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    Re: A test! (was Mr. Squibbles) —Lindsay Frederick Braun
    (...) Everyone. He's sort of like the anti-Paine Webber. Or the anti-Howard Stern/Rush Limbaugh ("I want to listen, just to hear what he'll say next"). (The background is that the issue of grades came up between Gore and Quayle back in '92, (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: A test! (was Mr. Squibbles) —Christopher L. Weeks
   (...) To be completely fair, he probably worked as hard for a Yale C as I did for my Mizzou A. And you have to admit that not everything he said was stupid. (I mean, I can't recall anything off hand, but it must be.) Chris (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: A test! (was Mr. Squibbles) —Scott Edward Sanburn
     (...) for my (...) can't (...) Well, as a person who read his book, I think he isn't a very slick politician, but he is a decent person, IMO. He made some mistakes, but compared to what we have now, I would take him back in a heartbeat. Scott S. -- (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: A test! (was Mr. Squibbles) —Christopher L. Weeks
     (...) Oh sure, he was a good enough guy, I guess. He just had a hell of a time expressing himself in a way that made him seem credible. I know for certain that many of the things that we as a nation made fun of him for were totally unfair. But (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
    
         Re: A test! (was Mr. Squibbles) —Scott Edward Sanburn
     (...) certain (...) totally (...) be (...) Indeed. It is sad when people put their foots in their mouths so often, especially him. I know of one who would do worse: Me! : ) Scott S. -- Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: A test! (was Mr. Squibbles) —Lindsay Frederick Braun
    (...) Unfortunately the Ivies don't work that way, despite all the pretenses that they're somehow the sole province of the godlike. Grade inflation is rampant to a degree you wouldn't believe; these people have been getting As all their lives, and (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 

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