Yale grades between Bush and Kerry similar

[illbill]

http://www.realopinion.com/realboards/showthread.php?p=3844

<snip>Kerry's 4-year average on par with Bush's.<snip>

[MichiDem]

1. At this point...

...who cares?

[getmeouttahere]

2. But Kerry wasn't the one....

with a wire down his back under his jacket at the debates...did Kerry look lackluster then?

[Mass]

3. Do we really care?

Why judge somebody in his 60s by his grades when he was 20?

Why judge anybody by his grades anyway, but that is another question.

[LittleClarkie]

7. Otherwise we'd consider Einstein a dumbass

I'm just sayin'

Didn't he flunk math or something?

Kerry's has said that his extracurricular stuff was infinitely more interesting to him than the schoolwork.

[Mich Otter]

26. Let's see...

we aren't suppose to judge someone who was a drunk, a coke-head, refused to go to Viet Nam, skipped out on his military service, and lies as naturally as fish swim, yet we are suppose to think less of Kerry because he got poor grades in college?
Ain't the world a perfect place when the vast-right-wing-conspiracy sets the agenda?

[CatWoman]

4. and this thread makes you a lackluster poster

[rzemanfl]

8. That was catty. n/t

[CatWoman]

23. meow

[illbill]

10. Hey man, in law school Kerry blew Bush away

It was just suprising to note.

[rzemanfl]

5. Reality portrays Bush as an ignorant asshole. Go figure. n/t

[illbill]

11. Agreed.

:)

[AX10]

6. Sean "Hitler" Hannity was crowing about how Kerry's average...

was "only 4 points higher than Bush's". Now had Bush for some absurd idiodic reason had an average that was "4 points higher than Kerry", Skkkum Hannity would be screaming about how much "smarter" Bush was.

:eyes:

Just remember that!

Also, Kerry has a well acomplished life, but Bush was a drunk till he was forty then his daddy bought him his future.

[illbill]

14. Totally agree

Bush is retard #1.

[LittleClarkie]

16. Yes, let's see: accomplished prosecutor

vs.

puked in his shoes



accomplished investigator

vs.

got a DWI




Yep, they're about even.

[Tess49]

9. But Kerry can put three words together without making

a grammatical error.

[MichiganVote]

12. I don't give a shit what they did in college. I care about

what the goddamn politicians ARE or ARE NOT doing today. I did't ask my plumber what his elementary school grades were before he fixed my sink and I don't need to know what the fuck Bush, Kerry or King Kong did in college. These assholes are supposed to work for this country -not against it.

[LoZoccolo]

13. Be sure and find someone else to post it again tommorow.

So we can see it for like six days in a row. Pass it on.

[illbill]

15. Dupe?

?

[LoZoccolo]

17. This article is the Dupe of Earl. n/t

[rzemanfl]

25. At least when I posted it a few days ago I couched it in terms of

grade inflation during the Vietnam War. Interesting discussion ensued.

[murray hill farm]

18. just one tiny question?

Could that article be more biased toward bush? i doubt it! even the pictures...do we need to review such trash here? oops..more than one tiny question.

[illbill]

21. Blame Boston Globe

:)

[MH1]

31. You posted it, dude.

Don't go pointing your finger at the BG.

Did you post the other BG piece (that they buried) about the important stuff, that the records prove the Smear-Boat Liars were, well, Liars?

Or any of the other articles that talked about his actual military record?

Here or at your "Real Opinion" place?

I'm guessing no.

:banghead:

[ginnyinWI]

19. in order for it to mean anything,

You would have to be sure that each one was trying equally hard to get good grades. Kerry admits that he wasn't, that he was busy learning to fly a plane, and going to a lot of extra-curricular meetings, and playing on sports teams, etc.

I'd really like to know how each did in post-grad studies; I think that would be a lot more informative.

Kerry spent his 30s and 40s as either a lawyer, a Lt. Gov, or a Senator. Chimp spent his either drunk or high, by all accounts.

And yeah, we know who got his clock cleaned for him during all three debates. :+

[Generator]

20. You need to stay up on your DU du jour

This is SO two days ago.

What about Howard Dean? C'mon........

[babylonsister]

22. Can you edit that title? I could care less

about grades; Kerry vs. the blivet in a debate, result= no contest. The man is smart and principled. Good enough for me as there's none of that going on with you know who.

[noahmijo]

24. Did Kerry's daddy get him into Yale?

Nope. Did Kerry'd daddy hire him a private tutor? Nope


Did Bush only get into Yale cause of his daddy? Yup. Even showed up to the interview drunk.

Now getting "average" grades at Yale is impressive to a person like me who graduated with a business degree with emphasis in info technology with a gpa of 3.8

I didn't go to a place like Yale I didn't have daddy pulling strings for me to get into college.

Hell I even had to pay for it on my own.

That's far more than I can say for President Fuckstick

[1democracy]

27. One explanation...

They begin with equivalent intelligence, then different choices.. years of alcohol (?) "This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs." Simple explanation. Progressive problem-- I think he's getting worse.

[LuPeRcALiO]

28. they were both distracted by extracurricular activities

but Kerry was debating and Bush was, er, screwing off

[Old and In the Way]

29. BFD

Only a moron would think this is in anyway a relevant yardstick in comparing the intelligence of these 2 people. Oh shit, that'd certainly include 55MM or so Americans who voted for Dimson...

[DisassemblingHisLies]

30. Don't understand why you posted that

considering it's been posted several times before earlier in the week. And why are Kerry's college grades news?

I'd be more concerned about the fact that the one running the country had grades that were "lackluster", plus the fact that he has additional handicaps that happen to be Kerry's strengths: the WH nitwit can't articulate, he's ethically & morally challenged, & he has no common sense.

[shifting_sands]

32. It's a big world after school

I don't think the point of anyone's grades in high school or collage is altogether relevant to one's life work. It's tragic when someone stops learning after graduation, because life will teach you more than you ever learned in school, if one is open to life's lessons. It seems to me that John Kerry continued learning long after collage. His resume as a prosecutor, his work in the Senate, the connections he kept around the world, and the way he has conducted himself following his campaign, all point to a person who not only continues learning but seeks knowledge and education out.

If he is being compared to GWB, it seems to be no contest. Bush's entire career is based on his father's friends, he has shown absolutely no sign of continuing to seek knowledge or information and doesn't seem to be capable of connecting dots in a cognitive manner.

Whether one liked or didn't like John Kerry, from an objective view there isn't anyway someone could come away from watching those debates without a clear understanding of who was the more intelligent of the two.

[wolfgirl]

33. Not quite right I don't think...

Aren't they comparing 4 yrs of Kerry vs. 3 of Bush ('cause Bush dropped out and finished later)? At least, that is kinda what I heard...