minutefolk let loyal bushie know where he can go...

(AP Photo)
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Update: Pottersville with a nice summary of the event.

Proud of my people:

Boo U: Amherst Honor Turns Sour for Card

AMHERST - Hundreds of students and faculty erupted in a chorus of boos yesterday when President Bush’s former Chief of Staff Andrew Card rose to accept his honorary doctorate in public service at the University of Massachusetts, blaming him in part for the Iraq war.

The boos and catcalls - including those from faculty who stood on stage with Card - drowned out Provost Charlena Seymour’s remarks as she awarded the degree.

Protesters claim Card lied to the American people in the early days of the Iraq war and should not have been honored at the graduate student commencement.

Card smiled slightly while Seymour spoke and raised his hand in thanks, then sat down without speaking.

“It was a great honor and a privilege to be here,” he said afterward, ignoring a reporter’s questions about the protesters.

The protests were mainly contained to an area in the back of the campus arena and many of the faculty on stage who joined the three- to four- minute outburst.

One faculty member on stage held a sign: “Card - no honor, no degree.”

Another sign said “War criminals go home.”

Card, a native of Holbrook and a former Massachusetts lawmaker, has said he was honored to be selected and is a supporter of UMass.

Opponents tried unsuccessfully for days leading up to the ceremony to get the university to change its mind in awarding the honor.

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Update: Here's the video.