No, Brian Peppers, Hitler was not a socialist, he was an ardent anti-communist, as well as, but quite distinctly an anti-liberal and anti-democrat. Socialist in the name does not refer to leftism and Marxism. It certainly doesn't refer to liberalism and modern progressive politics (which are also hugely dissimilar from the far left).

North Korea is officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. But it is not democratic, a republic, or the "People's".

All of that aside, the Nazis' evil did not lay in their overall economic policies, but their right wing militarism, racism, and authoritarianism, except when they intertwined.

And, again, it was conservative Republicans who sympathized with the Nazis in this country, before it became unpopular.

Auburn Had "Bo Jackson" I couldnt begin to tell you what Party Bo is affiliated with..

David Shatz was the Commencement Speaker at Yeshiva University this year. I would not call him a liberal.

Clearly, there are more important issues than this to be discussing. What about the four muslims arrested in New York (the same day Obama spoke about wanting to release GITMO terrorists on US soil?) Now that's just an odd coincidence, isn't it? Not.

Gen. Lance L. Smith spoke at Virginia Tech and was quite conservative. I loved it, though the typical lib students around me didn't seem to enjoy it much, and i think a liberal arts major actually got up and left during it. Here's a video of the speech: http://www.unirel.vt.edu/audio_video/2009-commencement-smith.html Too bad everyone wasn't an econ graduate like myself or maybe they would have enjoyed it more.

She may be swinging from a different branch, but after hearing her speech at Tulane via the web, I congratulate her humor and candidness.

How could anybody admire a blood-sucking liberal? They're worthless, lazy, detrimental to society, and bitter. YEAH, that's who I want encouraging me to go out in the world to live my dreams!

Read this speech when you have the time:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/05/14/now-thats-a-commencement-speech/#more-7841

In the 60's the colleges became a refuge for high school grads, who understandably, were looking for a way to avoid being drafted in to the army(and believe it or not the marines).College deferments were available and if your choice of major was medical,law, or some advanced degree you could be in school for 6 years or more.You could still be drafted after graduating because your new skills were needed in the"new army" but unlikely because of your age after graduating.A major in liberal arts was choosen often because it was easier to pass for these under-achiever,draft dodging students(and a flunk-out meant instant ticket to Vietnam)but it was only a 2 year choice unless you became a "education major".This allowed you to remain in college forever by taking any course the college offered(basketweaving,music appreciation, surfing 101) in the name of "becoming a teacher". Jump forward after being a "student" for 10 years with a phd in education, what do you do then?Your only qualified to do what you have trained to do which is teach in a university(or public school)So you become a college professor with no real world experience outside of the college campus, where you pass on your "vast wealth of knowledge" to influence the next generation of students looking to escape real life.Eventually all the employees of the colleges are these real life escapees because the over achievers couldn't wait to get out to beat the world and have successful careers.The old saying is true"those that can do and those that can't teach".

Ummm he is not a lefty, he is a member of the conservative party in Mexico.

JamesJ, you could have added Hitler to that list: had he not been racist and anti-gay, liberals would adore him as much as Marx.

Dolly Parton was the commencement speaker at the University of Tennessee. A helluva better speaker than I expected - and OH NO, she mentioned GOD! I was actually impressed. She received an honorary doctorate - so she's now called Dr. Dolly, or Double D (as if she wasn't already)

President Barack Obama, Notre Dame
Vice President Joe Biden, Wake Forest University
Hillary Clinton, New York University
Rahm Emanuel, George Washington University

Ok, the first 4 speakers are 4 of the most powerful people in the executive branch of our government. For the next four years they will be Democrats. If it was a McCain administration, this list would be a little shorter, wouldn't it?


Matt Lauer, Harvard University-are you sure he's a liberal? Has he come out and said so?
Katie Couric, Princeton University-same for Katie-has she said "Look at me! I'm a lefty!"?

Ellen DeGeneres, Tulane University-she's gay and an admitted liberal. Which would only make sense since most conservative hate gays.

Deval Patrick, governor of Massachusetts, MIT-Oh noes!!! The Governor of Massachussetts spoke at a University in...MASSACHUSSETTS!! It's a liberal conspiracy!!!!

Steven Chu, secretary of Energy Department, California Institute of Technology-Wow, Cal-Tech invited a scientist to speak at their commencement. Shocking!

Oprah Winfrey, Duke University-A big fan of the President, I hear.

Wynton Marsalis, Northwestern University-a musician, I guess he might be liberal.

Vicente Fox, Emory University-WHOOPS. Whole lot of fail here-Fox was the head of the conservative party in Mexico and a former president of Coca-Cola in Mexico. Move him to your other list, Neal.

Gwen Ifill, Georgetown University-has she made public her political beliefs? Most true journalists try not to talk about such things.

Suze Orman, University of Illinois-admitted Democrat, and gay to boot!

Tom Brokaw, Fordham University-are sure he's a liberal? Reference, please.

You are such an assclown sometimes, Neal.

Hey, look at the bright side, the people from the schools who had lefties speaking will wind up working for the ones who went to the other schools. It all shakes out in the end.

In fairness, it seems pretty reasonable for the Energy Secretary to be at Cal Tech, even though his philosophy would be at odds with the mindset of most of the graduates.

Fred Smith, founder of FedEx spoke at my brothers graduation in 2007 from Ole Miss. GREAT SPEECH! I am pretty sure he is not liberal!!!

Why would an institution of higher learning want to pay an honorarium to a "loser" to give a speech? And why would same institution pay somebody to preach something counter to the (organic mulch) that said institution has been preaching to its disciples? The people running this show are intelligentsia!

Those same institutions raise their prices out of all proportion to the CPI, they have to spend their ill-gotten gains on something. It might as well be that.

Missed one POTUS at USNA speaking to the new ensigns and LTs

Zell Miller delivered the commencement address at North Georgia College & State University.