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2017-02-26 Home Front: Politix

Rutgers University spent nearly $1.5M for Barack Obama's 2016 commencement address

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Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2017-02-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Yeah, we finally got the change he promised!

Posted by Skidmark 2017-02-26 00:54|| 2017-02-26 00:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Bye was only half a million less? Buried lede city.

Posted by Shipman 2017-02-26 09:09|| 2017-02-26 09:09|| Front Page Top

#3 When did it become the fashion for former presidents to charge for commencement speeches?

Millard Fillmore (1850-1853) could not read Latin and refused an honorary degree from Oxford University, saying a person shouldn’t accept a degree he couldn’t read.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-02-26 09:20|| 2017-02-26 09:20|| Front Page Top

#4 Boy, yeah! This is the kinda news you wanna hear if you're paying tuition for a son or daughter to go to Rutgers. /sarc

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-02-26 11:12|| 2017-02-26 11:12|| Front Page Top

#5 Someone paid Bill Nye to speak? Why?

Posted by Frank G 2017-02-26 12:28|| 2017-02-26 12:28|| Front Page Top

#6 I'd pay to shut him up.

Posted by Raj 2017-02-26 12:36|| 2017-02-26 12:36|| Front Page Top

#7 Bill Nye talks in his sleep...get him a bed and turn on the mike...

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-02-26 13:34|| 2017-02-26 13:34|| Front Page Top

#8 Or you could say that an empty limousine arrived at Rutgers University and Barack Obama got out...

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-02-26 14:07|| 2017-02-26 14:07|| Front Page Top

#9 When did it become the fashion for former presidents to charge for commencement speeches?

Given it was 2016, he was then the current president. One hopes the money went for security and meals, not a fee.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-02-26 21:07|| 2017-02-26 21:07|| Front Page Top

#10 1.5 million was a total waste, when there is a lot of students that could get aid to go to college. Nobody is worth that money. Nobody.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2017-02-26 21:46|| 2017-02-26 21:46|| Front Page Top

#11 To quote somebody else - How much is enough?

One set of rules for me, another set of rules for thee.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-02-26 22:20|| 2017-02-26 22:20|| Front Page Top

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