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Why is it ignored that Dubya had a MBA from Harvard (Original Post) GusFring Sep 2012 OP
To be fair, in his case musette_sf Sep 2012 #1
According to his classmates there, that is very true. Daddy just bought his way in. Indpndnt Sep 2012 #5
Republicans act like he was never President JI7 Sep 2012 #2
We didn't ignore it; elleng Sep 2012 #3
Because like Romney, his brain went AWOL nt SunsetDreams Sep 2012 #4
To be fair, Junior had been AWOL since the 70s. Indpndnt Sep 2012 #6
Anyone who says that is a moron, period. Scootaloo Sep 2012 #7
i'm not impressed with MBAs JI7 Sep 2012 #8
And a "C" Average. He also bankrupted several of Daddy's Oil Companies... Tigress DEM Sep 2012 #9
Perhaps because it has all the validity of one of these? Care Acutely Sep 2012 #10
It wasn't ignored. It was a known fact about him. Lil Missy Sep 2012 #11
The Shrub promised to run the country justgamma Sep 2012 #12

Indpndnt

(2,391 posts)
5. According to his classmates there, that is very true. Daddy just bought his way in.
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 01:18 AM
Sep 2012

He tried to get into the University of Texas law school and got rejected. Bummer.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
7. Anyone who says that is a moron, period.
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 01:21 AM
Sep 2012

The United States is not a business, and the idea of it being run like one should make people shit themselves in terror.

JI7

(89,248 posts)
8. i'm not impressed with MBAs
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 01:21 AM
Sep 2012

from what i have seen people who do well in business are usually ones who have some knowledge of the product/service they are selling. not because of some business classes.

Tigress DEM

(7,887 posts)
9. And a "C" Average. He also bankrupted several of Daddy's Oil Companies...
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 01:48 AM
Sep 2012

but still managed to make money personally even though he got his hands slapped for insider trading not once but twice.

justgamma

(3,665 posts)
12. The Shrub promised to run the country
Wed Sep 19, 2012, 02:14 AM
Sep 2012

like a business. He did. He ran every business he owned into the ground. The Saudi's had to bail him out.

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