Bush Claims He "Got A B In Econ 101"

In a Thursday morning morning press conference at the White House, the President engaged in a little bit of grade inflation about his academic record.

"You need to talk to economists," he answered when asked if there was a risk of recession in the US economy. "I think I got a B in Econ 101. I got an A however in keeping taxes low, and being fiscally responsible with the people's money."

President Bush as an undergraduate at Yale did not in fact receive a grade of B in his economics course. Bush received a grade that would correspond with a C-.

A copy of Bush's Yale transcript posted at the humorous website GeorgeWBush.org states that the president received grades of 71 and 72 in Economics. The president took the course during successive semesters of his sophomore year, 1965-66.

President Bush, who earned a Bachelor's degree with a major in History at Yale, has long described himself as a 'C student.' He also has a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard.

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[grainger5]

rrw458 says:

"what an idiot! he's not even smart enough to say he got a C in economics. that's why i defer to financial experts."

That's exactly the point! Economics 101 has just one lesson: Defer to the experts.

Even with such a simple lesson, he got a B. He should have gotten an A.

[chazaroo]

GIVE shitforbrains georgie THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. FOR ONCE he WAS'NT LYING. I HEARD FROM A RELIABLE SOURCE, WHEN he RECEIVED HIS REPORT CARD, he ASKED, " GEE A 71, THAT'S THE HIGHEST GRADE I EVER GOTTEN, THAT'S GOOD HUH?" ONE OF HIS CLASSMATES SAID, "THAT'S GREAT george, THAT'S A B." georgie says "A B, IS THAT GOOD?" THEN ALL THE GUYS LAUGHED AT THE STUPID ASSHOLE.

[tblue]

the the professot gave him the lowest possible grade he dared to give him. (My original post didn't finish posting!)

[Marlyn]

LIAR!

[tblue]

Which means, of course, that he actually flunked the course. If he got C minus

[rrw458]

BTW, you all know Yale alumns all have their heads down in shame. should Yale even be considered and Ivy League school anymore because of this buffoon? LOL

[rrw458]

what an idiot! he's not even smart enough to say he got a C in economics. that's why i defer to financial experts. he's too stupid to have the foresight to try and make a positive out of a negative, and this guy is our Prez. pretty sad isn't it?

[Abycat]

Remember, folks, nearly half the people who
vote voted for this knuckle dragger. Scary
isn't it. And, they would do it again if they
could. Now who's stupid? Right.

[IMPRISONBUSH]

“ BUSH ATTACKS FREE SPEECH “

BUSH ATTACKS AMERICANS WHO DISAGREE WITH THE WAR.

BUSH ATTACKS U.S. CONSTRUCTION IF IT DISAGREES WITH HIM.

BUSH ATTACKS GENERALS IN THE FIELD IF THEY DISAGREE.

BUSH ATTACKS FREEDOMS OF AMERICANS
BUSH ATTACKS U.S. TROOPS HOLDING THEM HOSTAGE ,
EXTENDING THEM:

SEVEN ( 7 ) MONTH TOURS

TEN (10) MONTH TOURS.

FIFTEEN (15) MONTH TOURS.

SEVENTEEN (17) MONTH TOURS
WILL VITO REDEPLOYS MENT FOR TROOPS TO REST.

HE SMILES, JOKES AND ALL THE TIME THINKING OF NEW WAYS TO DESTROY ( 160,000 TROOPS WHO CANT GET HOME.
BECAUSE YOUNG REPUBLICANS REFUSES TO :

ENLIST, TRAIN, REPLACE, OR EVEN GIVE A DAME FOR THE 160,000 AMERICANS WHO ARE HELD HOSTAGE..

BUT BUSH IS INSULTED BECAUSE “ MOVE ON “ WITH THE RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH CALLED PETRA US WHAT HE IS A :

........” MOUTH PEACE FOR BUSH “.............

......." DO YOU TRUST WHAT BUSH SAYS "?....

....."MOVE ON " JUST TOLD THE TRUTH AND BUSH
KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT THE TRUTH

REMEMBER ITS THE REPUBLICANS WHO KEEPD STOPING THE VOTES TO GET OUR TROOPS HOME:

. " THEY CONTROL THE (60) VOTS TO KILL A BILL "

.............." NOT THE DEMS "...............

THEY ARE KILLING OUR TROOPS EVERY DAY THEY USE

...................THE (60) VOTES............

[BreadandRoses]

What?
We couldn't hear you---you'll have to speak up!


Lay off the caps-lock key, you moron.

[BWonka]

Dumbass Dubya doesn't even know the alphabet - he thinks a C comes before a B.

Or he could just be a pathetic liar.

Or both!

As President he gets an F... for FAILURE!!!!

[Pneumaticus]

Well, obviously he's got an F in everything he's done since college, including the presidency -- and that's not only an F for failure but as in totally fucked up as well.

[jinjinpinti]

Well, in the end, it doesn't take a Rhodes scholar or a brain surgeon to see through all these years of lies, lies, lies. That treasonous bastard is not allowed on my tv in my house forever.

[DumbDad]

Bush wasn't a cheerleader at Yale. Those guys were gymnasts. But Yale's class of '71, three years behind Bush, set a record for its average SAT score in excess of 1420. Those little smartasses doubtless taxed the patience of seniors like W who would have had to take classes with them even when they were freshmen. I have to thin k his intellectual defensiveness and all around hostility toward liberalism & the intellligentsia have roots in the humiliation of those days.

[jasondeluxe]

Get your facts straight Bush WAS a male cheerleader.

http://www.infowars.com/images2/Bush/cheerleader.jpg

Now I lead it to anyone looking at that picture to determine whether that is EXTREMELY feminine or not...

[smartstuart]

Chimpy getsa "A" fo being a lying sack of turd!!! A+ for bullshittng the public A++for ruining Americaa and the constitution!!!!!

[amanda85]

This is what Bush's former Harvard Business School teacher thinks of him:

(...) he remembers the future president as scoring in the bottom 10 percent of students in the class. (...) Tsurumi said the twenty-something Bush’s statements and behavior—“always very shallow”— (...) Tsurumi said he particularly recalls Bush’s right-wing extremism at the time (...) “I vividly remember that he made a comment saying that people are poor because they’re lazy” (...) "he made it sure we understood how well he was connected” (...) Bush boasted that his father’s political string-pulling had gotten him to the top of the waiting list for the Texas National Guard instead of serving in Vietnam. (...) When he arranged for students to view the film of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath during their study of the Great Depression, Tsurumi said, Bush derided the film as “corny.” (...) “I remember saying, if you become president of a company some day, may God help your customers and employees.” (...) “I always remember two groups of students,” Tsurumi said then, according to published reports. “One is the really good students, not only intelligent, but with leadership qualities, courage. The other is the total opposite, unfortunately to which George belonged.”

http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=503181


And this is what he thinks of his administration:

"Something really strange has happened to the U.S. under the Bush Administration. With her ever bulging budget deficits and foreign debts, America's skewed income distribution is rapidly making the U.S. resemble Argentina or Mexico."

http://www.glocom.org/opinions/essays/20040301_tsurumi_president/