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calldonna2

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28. I'm not surprised
Mon Sep 1, 2014, 10:33 AM
Sep 2014

If he started college in 1968, why didn't he go to Viet Nam first? He likes to get his picture taken with big guns. Why didn't he go to Viet Nam and use one? Another right wing chicken hawk and a dumb one at that!!

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Nobody ever said "Governor Goodhair" was a genius. Laelth Sep 2014 #1
Rick Perry got a "D" in Economics. JEFF9K Sep 2014 #2
Hey! Cut him some slack! Organic chem is tough stuff!! Bwahaha. n/t elias49 Sep 2014 #3
How do you get a D in OC 1 and be allowed to take OC2? Lochloosa Sep 2014 #6
How do you get a D in trig central scrutinizer Sep 2014 #45
A C in Civics and a D in Economics. JaneyVee Sep 2014 #4
D in principles of Economics? Therefore he's a BRILLIANT economist Thav Sep 2014 #21
Required Phy. Ed.? What is this High School? Lochloosa Sep 2014 #5
I was an undergrad at around the same time - we had a 4-course PE requirement DrDan Sep 2014 #7
those requirements were still going strong in the 80's when I went to college dsc Sep 2014 #12
I needed 4 PE credits @ my state university in the 80s. CottonBear Sep 2014 #17
A one semester half-credit PE course is required of undergraduates in most schools I know of. eom TransitJohn Sep 2014 #25
an A in world military systems IDemo Sep 2014 #8
Looks like it's a 2 hour credit course. Ilsa Sep 2014 #15
A ROTC course? n/t sarge43 Sep 2014 #41
Then he got a C in it the very next semester. TeamPooka Sep 2014 #48
"He was always kind of a joke." Chemisse Sep 2014 #9
His best grades were in phys ed and World Military Systems. Should we be surprised? Triana Sep 2014 #10
Well he still hasn't mastered US history. Historic NY Sep 2014 #11
"Oops." spooky3 Sep 2014 #13
I'd like a gander at his military records sarge43 Sep 2014 #14
I wonder what the rest of it looks like. This appears Ilsa Sep 2014 #16
It would take the knowledge of Chem I to be able to pass Chem II. Chem II passing grade would DhhD Sep 2014 #20
Got a "B" in Soil Science. So he started off good at manure... JHB Sep 2014 #18
and dirt digging and mud slinging! Blue Owl Sep 2014 #55
There's a shocker. TBF Sep 2014 #19
I listened to him speak the other day on CSPAN....... marmar Sep 2014 #22
Compare the leaking of this transcript and the celebrity nude leak. AngryAmish Sep 2014 #23
Good point. Dr. Strange Sep 2014 #50
Leaked to writer of the article. AngryAmish Sep 2014 #51
I greatly object to this post! vlyons Sep 2014 #24
Noted. But since he's running for President, everything is fair game. Scuba Sep 2014 #27
And as a Presidential candidate ... aggiesal Sep 2014 #37
If he has dyslexia, he wouldn't have been an Air Force pilot. sarge43 Sep 2014 #32
Aren't we allowed to have academic standards for the president of the United States? MoonchildCA Sep 2014 #36
Grow up? SHAME ON YOU! TeamPooka Sep 2014 #49
His mediocre scholastic record will benefit him ladjf Sep 2014 #26
I'm not surprised calldonna2 Sep 2014 #28
Almost all (if not all) of the people in my HS who went to college did so just out of HS karynnj Sep 2014 #33
He got a D in Econ and a B in Rhetoric Jack Rabbit Sep 2014 #29
Texas is whored out to corporations, CEOs don't enjoy Perry for his intellect. whereisjustice Sep 2014 #30
I would've thought he would EXCEL at animal breeding....... lastlib Sep 2014 #31
World military systems......his only "A"? Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #34
Knows nothing about American History, yet he was elected to govern Texas SummerSnow Sep 2014 #35
The son of bitch stole my college transcript Botany Sep 2014 #38
How many classes do they have there on World Military Systems? treestar Sep 2014 #39
Big deal. bigwillq Sep 2014 #40
We already do Botany Sep 2014 #43
Great! bigwillq Sep 2014 #44
I'm sure Pasadena Clown College is very proud of you. Dr. Strange Sep 2014 #56
Military = A Economics = D Ruby the Liberal Sep 2014 #42
Most Texas Democrats would love to see Perry be the 2016 nominee Gothmog Sep 2014 #46
... napkinz Sep 2014 #47
Sadly for some, ZombieHorde Sep 2014 #52
His college days was probably to avoid the draft. Guess it worked for him Thinkingabout Sep 2014 #53
That's only a partial transcript. Maybe he had an epiphany at the end of sophomore year? Shrike47 Sep 2014 #54
People who say this is not fair NJCher Sep 2014 #57
To be fair, Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #58
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