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Scott Walker’s lack of a college degree: A non-issue that Democrats should avoid
Salon ^ | Jim Newell

Posted on 02/16/2015 4:26:03 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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1 posted on 02/16/2015 4:26:03 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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It must not be polling well among low information voters.


2 posted on 02/16/2015 4:29:04 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

In which field does Obama have a degree? Where did he earn his degree??


3 posted on 02/16/2015 4:29:07 PM PST by abclily
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They’d be wiser to not make it an issue, because there are more people without college degrees than with one.

However, it’s more fun for them to ridicule the unwashed so they will probably do this.


4 posted on 02/16/2015 4:29:15 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: abclily

No clue.


5 posted on 02/16/2015 4:31:08 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They can’t help themselves.


6 posted on 02/16/2015 4:31:22 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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Look at the very well educated Bill Clinton who wasn’t even sure what the definition of “is” is.

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7 posted on 02/16/2015 4:32:24 PM PST by Mears
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You don’t need a bachelor degree to take a position on evolution so its a straw man argument. Its not the lack of bachelor degree that he was concerned about it having a different political position. Having a bachelor degree in law for example does not mean you have studied science


8 posted on 02/16/2015 4:32:40 PM PST by 4rcane
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I can see the media making a big deal of this because they were so diligent about looking into Obama’s school records.

/s


9 posted on 02/16/2015 4:33:10 PM PST by samtheman
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A reasonable article in Salon. Now I’ve seen everything.


10 posted on 02/16/2015 4:33:34 PM PST by oblomov
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The left isn’t doing themselves any favors. They’re apparently protesting in front of Scott Walker’s parents home.

Twitter feed of Alex Walker.

https://twitter.com/The_Alex_Walker


11 posted on 02/16/2015 4:35:41 PM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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HD: Because evolution is a widely accepted scientific construct, and people who don’t believe in evolution either do it for hard right religious reasons or because they don’t know anything.


here it is the new distraction for GOP presidential contenders...evolution. The Left don’t want to be challenged on Obama’s failures so they will be trolling the GOP about evolution.


12 posted on 02/16/2015 4:37:58 PM PST by RginTN
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There are plenty of things to criticize Scott Walker over. His lack of a college degree is not one of them.

What they will do is try and paint his lack of college degree and his cutting of the University of Wisconsin budgets as evidence he's anti-education.

13 posted on 02/16/2015 4:41:47 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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Brian Williams in wikipedia:

Alma mater George Washington University
The Catholic University of America

After high school Williams attended Brookdale Community College, after which he transferred to The Catholic University of America, and then The George Washington University. He did not graduate, and instead interned with the administration of President Jimmy Carter. He later called leaving college one of his “great regrets”


Scott Walker in wikipedia:

Alma mater Marquette University (left before graduation)
Walker discontinued his studies at Marquette in the spring of 1990, leaving in good standing with a 2.59/4.0 grade point average, but without obtaining a degree (in his senior year).


What we are not told is that, according to MRC Newsbusters, is that Williams attended three different colleges but left without a degree after completing a total of 18 credits.

For those in Rio Linda, 18 credits is a few more than most students earn in ONE semester. (Personally I never took fewer than 18 credits per semester and as many as 21).


14 posted on 02/16/2015 4:43:02 PM PST by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: RginTN
here it is the new distraction for GOP presidential contenders...evolution. The Left don’t want to be challenged on Obama’s failures so they will be trolling the GOP about evolution.

In the "Bizarro World," where all the MSM is controlled by snarky right wingers, the equivalent would be to get every Democrat to talk about population control, and then ask "what do you think would be the optimum population for our planet."

15 posted on 02/16/2015 4:43:52 PM PST by Steely Tom (Vote GOP for A Slower Handbasket)
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16 posted on 02/16/2015 4:44:47 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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Thanks, Vet. I hope Howard Dean keeps harping on Walker not having a degree. It can only help Walker as he goes out and earns the votes of the 5 million conservative voters who did not vote in ‘08 and ‘12.

Poor little spoiled rich boy, Howard Dean, who came from a plaid and checked pants country club RINO Republican background, is doing conservatives everywhere a huge favor.

“What was that you said Howard? Say it again, please, I didn’t get it. Did you say Walker dropped out of college?”


17 posted on 02/16/2015 4:48:10 PM PST by Combat_Liberalism
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I graduated high school in the late 80s and have accrued the equivalent of an Associate’s degree without the paper. The lump sum of my “higher education” is the ordination I received after completing some online work through an independent Christian ministry organization. I am currently the supervisor of a laboratory for the highest producing site of a global biotechnology company directly responsible for 15 analysts and more than 50K samples tested this past year. I may not have paper but I have experience, honesty, integrity and character. I’m guessing Walker will be OK.


18 posted on 02/16/2015 4:51:15 PM PST by kpbruinfan (Modern day warrior, today's Tom Sawyer, floated down a river on a raft with a black guy!" - Cartman)
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Oh, and what were his grades? What was his attendance record?

Dang crickets are chirping again.


19 posted on 02/16/2015 4:54:00 PM PST by US_MilitaryRules (The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
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To: Mears

lol....now that’s a great comeback.


20 posted on 02/16/2015 4:55:10 PM PST by Girlene
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