glad you're on our side!

Also glad to see the gold star. We must prevail and...

BUSH MUST GO!!

[truthisfreedom]

4. howzabout rush limbaugh? eom

[jmowreader]

6. I know exactly who they gotta get

Pastor Thomas Robb is the perfect conservative balance to Michael Moore.

He's the gentleman on the right in this shot, although he is seated on your left...



We don't talk about Pastor Robb here, and I don't know why. He is the National Director of the Knights Party, which was formerly known as the Christian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.

If we can't get Pastor Robb, then Rocky J. Suhayda, the chairman of the American Nazi Party, will do.

(Edited because Jim doesn't know his left from his right this morning, sorry.)

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. I love that they need to balance a leftie with a rightie, but righties

need no balancing act.

I guess the right really is afraid of the truth!

[LibDemAlways]

8. Same thing happened to Moore in San Diego area.

Cal State San Marcos near San Diego yesterday cancelled Moore using the same bullshit excuse. A year ago he was cancelled because of the fires in the area. Now they claim they can't find someone to balance him out. Give me a break.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20040915-9999-1mi15moore.html

[RevCheesehead]

9. The students do not have to offer a balanced, equal response

The fair and balanced thingy, where people believe that equal coverage from both sides must be provided, died in the Reagan Administration.

[saigon68]

10. Right Wing Hate Radio

You can't listen to AM anymore

because every station (clear channel) Has these LIARS ON 24---- 7

[Raster]

11. remember, this is utah....

Old jack-mormon saying: "Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we may be in Utah!"