Comments on: The Rovian Effect http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/01/26/the-rovian-effect/ What's Going On Here? Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:44:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Terry http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/01/26/the-rovian-effect/#comment-181993 Terry Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:50:42 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/01/26/the-rovian-effect/#comment-181993 Geoff, That is too funny. And quite an image for an impressionable young prep. It's a good thing Castro's bad manners did not rub off on you. Geoff,

That is too funny. And quite an image for an impressionable young prep.

It’s a good thing Castro’s bad manners did not rub off on you.

]]> By: Geoff Brown http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/01/26/the-rovian-effect/#comment-181956 Geoff Brown Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:24:28 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/01/26/the-rovian-effect/#comment-181956 Choate will most likely survive all this and probably be none the worse for it. I say this with some historical perspective as the year I graduated from Lawrenceville, we were all herded into the chapel to hear a lengthy oration by some Princeton PhD from Cuba who was busy upsetting the apple cart down there at the time. It was a little disconcerting that the guy in fatigues sitting next to me in the choir stalls that day had a submachine gun across his knees, and that during the speech, Fidel Castro smoked two cigars and stubbed them out on the floor. We can hope that Rove will not have as lasting on effect upon the United States as Castro had upon Cuba. Choate will most likely survive all this and probably be none the worse for it.

I say this with some historical perspective as the year I graduated from Lawrenceville, we were all herded into the chapel to hear a lengthy oration by some Princeton PhD from Cuba who was busy upsetting the apple cart down there at the time.

It was a little disconcerting that the guy in fatigues sitting next to me in the choir stalls that day had a submachine gun across his knees, and that during the speech, Fidel Castro smoked two cigars and stubbed them out on the floor.

We can hope that Rove will not have as lasting on effect upon the United States as Castro had upon Cuba.

]]> By: Terry http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/01/26/the-rovian-effect/#comment-181368 Terry Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:50:45 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/01/26/the-rovian-effect/#comment-181368 Thanks Amy. I have posted the link as an update at the top of the post. Thanks Amy. I have posted the link as an update at the top of the post.

]]> By: Amy http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/01/26/the-rovian-effect/#comment-181346 Amy Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:17:23 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/01/26/the-rovian-effect/#comment-181346 An update that I'm sure you are well aware of by now: Rove's commencement speech has been cancelled, and he will visit the school to speak to the students some time next month. I'm not shocked in the least. An update that I’m sure you are well aware of by now: Rove’s commencement speech has been cancelled, and he will visit the school to speak to the students some time next month. I’m not shocked in the least.

]]> By: Dan http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/01/26/the-rovian-effect/#comment-181224 Dan Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:28:57 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/01/26/the-rovian-effect/#comment-181224 I'm with the Choate students. Why would you want your high school graduation to feature someone whose ethics and morality you do not respect? I’m with the Choate students. Why would you want your high school graduation to feature someone whose ethics and morality you do not respect?

]]> By: Peter Halle http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/01/26/the-rovian-effect/#comment-181178 Peter Halle Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:20:25 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/01/26/the-rovian-effect/#comment-181178 I think it was fine for Choate to invite Rove. He is an interesting and controversial force, and must have incredible anecdotes. The best commencement address ever was Al Franken's at Harvard a few years ago; the second best was Conan O'Brien's at Stuyvesant High School. But the great part of this story is that student activism is alive and well in Wallingford. There is hope. I think it was fine for Choate to invite Rove. He is an interesting and controversial force, and must have incredible anecdotes. The best commencement address ever was Al Franken’s at Harvard a few years ago; the second best was Conan O’Brien’s at Stuyvesant High School. But the great part of this story is that student activism is alive and well in Wallingford. There is hope.

]]> By: John Neufeld http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/01/26/the-rovian-effect/#comment-180973 John Neufeld Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:38:13 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2008/01/26/the-rovian-effect/#comment-180973 Why not let the students at Choate begin to distinguish for themselves what political reality is? My suggestion would be to have several seminars immediately following the appearance, led by informed faculty. And of course the Democrats are jealous, and have been ever since the first Bush convention, when America watched to see how the Republicans out-entertained the country. They (and it, and the succeeding convention) were brilliant. Why not let the students at Choate begin to distinguish for themselves what political reality is? My suggestion would be to have several seminars immediately following the appearance, led by informed faculty. And of course the Democrats are jealous, and have been ever since the first Bush convention, when America watched to see how the Republicans out-entertained the country. They (and it, and the succeeding convention) were brilliant.

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