Posted on 02/10/2015 4:51:11 AM PST by Enlightened1
Supporters say the 47-year-old has more diverse qualifications than the other Republicans: A non-Washington Republican who has won tough contests in a blue state, taken on labor unions and has appeal to the conservative faith community and the business constituency.
There is one credential that he doesn't have: a post-high school education. America hasn't elected a president without a college degree since Harry Truman.
Privately, some strategists in both parties suspect that this could increasingly become troublesome for voters, a little in the nominating process, more so in a general election, particularly in battleground upscale suburban areas. If this seems illogical it does try raising the issue at the next coffee klatch or cocktail party; you're likely to be surprised by the responses.
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In my area the place to go is the Kennedy School at Harvard. Relatively easy to get into if you’re connected and have the cash. Harvard Business along with the other schools are a different matter, but if you’ve got connections, cash and a reasonable undergraduate record, the Kennedy School is for you.
I believe that was Hillary’s senior thesis as an undergraduate, not a master’s thesis.
I believe that was Hillary’s senior thesis as an undergraduate, not a master’s thesis.
(Which of them is #1 and which is #2 depends on whether you are a Southerner or a Northerner.)
He could easily say, I’ve studied Alinsky too. And beat him.
-PJ
Just because someone has a sheepskin in a frame doesn't mean they know how to pour piss out of a boot without the instructions being on the heel of the boot.
All the better for Walker.
-PJ
Yes.
Next question.
5.56mm
Walker needs to KEEP REPEATING, Bill Gates NO DEGREE, Steve Jobs NO DEGREE, Rush Limbaugh NO DEGREE, Obammie (IDIOT) w/ degree
who the HELL would you rather have!!!!!!!
This is ALL they have to throw at Walker, he has been MORE than vetted
BRING IT ON!!!!!! He has been running Wisconsin with NO DEGREE, all of you slime ball elites, BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!!
Since we have tried affirmative action and on-the-job training a President without the trappings of a college indoctrination would be the best thing to happen to this country. I would really like a President that thinks instead of feeling.
Modern Presidents with law degrees: Nixon, Ford, Clinton, Obama.
I can excuse Ford because nobody voted him into office.
-PJ
I have spent the majority of my adult life working in academia.
There is a very big gap between intelligent and educated and being educated does not guarantee that one is intelligent.
Oh, the stories I could tell!
Huh.
2 things.
I’m pretty sure I read somewhere that Walker plans to finish his degree in the immediate near future. Thereby making this conversation moot.
Next. Funny how many FReepers here are snarking at Ivy Leaguers. They need to look at Ted Cruz’s bio.
Lincoln did well without a degree—maybe we need a common man for a change—not an over educated egg head. It might be a bit refreshing to NOT be lectured too by someone who thinks he is smarter than the rest of us.
“Seems to have worked out pretty well for Bill Gates and quite a few other highly successful people. “
Here’s a few more:
He can. We have CEOs of Fortune 500s with no degree. We have Rush Limbaugh with no degree. Who knows what other media people don’t have one. (I know Brian Williams has 7 PhDs)
And we have never seen proof of Obama’s Columbia degree. Where is it? His forgers are lazy. No one remembers having him in their class. He was a non entity for his last two years of undergraduate, yet got into Hahvahd Law. Maybe on a Saudi Scholarship....
Exactly! Barack Obama’s first american passport was conferred upon him out of expediency when he was a USA senator, and people died to cover that up.
Hillary Clinton’s master’s thesis was on Saul Alinsky. Haw will that fly against no college degree at all?
-PJ
No more calls, we have our winner!
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