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In reply to the discussion: Why has Jeb Bush's college graduation year been omitted by the media for at least 30 years now? [View all]anobserver2
(928 posts)Re: "It's a Latin American Studies degree."
I think there is something very wrong in our country if a presidential candidate like Scott Walker, who dropped out, has to disclose
he has no college degree because: he actually dropped out; but, another presidential candidate, Jeb Bush, who may have the same drop-out status, simply lies in every official bio ever published about him that he, Jeb Bush, has a degree.
Is that America? You just lie, lie, lie and engage in fraud? While taking money from taxpayers pretending to be a public servant?
I think Scott Walker would have liked to know that; as would this generation's college grads who are saddled with debt because they stuck it out -- instead of taking the "drop-out and lie forever" route.
But you're right - some people don't care. I care. I think others care. But clearly you don't., Whatever.
By the way, I don't even think Jeb Bush actually qualified for a high school diploma. If his private school was on a "trimester" system,
as stated in that Boston Globe article, and he was there for 3 semesters per year for 4 years -- well, it sounds like he failed eleven of those twelve trimesters, and only passed the last one.
However, with his father GH Bush on the Board of Trustees at that private school, Jeb Bush was getting a high school diploma no matter what.
Would FL voters have voted for Jeb Bush as FL governor in 1998 and 2002 if they had known he was a high school drop-out? Or a college drop-out? Elections in FL are pretty close. What would it have meant in 2000 if there was no Jeb Bush in the governor's office in Tallahassee?
Those questions are not of interest to you, I will guess. But history is interesting to me. History would be different if candidates were actually vetted, and if standards were actually met in private schools and higher ed. Too often those standards are ignored because public corruption is a far more powerful force. And -- you don't care? Again: Whatever.
Thank G-d, there are plenty of GOP voters fed up with the Bush dynasty. Thank G-d for that!