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Re: A test! (was Mr. Squibbles)
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Mon, 10 Jul 2000 13:17:27 GMT
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> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
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> > (The background is that the issue of grades came up between Gore and
> > Quayle back in '92, IIRC--Gore was apparently a model student gradewise,
> > but Quayle went I believe to Yale (how nicely rhyming) and got what he
> > characterised as a "gentleman's C"...apparently that 'potatoe' was worth
> > two grades.)
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> To be completely fair, he probably worked as hard for a Yale C as I did • for my
> Mizzou A.
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> 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.)
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.
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| (...) 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)
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| (...) 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)
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