BYU Protests Cheney -- lack's moral integrity!!



That Dick Cheney wouldn't be well received at UCLA or UC Berkeley wouldn't be a surprise. That a Mormon school, BYU, would see a strong anti-Cheney response is quite surprising. Both the Daily Dish and Melissa Rogers have highlighted this topic, which is reported this morning in a NY Times article.


The problem, apparently, is that many students and faculty, feel that Dick and George W., but more Dick than George, have displayed a lack of moral integrity. Now BYU and the LDS community is overwhelmingly Republican, so this protest is significant, even if it represents a minority of students.

When a Republican administration has lost Mormons and the military, you know it's entering the twilight zone of collapse. I wonder if Bush or Cheney are even capable of understanding that - or the reputation that will cling to them for the rest of their lives.

How true! And thus we see the impact of these telling BYU student quotes:

Many students who oppose the invitation to Mr. Cheney describe Brigham Young’s commencement as not just a ceremony but also a religious service, which in the past often featured top church leaders who shared spiritual messages.

Tricia Campbell, 21, a senior from Orem who is a Republican, said Mr. Cheney’s behavior in office “just doesn’t fit” with what she had learned from the university’s mission of promoting of “integrity, character and moral development.”

“I thought commencement would be a spiritual, uplifting exercise in which I could take advice from someone I held in the highest esteem,” Ms. Campbell said. “It seems that was an extremely idealistic notion.”

Cheney and Bush have lost their moral authority -- and not as with Clinton because of sexual peccadilloes -- because they have displayed an arrogant disregard for the will of the people, have treated people with disrespect, and have led America into a war that is unpopular everywhere in the world. So good for these BYU students!!

Comments

Mystical Seeker said…
You know, former Bears quarterback Jim McMahon went to BYU, which makes me wonder if there are some closet rebels who attend that university.
Robert Cornwall said…
There has to be one in every crowd!!!

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