Scott Walker Dismisses ‘Elitist’ Criticism That He Dropped Out of College

[hue]

Walker appeared on Fox News tonight and told Megyn Kelly it’s just the “elitist government-knows-best top-down approach from Washington,” and argued the country hasn’t exactly been faring well under an Ivy League president.

To be clear, Walker isn’t dismissing the importance of college outright. He hopes his own sons finish their college education, but at the same time, he said, “you don’t have to have that to be successful.”

[Scuba]

1. "You don’t have to have that to be successful.”

Nope, you can also be successful by being a sleazy whore.

[Fred Sanders]

2. Describing Meaghan Kelly that way is disturbing....accurate, but disturbing.

[sulphurdunn]

20. Everything about Meaghan Kelly is fine but her mind.

[unionthug777]

14. excellent photo !!!!!

how true that is !!!

[kacekwl]

16. Great , the best

sign I have ever seen , Bravo.

[postulater]

3. I don't criticize his education failure.

I have family who are not college educated who are better people than Walker ever could be, even though they support him in many instances.

I criticize his Scott-centric-vision, divisiveness and lack of compassion.

He just wants the upstream path cleared for himself so he can trickle-down to his cronies.

(though it would be interesting if Marquette released his record)

[Major Nikon]

4. Even Gov. Goodhair Perry has a degree in Animal Husbandry

Albeit just barely and from an agricultural university. Look how far he's gone.

[benld74]

5. Elitist? Gee that a new word I've NEVER heard before,,,,,,,

[TwilightGardener]

6. LOL. Really isn't that hard to get a bachelor's.

Why didn't he just finish his degree online? Most professional jobs require it, as a minimum. I'm not seeing where he's so unique and talented and visionary that he can plausibly rationalize not earning a basic BA/BS.

[AtheistCrusader]

9. I never did.

Only time I ever set foot in a college was for my wife's graduation. I do quite well without it, and would happily go toe to toe with a bag of shit like Scott Walker, any day.

It's easy to predict what someone is going to do or say, when you realize their entire worldview is colored by power and greed.

Edit: And the man is even less clever than Chris Christie. If you can believe that.

[C_U_L8R]

7. The Republican message appears to be...

stop being mean to dumb people like us.

[AtheistCrusader]

8. That he dropped out of college isn't why he's a stupid, petty, mendacious, corrupt human.

The two issues are actually unrelated. Plenty of humans out there that dropped out of college that didn't go on to become stupid, petty, mendacious and corrupt politicians.

[pansypoo53219]

10. wasn't he ASKED to leave?

[Thor_MN]

21. No one has said, and Squatty isn't explaining why he walked in his last semester.

My belief is that he was allowed to "voluntarily withdraw" to avoid something that neither the school nor he wanted public.

He certainly would have already paid for that semester, I don't know many people that would just walk away...

[czarjak]

12. "Watching Scotty Grow"...

Answer the question, I believe in evolution, just check yes or no. Or is it too hard for ya?

[midnight]

13. Mr. Walker just like you and your wife expect your boys to graduate from college, many of us

in this country don't want a drop out running this country. There is something arrogant about someone who expects others to do the heavy lifting so they can get a pass. Thank goodness the heart surgeon he or his family might need will not be bullied for getting an education.

[unionthug777]

15. i don't have a degree...

but, I did do a 5-year electrical apprenticeship, and passed my jw test the first time, does that count?

[kacekwl]

17. When did

education and teachers , esp. professors become the enemy ?

[lastlib]

19. When the one-percent started wanting....

docile, uninformed, ignorant, uninsightful slaves who lacked critical thinking skills to be able to figure out how the masters were raping, pillaging, and plundering the wealth of the working class. They would be more dependent on the masters and thus less willing to upset the existing order. Guarantees their profits more.

[sulphurdunn]

18. I remember when this groveling little punk

got punked by a guy pretending to be one of the Kochs on the phone. Hearing him grovel was entertaining and also disgusting. I wonder who's bankrolling this boot licking asshole. You get one guess.