Mike Rowe Obliterates Howard Dean's Criticism Of Scott Walker In Brilliant Facebook Post

WFLA970.com ^ | 2/18/15 | Bill Galluccio

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Howard Dean has been under fire after criticizing Wisconsin Governor and potential 2016 presidential candidate Scott Walker for never getting a college degree. He dropped out of college during his senior year to get a job for the Red Cross. Walker went on' The Kelly File' to dispute Dean's claims that he is 'unknowledgeable'.

The GOP governor wasn't the only person fighting back against the comments from a man most famous for screaming himself out of the Democratic Primary. Mike Rowe took to his Facebook page to address the issue in a great post about education in America and what it has become.

The former host of 'Dirty Jobs' starts off by recounting how he got his first job at QVC, despite 'no qualifications to speak of'. He told how he was asked to sell a #2 pencil for 8 minutes, which is no easy task. Once hired, he was tasked with selling random products during the graveyard shift, which he called 'a crucible of confusion and ambiguity, and in hindsight, the best training I ever had.'

After explaining his on the job training he ripped the skill gap and debt our current college system has created:

I think a trillion dollars of student loans and a massive skills gap are precisely what happens to a society that actively promotes one form of education as the best course for the most people. I think the stigmas and stereotypes that keep so many people from pursuing a truly useful skill, begin with the mistaken belief that a four-year degree is somehow superior to all other forms of learning. And I think that making elected office contingent on a college degree is maybe the worst idea I've ever heard.

Check out his full post below:

[jocon307]

Thanks for posting this. Aside from what he says about Walker (only an over educated idiot would think a college degree is required to be president or pretty much any other non-science related job) it’s such a great story about how he got the job at QVC. He tells it so amusingly, I read it through three times in a row.

My daughter LOVES Mike Rowe, “Mike Rowe for President” that’s her thing. Now, my daughter is also a dyed in the wool republican who would vote for the R guy/gal no matter what.

But I think support from Rowe would be very, very helpful, to Scott Walker or whoever.

[jocon307]

What was Mao, was he a doctor? I forgot all about that.

And how about Muguabe? Tell me his degree is in economics!

And Pol Pot, he did well by his education. The Khemer Rouge basically killed you if you wore eyeglasses, thinking that betokened higher education.

And Che Guevara, he WAS a doctor, that I know. And I think Fidel is a well educated guy too, although he may not be at the academic level of some of these other folks. He should have stuck with beisbol, the world would be better off.