It was absolutely astounding how Bush and Gore's academic records were reported, with Gore always characterized as being the smartest guy in the room, and Bush being portrayed as a dunce. Bush may had an average academic record on his way through Yale and Harvard Business School. Gore's academic record was simply horrible in places. He flunked out of Divinty School at Vanderbilt altogether, and he got D's and F's in the handful of science classes he took as an undergraduate.
His academic background in science is so poor, that it is absolutely shocking that Gore is taken seriously now when speaking on science issues. My son's middle school science teacher likes to harp on Global Warming, and he was not pleased when my son pointed out Gore's horrible science background to the glass and got a big laugh.
I believe the late John Kennedy failed his bar exam , six times?? (I wonder how many times Jon-Jon’s uncle Teddy failed his?)
Didn’t he and John John both fail their state tests TWICE? If memory serves, John John’s results were newspaper headlined as “HUNK FLUNKS!” There were rumors both had been given "Kennedy Credit" and a pass on #3, with their promise they would never practice serious law.
That way, with DC done, if you couldn’t pass your home state, you were safe to work somewhere.