All posts tagged "College Republicans"

A GOP group failed to prove a university violated its First Amendment rights by banning it for alleged antisemitism, the New York Times reported.

The University of Florida College Republicans were banned by the school from its Gainesville campus in March after a photo circulated showing two people giving a Nazi salute, the Times reported.

Members denied involvement with the photo, but the group was already accused of antisemitic and racist behavior, according to the Times. The University of Florida argued that it booted the group because a statewide campus Republican organization withdrew its charter, and the Gainesville branch no longer had any official affiliation, the Times reported....

Kentucky’s chapter of College Republicans have dug up one of the weakest “gotcha” moments in recent political memory.

According to ABC news, yesterday Lauren E. Pierce, president of the University of Texas at Austin College Republicans posted an alarming message to her Twitter feed that read, "Y’all as tempting as it may be, don’t shoot Obama. We need him to go down in history as the WORST president we’ve EVER had! #2012."

University of Toledo College Republicans to "reclaim the campus" with Joe the Plumber, because nothing signals a successful ideological coup like the leadership of a former political celebrity. It explains why Providence, Rhode Island is run by Jessica Cutler's iron fist, the only interruption in the city's otherwise peaceful, safe lives being mandatory readings of The Washingtonniene: A Novel every Wednesday at noon.

Today is the deadline for voter registration. Stop by any of the voter registration tables around town to register, if you haven't already (or just need an address change). By the way, I found this part of the article that I linked amusing: