Monday, 9 August 2004

I crush dissent in Ashcroft's Amerikka

I did something quite uncharacteristic today: I went out of my way to be rude to some people. A small group (I’d say 6–8 people, mostly college-age kids) of protestors or leafleters or something had set up shop in front of the graduate library, and were intent on wasting my time on my daily walk from my barely-furnished hovel to my office. The central feature of the event was a sign that said “Bush Intelligence Czar = Oxymoron”—which, I suppose, made more sense to them than it did to me, especially considering that Bush got better grades than Al Gore did in college. But why let the facts get in the way of your preconceived notions?

I suppose the proper behavior for a political scientist would have been to stop, listen to whatever they had to say, and thank them for acting in the civic spirit—and then come here and belittle them in my blog. Unfortunately for them, I was hungry, annoyed (after walking a mile), and not really in the mood for Chomsky-lite on the way to my lunch. So I blew right past them, trading barbs with a particularly moronic member of the group who insisted on shoving some paper in my face. Mea maxima culpa.

I really, really need to get out of this town.

Update: I’ve made this my entry in today’s Beltway Traffic Jam. Later, I found some of their literature (an incredibly amusing “platform” that I’m confident was not adopted in Boston), and it turns out they were LaRouchies. Now I don’t feel quite so bad…

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especially considering that Bush got better grades than Al Gore did in college.

Well, at least Gore’s sophomore year grades were lower :

In his sophomore year at Harvard, Gore's grades were lower than any semester recorded on Bush's transcript from Yale.

Too bad WAPO couldn’t give us a complete set of their transcripts to enjoy.

But, then, neither guy is really worth defending all that much…..

 

Bear in mind that Gore also flunked out of divinity school; trust me, you really have to be trying to wash out of any grad program with Fs.

But, then, neither guy is really worth defending all that much…..

Amen to that, at least.

 

I remember some Goron in 2000 making an issue of the fact that GWB was not admitted to U. Texas Law School – as if to suggest that flunking out of Vandy were better.

 
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