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Khephra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-10-03 11:08 PM
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How many major figures in modern politics hold NO degrees?
From what I understand, Rove and Carville never finished college. Anyone else not finish college and become a MODERN mover-and-shaker?
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burrowowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-10-03 11:09 PM
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1. Cheney eom
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SahaleArm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-10-03 11:11 PM
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2. Surprisingly Cheney has a BA...
and a MA in BS: http://www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident/
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burrowowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-10-03 11:37 PM
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7. I thought he
quit college and didn't go back?
He may have a PhD, Piled Higher and Deeper.
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youngred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-11-03 10:10 AM
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15. he left/was expelled
but went back and finished at the U of Wyoming
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mike1963 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-10-03 11:14 PM
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3. I'm not aware of St. Ronnie Reagan having any degree, but I might be wrong
?
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-10-03 11:16 PM
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4. University of the Pacific n/t
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Syrinx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-10-03 11:27 PM
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6. I thought RR went to some school called Eureka College.
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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-11-03 12:50 AM
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10. Degree from Eureka College in CA. n/t
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displacedtexan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-11-03 12:00 PM
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17. eureka college is in illinois
the raygun didn't graduate, but he's the school's biggest hero/alum.
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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-11-03 08:40 PM
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19. Really? Dish....
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Snow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-10-03 11:18 PM
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5. Current president of Korea is a high school grad but
self-taught human rights lawyer. Very cool guy. The conservative really don't like him & are doing their best to recall him.
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NewYorkerfromMass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-10-03 11:39 PM
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8. W
Paid for those 'C's.
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Lindsey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-10-03 11:47 PM
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9. Limbaugh doesn't
either.
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sexybomber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-11-03 12:14 PM
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18. yeah, i find it hard to believe that he actually went to classes
or learned anything for that matter. Sure, he's got a degree, but it doesn't mean anything.
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Silverhair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-11-03 07:57 AM
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11. Bill Gates dropped out of college.
He isn't in politics as such, but he's damn sure a mover & shaker.
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KeepItReal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-11-03 08:04 AM
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12. Carville has undergrad and Law degrees from LSU
"He entered Louisiana State University in 1962 and, as his biographical sketch notes with the comment "not to put a spin on it", "flunked out four years later." He subsequently returned to Louisiana State-after two years in the Marine Corps that his resumé says was "to assuage his Catholic guilt"-and later earned a law degree from LSU."
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Screaming Lord Byron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-11-03 09:24 AM
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13. Just ignore this. I made a boo-boo n/t!
Edited on Tue Nov-11-03 09:25 AM by Screaming Lord Byron
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-11-03 09:32 AM
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14. Not a current political figure, but former British PM John Major
Never went to college.
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-11-03 11:38 AM
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16. Current Tory leader has just named Major
as one of 4 'Wise old men' to occasionally speak for the Tories, so he is still sort of current.
Also James Callaghan, PM 1976-79. Left school at age 14.
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mlawson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-11-03 08:43 PM
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20. AH-NOLD doesn't, correct??? n/t
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-11-03 08:45 PM
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21. Truman
He never graduated from college.
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