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GOPFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 12:46 PM Original message |
How did Bush ever get a degree at Yale? |
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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. his last name is Bush... |
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Jack from Charlotte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
45. Exactly. Up until the late 60's The Ivey's were rife with cronyism and.... |
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cantstandbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 04:44 PM Response to Reply #45 |
68. "Legacy" addmissions and "legacy" degrees. |
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ClusterFreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. Ya gotta wonder... |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. Daddy, Granddaddy |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. As jon Stewart once said on the topic ... |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. From what I hear, the family built a very nice gymnasium. |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 04:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
63. They built a gym but he can't manage to stay on his bike? |
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MN ChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. Legacy admissions |
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Tyrone Slothrop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. I've met and know quite a few Ivy League grads |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 12:56 PM Original message |
If you want to find well educated |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
49. Woodward was from Yale |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 03:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
59. All the ones that I know, except one, were there because of wealth |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. Same way he "accomplished" everything else - $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. Legacy |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
39. of course getting in is the hardest part |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
51. I agree about it not |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 04:10 PM Response to Reply #51 |
65. celebrity helps, sure |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. The weird part is Kerry's and Bush's grades are similar |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. Well with Kerry |
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deminks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
11. Legacy. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. Once you get in, it's not hard to pass |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 12:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Not really - Cheney flunked out of Yale twice |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Let me qualify my statement |
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rw3204 (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Unless I'm mistaken, |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. You're kidding! |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
47. Don't forget the two DWI's |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. same way he got into Harvard business school---Daddy. |
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Imagine My Surprise (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
15. He wasn't always this blatantly stupid, have you seen the video? |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. But he still got into Harvard Business School with a C average |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
40. More than likely lots of money |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. I believe he had a respectable SAT score |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. are you sure it's brain damage? |
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Imagine My Surprise (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:40 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. And we have Hill-Knowlton PR Agency to thank for that |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. Yes, I've seen the video. |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:50 PM Original message |
I found that quite interesting too |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 04:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
64. Bush can be very focused when he's doing something mean. |
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tenshi816 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 05:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
71. Ever since I first saw the video of that debate, |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. Hey, *I* went to Runofthemill U. It was plenty rigiriss. |
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madaboutharry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
18. I have known three people |
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NicRic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
19. Same way he became President.... |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. Belive it or not, the Bush who took office in 2000 was NOT the Bush... |
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Imagine My Surprise (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. Thank you for posting that! |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
41. Don't forget he also |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
44. This is what I thought too... |
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flordehinojos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
23. Poppy bought it for him. |
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(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
24. I wish one of his professors would spill the beans |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
43. That's already happened - one of his business school professors |
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(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. wow, just read it. |
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(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:33 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Bush the dunce - a professor speaks out |
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Imagine My Surprise (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 03:03 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Thank you so much! |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 03:16 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. All of the gutter tactics he's employed against |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. Formative years... |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 04:11 PM Response to Reply #50 |
66. Well... at least he made an impression. nt |
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Blue Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 04:32 PM Response to Reply #43 |
67. I heard that NPR Interview... |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
25. It's not necessarily what you know |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
28. Intriguingly, Yale toughened its admissions standards in '69 |
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Old Smokey (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
29. Anytime I hear the word Legacy |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
31. And remember, he was rejected at Univ. of Texas Law School |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:57 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. I didn't know that |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 03:32 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. It appears he was on the outs with Poppy |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
34. You mean you don't know??? |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
36. From what I've read |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Wouldn't it be funny if we found out Hillary or Clinton |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 03:41 PM Response to Reply #36 |
58. Chimp at Yale |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
38. I'd bet $ he bought all of his 'work', probably from a scholarship student |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
52. Legacy Admissions & Grade Inflation (eom) |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
56. It's called the "Gentleman's C", and legacies get special treatment |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
57. poppy |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
61. Delete please |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
62. I wonder how he event got a HS Diploma! |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 05:05 PM Response to Reply #62 |
69. Lots of material on Bush/Yale/Harvard... |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-10-05 12:08 AM Response to Reply #69 |
73. Undergrad from Yale and MBA from Harvard. They must be so proud. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
70. He got in with SAT score of only 1200 or 1205. As if *that* ever happens, |
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tenshi816 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-09-05 05:47 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. I'm not trying to make Junior look smart, |
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