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[bigdavediode]

Quote from Pa(b)st Prime:

So a bi-lingual, jet licensed pilot with a degree from Yale and a Harvard MBA was your choice against Gore.

If you're referring to Bush, I think you'll have trouble convincing Spanish speakers that he's bilingual. For that matter, I think you'll have trouble convincing English speakers too.

However, we're not talking the difference between a B and a C here, even.

I wouldn't trumpet McCain's academic record too much. At least he's honest about it. Unlike Biden:

It was also alleged that, during his time as a law student at Syracuse, Biden had plagiarized a law review article. Though the then-dean of the law school, as well as Biden's former professor, downplayed the incident, they did find that Biden drew "chunks of heavy legal prose directly from" the article in question. Biden said it was inadvertent due to his not knowing the proper rules of citation, and Biden was permitted to retake the course after receiving a grade of F, which was subsequently dropped from his record.[46] Biden also released his undergraduate grades, which were unexceptional.[46] When questioned by a New Hampshire resident about his grades in law school, Biden had inaccurately recollected graduating in the "top half" of his class when he actually graduated 76th from 85, that he had attended law school on a full scholarship, and had received three degrees in college.[47] In fact, he had earned a single B.A. with a double major in history and political science, and had received a half scholarship to law school based on financial need with some additional assistance based in part upon academics.[47]

Here's the article that this is from:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE4D91F3CF931A1575AC0A961948260

It's interesting, although not terribly exciting since Biden earned two degrees with a double major instead of three degrees and got a half scholarship instead of a full scholarship.

The plagiarism thing is bad, however he was allowed to repeat the course which if it had been serious would have resulted in expulsion. Plus it was decades ago. It's not like he was convicted of DUI or something.

But, as with any choice, it's the top of the ticket that's most important. Palin may be lower on the education scale than Biden, but ultimately it doesn't matter very much.

 

[Pa(b)st Prime]

I'll concede that Obama is probably "smarter" than McCain. Vladimir Putin though is smarter than both of them and he wouldn't get my vote based on that sole criteria either.

Quote from bigdavediode:

If you're referring to Bush, I think you'll have trouble convincing Spanish speakers that he's bilingual. For that matter, I think you'll have trouble convincing English speakers too.

However, we're not talking the difference between a B and a C here, even.



Here's the article that this is from:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE4D91F3CF931A1575AC0A961948260

It's interesting, although not terribly exciting since Biden earned two degrees with a double major instead of three degrees and got a half scholarship instead of a full scholarship.

The plagiarism thing is bad, however he was allowed to repeat the course which if it had been serious would have resulted in expulsion. Plus it was decades ago. It's not like he was convicted of DUI or something.

But, as with any choice, it's the top of the ticket that's most important. Palin may be lower on the education scale than Biden, but ultimately it doesn't matter very much.

 

[Fractals 'R Us]

Quote from ak15:

There is a miniscule problem. The fellow who "graduated highly" doesn't have the right skin color. You see, he is black although some have condescindingly and grudgingly called him a "mulatto". Makes all the difference in the world regardless of any other qualifications.

Sorry pal. Tough luck. You don't belong here. You might be qualified, bright, et al but from a dermatological point of view we can't have you lead the nation. Case closed. End of story. You're tribal dude. Some nerve you've got, trying to play in the big league. Hasn't History taught you anything?

As an aside, we chose the wrong guy twice, but hell we'll make the wrong choice again. Anything but a black man at the helm. Regretfully, no can do.

Oh hell ya, we're not voting for Obama because he's black... sure, it's racism, LOL. We're not voting for him because he is the farthest left person in the Senate... And all this talk about intelligence and quality of arguments.. if your assumptions are wrong and your logic is brilliant then your argument is fatally flawed. But the guy that can argue brilliantly can go to the head of the class.

 

[bigdavediode]

Quote from Pa(b)st Prime:

I'll concede that Obama is probably "smarter" than McCain. Vladimir Putin though is smarter than both of them and he wouldn't get my vote based on that sole criteria either.

Well you can rest assured that neither of the candidates is Putin.

They're both decent guys, one is highly intelligent and brilliant, and the other is not as intelligent.

 

[ak15]

Quote from Fractals 'R Us:

Oh hell ya, we're not voting for Obama because he's black... sure, it's racism, LOL. We're not voting for him because he is the farthest left person in the Senate... And all this talk about intelligence and quality of arguments.. if your assumptions are wrong and your logic is brilliant then your argument is fatally flawed. But the guy that can argue brilliantly can go to the head of the class.

You bet. Effulgent syllogism.LOLOL.

 

[ZZZzzzzzzz]

Adolph Hitler would get your vote though...

Quote from Pa(b)st Prime:

I'll concede that Obama is probably "smarter" than McCain. Vladimir Putin though is smarter than both of them and he wouldn't get my vote based on that sole criteria either.

 

[bigdavediode]

Quote from Fractals 'R Us:

Oh hell ya, we're not voting for Obama because he's black... sure, it's racism, LOL. We're not voting for him because he is the farthest left person in the Senate...

Every election the Republicans trot that old canard out, that the nominee is "the most left in all of the [blank]."

You'd think you guys would catch on by now.

And all this talk about intelligence and quality of arguments.. if your assumptions are wrong and your logic is brilliant then your argument is fatally flawed. But the guy that can argue brilliantly can go to the head of the class.

I'll trust the intelligent guy to use facts to decide his direction and correct his assumptions, rather than the less intelligent guy who might have great assumptions but doesn't know what to do with them.

 

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ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The leader of a statewide group of college Republicans has been forced to resign after posting racially insensitive comments about Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama on the Internet.

Adam LaDuca, 21, the former executive director of the Pennsylvania Federation of College Republicans, wrote on his Facebook page in late July that Obama has "a pair of lips so large he could float half of Cuba to the shores of Miami (and probably would.)"

LaDuca, who previously had called Martin Luther King Jr. a "pariah" and a "fraud," also wrote: "And man, if sayin' someone has large lips is a racial slur, then we're ALL in trouble."

The College Republicans asked LaDuca to resign after his remarks were publicized by the Pennsylvania Progressive, a blog written by a Democratic committeeman from Berks County. The group announced LaDuca's resignation on its Web site Friday.

"The comments were completely uncalled for and very offensive," said Anthony Pugliese, 22, a senior at West Chester University and chairman of the College Republicans, an umbrella group with more than 50 chapters statewide. "The P-A College Republicans do not accept or tolerate racism in any way."

LaDuca said Monday that he regrets posting the comments and understands how they can be construed as racist. "In hindsight, when you read it a second time, it's like, 'oops,'" he said. "It was just a dumb move on my part to make a statement like that public."

He said he is not a racist and that he admires prominent blacks such as economist and author Thomas Sowell and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. He compared the comment about Obama to jokes about Republican presidential nominee John McCain's thinning hair or President Bush's large ears.

LaDuca is a senior at Kutztown University. Two years ago, Kutztown's College Republicans chapter was heavily criticized for holding a "bake sale" to protest affirmative action in which whites were charged more for cookies than blacks. LaDuca, then the group's spokesman, made a public apology on the group's behalf.

 

[jonbig04]

Quote from Fractals 'R Us:

're not voting for him because he is the farthest left person in the Senate...

Simply not true.

 

[Gringinho]

Quote from Pa(b)st Prime:

I'll concede that Obama is probably "smarter" than McCain. Vladimir Putin though is smarter than both of them and he wouldn't get my vote based on that sole criteria either.

Would you venture as to say that Putin being obviously smart and intelligent has helped Russia tremendously and is a great asset to their country?