Rick Perry had a 2.22 GPA in college.

[NOMOREDRUGWAR]

Just wanted to point that out, in case some people on here weren't aware. Rick Perry had a 2.22 GPA in college. I'm sorry if this has been discussed here previously -- I just joined today.

He could not get into veterinary school with those grades (no shame in that, it isn't easy), so then he enters the Air Force as a pilot. Republicans are trying to market him as Flight Suit Guy #2, except this time the guy actually has military experience. That is kind of scary. Independents and conservative Democrats might contemplate voting for him should he win the Republican nomination. These voters need to be made aware that Perry might be even DUMBER than Bush, and we all remember how terrible a president he was. Perry IS a better public speaker than Bush was, but I believe that he is probably dumber.

His book could have been ghost-written for all we know. Maybe he paid some Republican genius to write it. I don't believe the guy is capable of writing an entire book by himself if his college GPA is barely above the cutoff for getting kicked out of school (2.0)

[Rex]

1. It has been discussed, but can never be brought up enough imo!

:hi:

Welcome to DU, glad you joined up!

Shouldn't we DEMAND the BEST qualified be POTUS! I mean, it is kinda important so when the 'big words' come out - they are understood and not just glossed over like Governor Goodhair does!

[NOMOREDRUGWAR]

5. Thanks, yes we should.

I think Americans voted for Bush because they bought the media's portrayal of Gore and Kerry as elitists, and they didn't mind voting for someone stupid. I thought the hitjobs they did on Gore and Kerry were completely ridiculous, but Kerry did kind of play into their stereotypes a bit. The media couldn't do that with Obama though because he was so different from McCain. I hope that Americans do not make that same mistake again, and let me stay that I still think Obama can beat Perry. If the unemployment rate stays where it is, however, it's going to be a very, very tight race. The race could even be as close as 2000 or 2004, where one state makes the difference.

[Rex]

6. They did the same thing to President Clinton!

Couldn't attack him on the brains and jobs front...so they went after his PECKER, and WON big!

They cannot marginalize Obama and that DRIVES THEM CRAZY!

[monmouth]

11. Most of us, when applying for a job/position, are subjected to test(s)

in order to see if we are a right fit for said position. I think prior to anyone filling out their paperwork for public office, should be required to take tests on their knowledge of the constitution, laws of congress, rules of the House and Senate, etc. I doubt there would be many bagger candidates.

[Rex]

13. I totally agree.

The job requirements for POTUS should be the hardest in the world imo! We should only get the BEST and should DEMAND the best!

[Broderick]

2. So he is even dumber than Bush!

Woohoo! All we need is more Cowboys in the world as the song goes, and why not herd one up to the whitehouse so he can clear the brush. It's clear who the media seems to side with. They love cowboys up there in media land.

[glowing]

3. omg.. what a dumb ass

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

4. I've got to say that I have much a lower opinion of fighter pilots these days.

It was a dream of mine as a kid. I don't have the eyes and I'm at the height limit. I use to think that I didn't have the smarts too, but given that both Bush and Perry have been fighter pilots it makes me think they are ain't the hot shots they act like they are. Computers I think, will probably be smarter soon if they aren't already.

[Rex]

7. Cheer up! That photo of Perry and the fighter plane was pure fiction.

He flew C-130s!

[NOMOREDRUGWAR]

10. Yes, and Bush only got a fighter spot because of who his daddy was

Perry had no such connections, and they realized he was a moron like Bush, so they wouldn't give him a fighter slot. Not implying that C-130 pilots are dumb by any means, but this was still the Vietnam era, and people were not rushing to sign up with the Air Force or Navy to fly planes.

[Rex]

12. Just looked and Wiki states he flew 330+ hours!

Yikes! Talk about putting people in danger!

[NOMOREDRUGWAR]

14. Doesn't matter

He knows how to create dem jerbs, right? His state leads the nation in jerbs. I heard he knows how to create dem jerbs. Hahahahahhaha.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. 330 hours is very, very low time.

Go to any flight school at any little airport and you'll find 20-year-old flight instructors with far more time than that.

[Rex]

19. Ah okay, thank you for the clarification.

Just sounded like a lot to me. Have to admit I was in light/mechanized infantry in the Army, so don't know a thing about logged flight hours.

[xmas74]

33. I thought that sounded very low.

I just asked a coworker on Facebook about that. She's completing her degree in aviation in December and I thought she'd know the hours needed.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

36. You need 250 hours just to get the very basic commercial pilot certificate.

That's without an instrument rating, which requires additional training. To act as pilot in command (captain) of an aircraft in airline operations, you have to have an airline transport pilot certificate, which requires a minimum of 1,500 hours. Realistically, most pilots at the major airlines are hired with as many as 4,000 hours.

[xmas74]

47. She made mention something about 4,000.

I know she's constantly saving her money, trying to pay for more flight time. It's taken her longer to complete, compared to some of the other students, because she doesn't have a family that can pay for the hours needed.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

18. Note also that he's wearing his cap on the flight line in that picture.

:eyes:

[Rex]

43. HA! Didn't even ring a bell...now it does!

Pathetic...almost as bad as when Little Georgy Porgy got all dressed up to play "aircraft carrier commander". :eyes:

[kestrel91316]

25. If he didn't fly fighters, then that phoney photo angers me just as much as the

one of Bush where he was wearing medals he never earned, and for the same reason.

MY DAD earned every last medal on HIS chest. And he earned the right to pose for his glam shots with the F-4 and other jets BECAUSE HE FLEW THEM. He may have been a navigator and not a pilot solely because he wore eyeglasses, but he was top notch, an excellent EWO and Master Navigator, and in a pinch could pilot one of those jets just as well as the guy in the front seat.

Bush and Perry are both lying phonies.

[NOMOREDRUGWAR]

8. I think that there are very few dumb fighter pilots these days

I just want to make that clear. Fighter jets manufactured in the past 20 years are much more computerized and sophisticated. Perry didn't fly jets however, he flew C-130's.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. A C-130 isn't a fighter at all. It's a transport aircraft.

[NOMOREDRUGWAR]

16. Yes,

that's why I pointed out in my post that Perry didn't fly fighter jets, but rather a C-130.

[sfpcjock]

9. I wondered what that Bush patented squint was about!

:wow: wow

Tanks ;)

[rfranklin]

28. Wasn't "Bananas" the film where J. Edgar Hoover appeared as..

an obese black woman? I never understood that until the story came out about him being a cross dresser and of course, he was a racist, so the portrayal was perfect.

[terip64]

20. Welcome. I like the way you think. ;) nt

[NOMOREDRUGWAR]

21. Oh, well thank you very much.

I like the way that you think if you like the way that I think.

[blogslut]

22. He was a glorifed delivery boy

He was a cargo pilot and his flights were nowhere near combat zones. He came out of A&M (barely) with a degree in bull masturbation/cow insemination.

The man is not bright and he sure as hell ain't no war hero.

[kestrel91316]

23. Rick Perry WANTED TO BECOME A VETERINARIAN???

OMG. I am so embarrassed. THAT MAN might have become a colleague of mine????

I'm having heart palpitations.

But yeah, he didn't have a snowball's chance in hell with a GPA under 3.5. What a maroon.

[backscatter712]

30. Because he didn't eat meat? n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

37. He never would have gotten into vet school, let alone graduated.

I've heard vet school can be harder to get into than medical school. I know someone who was on the waiting list for the U. of Minn. vet school for four years before she got in. She did graduate and eventually became a cat specialist (later on she went into human nursing; I think she got tired of being bitten and peed on).

I can't imagine a knucklehead like Perry getting into a program like that. Maybe he could have gotten a job cleaning cages at the zoo.

[kestrel91316]

42. As a veterinarian I guarantee you it is far harder to get into than medical school.

I know more than a couple of physicians who have confessed to me that they really wanted to be a vet but couldn't get into vet school. I know of ZERO vets who actually wanted to be physicians and had to settle for second best, lol. Though one of my classmates did go directly on to a graduate degree in comparative anatomy, then medical school, then eventually became a pediatric neurosurgeon.

I have a feline-exclusive practice. The way around the bites and flying pee is liberal use of happy drugs/sedation/anesthesia of large numbers of my patients (very safe, BTW). Plus, with no dogs here they start out less scared to begin with. I love my work.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

45. The vet I take my Gang of Fur to said he hardly ever gets bitten any more

because he's become better at reading cat and dog body language. Also, he can get them to cooperate for procedures they fight with me over (tooth brushing, for example); when I asked him why that is, he said, "They aren't afraid of you." Interesting.

Animals would probably pee all over Rick Perry, just because.

[kestrel91316]

46. Yeah, I rely on a lot of my patients in the exam room being "terrorized into submission", lol.

The owners often don't even recognize this is what's going on and why kitty is SOOOOO cooperative. But I can read them like a book.

[Tiggeroshii]

24. Me too

But I like to think there are redeeming qualities about me. Just as I'm sure there are about Perry. Problem is, there's a lot of other things about him that aren't so great. Like secession.

[TheBigotBasher]

26. Republiscum books do not need ghost writers.

They all read the same way. Tax cuts, tax cuts, tax cuts, government bad, liberals bad so more tax cuts. Add some Reagnite necrophilia and you have any Rethug book out there

[NOMOREDRUGWAR]

29. You forgot about abortion and the gheys.

You forgot to talk about evil abortion doctors and you also forgot to compare gays to savages. Sorry. =)

[Hubert Flottz]

27. And he's the cream of the GOPer crop.

He should be a crash test dummy or a speed bump.

[deacon]

31. yep lol - and just what America needs, another texas Governor. n/t

[xmas74]

32. Love how with a 2.2 he's doing well for himself

while I couldn't afford to stay in school and pay my bills-with a 3.87. It could have been higher but I work a full time, two part time, and fill in at another position whenever the hours are available.

2.2. It makes me want to shoot myself.

[anarch]

34. well, a GPA doesn't necessarily indicate intelligence, exactly

but the guy's a fucking dumbass, and I can't believe he (or, frankly, any of the Republican contenders) is seriously being considered as presidential material. But then again, look at some of our past morons-in-chief.

Mostly I wanted to post in here to give you a thumbs-up on your username. :thumbsup:

[NOMOREDRUGWAR]

39. Thanks brother

It's my #1 issue -- it's racist and stupid and an assault on our constitutional freedoms. How many more have to die or go to prison before we realize what a fucking disgrace it is? The only reason we have it is because the cops, prison guards, prosecutors and judges don't want it to go away.

[Snarkoleptic]

35. A 2.22 GPA can engender support among a certain constituency.

They love the shoot-from-the-hip simple talk based on gut feelings.
Lots of idjits still think shrub was a good president.

[tabasco]

38. Did Perry earn the coveted Purple Heart bandaid from the repukes?

[donheld]

40. Come on now, there is no reason to exaggerate.

[blkmusclmachine]

41. So? Pastor Perry & the Lunatic Brigade of GOP Economic Terrorists MUST be defeated:

This democracy and our very way of life DEMAND they be soundly defeated in 2012. But I'm just as convinced that Obama cannot (or will not) be up to that task. I predict an Obama campaign that will be much weaker than even Kerry's campaign was back in 2004. Oy. :scared:

[gulliver]

44. How will we explain this to the kids?

How are you supposed to tell your kids that they need to work hard at school and get good grades?

[paparush]

48. The anti-intellectuals, anti-science, anti-thought crowd that makes up 30% of this country

will love him.

They'll not see the schmarmy, career politician who'll screw them every which way he can. They'll just see another folksy, smooth talker who'll hit all the right notes about God, Guns, and Gays, and hates the black dude in the White House.