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On May 25, 2007 Andrew Card faced hundreds of boos and catcalls as he was given an honorary degree during the graduate school commencement at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Before the commencement, about 200 protesters staged a rally and press conference outside the Mullins Center on the UMass campus. Hundreds more students and faculty who opposed the honorary degree would later protest inside the hall. Card, former Bush Administration Chief of Staff and chief salesman for the invasion of Iraq as head of the White House Iraq Group, faced signs calling him a war criminal. People are now calling on UMass to rescind the honorary degree. The protests followed weeks of growing opposition. 400 protested on May 15 (see the rally and march on YouTube at TraprockPeaceTV) and on May 22 protesters marched from the campus to the Amherst common. After the commencement, activists gathered at the Jones Library for a celebration and speakout. Video of both the pre-commencement rally and post-commencement speakout are coming to TraprockPeaceTV. Video recorded and edited by Charles Jenks; © 2007 Traprock Peace Center. Websites may embed the video for non-profit use, with attribution. Please let us know if you use the video; email charles@traprockpeace.org The protest was organized by a large coalition of campus and community organizations, too numerous to list. Traprock was one of many community groups that supported the tremendous efforts by the UMass community of students, faculty and staff, and UMass organizations.

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Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
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bakedbeansgangsta (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Well then a lot of people should of resigned the moment we stepped foot in Iraq. Card, Congress and a whole lot of other people. It's better he resigned 3 years into it than not resigning at all, no matter what reasons he had. He got out of it. Better then what a lot of people involved did. Don't forget Hillary voted for the war. Yet no one ever wants to talk about that!
Meloman0001 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Yeah I guess civil disobedience and protest is disgusting. If conservatives or liberals for that matter aren't man enough to protest against something they know is wrong, then stand aside and let an American show u how to do it.
Meloman0001 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
lol...Im sure he's comforted by his bed mates, Dick Cheney and Paul Wolfowitz
Meloman0001 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I don't think it was a waste of energy, Andrew Card resigned 3 years into the war. He never came out and said that he resigned specifically because of the war in Iraq, and frankly if that was his reason, he should have resigned the moment we stepped foot in Iraq.
bakedbeansgangsta (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Um, didn't Andrew Card leave the Bush Administration because of the Iraqi war? That was a waste of time and energy. Great job ruining your big day!
modustheoperandi (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Coleburg: How do you even know they're all liberals?
bahbahganu (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i bet he cried in his bed that night
cryptsub (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Hah, the whole faculty is wearing "No Card" emblems! Which admin idiot thought it would be a good idea to give Card an honorary degree?
theonemj2000 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
People like u are a curse to mankind. Get out of the sand you ignorant ostrich.
beaupedraza (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Hey Coleburg, conservatives do. They booed McCain, their own guy, at CPAC.

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