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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[clumberfeet]

What grade does he get in current affairs if he thinks Nelson Mandela is dead and Osama bin Laden is alive and an imminent threat to America.

[RedWhiteandBrooklyn]

"being fiscally responsible with the people's money."

Hey, asshole: running up such a huge deficit to give Paris Hilton & her crowd a tax cut that we had to borrow from COMMUNIST fucking CHINA is not "fiscally responsible"!

We are paying ONE BILLION DOLLARS in interest every WEEK to COMMUNIST fucking CHINA!!!!

How does that add up to anything other than weakening America and building up our #1 military threat?

[thegreatgiginthesky]

The simple fact is that there are more middle class and poor people than there are rich. The rich are easily outnumbered 1000 to 1 perhaps. By bush's idiotic plan the 1 rich guy would spend more than the 1000 middle class and poor people? Its easy to see which segment of people by virtue of sheer size of population would spend more.

[shoeygirl]

I'm with Fingerbo. I'm astonished that he didn't spontaneously combust the moment the phrase..."I'm fiscally responsible with the people's money" escaped his thin, palid lips. Just "poof" and gone, like the Spinal Tap drummer. If only.

[humuhumunukunukuapuaa]

He also claims he served in the National Guard when in fact he was AWOL.

Bush is a pathological liar, the poor bastard can't help it because he always had enough of his daddy's money to buy the truth.

[OkieMon]

You mean the frat bro who took the test for him got the C.

[LeaderofMen]

Duh. There is nothing at ALL that the man won't lie about.

[samcerritos]

George W. Bush is a rare and very classic example of a sociopath. Read the definition of a sociopath and then ask yourself if he's the perfect example or not. I believe his mother is one as well; however, I don't believe his father is a classic sociopath.

By his oral acumen as well as grades in all levels of school, he seems to fit perfectly into the IQ classification of a moron. So, too, does his brother, Neil.

[Cunningham]

See: malignant narcissism. The pathological lying, arrogance, and total disregard for others are hallmarks.

[Ihadjellotoday]

Make that a "Gentleman's C" and what you really have is a D or F. Low-performing "Legacy Students" like Bush who are admitted to Ivy League schools on the basis of their family alumni connections are compromising the value of receiving a degree from these once-revered institutions. It's sad to see that the dumbing down of America has gone this far.

[Bannister]

I can imagine he managed to get through Yale, but the Harvard Business School is another matter. The first year is extremely stressful. There is the famous WAC (Written Analysis of Case), in which a complicated business problem is presented and the student must discuss it at length and propose a solution, by a certain time. Roughly equivalent to an exam question in Logic. If you cannot define the problem and organize your proposed response, you flunk. Bush could not have passed that course without outside help. Who was paid to write those WACs for him? A challenge to the next biographer of GWB.

[godlessclif]

DKE got Bush through.

[hootie1fan]

The problem with telling so many lies is that it's hard to keep up.

It doesn't help that President Bush has messianic complex either.

[HumeSkeptic]

Most likely, Bush doesn't know the difference between a "B" and a "C-".

For a change, he might not be lying.

[MmeFlutterbye]

don't know how valid this quite is...it's been making the rounds...I reseived it three times.
Quote of the Day: Ronald Reagan on Dubya

'A moment I've been dreading. George brought his ne're-do-well son around this morning and asked me to find the kid a job. Not the political one who lives in Florida . The one who hangs around here all the time looking shiftless. This so-called kid is already almost 40 and has never had a real job. Maybe I'll call Kinsley over at The New Republic and see if they'll hire him as a contributing editor or something. That looks like easy work.'
From the just published REAGAN DIARIES. The entry is dated May 17, 1986.

[RandyRanson]

Not only is Bush behind in math skills, he's as of now, as was noticed in his press conference, he's fallen behind the people. In other-words, it has now become very obvious, that the people, the general public,, have over taken him, are ahead of him, and he's lagging, and has fallen way behind. This is a terrible position for a President to be in, any President. When the public over takes you in your abilities and thoughts, you're through as a leader, and it's time for you to move on, and get out of the way. He can't even catch up to himself anymore.
The next year and a bit, will prove very interesting, as we watch him become more irrelevant with each passing day. We're in countdown mode on the clock right now. This man's pathetic, as he can't even answer the simplest of questions asked of him. Mr. Duh.

[Fingerbo]

"I got an A however in ... being fiscally responsible with the people's money."
Spit-take. What??? Fiscally responsible? Someone needs to school this knucklehead on what words and phrases mean. He really does live in Opposite World.

[Captain EdwardGraham]

09/20/07 Reuters: U.S. military cemetery running out of space
A Kansas military cemetery has run out of space after the burial of another casualty of the Iraq war, officials said on Thursday. "We are full," said Alison Kohler, spokeswoman for the Fort Riley U.S. Army post, home of the 1st Infantry Division.




http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7c1_1173782562 Destruction to the small parts

[Captain EdwardGraham]

Just when you say things couldnt get worse in IRAQ:

09/20/07 AP: Cholera Case Reported in Baghdad
Iraqi health officials confirmed the first cases of cholera in Baghdad today, in a sign that an epidemic that has infected approximately 7,000 people in northern Iraq is spreading south through the country’s decrepit and unsanitary water system.

[godlessclif]

Start burying the Iraq vets on Bush's Crawford Ranch. Maybe it will give him something to think about when he cuts brush.