John Aravosis of the inaccurately named, AmericaBlog, is whiny about Arizona State University not awarding The Teleprompter Jesus with some manure lined Honorary Degree
Arizona State University invited President Obama to speak at their commencement, but they’ve notified the leader of the free world that he won’t be getting an honorary degree because, well, you know, it’s great that he’s the first black president and everything (yes, they noted that he’s black), but maybe he could come back after he finishes his term, and if he’s accomplished anything significant by then, the president of the Harvard of the desert will be happy to reconsider whether the President of the United States of America has accomplished anything significant in his life.
Sounds as though they had some sound reasoning there to me.
Getting 52% of the electorate to check a box next to your name is an accomplishment, but not one worthy of a degree in anything except maybe a BA in BS (after all, he is a bullshit artist).
The announcement by ASU was an enormous embarrassment to Obama and his loyalists. They won’t thank Aravosis, or anyone else who keeps it alive, for reminding the nation that a relatively modest-sized state university deems their hero unaccomplished as yet.
It’s worth remembering that no one on the left had a problem with the way more than half of the graduating Yalies turned their chairs around, presenting their backs to President George W. Bush when he addressed their commencement a couple of years ago. Double standards, anyone?