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- From: "Obamarxist Obamaggot" <Obamaggot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 15:25:09 -0500
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On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:59:54 -0500, Obamarxist Obamaggot wrote:==============
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A Presidency is a terrible thing to waste....
Dear Obamarxist Obamaggot,
When you grow up big and strong and don't plagiarize every line
Another Liberal imbecle too stupid to see the link , thus no plagairism. But then thats why you snipped it out because you knew it blew away your imbecilic claim.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/06/07/yale_grades_portray_kerry_as_a_lackluster_student/
A Presidency is a terrible thing to waste....
Yale grades portray Kerry as a lackluster student
In 1999, The New Yorker published a transcript indicating that Bush had
received a cumulative score of 77 for his first three years at Yale and a
roughly similar average under a non-numerical rating system during his
senior year.Kerry, who graduated two years before Bush, got a cumulative 76
for his four years, according to a transcript that Kerry sent to the Navy
when he was applying for officer training school.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/06/07/yale_grades_portray_kerry_as_a_lackluster_student/
JENNIFER C. BRACERAS
Jennifer C. Braceras is an attorney and research fellow at Harvard Law
School. Her column appears regularly in the Globe
Gore's undergraduate transcript from Harvard is riddled with C's, including
a C-minus in introductory economics, a D in one science course, and a C-plus
in another. "In his sophomore year at Harvard," the Post reported, "Gore's
grades were lower than any semester recorded on Bush's transcript from
Yale." Moreover, Gore's graduate school record - consistently glossed over
by the press - is nothing short of shameful. In 1971, Gore enrolled in
Vanderbilt Divinity School where, according to Bill Turque, author of
"Inventing Al Gore," he received F's in five of the eight classes he took
over the course of three semesters. Not surprisingly, Gore did not receive a
degree from the divinity school. Nor did Gore graduate from Vanderbilt Law
School, where he enrolled for a brief time and received his fair share of
C's. (Bush went on to earn an MBA from Harvard).
Copyright 2000 Globe Newspaper Company
Gore's Dubious School Record
Author: By JENNIFER C. BRACERAS
Date: 09/07/2000 Page: A15 Section: Op-Ed
JENNIFER C. BRACERAS
Jennifer C. Braceras is an attorney and research fellow at Harvard Law
School. Her column appears regularly in the Globe.
When will the liberal media stop treating left-wing ideology as a proxy for
intelligence? For months the press has questioned the intellect of
Republican candidate George W. Bush, while describing Al Gore as "serious,"
"intellectual" - even "wonkish."
The basis for the media's unfair attacks on Bush's intelligence is his
30-year-old Yale College transcript (purloined last fall and published by
The New Yorker). Yet The Washington Post's subsequent revelation of Gore's
unimpressive academic record has done little to alter the media's false
portrayal of Gore as "the smartest kid in the class." It is a record that is
worth reviewing, if only to debunk the myth of Gore as a serious student.
Gore's undergraduate transcript from Harvard is riddled with C's, including
a C-minus in introductory economics, a D in one science course, and a C-plus
in another. "In his sophomore year at Harvard," the Post reported, "Gore's
grades were lower than any semester recorded on Bush's transcript from
Yale." Moreover, Gore's graduate school record - consistently glossed over
by the press - is nothing short of shameful. In 1971, Gore enrolled in
Vanderbilt Divinity School where, according to Bill Turque, author of
"Inventing Al Gore," he received F's in five of the eight classes he took
over the course of three semesters. Not surprisingly, Gore did not receive a
degree from the divinity school. Nor did Gore graduate from Vanderbilt Law
School, where he enrolled for a brief time and received his fair share of
C's. (Bush went on to earn an MBA from Harvard).
But whereas the liberal press has described Bush's college days as a time of
misspent youth, media accounts of Gore's undergraduate years are grossly
fawning. (The New York Times: "As Mr. Bush was frolicking around Yale, a
young man named Al Gore was studying at Harvard"; "Harvard nurtured the part
of [Gore] that is in love with the world of ideas." The New Republic: "At
Harvard, Gore set himself formidable intellectual challenges.")
And then there is the laughable October issue of Psychology Today. As part
of a cover story entitled, "Gore and Bush on the Couch," the magazine
reports the results of a spurious "analysis" of 10 of the candidates
speeches and/or interviews. The authors claim that the study "verifies" the
popular stereotype that "Bush is not as deep a thinker as Gore."
Two pages later, readers will be shocked - shocked! - to learn that the
magazine's (no doubt scientific) study of the candidates' facial gestures
reveals that Gore is the "more serious, constrained, controlled, weighty,
ponderous, [and] dominant of the two candidates." More ponderous, perhaps .
.. . but, please, spare me the pop psychology.
Biased reporters, however, are not the only ones to blame. Indeed, the vice
president himself has cultivated this genius persona (one of many). Thus, he
did not correct PBS News anchor Gwen Ifill when she referred to him as a
graduate of Vanderbilt Law School. Even more significant was the line in
Gore's convention acceptance speech in which he stated, "I know my own
imperfections. I know that sometimes people say I'm too serious, that I talk
too much substance and policy." Poor Al, he's just too smart for the job.
Of course, the stereotyping of conservative candidates as dumb and liberal
candidates as "brilliant" is nothing new. During the 1950s, the media
lionized Democrat Adlai Stevenson as an intellectual, while ridiculing
Republican Dwight Eisenhower as an ineffectual simpleton. Back then, the
members of the press knew full well that Stevenson attended Harvard Law
School and, yet, had not received a degree. But the media gave Stevenson a
pass. (Sound familiar?) Had resourceful journalists investigated, they might
have learned (as we now know from Stevenson's biographer John Bartlow
Martin) that Harvard Law School Dean Erwin Griswold had hidden Stevenson's
transcript in a locked cabinet in his office. What was he hiding? Stevenson,
the so-called "thinking man's candidate," had, in fact, flunked out of
Harvard Law.
In the end, neither intellect nor academic performance is an especially
important criterion by which to judge our presidents. Ronald Reagan and
Harry Truman were no scholars, but they rank among the best presidents in
our country's history. And what about many liberals' favorite president -
Franklin Roosevelt? Social, popular, and famously unserious as an
undergraduate at Harvard, FDR had an undistinguished academic record. Yet,
later in life, Roosevelt's charisma and his ability to persuade, compromise,
and lead helped him to become a "reformer with results."
This election is not an I.Q. test; it is about which candidate has better
judgment. And that is why, despite the media's love affair with the
celluloid image of Al Gore the policy-wonk, it is the affable, authentic,
and sensible Bush who would make the better leader.
© Copyright 2000 Globe Newspaper Company
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