College has nothing to do with it. What counts is breadth of experience.
For instance, W was born into a blueblood Connecticut family, and never held a real job in his life (did you know he got his first driver’s license in his twenties because he always had a “driver?”) He has no idea of what goes on in the real world, and he comes across as a dumb**s because YOU would have degrees from Yale and Harvard too if your daddy and his powerful friends picked you out for the White House when you were five years old.
Reagan, on the other hand, had all kinds of real world experience, had jobs and maintained a real household. Also, he went to a small, but good-quality college and was a trained economist. Most people don’t know what last about him.
I have five college degrees (and I could be ordained as a UMC minister today), all paid for by working—including five years as a roofer when I was a young man. I’ve been married for over twenty years, and paid for my own home. Does that make me wise? Blue-collar “expertise” means nothing, by itself. That’s my point.
Great point. I too worked for my (3) college degrees part time over 20+ years while I was in the Air Force.
On the other hand, Bush DID go to Harvard AND Yale and meanwhile people like Martin Sheen were bashing him and calling him stupid and when you look into Sheen’s education...well there wasn’t any to speak of...dropped out of H.S. IIRC.
Education doesn’t always equate with intelligence. And frankly, I’ll take my education over 3 continents and as many decades to Yale any day!