ASU stiffs Obama, claims too inexperienced for honorary degree

[damntexdem]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dawn-teo/asu-stiffs-obama-claim-to_b_185296.html

TEMPE, ARIZONA - Universities typically confer an honorary degree on commencement speakers, particularly those who have reached the pinnacle of their career or achieved the top of their field. Arizona State University (ASU), though, says it will not confer an honorary degree on this year's commencement speaker, President Barack Obama, because "his body of work is yet to come."

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Yeah, what's he ever done? Confounded all experts and won the Democratic nomination. Elected president. Started off his administration like gangbusters. Sure, just not enough "eminence." Just not up to AZU standards.

Hmm, Arizona -- now what was that Arizona connection with Obama. Seems like it was last summer and fall, or sometime. Hmm.

LOL!

[Starry Messenger]

1. What losers!

Are they going to honor their Senator "Gong Show" McCain instead for a Golden Turkey award???

[politicasista]

5. LOL!

:rofl:

[rvablue]

9. Losers, indeed. This is almost good news, as President Obama

won't have to muddy up his wall of degrees with a meaningless one from a third, maybe fourth?, tier school.

Whatev.

[AllieB]

2. Ummm, he graduated top of his Harvard Law School class.

Taught constitutional law, was a community organizer and state rep. Elected Senator of Illinois, president of US. :wtf: else do they need?

[JayMusgrove]

3. Isn't Arizona the state that put McCain in the Senate?

And kept him there for all these years?

Yeah, no honorary degree for Obama, did they already give one to McCain?

I bet Harvard will give Obama one in a year or two.

[politicasista]

7. Yep. That One.

No pun intended.

[Thrill]

4. Don't go there or Notre Dame. Plenty of other institutions will give him the respect he deserves

Fuck them

[TuxedoKat]

21. I thought I heard on Morning Joe

today that Notre Dame was going to give him one. Bad move on ASU's part. IF they are smart they will reconsider.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

24. WTF should he care? He earned REAL degrees with REAL grades.

He's speaking to honor the students that worked hard to graduate. He's not doing it for the honorary degree.

[Aloha Spirit]

6. I'm just going to assume it's their way of asking him to come back.

lol

[alsame]

8. He hasn't

achieved the top of his field yet? :rofl: :rofl:

Maybe he should run for Governor after that White House gig ends.

[Lilyeye]

10. Are these fucking assholes serious? HE IS THE PRESIDENT.

[mwei924]

11. Who cares? ASU doesn't even crack the top 100.

Obama is a graduate for Columbia and Harvard. So he doesn't get an honorary degree from a lousy school. Big whoop. He probably wouldn't put an ASU degree next to his Ivies anyways.

[rufus dog]

12. Off to cancel my donation

I knew there was a reason I moved away from PHX.

[firedupdem]

13. What? These people are sick. He hasn't done enough for them?

uuggh.

[quickesst]

14. You just made...

....my Arkansas Razorbacks sweep of Arizona State(baseball) taste that much sweeter. I know, trivial, but still..:woohoo: Thanks.
quickesst

[frazzled]

15. Here's a list of their past honorary degree recipients ... Blake Edwards anyone?

Hey, I liked the Pink Panther movies, too. But his resume doesn't seem particularly more accomplished than that of the President of the United States.

Or how about the vice-minister of education in the People's Republic of China? (not the minister, the vice-minister). I'm sure he's accomplished, but then so is Obama.

http://graduation.asu.edu/honorary/past

[Blue_Tires]

16. i saw they gave Doug Wilder one back in '04

so it's not like they have something against black politicians...black presidents, maybe...

[SoxFan]

20. Erma Bombeck? Jerry Colangelo?

[PBS Poll-435]

26. Henry Cisneros was 39 when they gave him an honorary degree

He was a city council member and mayor.

[SoCalDem]

17. Frankly, the whole "honorary degree" thing bothers me.

It's given out like a party-favor, to (usually) rich/famous people who are often PAID to speak at the university/college/school. These people do not need/use/want/deserve the degree.. It's a pretty meaningless gestire..kind of like the Press Club "mug", or the el cheapo plaque given to the Employee if the Month at Pretty Beauty Lady Nail Salon.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

23. Hell now. Honory degrees gave us "Cheating Death with Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA"

That makes it all worthwhile...

[Cha]

25. Yeah, Obama earns his degrees..

He's much better off without it.

[ksoze]

18. Thats it, I'm ripping the ASU sticker off the bumper..in two days

unless they comply ;-)

[Demi_Babe]

19. this bothers me more than most

[BeyondGeography]

22. Go poke yourself, Sun Devil

[gauguin57]

27. F! U! A-S-U!

F! U! A-S-U!
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