John McCain is apparently losing the college age vote in 2008. They flat don't like him.

Scores of New School students held orange signs, and a few banners, reading "McCain Does Not Speak For Me," and "Our Commencement Is Not Your Platform." What began as mild rumblings of disapproval before McCain's speech soon exploded into boos, catcalls and turned backs.

The spark was provided by undergraduate keynote speaker Jean Sara Rohe, a composed, seemingly innocuous jazz musician and singer. After beginning with a short folk song (true to classic graduation speech form) Rohe quickly tossed aside her prepared remarks to directly address McCain.

"This ceremony has become something other than the celebratory gathering it should be," Rohe said. "The Senator does not reflect the ideals on which this school was founded. This was a top-down decision in which the students played no part." The crowd erupted.

"I consider this a time of crisis and I feel compelled to speak," Rohe continued, referencing McCain's speech at Falwell's Liberty University last Saturday.

She paraphrased McCain's words on the folly of youthful stubbornness and ignorance.

"I am young, but I do know that pre-emptive war is dangerous and wrong," she said. "Osama bin Laden has not been found, nor those weapons of mass destruction." The vast majority of the crowd gave her a standing ovation.

So I guess this college is pretty libeal which meant that McCain sort of entered the lion's den when he offered to speak there. Well good for him for at least trying to connect with a more liberal group then usual. Of course it seems to have blown up in his face.

I don''t think that anybody who supports the war in Iraq has a snowballs chance in hell of getting elected in 2008.

You know I am just as sure that he would have had some protests from Liberty University as well if Jerry Falwell had not warned the students that if they did God would give them all anal warts. God sure does play dirty sometimes.