Presidential candidates educational background comparison
Let's look at the educational background of the
candidates and see what they bring to the job:
Obama:
Occidental College - Two years.
Columbia University - B.A. political science with a
specialization in international relations.
Harvard - Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna *** Laude
Biden:
University of Delaware - B.A. in history and B.A. in
political science.
Syracuse University College of Law - Juris Doctor (J.D.)
vs.
McCain:
United States Naval Academy - Class rank 894 out of 899
(meaning that, like George Bush, McCain was at the bottom of
his class)
Palin:
Hawaii Pacific University - 1 semester
North Idaho College - 2 semesters - general study
University of Idaho - 2 semesters - journalism
Matanuska-Susitna College - 1 semester
University of Idaho - 3 semesters - B.A. in journalism
Now, which team are you going to hire to lead the most
influential nation in the world?
Gillian Parrillo
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Comments
Yes, our current ivy league president is superb. Let's by all means have another. It's shameful enough that we've already had several presidents who were not college graduates, including Lincoln and Truman, who, for want of a pedigree from a premier university, were woefully ill-equipped for the job.
Posted by: jack | September 14, 2008 7:45 PM
The only difference is that G. Bush got into Yale with average academic achievement. Mainly because it was his "Daddy's" alma mater and he obviously pulled the necessary strings for him to be accepted. Obama went from being an average student (thru HS) to the being first Black President of the Harvard Law Review with no fatherly assistance in any way. It's safe to say that Obama is an "authentic" Ivy League(r) while GW Bush got a free ride most his life. People just want to not like Obama for his name and color of his skin instead of his intelligence and drive. sad.
Posted by: D Barnch | September 17, 2008 2:57 PM
Bottom 6 in a class of 899, huh? Impressive. Demonstrates just the kind of dedication to hard work we need in the next leader of the free world. But why did it take 5 colleges for Palin to graduate with a B.A.?
Posted by: Kristin | September 18, 2008 3:03 PM
Uh... I think that would be our "current leader from an Ivy League school who averaged a 'C' grade." Education is just ONE indication of a person's ability to think through, reason and problem-solve. If you listen to them talk and answer questions for any length of time, it's not hard to see the difference.
Posted by: David | September 19, 2008 8:18 AM
What really matters is knowing how to put into practice what is learned. You can be an educated dumbass and, judging from the ideas of these "educated ones", we have a case of educated dumbasses.
On the other hand as Obama's, Biden's and Michelle's attorneys: to hire them they must be paid very well if you want them to serve the United States, i.e., the PEOPLE. In addition to the 3 attorneys above, there's also GREG CRAIG, the SENIOR FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR, whose incredible background is as follows:
He defended John Hinkley, Jr. after the latter’s attempt to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. He defended former Bolivian Defense Minister Carlos Sanchez-Berzain, a human rights violator accused of 67 deaths. He was a “personal attorney” for Kofi Annan in the UN Oil for Food scandal and he provided
“special counsel” to Bill Clinton during his impeachment trial. Currently, high powered attorney Greg Craig of the DC-based Williams and Connolly law firm, is defending Pedro Miguel Gonzales, President of the Panamanian legislature, accused of murdering U.S. Army Sgt. Zak Hernandez.
What do you think?
Posted by: Paul | September 19, 2008 9:26 AM
Jack... Huge difference between an individual who graduates from an Ivy league school at the top of their class (Magna C** Laude) vs. those that graduate at the bottom. One might make a good president of the United States. The other will create an axis of evil, lie to the people he serves, start a war, ruin the economy, and then take most amount of vacation ever (just because things are going so smoothly...).
Posted by: Kevin | September 22, 2008 11:17 AM
where are the references? how do we know this to be true? citations would make this complete. Thank you.
Posted by: Candice | September 23, 2008 3:22 PM