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elleng

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29. 'When she arrives at Harvard, Malia will join a long list of presidential children
Sun May 1, 2016, 02:42 PM
May 2016

who have attended, including John Quincy Adams and his son, John Adams II; Abraham Lincoln’s son Robert; the sons of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt; Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of John F. Kennedy; and George W. Bush, who went to business school there.'

Good for her. Congrats! n/t TDale313 May 2016 #1
Sweet malaise May 2016 #2
Lovely to see the girls growing up like this. Hekate May 2016 #3
Congrats to Malia! And a gap year is a smart move. FailureToCommunicate May 2016 #4
That is great but... Helen Borg May 2016 #5
I'm certain she's qualified and didn't displace anyone more deserving. hunter May 2016 #14
She could have gone anywhere. I'm sure Harvard is extremely happy that she accepted their offer. Zen Democrat May 2016 #17
What exactly is your point? That she didn't deserve to get in? n/t eggplant May 2016 #21
the point is there was no way she would not get in Skittles May 2016 #34
But to suggest that she isn't qualified with no evidence to back it up is a nasty smear. eggplant May 2016 #38
they didn't suggest she's not qualified Skittles May 2016 #41
yea, they did. Right when they said "but". n/t eggplant May 2016 #45
ALRIGHTY THEN Skittles May 2016 #51
Now Skittles rock May 2016 #56
Chalk it up to abject envy on the part of some here. Sad they can't applaud accomplishment, eh? George II May 2016 #66
complete, total fucking bullshit Skittles May 2016 #82
What is your point here? La Lioness Priyanka May 2016 #25
No college is going to refuse the child a US president....that's reality davidn3600 May 2016 #71
What do you mean if she is qualified? La Lioness Priyanka May 2016 #72
"but" "if" -- implying that the main reason for acceptance is being the child of a president. betsuni May 2016 #73
Exactly. Her parents both got in without having La Lioness Priyanka May 2016 #78
ding ding ding we have a winner here thanks LLP NoMoreRepugs May 2016 #101
You just pretty much said it... davidn3600 May 2016 #75
her parents got in those schools and they did not have rich and famous parents JI7 May 2016 #76
I never said her parents weren't qualified davidn3600 May 2016 #77
Not surprised at your post. Kingofalldems May 2016 #103
Wow LannyDeVaney May 2016 #35
I took a safeinOhio May 2016 #6
... SoapBox May 2016 #9
Mine was 2naSalit May 2016 #11
Good luck, Miss Obama Jack Rabbit May 2016 #7
Congrats to Malia, wish her the best . . FairWinds May 2016 #8
Let's face it. To some people, if all the Obamas could walk on water, they would say it's shraby May 2016 #10
And to be true, to some people passiveporcupine May 2016 #28
This isn't the place for such a rant, you should post it in your own OP. Thanks. George II May 2016 #13
You are not the DU police. cui bono May 2016 #39
Alert stalking? George II May 2016 #40
Post removed Post removed May 2016 #69
Believe it or not, this was alerted on. malokvale77 May 2016 #48
Results of really dumb alert... malokvale77 May 2016 #53
Please quit with the bullying Duckhunter935 May 2016 #55
Bullying? Me? Perhaps you guys should stop denigrating the accomplishments of... George II May 2016 #61
Who is denigrating her accomplishments? Duckhunter935 May 2016 #64
umadbro? stonecutter357 May 2016 #93
No, why do you ask? Duckhunter935 May 2016 #94
You should be much more upset at the obstructionist Republicans who have blocked every underahedgerow May 2016 #26
There are many people more passionate roody May 2016 #47
Ok, go ahead, be angry. He's not going to be running for re-election anyway. underahedgerow May 2016 #79
Not angry here. That's just the way it is. roody May 2016 #107
You are quite correct that the Republicans are beyond despicable . . FairWinds May 2016 #98
That's great. Another lawyer/potential politician in the family? George II May 2016 #12
Congratulations to Malia and her parents. Jitter65 May 2016 #15
Such a reflection of middle America .. you know, two parents, highly educated, we all go to Harvard YOHABLO May 2016 #31
I'm not sure how you can make the leap from waddirum May 2016 #59
My ignore list just grew by one. George II May 2016 #62
Must be getting huge Duckhunter935 May 2016 #65
Wish her well. This, however, is an LibDemAlways May 2016 #16
Lynda Bird Johnson and Jenna Bush went to the University of Texas. Zen Democrat May 2016 #20
I assume the Bush and Johnson families paid LibDemAlways May 2016 #24
UT Austin is the Haaavaaad of Texas Califonz May 2016 #86
So true! silverweb May 2016 #23
When did Clinton "argue against tuition free public education"? George II May 2016 #42
Pie in the sky Duckhunter935 May 2016 #57
Do you ever read the articles that are posted here? NJCher May 2016 #58
Do you ever celebrate accomplishment and achievement? You're "not saying".....but you are. George II May 2016 #63
A lot more than you do, I'm sure NJCher May 2016 #68
Her plan would help lower and middle income go to schools like this more than Bernie's would. pnwmom May 2016 #74
Congratulations to the Obama's and especially Malia! mountain grammy May 2016 #18
Congratulations Malia! SunSeeker May 2016 #19
Best wishes to her. May her education be awesome. aikoaiko May 2016 #22
Congratualations to her Duckhunter935 May 2016 #27
"Too bad all with the same scores as her will not get in" George II May 2016 #44
I am quite sure Duckhunter935 May 2016 #49
So you're essentially saying you don't know for sure how she matched up against other applicants. George II May 2016 #50
And either do you Duckhunter935 May 2016 #54
Are you really that naive to not know that nepotism goes a long way to getting into private cui bono May 2016 #70
It is not all about test scores or GPA to get into a school like this. AgadorSparticus May 2016 #80
'When she arrives at Harvard, Malia will join a long list of presidential children elleng May 2016 #29
Congratulations to Malia, although I wish she could join my son at Cornell next year instead!! FourScore May 2016 #30
Good idea for several reasons: elleng May 2016 #32
lol Skittles May 2016 #33
No word about what she plans to do in her gap year. mnhtnbb May 2016 #36
Why do they announce this at all? cui bono May 2016 #37
It should have been part of the Friday news dump. KamaAina May 2016 #43
I was hoping that she would go to my alma mater, Yale. SaschaHM May 2016 #46
Oh, were you. Transparent much? JudyM May 2016 #97
Jury voted 1-6 to LEAVE IT. fleur-de-lisa May 2016 #100
Congratulations Malia, I am happy for her, she hasworked hard and kept her nose clean. Thinkingabout May 2016 #52
Malia is going to Harvard while the Bush twins went to bars for underage drinking. keithbvadu2 May 2016 #60
You know, that's grossly unfair to the Bush twins. Every person is different. AgadorSparticus May 2016 #81
Jenna went to UT , Barbara went to Yale JI7 May 2016 #84
stop it Skittles May 2016 #83
The Bush girls were pretty well behaved gwheezie May 2016 #87
I'm not sure why so many are saying "congratulations". Nye Bevan May 2016 #67
I agree. But lots of people disagree. Helen Borg May 2016 #90
Civility and good manners, I would guess LanternWaste May 2016 #99
In case she reads DU? (nt) Nye Bevan May 2016 #105
Look at how many dumbasses the rich have produced gwheezie May 2016 #108
She grew up before our eyes. gwheezie May 2016 #85
i was thinking security could be part of it also. but also good to spend the rest of the days in the JI7 May 2016 #89
Congratulations Malia. Tarheel_Dem May 2016 #88
Nice. mmonk May 2016 #91
K&R but BumRushDaShow May 2016 #92
that student loan debt will be devastating, oh wait. nt Javaman May 2016 #95
She's going to work at The Gap for a year before starting college? Hissyspit May 2016 #96
Good for her Renew Deal May 2016 #102
thanks kpete saidsimplesimon May 2016 #104
What, already? Donald Ian Rankin May 2016 #106
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