Quote from 377OHMS:
If he was Magna Cum Laude that is based soley on grades so you would be right. They don't just give those away to anyone.
The Law Review gig is based on selection by some kind of board. So is the Professor gig. The theory is that people promoted and advanced him due to an agenda.
I'm not saying he got bad grades. If he released those transcripts with good grades it would help him. Why do you think he doesn't release them?
Perry released his grades and they were awful, mostly. That created a seed in my mind that the guy might be a dolt. Then his debate performances confirmed it.
1.I agree
2.The The Law Review gig is based on varying criteria
"Fourteen editors are selected based on a combination of their first-year grades and their competition scores. Twenty editors are selected based solely on their competition scores. The remaining editors are selected on a discretionary basis"
The discretionary basis to be an editor leaves the door open to get in without the best grades but the law review members are considered pretty smart,just look at some of the former members.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Law_Review#Alumni
I don't think a bunch of smart review members would select an idiot with bad grades to be an editor and President of the review
3.He might have gotten help with the Chicago Law gig,I would say he probably did with his lack of experience actually practicing law .He still would need good grades imo.A top 5 law school wouldn't keep that position very long if they hired professors that made C's and D's in undergraduate and law school.Good grades are also needed just to get into Ivy League schools like Harvard and Columbia
3.Don't know why he wont release them.To keep the mystique ? To piss off his critics ? He might have something embarrassing to hide but I doubt its bad grades.I think he had help on his journey,but all the help in the world isn't going to get a C and D student through Columbia,Harvard Magna Cum Laude,Harvard Law Review Editor and President and Professor at Chicago Law unless the birther /Manchurian candidate conspiracy theorists crowd are correct imo
This is not a partisan opinion.In all my Romney bashing posts I never said he wasn't intelligent or stupid .I actually think he is smarter then Obama considering his educational and professional achievements .I don't believe he has ever released his transcripts nor do I care to see them to say he is a very intelligent guy
Full Name: Willard Mitt Romney
Date of Birth: March 12, 1947
Birthplace: Detroit, Mich.
Home: Belmont, Mass.
Notable: Former Governor of Massachusetts
Degrees: Bachelor's in English, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1971; Master's of business administration (MBA), Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Mass., 1975; Doctorate of law (JD), Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass., 1975