I knew I could count on my Libertarian friends out in Arizona! Awesome. 😀
Arizona State University will not award President Barack Obama an honorary degree when he speaks at commencement on May 13.
The university decided against awarding Obama the degree because it is customarily awarded for “lifetime achievement,” ASU spokeswoman Sharon Keeler told POLITICO.
“It’s normally awarded to someone who has been in their field for some time,” she said. “Considering that the president is at the beginning of his presidency, his body of work is just beginning.”
Obama was invited by the university to be its commencement speaker and accepted the invitation in March. But a separate six-member committee that determines the awarding of honorary degrees did not nominate him to receive such a degree.
Now, I’m just waiting for Al Sharpton or one of the other race hustlers to come out and starting screaming that the President is not getting the degree because he’s black. I believe that this is a justified decision, most likely the staff out there see right through all that hype of hope and change, and the rest of the stupidity; and realize he’s nothing more than a big Government socialist. AZ is Libertarian Conservative Country, thanks to the heavy lifting of people like Barry Goldwater years ago.
In short, it was a very wise move.