Rand Paul caught lying about his college record

[DonViejo]

Senator's office forced to admit that he never graduated

LUKE BRINKER

Ophthalmologist-turned-politician Rand Paul may have a medical degree from Duke University, but the Kentucky senator and likely 2016 presidential candidate never completed his undergraduate education at Baylor University. So why did Paul assert twice yesterday that he holds two bachelor’s degrees from the institution?

The senator embellished his record during an appearance at the Lincoln Labs “Reboot Congress” event Thursday. In two instances highlighted by Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler, Paul falsely suggested that he had obtained undergraduate degrees. First came this exchange between Paul and TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington:

ARRINGTON: Let’s talk about economics because maybe you can actually explain this to me. I have an econ degree which means I know just enough not to understand any of what our government is (inaudible)…

PAUL: Mine’s in biology and English so this is going to be a great conversation.

Later on, during a discussion of the virtual currency Bitcoin, Paul said, “This is just me. I have a biology degree, okay? But with Bitcoin my concern always was whether or not something has real value. So I could imagine a kind of coin that was exchangeable. This gets back to the whole idea, does money have to be exchangeable for something to be of value?”

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[aikoaiko]

1. Im amazed that Duke let him in without a bachelor's degree.

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. Same here.

[CherokeeDem]

3. I believe....

as long as you have the prerequisite courses and can pass the entrance exam, you don't need to hold a bachelor's degree to be entered into a professional college like medicine, and pharmacy... not certain about law, but I think it's the same.

[Downwinder]

7. 30 years ago there were four or five law schools

that did not require an undergraduate degree.

[world wide wally]

4. I understand that NBC needs an anchorman, Rand

[rogerashton]

5. In fairness even to Rand Paul,

At one time, the standard pre-medical curriculum was three years -- not a degree, to be sure, but a prescribed curriculum focused largely on biology. I wouldn't have thought that he is old enough to have taken that path -- these days, students admitted to medical school will often have a master's degree! -- but perhaps Baylor and Duke were more traditional.

[all american girl]

6. My sister-in-law was going for a vet degree

when she was at the 3 year undergrad, they asked if she wanted to go for a medical degree. Se decided to stay with the vet...but yeah, that was around 20 years ago at Iowa State U....

[Borchkins]

9. Then just don't say you have the degree.

What's so hard about telling the truth?
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[Borchkins]

8. Telling the truth is hard work.

for Republicans. If you don't have the degree, don't say you do. Why is that so tough?
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