Actually, to get into any medical school, you have had to have pretty good grades along the way. Hard work can sometimes carry an average intellect a long way, but there’s a point at which the ability required to pass the tests calls for a hard working person with an above average intellect. So, I tend to agree with you that doctors trained in this country have to be above average. (I’m not speaking about the Medical College of the Caribbean Islands.)
Knowing what we know about nepotism, we need to carve out a small exception for those whose parents are so powerful that no school would deny them entry and no school would be comfortable denying them graduation. That does exist in this country. We need to carve out that one small exception, and then we’re on pretty solid ground.
xzins, I’ve been schooled throughout the thread that doctors don’t have to be very intelligent. I merely pointed out that no matter what else Rand Paul is or is not, he’s smart. He made it “THROUGH” medical school, not just was given entry. I seriously doubt Duke (who typically ranks in the top 10 medical schools in the country) would put their reputation on the line for a politician to give his son a license to practice who was “not smart”. I didn’t say whether I agree with his views, or think he is Hitler reincarnated. I just disagree with the “smart” comment.
BTW, the reason Rand made his comment about “being for more people voting, not less” is because he’s pushing a bill to give voting rights back to non-violent felons. It was an ill-timed statement since it is likely there was fraud from some democrat voters who voted in their primary and in this second go at the Republicans’. But, that’s why he said it.