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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[truthyguy]

The lying cocksucker got what used to be referred to as a "gentleman's C" meaning he really had a D or F but was given the lowest C possible as a courtesy. Two more points lower and you have a D in any school. What an asshole !!!

[jennbeez]

I can't scroll through all these posts to see if someone has posted this, so I'll just post it. It's an article from one of his Harvard professors. His observations on Bush are both hilarious and sad.

http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2004/09/16/tsurumi/index.html

[louinphx]

Jenn

I had not seen this. My goodness, it is worst than I had imaged. How disfunctional..

[Mike169]

Good article - it's probably worse than this but it's certainly in the ballpark.

[jennbeez]

The first article showed Baby Bush as an emotionally retarded frat boy, but this one speaks more to the overall structure of the Bush clan. The bit about Georgie on his bike is TOO MUCH.

http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2004/09/02/allison/

[StillAmused]

He also claims he's an actual, for-serious preznit.

[OckhamsElectricRazor]

Fortunately, Greenspan got A's; and an A+ in his evaluation of Bush's ruinous spending spree during his term. 'Out of the mouthes of nerds come such innocent truths'.
Bush lavished spending and tax breaks upon his big corporate patrons; borrowed from the Chinese to finance it; and charged the tab to our grandchildren. All the while, he reassured us that God said it was OK and silenced his opponents by branding them traitors. His only spending restraints were to limit areas that affect the middle class: underfunding education; neglecting the infrastructure; ignoring healthcare reform; corrupting the safety of our food suppy--even our children's toys; and on and on...
What boldface lies are contained in this statement on so many levels!

[Pennsylvanianne]

The shiftless son of a mediocre president runs everything he touches into the ground, including various businesses and now the whole country. Now that he's president, he lies about everything from a pretext for war to his college transcript. The country has to rely on humor outlets for the truth.
We live in strange and scary times.

[SaskiaStars]

ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.. "I got an A however in keeping taxes low, and being fiscally responsible with the people's money." that's funny ha-ha-ha-ha-ha..............

Chimpy just kills me.

[NotMyPrez]

A for Arrogant
B for Bullsheet
C for Corrupt
D for Defies Logic and Reason

F for failure.

[ultomatt]

Shameless. Nothing more need be said.

[choirgirl]

stupid dumb mofo. taxpayers would be saved a lot of money if we didnt have to pay his salary.

[Judd16]

Bread, I didn't support Jimmy Carter.

[BreadandRoses]

I never said you did.
I said you supported the worst president in US history---George W. Bush.

While Carter was ineffective as president, Bush is a malevolent force who has done gret harm to America and to the US Constitution.

That you can't see this is your cross in life to bear.

[thegreatgiginthesky]

Judd has forgotten that as an American you need to care more about the nation than the President.

[lindamart60]

If Bush is the "worst president in US history" and he's so "dumb" and such a "moron", why, pray tell, could you not defeat him easily?

Additionally, if Bush is the "worst president in US history", "dumb" and such a "moron", why is the democratic controlled Congress passing every bill he wants passed, confirming his nominees?

Don't despair. It's only Bush Derangement Syndrome. You thought the democrats you elected in November of 2006 would destroy Bush. Instead, they have given him every piece of legislation he wanted.

That's why liberals are so unhinged.

Carry on.

God bless the troops.

[thegreatgiginthesky]

Bush is the worst president in US history, it isn't what the Democrats are saying. Most of the people in the US are saying it. I've even talked to staunch Republicans who say he is the worst president in US history.

[CologneCitizen]

And 95 % of the Europeans agree that Bush is the greatest desaster ever to happen to America. We don't hate you people, we just think your president sucks big time.

[BreadandRoses]

Lindafart, you remain one of the most obtuse and unintelligent trolls ever to foul the bandwidth here.

The Democratically controlled (just barely) Congress has not passed every piece of legislation Bush wants.
But the obstructionist Republicans in Congress have filibustered every bill that would help America since they lost control---after spending years saying that the Democrats were wrong to use the filibuster. The Republicans are on track to TRIPLE the number of filibuster votes from the last Congress.

Because---like you, lindafart---they place party before country every single time.

Many Republican members of Congress have admitted privately that they are opposing efforts to end the illegal war because they have to face far-right wingnuts like you in the primary voting---but that once they win the primaries, they will be more likely to vote to end the war, as the majority of Americans wants them to do.

So these Republicansare willing to have 500 to 700 Americans die in Iraq between now and June (the end of the primary season) so they can win the primary election---they are placing party ahead of country, because that's what rightwing stooges do.

Now go blow it out your ever-widening ass.

[mari2JJ]

What can I say? Bush seems to be a pathological liar. This should be no surprise to anyone. He fibs when the truth would sound OK. He simply has never been dedicated to truth-telling. That he fibs about the most useless things shows just how much of a dedicated fiber he really is.

[MissingAmerica]

Confucious say, "Three things cannot long be hidden the sun, the moon, and the truth." Among other things, Bush is delusional and a chronic liar. At some point, the brain and the heart have to meet in a good leader, and Bush hasn't the capacity to use either one.

[Judd16]

C-, yet he's been schooling all the dems since 2000. Funny. Who are the dumb ones again?

[BreadandRoses]

You and those like you who continue to support the worst president in US history.

NExt.

[clumberfeet]

Dollar Falls On Fears of U.S. Deficits
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A26581-2004Nov4?language=printer

[thegreatgiginthesky]

That would be the dumb republican congress.

[TheLastPenguin]

LIAR!