I've been tested!

[MARIS61]

McCain's new battle cry today is "I've been tested"

Unfortunate choice there. He's been tested all right.

McCain graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1958; he was fifth
from the bottom in class rank, 894th out of 899!

Even if you take out the 700 or so who've died of old age that still leaves a couple hundred more qualified candidates.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Well at least he made it thru!

 

[PapaG]

McCain's new battle cry today is "I've been tested"

Unfortunate choice there. He's been tested all right.

McCain graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1958; he was fifth
from the bottom in class rank, 894th out of 899!

Even if you take out the 700 or so who've died of old age that still leaves a couple hundred more qualified candidates.

What do Obama's college transcripts look like? How about anything he published as editor as the Harvard Law Review? How about his senior thesis at Columbia?

Oh, wait. None of that has been released.

 

[MARIS61]

What do Obama's college transcripts look like? How about anything he published as editor as the Harvard Law Review? How about his senior thesis at Columbia?

Oh, wait. None of that has been released.

Well, this says something: ...as editor of the Harvard Law Review...

Anyone who doubts his intelligence hasn't listened to him or read his books. That's their (your?) choice.

 

[DaRizzle]

Oh, I thought you found out you had hepes

 

[julius]

Oh, I thought you found out you had hepes

How does one get tested for hepes?

 

[DaRizzle]

whoops, herpes

 

[BrianFromWA]

There's kind of a tradition at the Academy...don't know if it was around during McCain's day...

Last guy/girl in the class is given an award, and $1 from each of the classmates above him/her and the title "Anchorman". Lots of guys last semester who are close try to maneuver their way to get to the spot...kind of like "Tanking" for the #1 pick.

Not to say give him an out (I don't KNOW that the tradition was there in '58), but I just wanted to throw it out there.

And obtw, last at Annapolis is a durned sight more impressive that a lot of other scores in other places. But I'm biased. I wasn't cool enough for last.

There's also a saying....2.0GPA=Graduate and become an Ensign. 4.0=Graduate and become an Ensign. Therefore 2.0 = 4.0

 

[Shooter]

Even if you take out the 700 or so who've died of old age that still leaves a couple hundred more qualified candidates.

Really? Then I'm sure you agree that Bush was more qualified than Kerry, since he had a higher GPA at Yale.

 

[Haakzilla]

Really? Then I'm sure you agree that Bush was more qualified than Kerry, since he had a higher GPA at Yale.

...he "had", but did he "earn"???

 

[Shooter]

...he "had", but did he "earn"???

Do you have any evidence that says otherwise? If not, then please shut up.

 

[Haakzilla]

Do you have any evidence that says otherwise? If not, then please shut up.

...thanks daddy Bush, for everything!!!

 

[MARIS61]

Do you have any evidence that says otherwise?

Well, yeah.

It's obvious every time he opens his mouth.

He makes Billy Carter seem almost intellectual.

 

[barfo]

Well, yeah.

It's obvious every time he opens his mouth.

He makes Billy Carter seem almost intellectual.

Wow, I haven't thought of Billy Carter in quite a few years. I wonder how he feels about Sarah Palin?

barfo

 

[Haakzilla]

I wonder how he feels about Sarah Palin?

...hard?

 

[PapaG]

...thanks daddy Bush, for everything!!!

We don't even know Obama's transcript scores.

Why?

 

[barfo]

Wow, I haven't thought of Billy Carter in quite a few years. I wonder how he feels about Sarah Palin?

barfo

Oh, well, I guess he doesn't feel anything. He died in 1988.

barfo

 

[barfo]

We don't even know Obama's transcript scores.

Why?

Do we need to? Pretty obvious who's got the smarts in this race.

barfo

 

[Haakzilla]

We don't even know Obama's transcript scores.

Why?

...because he flunked out, duh!

 

[Ed O]

Do we need to? Pretty obvious who's got the smarts in this race.

Ah... so barfo is playing the "race card" once again!



Ed O.

 

[barfo]

Ah... so barfo is playing the "race card" once again!



Ed O.

When the only tool I have is a hammer, every post looks like a hangnail.

barfo

 

[Shooter]

...thanks daddy Bush, for everything!!!

Again, it's obvious you have nothing. So again, please just shut up. You're relying on your own prejudices and ignorance, and you have no evidence at all that Bush didn't earn his grades at Yale.

 

[Haakzilla]

Again, it's obvious you have nothing. So again, please just shut up. You're relying on your own prejudices and ignorance, and you have no evidence at all that Bush didn't earn his grades at Yale.

"Gentlemen's C"

 

[barfo]

You're relying on your own prejudices and ignorance, and you have no evidence at all that Bush didn't earn his grades at Yale.

The last eight years.

barfo

 

[Shooter]

The last eight years.

You obviously have nothing, either, but thanks for playing.

 

[Dumpy]

What do Obama's college transcripts look like? How about anything he published as editor as the Harvard Law Review? How about his senior thesis at Columbia?

Oh, wait. None of that has been released.

the editors don't necessarily write articles for publication. Becoming a member of the law review is very difficult and considered quite an honor. You can either get invited by getting very high grades or winning a writing contest (I won the writing contest at my school). The second year on law review (normally the last year of law school) pretty much everyone becomes an editor, but they have very different responsibilities. Someone for instance has to be the "managing editor." Others are "notes editors," which involves editing the papers written by the first-year students so they can receive school credit (a very small percentage of these ultimately get published) I think Harvard's Law Review is ultimately supervised and overseen by some of the professors; for some schools, everything is run by the students.

For me (who sees things differently than most people) law review is akin to Tom Sawyer and his fence. Everyone tells you what a great honor it is, how much you learn, how it is prestigious, etc.--but when you get down to it, you just are expected to do shit work for free (mostly cite-checking for people who have submitted articles for publication), and the schools have figured out how to get the best, hardest-working students to WANT to do it. It is a scam. (I didn't make many friends in that group)

 

[BrianFromWA]

LOL....thanks for the insight into something many of us don't get to see!

 

[Dumpy]

LOL....thanks for the insight into something many of us don't get to see!

ha, yeah, the people who tout the experience are all either currently going through it or have recently gone through it . . . i feel like they just have put the blinders on, because they will explode if they come to the realisation that they've been had--kind of like how Capt. Kirk always got those computers to self-destruct by telling them they were illogical.

 

[Денг Гордон]

If Obama releases his transcripts, people will just call him an elitist, and say he is just trying to rub it into McCain's and Palin's faces that they did shitty in college.

What we do know if that Obama was a good enough student to be able to transfer into Columbia University. What we also know is that Obama was a good enough student to get into Harvard Law School. What we also know is that he was smart enough to graduate magna cum laude from Harvard Law. What we also know, is that he was the most talented man at Harvard Law because he became the president of the Law Review.

 

[Shooter]

If Obama releases his transcripts, people will just call him an elitist, and say he is just trying to rub it into McCain's and Palin's faces that they did shitty in college.

That is about the weakest thing I've ever heard. It is customary for all presidential candidates to fully release their records. That Obama has not done so is highly suspicious. Some think that he is hiding many of his records because they will reveal that he was not born in the United States, which would disqualify him from running for President.