VP hopeful Palin attended 5 colleges in 6 years & Is A Journalism Major

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VP hopeful Palin attended 5 colleges in 6 years

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

SPOKANE, Wash. - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attended five colleges in six years before graduating from the University of Idaho in 1987.


Federal privacy laws prohibit the schools from disclosing her grades, and none of the schools contacted by The Associated Press could say why she transferred. There was no indication any of them were contacted as part of the background investigation of Palin by presidential candidate John McCain's campaign.

"Our office was not contacted by anyone," said Tania Thompson, spokeswoman for the University of Idaho in Moscow.

Palin, the governor of Alaska, was born in Idaho. Her family moved when she was only a few months old to Alaska, where she was raised.

more at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080904/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_palin_education

[Ian David]

1. She admits to smoking marijuana. Maybe that has something to do with it? n/t

[yardwork]

2. What? Five schools in six years? In the early 1980s? That makes no sense.

[rbrnmw]

50. Can we say toast

I predict that McDementia will regret his pick very soon!!!!!!!

[Ian David]

3. She wanted to see as much of the country as possible before she seceded from it. n/t

[Neecy]

12. lol

[msallied]

13. LOL! NIce.

[chelsea0011]

4. 5 colleges in 6 years? If she weren't a woman she'd be a pledge for Delta House.

[Epiphany4z]

5. what degree does she have?

six years?

Maybe she isn't such a quick study...would explain why they wont let her near the press.

[Lars39]

6. I wonder what she did to get kicked out so many times?

:)

[Botany]

10. can you say flunked out?

:rofl:

Palin is the gift that keeps giving.

[totodeinhere]

14. I went to four different colleges and I neither flunked out from or got kicked out from any of them.

I wouldn't necessarily make anything from the fact that she changed colleges a lot.

[The Stranger]

23. Yeah, but you're not running for the second most powerful office in the world.

[ben_meyers]

7. 6 Years to get a 4 year degree?

What an f'ing airhead. Somebody needs to make sure that Keith sees this, if they don't cut him off again tonight.

[Retrograde]

25. not unheard of

my BIL took a long time. Of course, he was working full-time and had kids. I've known others who went that route, taking one or two classes while putting in a full week at work. Nothing wrong with it.

[Ilsa]

49. Or if studying Accounting, Nursing, Architecture, etc, the time to

take classes and do clinicals, internships, etc can take five years, even if going full time.

[CTyankee]

31. Hey it took me 5 years to get my BA!!

And I only finished after I was 50 years of age!

But I went on an got my Masters at age 61.

So,you see,there's hope.

I didn't have an accelerated degree program as a youngmother of 3 kids so I had to wait until I was middle aged to have the money and the time to do so. I finished off my Bachelor's at age 55 and started my Master's at age 57. We had a great party with my kids and grandkids. It was a teachable moment for those grandkids!

[uppityperson]

8. Fed law prohibits unless she gives them permission. Will she?

So another place/thing Mccain's "vetting" didn't bother to check out. Funny

[Divernan]

38. She'll have to give authorizations to FBI to get her security clearance.

to get all her school records - not just academic. Campus police reports; Dean of Students' office, etc

[krkaufman]

44. Problem is ....

... she'll need to be able to spell FBI.

[uppityperson]

47. bwahahahahaha

[Botany]

9. So let me get this right ....

... our side has two professors of Constitutional Law and they have two dumb asses?

:rofl:

[Debi]

22. Two professors with advanced degrees....

Both have BAs and JDs - AND teach Constitutional Law AND are married to people who also have advanced degrees...(not that we're counting :eyes:)

[ErinBerin84]

11. odd

I guess we now know why nobody from University of Idaho remembers her. Christ, at least Obama had memoirs early in his political career, so we at least had a blue print right off the bat. This Palin person is becoming the Laura Palmer of the Republican party.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

15. Were any of them junior colleges and what was her overall GPA?

After Mr. ChimpShit, I think we desperately need to know that we have an intelligent and highly educated person in the President or VP slots.

[Divernan]

41. Yes, 2 of them were 2/year colleges.

North Idaho, and Matanuska-Susitna. The latter school is part of the Alaska state niversity system - and would guarantee acceptance to students who couldn't get admitted to the main campus in Anchorage.

I would LOVE to see her grades.

[Berry Cool]

16. Yee-ouch.

I was the one defending her earlier, saying the fact that she has a journalism degree doesn't mean she's stupid, nor does the fact that it's from a state school, nor that it's from the University of Idaho.

However, five schools in six years before getting a bachelor's...that's a red-flagger.

I mean, even if she transferred once, it wouldn't be a big deal. The reason wouldn't have to be poor grades--it could be moving from community college to a four-year campus, or transferring for financial reasons, or because her original choice of school was a bad fit for some reason, or because she didn't have the grades in high school to be admitted to her first choice but eventually earned her way in as a transfer through good grades someplace else.

But five colleges in six years...yeesh.

[PA Democrat]

17. Bet McCain didn't vet her academic record either.

More and more indications of very sloppy, rash decision-making.

[tanyev]

18. Oh, man. Our candidate only went to two colleges.

And one of them was for his law degree. Crap.

[Botany]

20. But both of our "guys" are still in College

... as professors of Constitutional Law. :rofl:

[ErinBerin84]

21. three actually, right? Didn't he transfer to Columbia ?

I don't even care if she went to many schools (though it is kind of sketchy and perhaps a red flag), but it's just shady to me that we know NOTHING about her.

[tanyev]

27. Did he start somewhere else?

All I know about is Columbia and Harvard.

[ErinBerin84]

28. he started at Occidental College

[rufus dog]

29. He started at Occidental College

A Liberal Arts School outside of Los Angeles.

[underpants]

34. Occidental then Columbia then 3 years as a *community organizer* and THEN Harvard Law

The spell in the middle as a community organizer and THEN getting into Harvard is really impressive.

[Stern21]

19. Let's see. McCain graduated 5th from the bottom of his class...

and Palin spent six years in five different colleges to get a BA in Journalism so she could be a weathergirl on TV?

Theh Bush tradition of STUPID continues in the GOP.

[gmoney]

46. HEY! She was a SPORTSCASTER, not a weathergirl!

goldurn libruls always tellin' LIES!

[nichomachus]

24. The GOP will spin this as "broad experience in higher education"

[yy4me]

26. 5 schools, 6 years, anyone on DU ever met her? That kind of

school switching would certainly expose her to all kinds of people/ Who knows anything about ther from class? Anyone? Anywhere?

Geeze, this whole thing ticks me off. I know..at least I hope I know that Obama will win but what the heck will we be in for if he doesn't. Dumb and Dumber? Can you see her trying to talk w/Putin? He'd mince her up and she'd get ticked off. Picture it folks, it isn't pretty.

[underpants]

30. I attended 5 colleges over 10 years

with 3 years in the Army stuck in there


Can I be Vice President???

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

33. I wonder if one of them was beauty college or clown college

[tanyev]

36. Or Suits University!

:rofl:

[davidinalameda]

32. sounds like my college career

and lord knows I'm not qualified to run this country

[underpants]

35. Compared to who*?

You have been paying attention these last few years I know.


*or is it whom?

[nichomachus]

37. "Was I supposed to be going to classes? I thought I was trying on glasses."

[ogneopasno]

39. Moscow? Why didn't you SAY so? There's her foreign policy experience!

Geez!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

40. I wonder if she ever flunked out of one of these schools - didn't Cheney flunk out of Yale twice?

[krkaufman]

42. wooHOO!!! This info JUST reported by KO on MSNBC. nt

Chortle!

[BlooInBloo]

43. Clearly not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

[taught_me_patience]

45. OMG... she went to HPU?

Hawaii Pacific Univerisity? Wow... that is literally the worst university in the nation.

[Ilsa]

48. Well, I guess she was trying to figure out which school colors looked best. nt

[Major Hogwash]

51. Hahahahahaha hahahahahahahaha!!!!

What a freakin' joke!

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!

You can't put enough lipstick on this pig to make me want to kiss it!!!

:rofl: