Green v. Barrett of UW-Madison

Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Green is taking on UW-MADISON LECTURER KEVIN BARRETT again, and rightly so.

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Green Campaign: Renews Call for Termination of UW Lecturer Barrett

UW lecturer Kevin Barrett is at it again. After being instructed by UW-Madison administrators that he should not use the university to advance his absurd and slanderous theories about the September 11th terrorist attacks, Barrett ignored their warnings and scheduled another lecture in an official, taxpayer-funded academic building. Barrett also announced that the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) would be on hand to tape the event.

Instead of firing Barrett for thumbing his nose at the university, the UW-Madison administration has decided to allow the lecture to take place.

After hearing of Barrett’s upcoming lecture, gubernatorial candidate Mark Green issued the following statement Tuesday:

“Rather than stick to their guns and fire Kevin Barrett for openly defying university policy again, the administrators at UW-Madison have, once again, refused to put a stop to this charade.

“For far too long, Kevin Barrett has been allowed to propagate his libelous theories at the UW, and this time he’ll be doing it in front of a worldwide audience.

“This is a slap in the face to the thousands of families who lost loved ones on September 11th, and an insult to hard-working Wisconsin taxpayers and students who are being forced to pay the salary of a man who would have you believe the U.S. government orchestrated those terrible acts.

“The university needs to terminate Mr. Barrett immediately. He has soiled the good name of our proud UW system too many times, and made a complete mockery of academic freedom.

“Elect me governor, and I’ll inject some Wisconsin common sense back into the University of Wisconsin.”

Being filmed by the BBC isn't keeping a low profile, as Barrett had promised.

The man is a disgrace to the UW system.

I completely agree with Mark Green.

I am disgusted that Wisconsin tax dollars are funding Kevin Barrett and that he is using his position at UW-Madison to gives his views an air of legitimacy.

Barrett, UW-MADISON LECTURER, takes a national stage and now an international stage to express his theories that the Bush administration orchestrated the 9/11 attacks.

In an interview on Sean Hannity's nationally-syndicated radio program, Barrett named the neoconservatives behind the destruction of the World Trade Center.

"As I said before, Dick Cheney, Richard Perle, Douglas Faith, Paul Wolfowitz, Scooter Libby... um ... and, you know, I could probably throw out a few more but I think that's enough for now."

When challenged to throw out a few more names, Barrett hesitated, but then added:

"In fact, I could be wrong about this... I would certainly throw two members of the Bush Crime Family in there as suspects. That would be... Well, actually three,... the President's cousin Walker,... as well as the President's brother Marvin,... and I would throw in there the Governor of Florida, Jeb Bush."

Barrett went on to say:

"The Bush Crime Family is intricately involved with the CIA drug cartel, and yes these people certainly knew what was going on."

As if that's not loony enough, Barrett then said that he believed President Bush may have been in on the 9/11 plot.

Barrett said, and I quote:

"I think President Bush very well may have signed an authorization for the 9/11 attacks."

There is no place for someone like Barrett in the UW system.

It's a joke that Jim Doyle proclaims himself to be the champion of quality education.

How can he consider Kevin Barrett fit to teach?

Quality education and Kevin Barrett are irreconcilable.