The eXile had a piece on him a couple of weeks ago, which you can read at the author's blog here: http://seansrussiablog.org/2008/02/11/the-myth-of-democratic-model/
--- John Gulick <john_gulick at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Ha - from his Wikipedia entry: "McFaul achieved a
> score of 520 on the >verbal section of his SAT
> before gaining admission to Stanford in 1981."
> Darnit, another fool bringing shame upon my home
> state of MT... having to
> own up to Brent Musburger is bad enough!However, the
> guy could score 220 on the SAT and I'd refrain from
> branding
> him an idiot. (See Jerry Monaco on Michael Yates...)
>
> This, on the other hand:
>
> <Following is the prepared text of the speech
> delivered by Michael McFaul
> on June 16, 2007, at (Stanford) Class Day>
>
> "autocrats—not democrats—have become stronger in...
> Iran... Russia... and
> Venezuela"
>
> "(over the last four years) roughly 60,000 Iraqis
> and over 200,000 people
> in Darfur have died"
>
> "Someone sitting here right now will do for solar
> panels what Silicon Valley
> entrepreneurs did for computer chips: make them
> affordable for millions.
> And that someone will not only help to slow global
> warming, but they're
> going to make a fortune along the way!"
>
> "Someone sitting here right now will inspire a
> third-grader in the South
> Bronx to become the first kid in his neighborhood to
> win a Nobel Prize in
> physics"
>
> Jeezus, it's a hybrid of NED boilerplate, MacIntosh
> ad copy, and Obama
> stump speech.
>
> Once again, life just seems more pleasant from the
> other side of the Pacific.
>
>
>
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