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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[jasondeluxe]

He got an A+ servicing the football team as a little male cheerleader however.

How incredibly sad are the wingnuts that this pathetic excuse is what makes them feel safe from the brown men in caves.

[LITU]

Forty years ago I got my BA, and I can tell you what every one of my grades were. Looks like Bush was AWOL from class as well as service to the country.

[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/

[LITU]

The only response I can think of to your excellent post is why didn't the professor flunk the bastard?

[BWonka]

Money makes the world go 'round. Find out what was given to the Univ. by the Bu$h Crime family and you'll have your answer.

[consrevil]

Chimmpy thought Macro was Mac & Cheese that you threw in the MICRO wave. That would merit a C-.

[osage]

AMERICA'S UPPER CLASSLESS CLOWN AND CLUELESS DUNCE GUY!

What an embarrassment of ignorance and irresponsibility. I’m old enough to remember the day when a president was expected to have serious informed answers to legitimate questions that affected all Americans. Not only is Bush an incompetent and dishonest charlatan, he is also the most shamelessly uniformed, unknowledgeable and unconcerned president American has ever had to suffer. The man is a blithering clown with no intellectual or moral accountability for anything he or anyone he appoints does. Why should he have to know what’s going on? He’s only the decider/commander guy whose intelligence, knowledge and judgement ALL of America’s citizens rely on. The unbelievable reality that there are still American’s who tolerate the pathetic buffoonery of Georgie Bush saddens me greatly. America’s standards have hit absolute solid rock bottom!

[LITU]

A major in History? HA HA HA! That's even funnier than a B in Economics. Didn't the bumbling fool think Iraq was in Europe?

You've got to give Bush one thing, though. He's definitely rewriting the history books now.

[azhiker]

His grade for being President will be a F-. He will easily be the WORST President in US history and perhaps the world. One can only hope this country will recover from the BOOOsh presidency and even longer Congressional rule by the RepubliCON party. They have done everything thing they can to ruin our American way of life. SHAMELESS RepubliCONs.

[esquire07]

The Most disgusting Human Being on the planet.

George W.Bush.

Impeach - Hang.

[livesimply]

Notice he got a 71% in political science? Kinda makes ya proud, huh?

[outnow]

Especially when Prescott Bush wanted to overthrow FRD because the New Deal was "so expensive" and he was making so much money trading with the enemy, Germany!

Bush, Sr. was head of the CIA. He claimed that he never worked for them before his confirmation. I have sen documents that he was in Dallas when JFK was assassinated. After being VP to Raygun, and a one-term president, the overthrow of the government and the ground work for the coup of 2000 was prepared. All it took was Chimpy at the helm with the remnants of the old MIC guys such as Rumsfeld and the appointment of Cheney to the Board of Halliburton.

Bush is the only person who would have the background to have utter contempt for the U.S. Constitution to pull off a coup. His Dad and Raygun broke all the rules in Iran/Contra and the Latin American operations.

[kittycago]

They must have graded on a curve.Usua­lly a 38 is failing on final exams.

[Judd16]

And if I thought the dems would let us win this war, I would elect them in second. Can you say the same.

[BWonka]

We WILL elect them in 2008.

Bu$h and the equally moronic sheep who follow and praise his leadership have ONLY succeeded in killing the GOP. The GOP deserves an F.

[TheLastPenguin]

Casualties in Iraq

American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03): 3791
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 3652
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 3330
Since Handover (6/29/04): 2932
Since Election (1/31/05): 2354

Total Wounded: 27848

[BobK]

Deserved grade? D, for Dunce, Dolt, Dimwit, Dumbass.

[CologneCitizen]

If lying gave you short legs, he could do parachuting under the carpet.

[Judd16]

Gig, funny, from the party that has stated if the surge starts showing progress, it is going to be a "problem" for the dems. Meaning, if we win this war that is not going to be good for the democratic party. Projection isn't just a river in Egypt.