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Originally posted by Mule
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"Bush won in 2004, but lost among the best educated states in general"
Would those be the states that elected people like Barbara "I can have gun gun but you can't" Feinstien, Hillary Clinton, Teddy the murderer Kennedy, Barbara Boxer, Charlie Schumer and yes even the admitted war criminal John Kerr? If so then our system for education has become one of indoctrination. This is the kind of situation the term "educated fool" was meant to describe. I'm sure we all know someone with a PHD who can't find his way back & forth to work. Remember, education is no substitute for intelligence.
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Thanks for making the point about education and intelligence. I mean obviously they are positively correlated so the average graduate will be smarter than the average non-graduate, but your point about the existence of idiots with degrees is a correct one. They are out there. That people don't understand this and assume Bush's MBA means something troubles me. I know people who think he pretends to be stupid. So he pretended to do badly on his SAT too I suppose? I recently heard that a large portion of the student learning center at my university is devoted to athletes. So they get constant special help to continue doing well so they can compete. I've heard numerous reports of private schools inflating grades because students don't want to pay 30 grand a year for a C. Add this to the fact that some special idiots still get degrees without any help like this, and it's not hard at all to imagine that Bush's MBA might not mean much. I'm not quite sure that I haven't eaten animals smarter than our president.