Obama calls out greed in his ASU commencement speech and redefines success. The "me-first" society is over, he said. (I think that's why republicans are having such a difficult time).
It was one of his finest speeches.
Obama took on the ASU controversy and used it in his speech: "Your body of work is never done." He addressed it early on in his remarks.
Some background: When ASU president Michael Crow announced Obama as the commencement speaker, Crow followed up by saying that Obama wouldn't receive an honorary degree because he didn't have a big enough "body of work." In his speech, Obama said that Michelle Obama concurred, that his body of work wasn't large enough. Obama then went on to say that you can never rest on your laurels.
ASU eventually announced it would name an Obama Scholars program.
Obama concluded his speech saying: "Don't stop adding to your body of work."
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