11. Bush got into the Ivy League the old-fashioned way
He was legacied in because of whose loins he sprang from.
There are many large numbers in the world, but one of the largest is the difference between what some Ivy Leaguers think they're worth and what they're actually worth.
12. I thought Chimp's grades were a matter of record.
It was tacitly admitted that he couldn't have gotten into Yale Business School without his family connections. His grades weren't good enough--it wouldn't have happened.
As a former student at the University of Chicago--and despite my dislike of said institution--I know that the University of Chicago does not offer tenure to law school professors (as they did to Obama despite another set of rumors to the contrary that are making the rounds in right wing crazy circles)unless said professor has some impressive credentials.
I have disagreements with Obama, but I do know that he is a brilliant man.
Of course you can tell that from his speaking abilities irrespective of his formal qualifications.
Pat and his ilk have a belief that minorites can't possibly be as smart or as deserving of places in top schools without preferential treatment. Any minority kid admitted to a top school is stealing a spot from some more deserving white kid.
It's really a bigotted was of looking at society. Behind every successful minority there is a white person who got screwed. Pathetic.
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