Next time someone plays the "University of Idaho" card...

[SoxFan]

I may just punch that person. Here's a list of some slackers and the sorry little cow colleges they attended:


Mark Pryor: University of Arkansas
Barbara Boxer: Brooklyn College
Chris Dodd: University of Louisville
Ken Salazar: University of Michigan
Joe Biden: University of Delaware
Tom Carper: University of Delaware, Ohio State University
Daniel Inouye: University of Hawaii
Daniel Akaka: University of Hawaii
Evan Bayh: Indiana University
Tom Harkin: Iowa State University
Mary Landrieu: Louisiana State University
Debbie Stabenow: Michigan State University
Claire McCaskill: University of Missouri
Ben Nelson: University of Nebraska
Harry Reid: Utah State University
Sherrod Brown: Ohio State University
Ron Wyden: University of Oregon
Bernie Sanders: Brooklyn College
Patty Murray: Washington State University
Maria Cantwell: Miami of Ohio
Jeanne Shaheen: University of Mississippi, Shippensburg State College
John Baldacci: University of Maine
Brian Schweitzer: Colorado State University, Montana State University
Mike Beebe: Arkansas State University, University of Arkansas
Bill Ritter: Colorado State University, University of Colorado
John Lynch: University of New Hampshire
Martin O'Malley: University of Maryland
Tim Kaine: University of Missouri
Mike Easley: University of North Carolina, North Carolina Central University

[LonelyLRLiberal]

1. Huh? "slackers"? "cow colleges"? eom

[Bicoastal]

2. Don't forget that Barack Obama STARTED OUT at tiny Occidental College...

...which just happens to be MY ALMA MATER! GO OXY!!!

[RTFirefly]

3. Non-Ivy League is okay.

I think it has more to do with how RWers are comparing Palin to Obama - a Journalism B.A. to a Law Professor.

At least I selfishly hope that's the case. My school isn't exactly Ivy League, and I doubt my law school will be either. Crossing my fingers, though.

... Can we still make fun of the Regent University grads?

[RadicalTexan]

4. Lyndon Baines Johnson: Texas State Teachers' College

Tom C. Clark - JD - University of Texas

Lloyd Bentsen - JD - University of Texas

Kay Bailey Hutchison - BA, JD - University of Texas

Ralph Yarbrough - BA - Sam Houston State Teachers College, University of Texas; JD - University of Texas

Henry Cuellar - AA - Laredo Community College; BA - Georgetown University; BA - Texas A&M International - Laredo; JD, PhD - University of Texas

John Connally - BA, JD - University of Texas

Ann Richards - BA - University of Texas

James Baker - JD - University of Texas

Sam Rayburn - BA - Mayo College (now Texas A&M University-Commerce)

Chet Edwards - BA - Texas A&M

Rick Perry - BA - Texas A&M

Will Wynn - BA - Texas A&M

Henry Cisneros - BA, MA - Texas A&M; MA Harvard University; PhD - George Washington University

Bob Bullock - BA - Texas Tech University

Barbara Jordan - BA - Texas Southern University; JD - Boston University

Mickey Leland - BA - Texas Southern University

[SoxFan]

32. Losers!

That silly Barbara Jordan. How can she ever amount to anything with a degree from a place like that? Clearly, she should have stepped aside for a more qualified Harvard graduate.

[sandnsea]

5. University of Idaho does not compare

to most of those schools. It is absurd to say one college is the same as the next.

[bahrbearian]

6. But the University of Idaho is home to the Vandals

surely you don't want a Vandal in the White House.

[justiceischeap]

7. I don't think it's necessarily the college she attended but what she majored in.

But I agree with you.

Ronald Reagan - Eureka College

[4themind]

8. I agree, although

If they are going to compare the experience and experiences between Palin and Obama, then not only Public office, but work in the private sector, in academia and overall academic credentials is open ground for discussion IMO. There's nothing "wrong" with her being from U of Idaho, but if a claim is made that she's "equivalent" to obama (as many RWingers are trying to do), then a comparison of resumes (including education) is appropriate for addressing that issue I think.

[justiceischeap]

10. Agreed but many are saying she simply cannot be intelligent because she has a BA

from U of Idaho as a Journalism major (who also minored in Poli-sci).

[depakid]

11. She didn't even write for the student paper!

no one remembers her and she was undistinguished.

That aside from what anyone thinks about the University of Idaho.

[kath]

27. Hey! She was a sportscaster! I saw the tapes, and she was teh awesome!

that makes her qualified, no?

[sandnsea]

12. No. People are saying she's less educated

because she attended a less competitive school with a degree that did not focus on government, foreign studies, or anything that would particularly qualify her for Vice President.

[justiceischeap]

13. I beg to differ

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6840355&mesg_id=6840355

[sandnsea]

14. And?

That's what Frenchie is saying. John McCain has given us a VP nominee with a worse education than Harriet Miers and we all remember what the country thought of that.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

17. Harriet Miers got into law school and presumably

passed a bar exam, as she practiced law. That's about the nicest thing I can say about HM, but it indicates more ambition and accomplishment than Palin has shown.

[justiceischeap]

18. And all I'm saying is that where she went to college and what she majored in

DOES NOT gauge her intelligence. That's like saying people who never went to college can't be intelligent or the smartest motherfucker in the room. I'd guess there are some really smart motherfuckers out there that either couldn't afford a college education or didn't want one. Framing the argument that she isn't qualified by where she got her degree and what she majored in smacks of classism and elitism and really is no different than how the Repugs would frame it.

Attack her intelligence (or lack thereof) on what she did after college to continue her real-world education—that is where the argument should be framed, otherwise, you end up pissing off a lot of voters that went to "underwhelming" colleges or none at all (just as this has pissed off some fellow DU'ers because maybe they didn't get to go to first-rate colleges).

It's almost comparable to saying "Because you live in the south you must be a redneck hillbilly that's dumb as a bag of rocks." (Which Palin may very well be). Yep, let's piss off those folks by picking on her degree and school, not what she did with that opportunity afterwords.

[sandnsea]

23. It guages her education

I'm sorry you don't understand the difference between intelligence and education. You can have 160 IQ, but if you never opened a book, you won't be able to maximize that IQ the way a Harvard educated genius could. Certainly you can understand that.

[justiceischeap]

26. So only a Harvard educated GENIUS can maximize his or her intelligence?

Nice. Thanks for pointing that out to me. That statement just dropped my IQ by 50 points.

[sandnsea]

28. You're proving the necessity of a quality education

Or just enjoying reveling in stupidity. Whichever it is, I've got better things to do.

[FrenchieCat]

9. That's me. You can punch me.

which of them got their degree in Journalism?

Did any of them get additional degrees. I Don't have time to look them all up, but looking real quick, I know that Tim Kaine also when the Harvard Law School, Maria Cantwell was a highly successful Business woman, Mark Pryor also attended law school and received a law degree, Barbara Boxers' Degree was in Economics, Evan Bayh also has a law degree from University of Virginia.

I could go on and on. What's an even better point is that none that you mentioned are Vice Presidential Nominees.

[arendt]

15. Michigan & Ohio State are "liitle cow colleges"? What are you smoking? This post is a joke. n/t

[marlo]

16. I'm glad someone else

caught that.

[SoxFan]

33. "It's sarcasm, son"

My point is that the DUers who want to riddicule Palin's degree from the University of Idaho are acting like a bunch of elitist assholes. Some people think that unless you were educated at an ivy League school or its functional equivalent (MIT, Georgetown, Stanford, CalTech, Chicago), you are somehow consigned to a lesser level of intellect and competence. That's complete codswallop, and I am not going to put up with it.

And FYI, a lot of Ivy Leaguers would consider Michigan and The Ohio State University to be "cow colleges". I don't, but I know plenty of people who would.

[Zynx]

19. The vast bulk of those are vastly superior to Idaho. Michigan, UNC, OSU, and Iowa State are leagues

above.

[woolldog]

20. University of Michigan is actually a very good school.

Not sure why you included it in your list...

[malletgirl02]

24. University of Michigan

It is also among the top public universities in country.

[SoxFan]

31. Try telling that to an Ivy Leaguer

When they stop snickering at you, get back to me and let me know how that conversation went

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

21. There are some pretty damn good universities on that list:

Indiana, Mich St., Ohio St., Missouri, Iowa State, Michigan (as selective as most Ivies). I'm a state school grad myself - University of Minnesota Twin Cities - and believe you me, many of the schools you listed are ANYTHING but "cow colleges." I managed to get into the same Harvard Law graduating class as Michelle Obama. There are good state universities and so-so state universities, just like private universities.

[Diane R]

22. I live near the University of Idaho, and it doesn't compete with most the schools on your list.

[Johonny]

25. no kidding

anyone that compares Ohio State to the University of Idaho doesn't know their higher educational institutions very well. Pretty much shows they have no point to make.

[locker13]

29. i agree

i was attacked as a troll for making a similar thread, some of these anti Palin attacks are very short sighted

[LynneSin]

30. BTW - Joe Biden - University of Delaware

:woohoo: