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In 2002, a Rhodes scholarship was awarded to Chesa Boudin, best known for being the child of "Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert, who were members of the violent 1960s radical group the Weather Underground ... in prison for their part in the murder of two police officers and a guard as the result of a robbery of a Brinks armored car in New York at the late, unradical date of 1981."<ref name="Chesa">Slate.com, ''Weatherson: Chesa Boudin, radical chic Rhodes scholar'', by Emily Yoffe, Posted Monday, Dec. 9, 2002 [http://www.slate.com/?id=2075224]</ref>  Chesa expressed support for the views of his parents, "My parents were all dedicated to fighting U.S. imperialism around the world. I'm dedicated to the same thing."<ref name="Chesa"/>
 
In 2002, a Rhodes scholarship was awarded to Chesa Boudin, best known for being the child of "Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert, who were members of the violent 1960s radical group the Weather Underground ... in prison for their part in the murder of two police officers and a guard as the result of a robbery of a Brinks armored car in New York at the late, unradical date of 1981."<ref name="Chesa">Slate.com, ''Weatherson: Chesa Boudin, radical chic Rhodes scholar'', by Emily Yoffe, Posted Monday, Dec. 9, 2002 [http://www.slate.com/?id=2075224]</ref>  Chesa expressed support for the views of his parents, "My parents were all dedicated to fighting U.S. imperialism around the world. I'm dedicated to the same thing."<ref name="Chesa"/>
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==Well-known, and overwhelmingly [[Liberal]], Rhodes Scholars==
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==Well-known [[liberal]], Rhodes Scholars==
 
*[[Kim Beazley]], Australian politician, Chancellor of [[Australian National University]]
 
*[[Kim Beazley]], Australian politician, Chancellor of [[Australian National University]]
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*Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, [[New Jersey]]
 
*[[Wesley Clark]], U.S. general, unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004.
 
*[[Wesley Clark]], U.S. general, unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004.
 
*[[Bill Clinton]], [[liberal]] Democratic President of the United States, impeached by Congress in 1998.
 
*[[Bill Clinton]], [[liberal]] Democratic President of the United States, impeached by Congress in 1998.
*[[J.W. Fulbright]], [[liberal]] Democratic U.S. Senator from Arkansas who founded the Fulbright Scholarships at taxpayer expense
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*[[Russ Feingold]], U.S. Senator for [[Wisconsin]]
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*J.W. Fulbright, [[liberal]] Democratic U.S. Senator from Arkansas who founded the Fulbright Scholarships at taxpayer expense
 
*[[Bob Hawke]], [[liberal]] Australian [[Labor Party]] Prime Minister
 
*[[Bob Hawke]], [[liberal]] Australian [[Labor Party]] Prime Minister
 
*[[Edwin Hubble]], astronomer
 
*[[Edwin Hubble]], astronomer
*[[Kris Kristofferson]], songwriter and actor
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*Nicholas Kristof, [[New York Times]] columnist and author
*[[Dom Mintoff]], Maltese Prime Minister
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*Kris Kristofferson, songwriter and actor
*[[Dean Rusk]], [[U.S.]] Secretary of State under [[liberal]] presidents [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Lyndon Johnson]]
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*[[Naomi Wolf]], [[feminist]] author
   
*[[Rachel Maddow]], host of ''The Rachel Maddow Show'' on [[MSNBC]] and [[Air America Radio]]
 
*[[Rachel Maddow]], host of ''The Rachel Maddow Show'' on [[MSNBC]] and [[Air America Radio]]
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*Dom Mintoff, Maltese Prime Minister
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*Dean Rusk, [[U.S.]] Secretary of State under [[liberal]] presidents [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Lyndon Johnson]]
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*[[George Stephanopoulos]]
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*Naomi Wolf, [[feminist]] author
    
== Well-known [[Conservative]] Rhodes Scholars ==
 
== Well-known [[Conservative]] Rhodes Scholars ==
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