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VP hopeful Palin attended 5 colleges in 6 years
AP ^ | 9/4/08 | NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS

Posted on 09/04/2008 5:21:30 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attended five colleges in six years before graduating from the University of Idaho in 1987. Federal privacy laws prohibit the schools from disclosing her grades, and none of the schools contacted by The Associated Press could say why she transferred. There was no indication any of them were contacted as part of the background investigation of Palin by presidential candidate John McCain's campaign. "Our office was not contacted by anyone," said Tania Thompson, spokeswoman for the University of Idaho in Moscow. Palin, the governor of Alaska, was born in Idaho. Her family moved when she was only a few months old to Alaska, where she was raised. She began college at Hawaii Pacific University, a private, nonsectarian school in Honolulu. She attended only as a freshman during the fall of 1982, school spokeswoman Crystale Lopez said. Then known as Sarah Louise Heath, she was in the business administration program as a full-time student, Lopez said.

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To: Chet 99

Me, too. That’s so normal around here. Students go to one school for generals, then transfer credits to another where they go for core courses, and/or take classes from different schools at one time. Now that more classes are online, the options really open up.

These “journalists” are the ones who are totally out of touch with Americans.


61 posted on 09/04/2008 5:36:01 PM PDT by Ladysmith ((NRA, SAS) Praise God and pass the ammunition!)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Seven U.S. Presidents had NO COLLEGE DEGREE at all.

George Washington
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Grover Cleveland
Harry S Truman


62 posted on 09/04/2008 5:36:26 PM PDT by papasmurf (I ain't your Daddy's Conservative, OK?)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Let me say in full throat: “MSM: Go Impregnate Yourselves!” You are maggots on the body of America.


63 posted on 09/04/2008 5:36:45 PM PDT by pabianice
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

I attended 3 colleges in one year, two in one semester! (took a night class in architecture at a community college just for fun). I think I accumulated transcripts from at least 7 colleges before I had enough credits to graduate. Of course I was moving around a lot and switched majors at least 4 times.


64 posted on 09/04/2008 5:37:15 PM PDT by OCC
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To: KarlInOhio
Next thing you know they'll have video of her double dipping a potato chip at a party in her teens.

They are desperate. They are probably contacting all of the Blockbuster stores to see how many times she has returned movies late, denying other viewers the opportunity to see important movies in a timely fashion. If she has ever had a parking ticket, we will know about every one by next Wednesday. Her beauty pageant answers to judges' questions are very likely ready for the moment Obama's numbers go below McCain's, so they can paint her as ditsy.

I sent money to the RNC today, something I swore I would never do until the GOP got some claws.

65 posted on 09/04/2008 5:37:27 PM PDT by webheart (All sarcasm contained in this post is intentional, and does not necessarily reflect a real opinion)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

I attended four colleges and universities before I graduated in 6 years. What’s the BFD?


66 posted on 09/04/2008 5:37:41 PM PDT by Rebelbase (STOP Democrat Misogyny!)
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To: svcw

While they’re at, why not post Obama’s Occidental College records, Columbia College records, Columbia Thesis paper, Harvard College records, and his Selective Service Registration?


67 posted on 09/04/2008 5:37:44 PM PDT by Raster Man
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD
Mau-Mauing Media headline:

"What was she running from? Or couldn't handle it?"
Palin Faces Tough Questions, Could Lose VP
"Scholars say "behavior suggests serious mental problem."

68 posted on 09/04/2008 5:37:45 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: Glenn

Don’t mind me, I just lack sense of humor.............


69 posted on 09/04/2008 5:38:08 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (Airlines can take their $15-per-checked-bag surcharge and shove it!)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

OMG!!!

Is this all they can do? Stop humanizing her - we can’t take it any longer!


70 posted on 09/04/2008 5:38:50 PM PDT by loungeSerf (Freedom Sucks! Obama 08)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

The MSM is pointing out that Palin is one of those horrid commoners who attended a, gasp, state college rather than a Marxist Ivy League school.


71 posted on 09/04/2008 5:38:57 PM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: Rebelbase; All

Don’t kill the messenger, guys!


72 posted on 09/04/2008 5:38:58 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (Airlines can take their $15-per-checked-bag surcharge and shove it!)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

And??

So??
The driveby media is still flailing wildly. Meanwhile, many of the biggest democrat mouthpieces.... Hollywood actors.....never graduated college at all.


73 posted on 09/04/2008 5:39:20 PM PDT by prairiebreeze ( Our troops DESERVE BETTER than Barack Hussein Obama!!)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD
Don’t mind me, I just lack sense of humor.............

No need to point it out. It was obvious.

74 posted on 09/04/2008 5:40:31 PM PDT by Glenn (Free Venezuela!)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

So what? It took me 4 years to finish a 3 year program. Money..family obligations. Except for a surprise 100 dollar grant I had to pay for everything myself.


75 posted on 09/04/2008 5:41:04 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: ConservativeMajority

Most probably Louis Farrakkon and his sidekick Rev. Wright and most likely they pulled the strings to get both of them in and funded them fully thru the whole experience from church and Muslim coffers.... Just thinkin!!!


76 posted on 09/04/2008 5:41:23 PM PDT by NOBAMA in 08 (An Empty Suited Opportunist with No Redeeming Value!)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Ok, maybe I am missing something but I count:

1. She went as a true Frosh to Hawaii Pacific and only stayed on semmester.

2. Possibly like many true Frosh who transfer after one year, she did not like her school and did not do well. For whatever reason, she transfered to a JUCO, Northern Idaho College.

3. Then she transfered to University of Idaho from which she graduated. This is quite a normal college progression.

4. One semmester she went to a JUCO in Alaska, Matanuska-Susitna College. It is hardly unsual for an out of state student to spend a term at a JUCO near their home.

By my count then this is four schools. Note two are JUCOs where you can not get a four year degree. So that means you must transfer if you want to graduate.

In addition, Governor Palin was in college the following academic years:

1. 82-83
2. 83-84
3. 84-85
4. 85-86
5. 86-87

So beside having the number of schools wrong the article also has the number of years wrong.


77 posted on 09/04/2008 5:41:44 PM PDT by JLS (Do you really want change being two guys from the majority of Congress with a 9% approval rating?)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

I understand she wasn’t toilet trained until she was three years old. Do we really want a pants-pooper a heartbeat away from the Presidency?


78 posted on 09/04/2008 5:42:59 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

They also had Sara as a member of the Alaskan Independence Party for a few hours until they found out that wasn’t true. This is true ‘journalism’ at work. / sarcasm


79 posted on 09/04/2008 5:43:56 PM PDT by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Let’s see 18 year old daughter of two school teachers goes to a private school far away from home. Probably expensive, and either she got homesick, or didn’t live up to mom and dad’s expectations, and at that price mom and dad probably had certain expecations. Off to junior college, where she learned to appreciate an education. Then off to finish at the state university, with a semester at home, where she picked up a few credits before returning to the state university to finish up.

Sounds kind of similar to my education. Went to college, decided to change to another college. Spent one semester and hated it. Got sick and skipped a semester. Went back to my original college and picked up extra credits at my hometown junior college over the summers to graduate on time. I guess that counts as four colleges. People still consider me to be a bright person.


80 posted on 09/04/2008 5:44:18 PM PDT by keepitreal ("I'm Barack Obama and I approve this message. . . until I don't.")
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