WHAT WOULD TED SAY?:

Barack Obama made an appearance at Middletown, Connecticut, Sunday to speak at the Wesleyan commencement ceremony where Senator Ted Kennedy was originally scheduled to speak.

On Sunday, May 25, 2008, United States Senator Barack Obama delivered the Commencement Address at the 176th Commencement Ceremony at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.
Obama Camp:
"Senator Obama is honored to speak on behalf of United States Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who was previously scheduled to deliver the address."

"Ted and I talked about me filling in for him at Wesleyan University earlier this week. Considering what he's done for me and for our country, there's nothing I wouldn’t do for him. So I'm looking forward to standing in his place on Sunday even though I know I won't be able to fill his shoes," Senator Obama said.

*Jon Favreau, Obama's main speech writer, had his plate full putting eloquent words in Obama's mouth, considering those words would also have to fit in Ted's mouth.
Favreau worked Roget's Thesaurus over good while expounding the Speech's main theme: charity~
AKA
altruism, beneficence, benignancy, benignity, charitableness, goodwill, grace, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, philanthropy.

WHEN IN ROME:
Obama instructs selfish liberal graduates to give to liberal charities: united way, peace corp, etc.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/20/fashion/20speechwriter.html

INSULT ADDED TO INJURY:
Wilbur Fisk, American educator and Methodist clergyman, principal founder of Wesleyan Academy and Wesleyan University, was no doubt turning in his grave sunday, at the thought of his beloved university long since turned into a secular, private, liberal arts college.. and now, a secular presidential candidate using it's pulpit to espouse godless, liberal, "charity."

WESLEYAN NAMESAKE IGNORED IN FAVOR OF OBAMA'S MYSTERIOUS, ENIGMATIC, CABAL OF "CHANGE":
John Wesley, the celebrated preacher and founder of the Methodist Church, and namesake of Wesleyan University, was a life-long opponent of slavery. His biography is well known, and is told in many places, both on the web and in many published works, so this article will focus mainly on his activities as a campaigner against slavery. His opposition to slavery and the slave trade began long before the issue had received widespread attention, and was sustained throughout his life...
http://www.brycchancarey.com/abolition/wesley.htm

OBAMA THE HYPOCRITE!:
Obama gives secular speech on charity for good cause, as his charitable donations have been far below the biblical 10%.. for several years when he was making over $250,000yr he gave less than 1% of his income. See link below.
Cheapskate Millionaire:
Obama Releases Tax Returns, A Pittance for Charity
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2008/3/25/152754/611

ILL GOTTEN GAINS TURN CHARITABLE BOON:
Barack Obama's charitable donations record is sure to improve for the 2008 fiscal year;
Sen. Barack Obama's political campaign said Tuesday that it has given to charity $72,650 linked to crooked Illinois real estate developer Antoin Rezko, on the same day that a judge ordered Rezko to jail ahead of his scheduled trial on extortion charges.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/29/AR2008012903037.html