Joe Biden CAN plagiarize his way out of this one….

Actually, most Americans can relate to her story of struggle to get higher education. Here’s someone from a small town in Alaska whose family is not well-off financially, but from sheer luck (the beauty pageant), she gets into the University of Idaho and eventually gets her bachelor’s degree. After a stint as a sportscaster, she gets elected to the city council, serves 2 terms as a mayor, is appointed to Alaska’s most powerful energy commission, then becomes the youngest and 1st woman governor of Alaska. And all this achieved through sheer hard work, intelligence, determination, guts to take on the powerful big oil companies and corrupt politicians from her own party, but very little help financially. Her story resonates well with America.

Going to elite private schools in Hawaii and Indonesia and then getting into Columbia & Harvard through connections, while as an adult pretending to have been raised poor and disadvantaged, is disingenuous and not a story that sit well with regular, humble, non-elitist Americans.

With that said, please explain why a BA in journalism is better preparation for the White House than a BS in political science with a law degree on top.

I won’t even comment on your conspiracy theories about his grades… Dan Rather anyone?

#1 Sarah Palin’s parents were paying for her and her siblings’ college tuition all at the same time, so because of the financial hardship this burden was causing her parents, Palin would quit school temporarily or transfer to less expensive community colleges until she was financially able to attend one on a continuous basis. Her stroke of luck finally appeared when she became the runner-up at a beauty contest, where she was awarded enough money to pay for her university expenses. That’s how she ended up at the Univ of Idaho, which is more affordable than most 4-yr colleges in the US.

Obama, on the other hand, whom his wife is so proud to proclaim was this poor black boy raised by a single mother, got into Columbia and Harvard through affirmative action policies. Interestingly, Libertarian VP candidate, Wayne Root, who graduated from Columbia in ‘83 with a bachelor’s in Political Science never knew of Obama when they were attending Columbia at the same time, nor does he know of any alumni who knew Obama when Obama was attending back then (Obama was also an ‘83 Poli Sci grad). And, of course, as has been widely reported, Obama’s grades, senior year thesis & transcripts from Columbia went missing. Thus, no one knows how he fared as a student there. The other presidential candidates in the past and present (GWB, Kerry, Gore, Clintons, etc.) have released their transcripts or were released by the school or other sources. But, Obama’s grades??? Well, let’s just say, it’s another strange mystery about the guy. It’s funny how every establishment he’s been associated with tries to cover up for him. But, what exactly are they, and he, trying to hide from us???

Anyhow, the bottom line with Palin’s education is that it is a compelling story and one that resonates with true, struggling Americans, while Obama’s easy path to schools that one can only dream about, is one of fortune due to his skin color.

I think it is clear to most here that you are clearly mistaking your propaganda-glazed eyes for “knowledge.”

Your post-modern, deconstructionist, alternate thinking – in the reality in which the rest of us live – is called LYING.