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Bush did better than Kerry at Yale

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Bush did better than Kerry at Yale

Kerry not so bright after all

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/06/07/yale_grades_portray_kerry_as_a_lackluster_student/?page=full
from JoeUser Forums

Kerry has finally started releasing some of his files that he had promised to during the campaign.  For all the left-wing attacks on Bush's intelligence it seems rather ironic that Bush did better at Yale than Kerry did (even if barely).  The good news is that Kerry did do well in one subject - French.

This isn't to say Kerry is dumb. But for some bizarre reason, left-wingers tend to believe that they are intellectually superior to conservatives and paint Bush out to be a "moron" despite no evidence to substantiate that.

 

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Reply #26 from JoeUser Forums Top

What about Nader, anyone know what his educational background consists of? What if he's the smartest of the three should he have been elected?

Nah!  He was too old.

Reply #27 from JoeUser Forums Top


#24 by COL Gene
Thursday, June 09, 2005





The AP reported that the Army was 27% short in Feb; 31% short in March; 42 % short in April and the Army lowered their targets. After the May numbers and considering the fact the Army lowered their tragets, the real shortfall, from theit origional targets, is about 40% below the needs. If that trend is not reversed, a draft will be needed and it will be because or GWB





So who are you supposed to believe? The AP or DOD which is where "my" info came from? Given my druthers it would be DOD BEFORE the AP every time!
Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #28 from JoeUser Forums Top
Bushe is an old man and should move over for a young sexy liberal like the beautiful JFK who was a complete saint!!!
Reply #29 from JoeUser Forums Top
Yes, by all means, dig JFK up and clone him. I'd laugh my ass off when he lowered taxes, opposed abortion, and fought gay marriage. God only knows the thrashing he'd give Ted...
Reply #30 from JoeUser Forums Top
HE WAS A LIBERAL SAINT AND HAD HE LIVED RACISM WOULD HAVE BEEN ENDED IN AMERICA FOR EVERS!!!!!!
Reply #31 from JoeUser Forums Top
All I am saying is that IF the shortfall in recruiting is not reversed a drift will need to be considered. The Marine Corps has also had problems, with both recruiting and retention, to believe there is not a problem is unrealistic.
Reply #32 from JoeUser Forums Top
you can argue whether it's 25, 35 or 40% short, the fact remains the army for the fourth month in a row has been unable to recruit enough members to meet its needs. The Army Reserve and National Guard has problems with both recruiting and retention and currently make up over 40% of the manpower in Iraq. The Marine Corps has also missed its targets for the first tome in a decade. To argue that is not a problem is unrealistic and if this trend is not reversed, a Draft will be needed.
Reply #33 from JoeUser Forums Top
you can argue whether it's 25, 35 or 40% short, the fact remains the army for the fourth month in a row has been unable to recruit enough members to meet its needs. The Army Reserve and National Guard has problems with both recruiting and retention and currently make up over 40% of the manpower in Iraq. The Marine Corps has also missed its targets for the first tome in a decade. To argue that is not a problem is unrealistic and if this trend is not reversed, a Draft will be needed.


Hahahhaa...what does this have to do with Yale grades?
Reply #34 from JoeUser Forums Top
You Yale Grad created this problem!
Reply #35 from JoeUser Forums Top
You Yale Grad created this problem!


You mean "our" Yale Grad?
Reply #36 from JoeUser Forums Top

Reply By: COL GenePosted: Thursday, June 09, 2005
All I am saying is that IF the shortfall in recruiting is not reversed a drift will need to be considered. The Marine Corps has also had problems, with both recruiting and retention, to believe there is not a problem is unrealistic.

All I am saying is that IF the world stops spinning, the earth is doomed.

Reply #37 from JoeUser Forums Top

Reply By: Texas WahinePosted: Thursday, June 09, 2005
You Yale Grad created this problem!


You mean "our" Yale Grad?

Tex, back away slowly.  The white coats are coming.  He will be well taken care of!

Reply #38 from PolMach Forums Top
I thin kif you read his statements in the Laura Bush thread, you will see he has completely lost it. The truth laid bare.

Half the posts on that damn thread have gone a bit off.
Reply #39 from JoeUser Forums Top
There is a humorous irony in having this article featured alongside an article that attacks the Left for continuing to try to discredit Bush, even though he'll never run for Presidency again. So you think that attacking Kerry will get you somewhere, but attacking Bush is living in the past. Hmmmm...
Reply #40 from JoeUser Forums Top
Laura Bush seems like a nice person. She is not qualified to be President from what I have read of her background.
Reply #41 from JoeUser Forums Top

So you think that attacking Kerry will get you somewhere, but attacking Bush is living in the past. Hmmmm...

Get us somewhere?  Nah.  But it is fun to make fun of the people who think they are snotty elites.

Reply #42 from JoeUser Forums Top
you can argue whether it's 25, 35 or 40% short, the fact remains the army for the fourth month in a row has been unable to recruit enough members to meet its needs. The Army Reserve and National Guard has problems with both recruiting and retention and currently make up over 40% of the manpower in Iraq. The Marine Corps has also missed its targets for the first tome in a decade. To argue that is not a problem is unrealistic and if this trend is not reversed, a Draft will be needed


There is not going to be a draft. Enough already with that bs. The only people who tried to start a draft are democrats.
Reply #43 from JoeUser Forums Top
If the Army can not obtain the manpower required, there will be a DRAFT and it will be the Bush polices that caused it!
Reply #44 from JoeUser Forums Top
I wouldn't bank on Kerry not running again. It is unlikely, but given the percentage of the vote he got in 2004, and the possibilities for Republican candidates, I bet he wished he had waited until 2008. It's always possible we'll have a Nixon-style second attempt.
Reply #45 from JoeUser Forums Top

It's always possible we'll have a Nixon-style second attempt.

And with his arrogance, a Nixon style Scandal too!

Reply #46 from JoeUser Forums Top



Amazing.

This just goes to show that the Democrats seem to have lost any soul to their party. I am a registrared Democrat and find myself totally disillusioned by the no-needed attacks and grandstanding just to grandstand. We need a leader than, for that matter, followers who have real ideas and IF THE HAPPEN to be the same as the Republicans.... SO WHAT!!!

Democrats these days are more worried about being different from Republicans it is a shame. What about the actual issues at hand?



Not to harp on the 'work hard and your make it' ethic, but Bush AND Kerry are perfect examples of people who did not have to work that hard and yet they made it. WHY???? Because of connections, wealth, support from family members and so on. If I helped to close 2 companies because of my leadership, I would have been homeless, but not Bush. This is what I mean by the difference between working hard and opportunity. There is an area that they cross, but it is opportunity that allows you to become president of the USA. No one has yet explained to me how if there is only so much room for someone to get this job paying 30,000, what happens to the rest who don't get it; chalk it up to not working hard enough?


As far as what a Harvard grade means and a NYU grade means it is a misnomer to think that a Harvard ‘C’ grade is a ‘A’ grade in NYU. You will be surprised (yes there is research on this) on how student in Harvard, Yale and other Ivy League school complain when they get low grade. The premise? If the student got into Harvard, then how can they get low grades? They are not dummies.

Speaking of opportunities... What some of you guys are saying is that a Harvard degree is better than a NYU degree. Now tell me, how many students can Harvard have? How about Yale? Princeton? Well, if I work hard enough (key word now is enough) I'll get in. The reality is that someone CAN NOT get in and in fact there has to be people who DO NOT MAKE IT in order to say that the one that do are somehow different.


I just find all of this bemusing. Bush is obviously an intelligent man, but maybe not as bright as you would think he should be considering he is now president of the USA. Most people think its all about good grades, being able to memorize stuff and spit it out, and having high IQ scores MEANS you will be successful. Strangely enough now both Kerry and Bush turns out to have relied very heavily on their support coming from their established families to get the leg up in where they wanted to go. In fact both made major errors in thought and action, yet they still are at the top.


ANYWAY:
Is it me, or do you think that we should be more focused on what they should be doing while in office than who is smarter than who? I sure wish the Demarcates would stop taking focus on how unfair it is to be under the Republican thumb and actually focus on working for whom they represent.
Reply #47 from JoeUser Forums Top
If the Army can not obtain the manpower required, there will be a DRAFT and it will be the Bush polices that caused it!


Stop stating your opinions as facts. There is absolutely no evidence of a draft. Just because quotas are not met, doesn't not mean anything. Stop being so dramatic.
Reply #48 from JoeUser Forums Top
Laura Bush seems like a nice person. She is not qualified to be President from what I have read of her background.


I heard she's a chain smoker. I find that offensive. She needs to be dethroned as first lady.
Reply #49 from JoeUser Forums Top

As far as what a Harvard grade means and a NYU grade means it is a misnomer to think that a Harvard ‘C’ grade is a ‘A’ grade in NYU.

I think it is Yale grades.  But close enough I guess.

Reply #50 from JoeUser Forums Top
Stop stating your opinions as facts. There is absolutely no evidence of a draft. Just because quotas are not met, doesn't not mean anything. Stop being so dramatic.



Yeah there won't be a draft. Unless we have to go to war with Iran or North Korea etc.. and that's not going to happen now.