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To: koan who wrote (47174)	1/29/2008 9:28:36 AM
From: Suma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541777

How can you say those awful things about our COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATIVE.(sic) He must have flunked Conservative Politics after what he has done to the Grand Ole Party...

To: koan who wrote (47174)	1/29/2008 9:29:28 AM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541777

I would add that my take of bush is that he has an inferiority complex, is mean and gets pleasure out of seeing people suffer (like people who like dog fighting) hates thinkers and the poor (thinks they are lazy), has no compassion and hates liberals (has no understanding of their point of view) and likes to punish them. He also drowns puppies in his spare time. Slacker

To: koan who wrote (47174)	1/29/2008 9:41:53 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541777

I would add that my take of bush is that he has an inferiority complex, is mean and gets pleasure out of seeing people suffer (like people who like dog fighting) hates thinkers and the poor (thinks they are lazy), has no compassion and hates liberals (has no understanding of their point of view) and likes to punish them. Like Suma said, I'm sure glad that Dale doesn't allow ugly statements like that. :/

To: koan who wrote (47174)	1/30/2008 11:15:35 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 541777

Far too much is made of Bush's grades. Kerry had worse grades, as did many other politicians. Both of them did very poorly their freshman year but improved after that. After Bush's Freshman year Bush would have been a B student at Yale, including his Freshman year makes him about a C+. I think there has been some grade inflation since then. Students are more likely to get A's now, but I'm not sure of any simple and reasonably accurate way to adjust for that. Gore's best grades where better than Bush's best, but his worst grades where worse (Bush didn't fail any classes, and only got one high D, Gore failed several classes). This whole Bush is stupid theme, is itself rather stupid. Its also besides the point. Its not his grades or his IQ that are the issue, its his politics and his record. Obviously different people have different opinions about those, but arguing over his Yale transcript is just a sideshow to the real issues.