Presidential grades?

[Stephen]

Can you believe it? This guy went to Yale and averaged only a 76 over his 4 years. He had 4 D's in his freshman year alone. And this lazy guy should be president?

Of course I'm talking about John Kerry, who averaged 76 compared to Bush's 77 (ok, so they were both lazy, but Kerry is in a serious glass house when it comes to critisizing past school history.)

-Stephen

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/w...portray_kerry_as_a_lackluster_student?mode=PF

 

[TenPeaks]

No wonder why he didn't want to release his grades until 7 months after the election.

 

[dmc]

Can you believe it? This guy went to Yale and averaged only a 76 over his 4 years. He had 4 D's in his freshman year alone. And this lazy guy should be president?

Of course I'm talking about John Kerry, who averaged 76 compared to Bush's 77 (ok, so they were both lazy, but Kerry is in a serious glass house when it comes to critisizing past school history.)

-Stephen

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/w...portray_kerry_as_a_lackluster_student?mode=PF

At least he's not a total dumbass...

But apparently Americans feel comfortable with people that can't speak these days...

 

[thetrailboss]

:roll:

Begs the question...what are the folks who earned A's doing? Most of them are in business...what does this say about civil service?

 

[dmc]

:roll:

Begs the question...what are the folks who earned A's doing? Most of them are in business...what does this say about civil service?

Bill Clinton was a Rhodes Scholar...

 

[thetrailboss]

:roll:

Begs the question...what are the folks who earned A's doing? Most of them are in business...what does this say about civil service?

Bill Clinton was a Rhodes Scholar...

Yes he was. :wink:

 

[dmc]

http://slate.msn.com/id/1003943/

Do Dim Bulbs Make Better Presidents?
Jacob Weisberg
Posted Wednesday, Nov. 3, 1999, at 9:50 AM PT


This week's New Yorker reproduces a document that George W. Bush wasn't eager to have published: his Yale transcript, which includes his SAT scores (566 verbal, 640 math) and college grades (C average). One doesn't want to read too much into someone's 35-year-old academic records, which in this case are mainly interesting as a reminder of how powerful the Ivy League's affirmative-action program for alumni brats used to be. But the data do tend to substantiate what many have gleaned from listening to the Republican front-runner abuse the English language: The sharpest tool in the shed he ain't.

Continued at link...

 

[blacknblue]

Here are my grades:

Madison: A-
Adams: A+
Jefferson: A-
Washington: C- (due to the civilization)
Monroe: C+
Eisenhower: B
Jackson: B-

Oh wait... you were talking about the mountains, right?

 

[cbcbd]

Here are my grades:

Madison: A-
Adams: A+
Jefferson: A-
Washington: C- (due to the civilization)
Monroe: C+
Eisenhower: B
Jackson: B-

Oh wait... you were talking about the mountains, right?

Lol, reading the title I read "Presidential Grades" as "Steepness of the Whites"... I guess I thought this was a hiking forum or something

 

[riverc0il]

most people think neither were fit to be president. the college grades have confirmed it! let's base our next president on ivy league GPA! :lol:

 

[thetrailboss]

Here are my grades:

Madison: A-
Adams: A+
Jefferson: A-
Washington: C- (due to the civilization)
Monroe: C+
Eisenhower: B
Jackson: B-

Oh wait... you were talking about the mountains, right?

What a GREAT post!

 

[SkiDog]

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/w...portray_kerry_as_a_lackluster_student?mode=PF

At least he's not a total dumbass...

[/quote]

Says who?

M

 

[dmc]

At least he's not a total dumbass...

Says who?

M

Ummm.... That would be me... I guess the givaway would be the DMC on the post... But I'm no genius...

 

[hammer]

At least he's not a total dumbass...

Where is this quote from:

"Double dumbass on you!!!"

oops...wrong topic...

 

[dmc]

At least he's not a total dumbass...

Where is this quote from:

"Double dumbass on you!!!"

oops...wrong topic...

Not sure about that one..

 

[ctenidae]

It scares me that people want a president who's like them. I, for one, want my President to be smarter than me, better educated than me, and better looking than me (that last one's not going to happen). I don't want someone who's plain-spoken. I don't want someone who's "salt of the earth". I certainly don't want someone who can't (or won't) pronounce "nuclear" correctly.

 

[dmc]

It scare sme that people want a president who's like them. I, for one, want my President to be smarter than me, better educated than me, and better looking than me (that last one's not going to happen). I don't want someone who's plain-spoken. I don't want someone who's "salt of the earth". I certainly don't want someone who can't (or won't) pronounce "nuclear" correctly.

I'd be happy with a president who doesnt lie to take us to war...

 

[ctenidae]

You're asking for a lot, there, dmc.

 

[Stephen]

I'd be happy with a president who doesnt lie to take us to war...

Haven't had one of those since Reagan. :wink:

-Stephen

 

[dmc]

I'd be happy with a president who doesnt lie to take us to war...

Haven't had one of those since Reagan. :wink:

-Stephen

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigth....

I can't even begin to address this response.. I gotta go for a walk and calm down...