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underpants

(182,823 posts)
Mon Apr 28, 2014, 06:22 PM Apr 2014

Former (Va.) governor McDonnell joins Liberty University's teaching staff

Source: WDBJ7

“Gov. McDonnell will add another dimension to the educational experience of Liberty students by teaching leadership,” Liberty University president Jerry Falwell wrote in a story posted on the school’s website. “He achieved great success as governor in making Virginia one of the nation’s most business-friendly and fiscally sound states while getting people to work together for the common good. These experiences uniquely qualify him to teach our students about every aspect of serving in public office.”

“I am privileged to have the opportunity to teach the outstanding young people at Liberty University who will be future leaders for the state and nation. Liberty’s international reach, dynamic growth, and focus on excellence make it a force in higher education,” a statement from McDonnell said.

Read more: http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/former-governor-mcdonnell-joins-liberty-universitys-teaching-staff/25701218

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jmowreader

(50,559 posts)
4. He has a son with the same name
Mon Apr 28, 2014, 06:34 PM
Apr 2014

I thought the same thing you did, so I went to liberty.edu and checked...the current president is Jerry Falwell Jr.



There's definitely a family resemblance.

tarheelsunc

(2,117 posts)
5. He definitely looks like his father.
Mon Apr 28, 2014, 06:41 PM
Apr 2014

Probably acts like his father too if he'd give someone like McDonnell a job. Thanks for informing me!

underpants

(182,823 posts)
10. + They have a ski slope....in Lynchburg VA
Mon Apr 28, 2014, 08:57 PM
Apr 2014

When the old man dropped dead he was insured up to his eyeballs. They erased their debt and are building like you wouldn't believe. I pass right through there on our trips out to Roanoke. Several cranes working around the campus.

http://www.liberty.edu/snowflex/?PID=19500

Sorry something messed up with my google images or I would post an image. It sits on top of the hill overlooking the campus. They are having a springtime competition this month.

 

TRoN33

(769 posts)
8. Sure, thanks because
Mon Apr 28, 2014, 07:37 PM
Apr 2014

I will make sure my kids will never go to Liberty and any of Koch bros-controlled universities.

VA_Jill

(9,979 posts)
12. He'll fit right in
Mon Apr 28, 2014, 09:10 PM
Apr 2014

even though he's Catholic, which they normally consider the next thing to going to hell on a sled. He got his law degree from Pat Robertson u. (aka Regent University), where he learned to slither and bribe, shuck and jive with the best of the fundies.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
13. I have a friend who just received her PhD from Liberty
Tue Apr 29, 2014, 06:03 AM
Apr 2014

She is what I would call a liberal Christian and she's even acknowledge to me that Liberty University and most the students that go there are batshit crazy. That ought to tell you something.

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