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Title: McCain/Palin vs. Obama/Biden - how they compare academically
Source: Various
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Published: Aug 31, 2008
Author: Various
Post Date: 2008-08-31 00:08:49 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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Comments: 109

Palin
- Bachelors of Arts in Sports Journalism from Idaho.

McCain
- Bachelors from Naval Academy rank 5th from the bottom of his class of 800.

Biden
- BA University of Delaware in both History and Political Science.
- Juris Doctor (JD) from Syracuse University College of Law.

Obama
- BA in International Relations form Columbia University.
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna Cum Laude from Harvard in 1991. (That’s top of his class at arguably the best school in the country/world.) While at Harvard he was also president of the Harvard Law Review.

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#4. To: a vast rightwing conspirator (#0) (Edited)

Harvard was already going downhill in the 1950s.

These days, grade inflation there makes State Universities look tame in comparison.

The Ivy League is not what it once was and Yale Law blows away Harvard Law any day of the week. Even Stanford Law beats it.

BTW, Magna Cum Laude does not mean "top of the class". That would be maxima cum laude. At Harvard, "Magna Cum Laude" means a 3.3 GPA. Top of the class? Not even close.

mirage  posted on  2008-08-31   2:47:10 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

Magna Cum Laude does not mean "top of the class". That would be maxima cum laude. At Harvard, "Magna Cum Laude" means a 3.3 GPA. Top of the class? Not even close.

I made a mistake.

Obama graduated with SUMMA CUM LAUDE at Harvard, not MAGNA.

To recap:

OBAMA: SUMMA CUM LAUDE at HARVARD.

McCain: bottom of class.
Palin: degree in sports journalism with a minor in chocolate chip cookies.

Need we say more?

a vast rightwing conspirator  posted on  2008-08-31   13:32:25 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

Need we say more?

Affirmative Action.

Also, per Wikipedia:

He graduated with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) magna cum laude from Harvard in 1991

Not summa cum laude as you stated. That means a 3.3-3.5 GPA.

mirage  posted on  2008-08-31   13:41:34 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

He graduated with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Harvard in 1991

No small potatoes.

angle  posted on  2008-08-31   14:03:57 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

No small potatoes.

My great-grandfather got a JD from Harvard. He practiced law for all of 90 days, then decided he couldn't lie for a living and became a newspaper editor.

I'm not impressed by lawyers. I have too many in my family from Ivy League law schools for that to count for anything.

We've also got multiple Harvard MBAs. Whoop-de-doo.

Show me some real world accomplishments and then I'll be impressed.

mirage  posted on  2008-08-31   14:06:31 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

#91. To: mirage (#87)

I'm not impressed by lawyers.

We're aligned on that point.

angle  posted on  2008-08-31 15:50:14 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

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