Why has Jeb Bush's college graduation year been omitted by the media for at least 30 years now?

[Ilsa]

105. You make a lot of assumptions about what I think.

I don't know if JEB dropped out or not. Do I think it's important? Definitely. If he's living fraudulently, the media needs to nail him on it. His brother won his first governor's race against Ann Richards in part because her endorsement of a Railroad Commission candidate who had fraudulently claimed that she had a degree from UT. Her false claim, IMO, helped create derision towards Richards who had done well as governor. Claiming education and completion fraudulently is a BFD.

I was merely questioning the media's obsession with him finishing in less than three years. My point is that he probably has average or slightly higher mental capabilities. He chose a less risky degree program and was able to finish it faster than, say, an accounting degree or engineering degree. Furthermore, I suspect he probably received college credit for some first semester academic classes (deserved or not) because he went to an elite prep school.

Don't ever assume that I'm unconcerned with the cost of higher education, and the debt most students must incur to complete one degree. Personally, I think the first four years of college should be free public education. I think many advanced degree programs should be either free or have special financing programs ("work here to get triple-credit payoff", etc) instead of the current student loan programs, which are a rip-off for many people.

The ability for the general public to receive advanced education makes the difference in having a qualified workforce, and that affects us all.

My attitude is this: so what that he got a LASP degree. I'm unimpressed with that "accomplishment" if it did indeed happen. I also think his mental faculties have worsened over the decades. Probably did too much blow with W.