John Kerry Just As Dumb As Bush..... Maybe Dumber...

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June 7) - Sen. John F. Kerry's grade average at Yale University was virtually identical to President Bush's record there, despite repeated portrayals of Kerry as the more intellectual candidate during the 2004 presidential campaign.

Kerry had a cumulative average of 76 and got four Ds his freshman year - in geology, two history courses and political science, The Boston Globe reported Tuesday.

His grades improved with time, and he averaged an 81 his senior year and earned an 89 - his highest grade - in political science as a senior.

''I always told my dad that D stood for distinction,'' Kerry said in a written response to reporters' questions. He said he has previously acknowledged focusing more on learning to fly than studying.

Under Yale's grading system in effect at the time, grades between 90 and 100 equaled an A, 80-89 a B, 70-79 a C, 60 to 69 a D, and anything below that was a failing grade.

In 1999, The New Yorker magazine published a transcript showing Bush had a cumulative grade average of 77 his first three years at Yale, and a similar average under a non-numerical rating system his senior year.

Bush's highest grade at Yale was an 88 in anthropology, history and philosophy. He received one D in his four years, a 69 in astronomy, and improved his grades after his freshman year, the transcript showed.

Kerry, a Democrat, previously declined to release the transcript, which was included in his Navy records. He gave the Navy permission to release the documents last month, the Globe reported.

Kerry graduated from Yale in 1966, Bush in 1968.
 
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This illustrates what we already knew - last year's election was a contest between two dunces.
 

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Was Kerry's dad an alumn or Washington insider/CIA man when he was at Yale?


Haven't we learned anything from the Guard stint about record keeping for the boy?

Bush may have received extra credit for cheerleading as well:icon_conf
 
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Yeah we learned alot but guess you missed that one.....Dan Rather is unemployed, and Newsweek retracts stories that are made up!
 
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Aquatic said:
Was Kerry's dad an alumn or Washington insider/CIA man when he was at Yale?


Haven't we learned anything from the Guard stint about record keeping for the boy?

Bush may have received extra credit for cheerleading as well:icon_conf
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Is it just me or does anyone get scared looking at him?

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the point is someone posts facts about Kerry's grades being worse than Bush, who everyone likes to call dumb...

you respond with "oh, yeah, well his dad hooked him up with those grades, and oh yeah he was a cheerleader.." lmao....you sound like a whiney little schoolgirl
 
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I was shocked to hear Kerry only had 5 D's while he attended.....
 

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RESUME - GEORGE W. BUSH

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE


LAW ENFORCEMENT:

I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under  the influence of alcohol. I pled guilty, paid a fine, and had my driver's license suspended for 30 days. My Texas driving record has  been
"lost" and is not available.

MILITARY:

I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL. I refused to  take a drug test or answer any questions about my drug use. By joining the Texas Air National Guard, I was able to avoid combat duty in Vietnam.

COLLEGE:

I graduated from Yale University with a low C average. I was a cheerleader.

PAST WORK EXPERIENCE:



I ran for U.S. Congress and lost. I began my career in the oil business in Midland, Texas, in 1975. I bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas. The company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock. I bought  the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land using taxpayer money. With the help of my father and our right-wing friends in the oil industry (including Enron CEO Ken Lay), I was elected governor of Texas.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS:

I changed Texas pollution laws to favor power and oil companies, making Texas the most polluted state in the Union.

During my tenure, Houston replaced Los Angeles as the most smog-ridden city in America. I cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas treasury to the tune of billions in borrowed money.

I set the record for the most executions by any governor in American history.

With the help of my brother, the governor of Florida, and my father's appointments to the Supreme Court, I became president after losing by over 500,000 votes.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT:

I am the first President in U.S. history to enter office with a criminal record.

I invaded and occupied two countries at a continuing cost of over  one billion dollars per week.

I spent the U.S. surplus and effectively bankrupted the U.S. Treasury.

I shattered the record for the largest annual deficit in U.S. history.

I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period.

I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period.

I set the all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the U.S. stock market.

In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their jobs and that trend continues every month.

I'm proud that the members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in U.S. history. My "poorest millionaire," Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her.

I set the record for most campaign fundraising trips by a U.S. President.

I am the all-time U.S. and world record-holder for receiving the most corporate campaign donations.

My largest lifetime campaign contributor, and one of my best friends, Kenneth Lay, presided over the largest corporate bankruptcy fraud in U.S. History, Enron.  My political party used Enron private jets and corporate attorneys to assure my success with the U.S. Supreme Court during my election decision.

I have protected my friends at Enron and Halliburton against investigation or prosecution. More time and money was spent investigating the Monica Lewinsky affair than has been spent investigating one of the biggest corporate rip-offs in history.

I presided over the biggest energy crisis in U.S. history and refused to intervene when corruption involving the oil industry was revealed.

I presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history.

I changed the U.S. policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.

I appointed more convicted criminals to administration than any President in U.S. history.

I created the Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy in the history of the United States government.

I've broken more international treaties than any President in U.S. history.

I am the first President in U.S. history to have the United Nations remove the U.S. from the Human Rights Commission.--this is true.

I withdrew the U.S. from the World Court of Law.--actually what happened is the World Court is changing into the International Criminal Court--because the US wants to be a part of the court, but not
be open to having the US have charges brought up against them, they have temporarily ceased negotiating with the countries involved in and taking part in the establishment of the ICC. So, in other words, the US wants to be able to establish the laws within the ICC, practice those laws within the ICC, but not have those laws applied to our country.

I refused to allow inspectors access to U.S. "prisoners of war" detainees and thereby have refused to abide by the Geneva Convention.--Guantanomo Bay.

I am the first President in history to refuse United Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 U.S. election).

I set the record for fewest number of press conferences of any President since the advent of television.

I set the all-time record for most days on vacation in any one-year period.

After taking off the entire month of August, I presided over the worst security failure in U.S. history.

I garnered the most sympathy for the U.S. after the World Trade Center attacks and less than a year later made the U.S. the most disliked country in the world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world
history.

I have set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously protest me in public venues (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind.

I am the first President in U.S. history to order an unprovoked, preemptive attack and the military occupation of a sovereign nation. I did so against the will of the United Nations, the majority of U.S. citizens, and the world community.

I have cut health care benefits for war veterans and support a cut in duty benefits for active duty troops and their families - in wartime.

In my State of the Union Address, I lied about our reasons for attacking Iraq, then blamed the lies on our British friends.

I am the first President in history to have a majority of Europeans  (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and  security.

I am supporting development of a nuclear "Tactical Bunker Buster,"  WMD.

I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein to justice.

RECORDS AND REFERENCES:


All records of my tenure as governor of Texas are now in my father's library, sealed and unavailable for public view.

All records of SEC investigations into my insider trading and my bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.

All records or minutes from meetings that I, or my Vice-President, attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.







Some information about GWBs entry into Yale:

An SAT of 1330 is not, in fact, a brilliant SAT score.  It's above average, but not by a huge margin (the average in 2003 was 1026.  I can't find any data for the average back in 1963/4).  Remember, though,
that the fact he took the SAT at all places him in a relatively select group.

Not that Bush got 1330.  His Verbal SAT score was 566, and his Maths SAT score was 640 - a total of only 1206.





The second of those two references also points out that Bush's SAT score was by no means sufficient to get him into Yale, especially given his previous high school record.  The inference presented (with some support) is that his family connections got him there.  His academic record while at Yale suggests a similar conclusion.

GWB is likely intelligent - at least more-so than an "average" person with an IQ of 100.  He is, however, no genius, and the rest of his resume pretty much speaks for itself - what he has, he seems to have wasted.
 
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was this resume faxed from Newsweek or CBS News?
 

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It's from Fox News:hump:
 
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Aquatic said:
It's from Fox News:hump:


ahhhh so it was smirkingchimp.com as I thought....
 
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ahhhh so it was smirkingchimp.com as I thought....
Nice of you to give The Smirking Chimp props every time you're stumped (most of the time) I'm sure they appreciate it. Chump.
 

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Thanks for that link Right Wing. Some more good reading this afternoon.:103631605
 
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didn't know I was stumped? No source shown so guess it has to be the chimptraitor.com
 
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Was John Kerry a vietnam vet?
 
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Jointpleasure said:
Was John Kerry a vietnam vet?
he was...he committed atrocities, then came home and snitched on his comrades...
 
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what an American!!!! (Jinn's idol)
 

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