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So much for Kerry being the "smart" candidate...

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by 111chase111, Jun 7, 2005.

  1. 111chase111

    111chase111 Member

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    This is an interesting article. It shows that Kerry's grades at Yale were worse than Bush's. According to the Boston Globe Bush got one D while at Yale while Kerry got 5 D's.

    Yale Grades Portray Kerry as Lackluster Student

    Actually the reason I bring this up is not so much to "bash" Kerry but to poke fun at all the Kerry supporters who just assumed Kerry was a good student and were trying to use Bush's grades at Yale as "proof" that Bush was less competent.

    Clearly, if you are going to use grades as your standard both men are equal intellectual giants. :p
     
  2. pirc1

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    No wonder he lost to Bush, he is an idiot too.:D
     
  3. ima_drummer2k

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    "D" stands for DONE!

    Well, at least that was my philosophy in college...

    :D
     
  4. wouldabeen23

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    "D" stands for "Don't have to take again"....my feelings around keyboard and Music Theory V
     
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    What's even more interesting is what happened immediately after they graduated. One went to Vietnam and the other went to... well he went somewhere. I'm not bringing this up to bash shrub but to poke fun at all the shrub supporters and armchair republicans who let democrats,minorities and people at the lower levels of the income scale fight their wars for them and then have the gall to say that Kerry would have been soft on terrorism. :rolleyes: :rolleyes
     
  6. 111chase111

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    Kerry tried to get out of going to Vietnam. He just wasn't smart enough to get out from going... ;)
     
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    Or his dad wasn't powerful enough to land him a position with the national guards.;)
     
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    According to the Boston Globe Bush got one D while at Yale.
    And he got another D(eferment) while out of Yale.
     
  9. ima_drummer2k

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    I feel you on that. My nemesis was Music History IV and those damn blue book essay tests. Not to mention the weekly 'drop the needle' tests.
     
  10. Sishir Chang

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    Kind of interesting way to get out of Vietnam by volunteering to go.

    But really does any of this matter now?
     
  11. basso

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    further proof that bush is smarter.
     
  12. Sishir Chang

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    So Bush is smarter but more of a hypocrite. No one said hypocrites weren't smart.
     
  13. GladiatoRowdy

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    Anyone who saw the debates was clearly shown that Kerry is by far the more intelligent man.
     
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    articulate, perhaps, intelligent? not so much...
     
  15. mc mark

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    uh basso you kind of have to be intelligent to be articulate.

    ;)
     
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    but being more articulate doesn't mean you're smarter.
     
  18. GladiatoRowdy

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    Go back and watch again without your GOP colored glasses.

    Kerry is MUCH more intelligent than Bush.
     
  19. deepblue

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    Actually, anyone who saw the debates knows neither one was that smart, there were so many holes on either side. Too bad neither one could exploite the other.

    Clinton would have killed both of them in a debate that's for sure.
     
  20. mc mark

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    You say potato I say potato. Or is that patato?
     

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