was my reaction to this story - seems that Bush actually had a higher average than Kerry at Yale! He actually only got one D during his college years, while Kerry got five. But the funniest thing about this story is the Lurch-like photo of Kerry. Also funny: one of his highest freshman grades came in French class.
Update: Evidently the blogosphere was waaaaay ahead on this story.
Hah hah. Clinton was still a genius though right?
ReplyDeleteYeah, Clinton was actually a pretty smart dude in college. He didn't have a privileged upbringing and managed to become a Rhodes scholar. Really, smarts have very little to do with leadership skills anyway - think of Jimmy Carter and Herbert Hoover (both engineers, baby!) who were both pretty smart, and both pretty crappy presidents. I just loved to cite this article because just like with Gore, the liberals believed their man was more 'intellectual'. I actually feel a little sorry for Kerry because of this, since he was just trying to cover up embarrassing information.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how this will affect his bid for 2008?
ReplyDeleteYou must mean Kerry's bid, although I think technically Bill Clinton can run again. I think all he has going for him in '08 is name recognition. He's pretty much branded a loser now, and I think he will go the way of the embittered Algore.
ReplyDeleteThe other intersting angle to this story is that it appears Kerry really hasn't answered all the Swifties questions - either the Globe is in cahoots with him, or somebody did some historical editing. Nobody knows the status of his discharge or the circumstances of it; nobody knows the truth of the spurious details surrounding his questioned medals; and nobody knows whether he actually spent Christmas in Cambodia.