Nebraska Govenor says UNL should un-invite William Ayers

[RoadRage]

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10462190

Governor says UNL should uninvite William Ayers
BY HENRY J. CORDES AND KHRISTOPHER BROOKS
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITERS


Lincoln, NE

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln should uninvite William Ayers to speak on campus, Nebraska's governor said today.

Just 11 days after next month’s election, the University of Illinois-Chicago professor, William Ayers, is scheduled to speak at a student research conference held by the UNL College of Education and Human Science.Gov. Dave Heineman released a statement saying that UNL leaders should not allow Ayers, a 1960s radical-turned University of Illinois professor, to talk during a campus event on Nov. 15.

"Chairman of the Board of Regents Chuck Hassebrook and President of the University J.B. Milliken should immediately rescind the invitation extended to Bill Ayers to speak at the University," the governor said. "This is an embarrassment to the University of Nebraska and the State of Nebraska. Bill Ayers is a well known radical who should never have been invited to the University of Nebraska."

Meanwhile, Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Nebraska, today said in a statement that he is disappointed that UNL invited William Ayers to speak on campus Nov. 15.

"His past involvement in a violent protest group and incendiary comments are not consistent with the agenda of unity that we need in America today," Nelson said. "I encourage the university to reconsider this decision."

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So what do you think? Should a University be forced by donors (REPUBLICAN MOSTLY) to un-invite a guest speaker because of his past (40 years ago)? Wasn't it their duty to research this before the election? He's only speaking about education - not politics or anything in his past, but does that justify allowing him to still come?

Curious on everyone's thoughts..

[Thrill]

1. You can always look for Ben Nelson to be a pussy

[RoadRage]

8. It's tough being one of the only Dem's in a bright Red State...

I give him credit for even trying. He walks a tightrope around here... and he knows it. Perhaps Ayers isn't where he wants to commit political suicide.. i don't know if I blame him.

[amdezurik]

2. Only if they promise to never invite anyone else

who has "past involvement in a violent protest group and incendiary comments" like sarah palin and McLame

[Smarmie Doofus]

3. I think Bill Ayers' patriotic duty is to climb into a hole...

>>>So what do you think? Should a University be forced by donors (REPUBLICAN MOSTLY) to un-invite a guest speaker because of his past (40 years ago)? Wasn't it their duty to research this before the election? He's only speaking about education - not politics or anything in his past, but does that justify allowing him to still come?

Curious on everyone's thoughts..>>>>

... and stay there until after the election. So far , he's done a pretty good job of keeping quiet. The other side is going to continue to demagogue this non-issue in whatever way they can. They must have polling data to suggest it's important to some sub-demographic.

[alsame]

5. I believe he hasn't said a single thing during this campaign. What

I WOULD like is for other members of that board to speak out and clarify exactly who appointed the members and where the money came from. I believe there were quite a few Repubs involved.

[RoadRage]

9. I agree.. but

the university booked him back in FEBRUARY.. this was before Ayers was ever mentioned in any campaign. He was booked solely on his educational knowledge.. and I don't think any of the people involved really looked into or knew much about his background. He's only speaking to 150 post-graduate students.. it's only becoming a big deal now because it's "All Ayers All The Time" on TV. :(

[Smarmie Doofus]

10. My reading of Ayers is that he has ALWAYS been well intentioned.

Even the Weatherman thing ( tactically as nutty a thing as the Amercian left has ever produced) grew from a commendable desire to disrupt a despicable war in SE Asia.

He should drop out of the symposium. The grad students will get over it and it will deprive the forces of evil of another non-issue.

He should and probably will realize this.

[FLyellowdog]

4. Did they not know about Ayers prior history? Duh.

[rurallib]

6. I protested during 'Nam. Now I can't go to Nebraska?

O! Phooey! I will miss all that excitement.

[pdxmom]

7. This is purely political and disgusting in the extreme. N/T

[Winterblues]

11. I bet Ben Nelson will vote for McCain

He is one "Democrat" I would love to see long gone...

[amber_86]

12. who cares

He never found guilty, I think he knows what he did was wrong. He is a professer. People do changes. They just need to let it go.

[kskiska]

13. I'll bet he's been speaking at these sort of things for years

based on his educational qualifications and no one's ever complained.

[Telly Savalas]

14. "An embarassment to the University of Nebraska"?

Maybe he mistakenly thinks it's Bill Callahan and not Bill Ayers that's coming to speak.