Bush Aide, who is a college dropout, gets accepted to Harvard Biz School

LynneSin

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Fri May-26-06 08:35 AM
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Bush Aide, who is a college dropout, gets accepted to Harvard Biz School

For the rest of us if you want to get into HBS you better study, get good grades and have a stellar record!

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http://politicalwire.com/archives/2006/05/25/bush_aide_gets_exception_at_harvard.html

Bush Aide Gets Exception at Harvard
The Harvard Crimson: "A 26-year-old college dropout who carries President Bush�s breath mints and makes him peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches will follow in his boss�s footsteps this fall when he enrolls at Harvard Business School (HBS)."

"Though it is rare for HBS -- or any other professional or graduate school -- to admit a student who does not have an undergraduate degree, admissions officers made an exception for Blake Gottesman, who for four years has served as special assistant and personal aide to Bush."

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Captain Hilts

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Fri May-26-06 08:38 AM
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1. But, I thought this country was supposed to be a meritocracy!?!

They lied to me!

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elehhhhna

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Fri May-26-06 08:39 AM
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2. That's NOTHING. The exTaliban Spokesman's now a student

at YALE, and he's not only a freaking terrorist, he also only has a third grade education.

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peekaloo

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Fri May-26-06 08:48 AM
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5. Is that the same guy who was featured in Fahrenheit 9/11?

the he-man woman hater?

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Aiptasia

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Fri May-26-06 08:43 AM
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3. A box of tic-tacs he pledges Skull and Bones...

The council on foriegn affairs needs new blood. And PB&J sammitches... no crust NO CRUST!!!!

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peekaloo

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Fri May-26-06 08:47 AM
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4. Social climber: from Jenna's boyfriend to Bu$h's "body man" to Harvard

elite.

Do you suppose he loaded more than I-Pod 1? :evilgrin:

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tanyev

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Fri May-26-06 08:50 AM
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6. After they gave Bush a degree, it made it hard for them to argue

that they had any kind of admission standards.

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MadHound

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Fri May-26-06 08:51 AM
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7. Meanwhile, some well educated, driven, deserving student

Who has neither the pull nor the money of Bush's personal valet just got bumped to another school, despite his/her multiple undergrad degrees and 3.95 GPA.

Harvard should be ashamed.

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ProfessorGAC

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Fri May-26-06 09:30 AM
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12. Especially Now That They've Seen The Damage Legacy. . .

. . .admissions can do. Had they rejected Silverspoon a LONG time ago, we wouldn't be in this mess now. He'd just be running a restaurant in Boise that his family bought to keep him out of the way. But, no. Yale & Harvard gave this idiot a degree, and now we have all this.

This would be the very reason they should have rejected this aide. The damage legacy admissions and favors to contributors can both do is manifest.
The Professor

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OneBlueSky

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Fri May-26-06 09:10 AM
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8. being a Bush lacky is becoming a road to success . . .

first he nominates his secretary to the Supreme Court . . . (fortunately, people came to their senses on that one) . . . now his butler gets an invitation to HBS . . .

next up . . . ambassadorships for maids and chauffers? . . .

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UTUSN

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Fri May-26-06 09:12 AM
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9. Well, isn't that where Shrub and Pioneer Kenny Boy went? n/t

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AspenRose

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Fri May-26-06 09:15 AM
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10. Now THERE'S Affirmative Action.

eom

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flordehinojos

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Fri May-26-06 09:21 AM
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11. poppy's hands turning the key again, this time for his son's peanut butt-

erer sandwich maker. great balls on fire!

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