Gonzales speech canceled ’students would not attend.’

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http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/02/gonzales-speech-canceled-students-would-not-attend/

Students at Pomona College were considering bringing former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to speak on campus, but have now rejected that idea. “It was a combination of not having the funding and the impression that students would not attend this event,” said Kelly Schwartz, the chairperson of the Speakers Committee of the Associated Students of Pomona College. According to Pomona’s Student Life newspaper, Gonzales “asked the school to pay him $35,000 in addition to first-class accommodations.

Gonzales Will Not Speak, Says Committee
http://www.tsl.pomona.edu/?page=news&article=2851&issue=106

Student leaders at Pomona College are no longer considering a speaking invitation to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who until September served as the country’s Attorney General according to the leader of the committee that was initially considering booking him.

Kelly Schwartz ’10, the ASPC Communications Commissioner and chairperson of the Speakers Committee, said that the committee ultimately made its decision based on a consideration of price and student interest level.

“In the case of Gonzales, it was a combination of not having the funding and the impression that students would not attend this event,” she said, although the committee stopped short of an initial plan to have the ASPC Senate poll students on their interest on the subject. Gonzales’s speaking agency had asked the school to pay him $35,000 in addition to first-class accommodations.

[liberalnurse]

1. Shunning and/or silent protesting

has great power.O8)

[Cha]

2. Good sign that students don't

want to be subjected to more of gonza lies about why bushite is great and he's such a victim.

[Bongo Prophet]

3. That is perfect, better than protests because he gets NO $$$$

I don't often use this smilie, but...

:rofl:

[MADem]

4. Shunning in advance of the event--now that's the ticket.

That's an obscene amount of money for a short talk. That's more than many Americans make in a year.

[Cleita]

5. Could this be the beginning?

Could all those lucrative dollars that the Booshies were planning to make on the lecture circuit after they leave office not going to happen? Prez Boosh himself alluded to that. Pomona College from what I recollect is in a pretty conservative enclave. If the conservatives are refusing to attend to be fed a lot of lies, it could be that this source of income is going to dry up on them. One can only hope.

[intheflow]

14. Sadly, no.

Witness Rove's new columnist gig. x( It's just that Gonzalez's failings were covered more by the press, so more people understand he's slimey. That's my assessment, anyway.

[DesEtoiles]

6. Maybe he should pick vegetables like his dad did. No shame in that.

[formercia]

7. Sue the pants off of * Gang.

Make sure their victims are the only ones who benefit.

[MagickMuffin]

8. Celeb circuit that rewards people for Misconduct, Scandal, and Felony Crimes

Pomona Professor of Politics Heather Williams, for one, reacted positively to the news. Williams, who last week wrote an opinions article in The Student Life against bringing Gonzales to campus, said that it was never the right decision for the school.

“Even if the point was to invite Gonzales to campus to answer for his actions as Attorney General, let’s face it, he’s not on the lecture circuit to disclose hitherto unknown information and apologize to the public for his conduct,” she wrote in an email. “Honesty was not his m.o. when he assumed office and he stumbled and dodged through one Senate hearing after another, and it’s certainly not going to be his meal ticket now. Call me old fashioned, but I think there’s something really gross about a celebrity lecture circuit that rewards people for misconduct, scandal, and even felony crimes.”

Yes, why not reward these criminals so they can continue to push their lies to the public. I can only hope more circuits decide to keep their money and not waste it on Fredo Gonzo. They could spend it on some of the US Attorneys who were fired by Gonzo's DOJ. It would be money well spent.

[NV Whino]

9. !

:bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce:

[Canuckistanian]

10. $35,000? Is that the going rate for a traitor?

Aren't there any RW think tanks that need a new propagandist?

[Generic Brad]

17. It's today's equivalent to 30 pieces of silver

That must be the going rate for betrayal.

[Supersedeas]

19. cronies don't come cheap -- plus first class accomodations

[Atman]

11. The best way to strike back at these assholes is to deny them their income...

...from these speaches. Just as Chimpy said he looks forward to the lecture circuit, all these war criminals think they can just walk away from their crimes and still rake in millions. Bullshit. It's pretty clear that none of them will ever face any legal action for what they've done, and even if they did, Bush or Hillary would pardon them. Might as well make them pay literally.

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[Bonhomme Richard]

12. Oh, but I think that students would attend...................

and there lies the rub.
It wouldn't have been pretty.

[samsingh]

13. smart students

[TahitiNut]

15. $35,000 for ONE speech ... more than most people earn in a year!

How FUCKED UP does our country have to be that this criminal gets paid that much and families go hungry????

:puke:

[PCIntern]

16. My question is:

who TF are these student leaders who thought he'd be a good 'guest speaker' in the first place? I could see if this were Pepperdine or Bob Jones, but:


WTF?

I mean, WTF? - Curb Your Enthusiasm (Crazy Eyes Episode)

[Ghost in the Machine]

18. $35,000?!?!?! Thirty Five THOUSAND Dollars?!?! For *this*? (Gonzo speech leaked)

"I would like to thank the students and faculty of... of... ummm, I can't recall the name of your school, but I still thank you.

I would like to speak to you today about honorable government service, but since I don't know a damned thing about honorable service, I can't speak about it.

I do, however, have something else I wanted to speak about, but I don't recall what it was. I'm sure it was important, though. I would tell you about my tenure as Attorney General, but I was out of the loop on that. I recused myself because it is under investigation......"

[eppur_se_muova]

20. Let me be the first to say ... HA ha ! nt