"Rand Paul caught lying about his college record"

[applegrove]

Rand Paul caught lying about his college record

by Luke Brinker at Salon

http://www.salon.com/2015/02/13/rand_paul_caught_lying_about_his_college_record/

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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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Yet as Kessler notes, while Paul studied English and biology at Baylor, he left the university after three years in 1984, before obtaining a bachelor’s degree in either field. Despite lacking an undergraduate degree, Paul went on to graduate from Duke’s medical school in 1988. A spokesman for the senator subsequently clarified that he does not, in fact, hold degrees in English and biology, as he’d claimed.

This isn’t the first time Paul has landed in hot water for how he’s handled his college record. During his 2010 Senate campaign, Paul faced criticism for not correcting an interviewer who described him as “a graduate of Baylor University.”




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[surrealAmerican]

1. How did he get into medical school?

Do they routinely accept applicants who don't have undergraduate degrees?

[applegrove]

2. I think you have to have a fantastic mark in organic chemistry, which you take in second year in

Canada. If you have that I don't know that you need a bachelor of science degree.

[Fred Sanders]

5. Same lie?

And his own family certified him as an ophthalmologist, he created his own Board.

[1StrongBlackMan]

3. I read that rand didn't have an undergrad degree, so off to google-land I went ...

I found this interest thread:

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/88663-do-you-need-a-b-s-degree.html

That indicates there are several household named Medical schools that don't require a undergrad degree.

But, this makes me think ... did he know this before he dropped out (I wonder why he dropped out?) and/or did he just slither through a loop hole?

[KamaAina]

4. Paul/Walker or Walker/Paul?

They'd have the vote sewn up!

[edhopper]

6. Where is the media shitstorm?

Isn't this a wee bit worse than exaggerating a story about a helicopter.

[Thor_MN]

7. "Stolen Honor" refers to military lies but isn't this essentialy the same thing?

[JaneyVee]

8. LOLbertarian!

[Cha]

9. rand is just another pathological liar.

[TexasTowelie]

10. It will take a very high GPA and an excellent score on the MCAT exam in order to be admitted.

I expect that the applicant would need solid backgrounds in anatomy, physiology, endocrinology, immunology, genetics, biochemistry, neurobiology, pharmacology and organic chemistry in order to do well on the MCAT.

[Blue Owl]

11. Under the Rug with Rand Paul

What other fake shit has he swept under that rug?

[adieu]

12. Maybe he had a memory mismanagement

like Brian Williams.

But unlike Brian, he's not going to apologize nor is he going to get fired.