Miami Dade Community College Bush protest

Miami Dade Community College Bush protest Every year for more than a decade, Miami Dade College has sent a letter to the president of the United States asking him to deliver a commencement address.

The persistence finally paid off.



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President Bush will speak Saturday at the Kendall campus of the community college. About 1,600 students expect to receive their diplomas during the 5 p.m. ceremony.

"It's very exciting and a special treat for students, irrespective of their political allegiance," said Juan Mendieta, spokesman for the college. "Graduation ceremonies are the pinnacle of a higher education institution, and to have a president take part is momentous."

Graduation season throughout South Florida begins Saturday. Almost 23,000 students are expected to receive degrees from South Florida's colleges and universities during the next few weeks.

Bush is speaking at three graduation ceremonies around the country this year, the others being St. Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa., and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. This is the second time he's spoken at a community college, the first being Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College last year.

Bush spokesman Blair Jones said Miami Dade was chosen partly because it had made repeated requests and that it's a "first-rate and diverse institution of higher learning."

Sixteen groups have contacted the Miami-Dade Police Department, indicating that they would protest, police spokeswoman Mary Walters said. She didn't have the names of the groups. They will be allowed to set up along 104th Street on Miami Dade College property, officials said.

Christopher Miles, student government president for the Kendall campus, said he doubts Bush's speech will be controversial among the college's graduates.

"He's the president, and I think people will respect that," he said. "It's not a day for politics. It's about education, and that's something everyone can celebrate."

By Scott Travis
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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[jsh78mang]

1 ? to the poster of this video. So where are they now? Obama's still pushing how well the bail out worked, Still at war. I would also post that question to PINK and a few other org's that seemed to disappear after Obama got elected. Biased much? Oh no the Tea Party Protests are racist. This country has sunken to a new low. It's ok If I do it but if you do it your a racist. FUCK ALL YOU PEOPLE

[w0rmiez]

1. I am againt the bailout.

2. I am against using our soldiers to occupy a country.

3.I'm a Ron Paul supporter, I don't like Obama, Bush or anyone else.

[w0rmiez]

The reason why I posted this video is because I knew a couple of the protestors in the video. :) They were also Ron Paul supporters. Too bad the media thinks Ron Paul is a looney and so do many other people.

[repete86]

200 people? Try 1500 minimum. They didn't seem to interested in showing the pigs arrest three people for no reason.

[w0rmiez]

yea.. the pigs didn't want to give a head count of how many people there were either

[ari329]

BUSH SUCKS!

[joebonk]

i hope W is hung and the video is shot on a camera phone and released on the internet. i mean, thats how we deal with war crminals.

[rhonamolinarryg]

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[BrownDarter]

To bad the voting parents of these students do not realize what a disaster and SELF SERVING if not outright corrupt so many of the Miami politicians who they CONSTANTLY vote for are.

[ggstock360]

God Bless Bush!!!!

[Cybrmewtwo]

this is such bullcrap. should hav been honored to have the president there and instead... this. =_=&

[jsh78mang]

Yeah one of the only things both parties can agree on. They have to stop Ron Paul before he can fix this country. Bunch of ass hole morons if you ask me. All with vested interests in somehting paul would kill in his first year in office.

[jsh78mang]

1.) I am to

2.) I am to

3.) I am to

Didn't mean to bother you. Just trying to keep it real. Glad your Paul supporter.