Students Face U-Md. Action For Shouting at (Lynne) Cheney Speech

[kskiska]

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…Cheney's speech -- the latest installment in a semiannual series of public policy forums sponsored at Maryland by the Norman and Florence Brody Family Foundation -- was taped for C-SPAN and CNN.

According to an account by the campus newspaper, only a few of the 250 people in attendance were students. Most of the forum, according to the article, focused on Cheney's life as the wife of Vice President Cheney and on the children's books she has written. This irritated Ryan Grim, a graduate student in public policy who attended the forum.

"It seemed pretty obvious during the question-and-answer process that wasn't going to ask her anything interesting or relevant to policy," he told The Washington Post.

In a discussion about how U.S. history is taught, Cheney expressed an opinion that an acquaintance of Grim's in the audience, graduate student Michael Cawdery, 25, responded to with a vulgarity, according to a campus police report and the accounts of both students.

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As the forum came to an end, Grim, 26, of Still Pond, Md., said he called out a question about gay marriage, referring to Cheney's openly lesbian daughter, Mary. Cheney did not respond, he said.

Campus police officers then approached the three men and detained them for several minutes. Days later, the students said, they received letters telling them to schedule interviews with the campus Office of Judicial Programs about their conduct.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50129-2004Apr4.html

[PaDUer]

1. This is BS!

If the people don't do something about this, we're screwed. Guess we're actually worse than Nazi Germany.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

2. It's no different than what took place during the Vietnam War days...

...if you questioned what was going on, or asked questions that publicly embarrassed prominent politicians, you could expect retaliation of some sort.

Here's the bottomline...unless people are willing to face this kind of intimidation and make the public know what's going on, it will continue unabated.

[bonemachine]

8. Did you guys notice that

this is the only non-right wing example listed on the SAF site?

http://studentsforacademicfreedom.org/archive/March%202004/MDunfitdiscipline031504.htm

[bluestateguy]

3. There is no constitutional right to politeness

Free speech, especially political speech, is not intended to always be polite. It can be, but it often is not, and often that is the point. If this guy threw an egg at her that would be one thing, but public political figures such as the Second Lady (who herself is very political) ought to be able to handle hard hitting criticism.

[philosophie_en_rose]

4. Yet another difference between Democrats and Republicans.

Bill Clinton was heckled at a college graduation and handled it with grace and respect. "I've heard you...."

The conservatives need nannies to protect their fragile little egos.

[buycitgo]

5. that's NOTHING! a stupid, braying donkeyass in Chicago

parlayed her harassment of WJC (causing SS intervention) into a fulltime RADIO gig at WLS, the big wingnut station in chicago

here' her autobio, which gives wonderful insight into what a truly delusional psycho she is

she begins with some boring crap, then segues thusly, somehow believing that OUR world centers around her as much as hers does

The rest you probably remember...

I was born on June 11th (remember the date!) in New York to Joe Byrne, a retired NYC cop from Brooklyn and Rosaleen, a native of Ireland. I attended Catholic grade school, high school (ranked #1 in my graduating class...impressed?) and Fordham University where I made the Dean's List. (Now you're impressed!) However, I soon was introduced to the world of college partying and fell from grace. I also became very involved at my college radio station, WFUV, a 50,000 watt FM station in New York, where I hosted a music show and did news. The show was nominated for a Marconi Award for Outstanding Programming Achievement in 1993.

While in college, I interned at WABC-TV Eyewitness News. I briefly interned at HBO (answering wacky viewer mail) and Radio Today. (I also supplemented my income with the traditional job at the Gap...as the afternoon store greeter: "Hi...welcome to the Gap!")

Upon graduation, I realized I was qualified to do nothing. My first real radio job was in syndication--calling radio stations and asking program directors to air really crappy radio shows. I hated it. After doing radio sales for almost a year, I became the producer of The Working Mom on the Run, a nationally syndicated talk show, airing on over 300 stations, named the best syndicated talk show by the American Women in Radio and Television Foundation three years in a row from 1994-1997. I was also nominated as the Best Radio Talk Show Producer from Talkers Magazine in 1996.

From New York, I moved to Orlando and became the Assistant Program Director and afternoon producer at NewsTalk 580 WDBO. I also hosted an evening talk show from 6-8pm.

When my angry, yelling face got photographed for US News & World Report during a Clinton protest that I organized, I packed up and moved to Chicago...which brings me to today.
http://www.wlsam.com/showdj.asp?djid=1666

[Art_from_Ark]

6. Jimmy Carter was heckled during his campaign

by Israeli activists shouting "Israel must live! Carter must go!" for several minutes before Hubert Humphrey, who was speaking at the time, politely told them it was time to stop.

[lolly]

7. But, but . .

Wasn't Lynn Cheney one of the leaders of the "Anti-Politically Correct" movement? Didn't she squeal the loudest about those awful lefties who are trying to take away everyone's freedom of speech?