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Eric Cantor avoids American public
In the past we’ve ripped Republicans for stacking their audiences with hand-picked crowds. We’ve seen town halls canceled so candidates can avoid angry confrontations with voters. The silliness continues with Eric Cantor canceling a speech at the famed Wharton School of Business because it was rumored that people from the “Occupy” movements would march to protest his speech.
Someone’s not ready for prime time.
“I think it’s a shame that a speech at a university should not occur because of some fear that there will be skeptics and critics in the audience,” said English professor Al Filreis, who signed a statement expressing solidarity for the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Filreis added, “Clearly, the reason he canceled was that he wanted to speak to a friendly audience, and not one that would ask him difficult questions.”
The Daily Pennsylvanian reports that the protesters did enter the building by force, but were welcome to be there and eventually left of their own accord. Cantor, on the other hand, never showed up.
His office says he thought the speech was private and only for students, staff and friends of Wharton. Cantor finds out the general population is allowed through the doors and cancels. He then blames it on Wharton for changing the attendance agreement. The only problem for Cantor is, according to the university, the attendance agreement was never changed.
In a little twist of irony, Cantor’s speech (full text linked) was to be on income inequality. The fact that he hid from the very people protesting income inequality in this country doesn’t say much about his passion for the topic or his commitment to 99% of Americans.
(Source: democraticmuse.com)
