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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Comments

[charlot]

"Fiscally responsible???" Is he kidding?!?! How many BILLIONS of dollars has he thrown at his illegal and unnecessary, immoral war, at the expense of our infrastructure, education, health care, VETERANS' BENEFITS....????? Oh, just looking at this sniveling little bastard makes my blood boil!!!

IMPEACH HIM NOW!!!!!!!!

[godlessclif]

Helicopter Ben Bernake can print more and he delivers.

[CheGuevara1]

Another self-evident truth.

[nirak]

Bush cheated and lied then and he is lying now.

For the life of me, I will never understand how this guy ever became President, but I guess Diebold helped. LOL

This guy needs to be IMPEACHED ALONG WITH CHENEY AND SEND TO THE HAGUE.

[PJQ49]

More of HuffPo's RELENTLESS misleading headlines. He said "I THINK I got a B." My bet: he did think he got a B.

HuffPo sets a poor standard for a site that constantly complains (correctly) about Bush's deceptions.

[noamjunior]

how is Bush supposed to remember what his grade was?
He was way too busy cheer leading getting hot man-on man action!

http://bushssecretlifein84.tripod.com/

[lornejl]

I believe dumbya was telling the truth about his grade. And I also believe that every troll here is a self made millionaire.

[Kungfublood]

That's true and if you give me 100,000 dollars (Canadian) I can help you to attain your wildest financial dreams!

[electricphoto]

Bush is so proud of his ability to lie... the real lie is in the second phrase where he said he was: "being fiscally responsible with the people’s money".

Everywhere you look you see accounting investigations being blocked. Evidence of billions of overcharges, false charges, bribes, illegal use of funds abound. So does the evidence of Bush's stonewalling use of the DOJ and other agencies to keep the facts from being looked into.

The Bush party got to where they are by using the power of the lie.

Steal and make a speech about honesty. Loot the treasury and feed billions to Bush friendly corporations and and make a speech about "being fiscally responsible with the people’s money".

Sadly complicit in this looting are the actions Democrats who choose every time not to prosecute or seek the legal remedies for the wrongs that have been done to this nation.

You get lied to, looted and the law is made mute by the lax actions of the Democrats who investigate.

[noamjunior]

when you lie evereyday about your sexuality, all of the other lies are somehow easier

http://bushssecretlifein84.tripod.com/

[godlessclif]

It is Guiliani who is lying about his sex.
Guiliani is a Lesbian.

[noamjunior]

Having lied about his sexuality all his life
Having lied to invade Iraq
Having lied about Gonzo and Rove and the federal prosecutor scandal
Having lied about his knowledge of blowing the cover of US spy val Plame

what is a little grade inflation ?

[noamjunior]

http://bushssecretlifein84.tripod.com/

[OckhamsElectricRazor]

Can we now fire him for lying on his resume???

[sugarmoes]

i are fisky responive...heh heh...

[BlueBoomer]

Yeah, "B" for "BULLSHIT & BEER" and "C" for "CRAVEN COWARDICE".

But, in the mid-sixties, while GW was cutting it up in Skull&Bones, one of the current Democratic candidates, (born/raised in blue-collar Scranton, PA.), was already working for the Civil Rights Movement...had already begun his career of serving others...

And despite those humble beginnings (and his unfortunately current humble campaign funding status) he's STILL the smartest man in the room.

IF EVERYBODY IS SICK AND TIRED OF A POTUS WHO IS THE DUMBEST GUY IN THE ROOM... WHO WOULD HAVE TO LOOK UP "TRUTH" IN THE DICTIONARY IF HE KNEW HOW TO SPELL IT, THEN NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO SUPPORT THE SMARTEST GUY IN THE ROOM... WHO KNOWS HOW TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER AND DOESN'T HESITATE TO DO IT...WHO HAS NO HIDDEN AGENDAs OR SKELETONS.

IT'S TIME TO SUPPORT JOE BIDEN.

Truth to Power...
Power to the People...
The Qualities AND the QUALIFICATIONS...
EXPERIENCE = CHANGE.

They all apply.
BIDEN/Richardson...Great in '08.

[noamjunior]

I don't know if I will vote for Biden in the primary- but he would make a good candidate

[BlueBoomer]

If he would make a good, ELECTABLE, candidate, why WOULDN'T you vote for him in the primary...WHO IS BETTER?...REALLY?

If ANY of the three "top tier" candidates are nominated, we will regret it, because we will either have 2000/2004 redux OR we will have 1976 redux...THINK ABOUT IT.

[MissFortunate]

Oh, you've heard of inflated grades? I'm sure by the time he's retired he will be claiming he got an A- in Econ 101.

If anyone is shocked by this than you've not been paying attention. He's inflated every grade on his performance as President. We're kicking their ass! Heck of a job Brownie! He can do no wrong!~

[Earthsaver]

I give Bush an A+ in the promotion of globalized terrorism, genocide and mass destruction.

[tkk]

The second paragraph demonstrates how deluded this man is. "Responsible with the people's money?"
What people you talkin' about? The CEOs?

[whitewaterwillie]

Can you ever remember a president, or any politician for that matter, who bragged about how stupid they were? I wonder what segment of the population he is trying to appeal to? I suspect other dumb as dirt Republicans.

[noamjunior]

without the idiot vote, that leaves only the wealthy 5% at the top that actually benefit from bush's Feudal economics

[sugarmoes]

give duhbya a break... he thought the question was what grade he got in CON 101 (as in con-job). he got an A+ in that, btw. so he's still a lyin sak.