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MADem

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3. I said earlier that I couldn't understand how/why she got so much advantage.
Thu Nov 15, 2012, 01:37 PM
Nov 2012

And I was also shocked that a person with that much advanced education needed a ghostwriter/co-writer instead of an editor.

This answers questions that her resume avoided.

Narcissistic personality disorder. The w administration grew them as a cash crop. yardwork Nov 2012 #1
Your closing remark is spot on! n/t arthritisR_US Nov 2012 #2
I said earlier that I couldn't understand how/why she got so much advantage. MADem Nov 2012 #3
K & R Scurrilous Nov 2012 #4
I have seen a lot of smear regarding this woman ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #5
Yep. This article uses unnamed sources on page one, & on page two, the person speaking on the record Lucinda Nov 2012 #15
She's not even ABD BainsBane Nov 2012 #6
I'm not sure that's really true. When I earned my PhD HereSince1628 Nov 2012 #30
One of my cohorts finished coursework and defended her dissertation within months Hekate Nov 2012 #36
I learned as a young ass-prof that no PhD really understands research beyond their own HereSince1628 Nov 2012 #37
I can't fault not completing a doctorate. Running afoul of ethics boards, now... Posteritatis Nov 2012 #7
why start interviewing Petraeus for her diss. BainsBane Nov 2012 #8
+1000. How could she have gotten a thesis committee together and a topic approved before gkhouston Nov 2012 #12
Some prelim exams can happen just a year before defending a PhD mrs_p Nov 2012 #13
Not in history BainsBane Nov 2012 #14
There isn't one single standardized doctoral program across all schools. (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2012 #18
At some point you ask why Johonny Nov 2012 #9
PhD burnout? She couldn't even make to PhD candidacy. nichomachus Nov 2012 #25
The overall dropout rate is around 50% either way, so.. (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2012 #27
I was waiting for this, she's no academic, she's a schemer. Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #10
"I don’t remember anything about her as a student. I remember her as a personality.” progressoid Nov 2012 #11
It's kind of amazing how much one of them can completely upend a class, too... Posteritatis Nov 2012 #29
Oopsie. Arugula Latte Nov 2012 #16
So Broadwell and Petraeus were made for each other it would seem snooper2 Nov 2012 #17
Two shameless self-promoters with a talent for manipulating public opinion. Surya Gayatri Nov 2012 #21
That doesn't speak well for Petraeus aint_no_life_nowhere Nov 2012 #19
Ultimately, for such a shameless self-promoter, a Ph.D is an expendable requirement Surya Gayatri Nov 2012 #20
I Thought Only Saddam Hussein Faked Credentials Shuhered Nov 2012 #22
Her book has a ghostwriter blogslut Nov 2012 #23
Yes TuxedoKat Nov 2012 #32
she's the perfect Republicon. nt valerief Nov 2012 #24
she'll end up as a highly rated fox news anchor. samsingh Nov 2012 #26
It doesn't really matter -- she is who she is and she's not the one who made this whole thing public gateley Nov 2012 #28
If they can't work to make it, they become grifters. Initech Nov 2012 #31
Post removed Post removed Nov 2012 #33
No surprised from my quarter - I've seen that type of people before, and dealt with them before. JackN415 Nov 2012 #34
After reading the article, I find the headline here misleading. Prometheus Bound Nov 2012 #35
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