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Does A Candidate’s Education Matter To You? ?

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IT does to me, because it not only proves that the candidates went through a lot to secure knowledge (especially from respecte university) and went through a lot of hard work and are willing to stand up to extreme scrutiny of their work…It doesn’t seem to me like a Woman who went to 4 different community colleges and graduated from Idaho with a journalism degree and then went on to put her small city in 22 million dollar debt and run a corrupt governorship should be one heartbeat away from the presidency…
here are our candidates educations
thoughts?
Obama:
Occidental College (Los Angeles) – 2 years studying Politics and Public Policy.
Columbia University (New York) – B.A. Political Science with a specialization in International Relations.
Harvard Law School – Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna *** Laude, Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Law Review.
Biden:
University of Delaware – B.A. in History and a B.A. in Political Science.
Syracuse University College of Law – Juris Doctor (J.D.)
McCain:
United States Naval Academy – Class rank 894 of 899.
Palin:
Hawaii Pacific University – 1 semester – Business Administration.
North Idaho College – 2 semesters – General Studies.
University of Idaho – 2 semesters – Journalism.
Matanuska-Susitna College – 1 semester.
University of Idaho – 3 semesters – B.A. in Journalism.

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19 Comments on "Does A Candidate’s Education Matter To You? ?"

  1. yungun on Thu, 26th Nov 2009 10:47 pm 

    Yes.
    I’ll take a brilliant mind that’s been Harvard trained (Obama) any day over a man who got into the military academy because of his admiral daddy and granddaddy.
    And no way would I ever want a VP who has a journalism degree. That’s like asking someone with a physical education degree to be VP.

  2. Alex J on Thu, 26th Nov 2009 10:49 pm 

    It goes without saying that education is extremely important when a candidate is running for the highest office in the nation. In addition to the Vice President should be of outstanding character and role model not only to US but the world. Caring for a family of five now 4 children is a big responsiblity and Palin should keep her job in Alaska.

  3. Chia on Thu, 26th Nov 2009 11:21 pm 

    yes, my candidate’s education does matter to me because I really need to know that they are well educated to run a large nation. Incompetence can really lead to wars and I am not willing to take that chance with McCain. I really need my candidate to know the difference between Shi’ite’ s and Sunnis.
    OBAMA/ Biden ’08

  4. = D on Thu, 26th Nov 2009 11:27 pm 

    Of course education is important. If anyone says no then they must be freaking crazy. Why the hell would we want asomeone uneducated on the issues, someone uneducated about history to be running the country?? Yes, education is not necessary for all jobs but when you are running the free world??- Of course education is important!

  5. riverbir on Fri, 27th Nov 2009 12:16 am 

    Education is important, but that has to be coupled with intelligence. One with out the other is what we have at the present time, and we all know how that has turned out.

  6. Tom T on Fri, 27th Nov 2009 12:37 am 

    What kind…like a formal or a real life education.
    Real life education is invaluable….a formal education is a piece of paper saying you perfomed to set guidelines….lots of folks have those. Oh, and I really do not trust lawyers…..

  7. HockeyFa on Fri, 27th Nov 2009 12:52 am 

    Wait! You forgot to put down Sarah’s beauty pageant participation. That’s a kind of education. Right?
    And with Russian forces amassed on the boarder of Alaska, she must have picked up some Russian language skills.

  8. Quirk on Fri, 27th Nov 2009 1:15 am 

    Everything counts but foremost good judgment is one of the best qualifications of a candidate.
    All that Blah!!! Blah!!! Blah!!! about years of experience, honor & country does not match good judgment of intellectual thinking

  9. Patriotic 2008 on Fri, 27th Nov 2009 1:28 am 

    Education is only good if you have the wisdom to use it properly. I have known allot of educated people that were complete idiots.

  10. 67Bronco on Fri, 27th Nov 2009 2:08 am 

    It’s very important to me. Being President is a complicated job. He needs all the education he can get!

  11. American Spirit on Fri, 27th Nov 2009 2:44 am 

    formal education does not count as much as life experience. A formal education does not teach you how to be a good leader.

  12. Sweet Attic on Fri, 27th Nov 2009 3:02 am 

    Education is important, and Palin’s record shows that she is not decisive person.

  13. after_bu on Fri, 27th Nov 2009 3:13 am 

    Yes, it does matter to me. I would like to have a President that is smarter than me.

  14. Sprite on Fri, 27th Nov 2009 3:34 am 

    Education does not equal intelligence, so no.

  15. Vincent P on Fri, 27th Nov 2009 4:10 am 

    My uncle was a well educated college professor with the common sense of a toad…so no.

  16. Y.P.A.S. on Fri, 27th Nov 2009 4:51 am 

    This is a great point… Experience trumps education? Yeah big bad Mccain finished 894th out of 899th and got captured! I’m afraid I’m to the point where I don’t have to even point out Sarah Palins flaws. I’m just going to say she’s a good looking lady with a good looking daughter. Both her and Mr. McCain look like really nice people. I’d like to talk to them at a BBQ sometime, but I would never want either of them to run this country. It’s not that they don’t care (well at least McCain) It’s just that they don’t get it!

  17. TB on Fri, 27th Nov 2009 5:38 am 

    They all are Educated.
    I think it is funny how Senator Obama never talks about his time as a Lawyer handling those tough cases. Hmm I forgot he did what 1.
    Millions of Americans go to Community College and that will bring them closer to Governor Palin then Senator Obama.
    Why not Put Experience against Experience. Anyone can go to College but do they have the Experience to be VP or President. So why are you hiding Senator Obama behind a Degree? Cause he has no Experience to be President of the USA.
    Governor Palin has Executive Experience something that the Three Men Don’t have.
    The Governor Tops Senator Obama.

  18. Whisper 08 on Fri, 27th Nov 2009 5:38 am 

    To determine actual intelligence, you must closely observe the debates. Bush was fairly educated, wasn’t he? Look where that got us. Initially, it does help push your decision, but overall, they must put their education to use in their jobs… for the good of the people… to prove anything to me. In this election, Obama and Biden have done this to the furtherest extent, no doubt in my mind, they are far more educated, no matter what schools they went to or what degrees they earned. Peace.

  19. RC Dude on Fri, 27th Nov 2009 5:42 am 

    Experience trumps education, and every hiring manager would agree with me.

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