abe smith

Anybody happen to have *facts*, whether kid Bush ever had any course in BIOLOGY during his undergrad career at Yale? Or indeed, ANY sort of science course of any kind?
It's difficult for me to believe that anybody could qualify to graduate from Yale in the 2nd half of the 20th century, and emerge believing, as Bush professes to believe, that evolution is baloney , etc.
(If this is the wrong forum for this NOT-rhetorical qy, feel free to move it.)
Is GWB"s undergraduate transcript (=courses & grades ) publickly available anywhere? Most job applicants do submit these data. I think the electorate have the right/duty! to know these.

ps418

Hmm. That sounds like something that only an Evil-Doer would ask. Please report to your local FBI field office immediately.

Seriously though. Shrub was probably too busy with his speech therapy to attend them fancy biology classes.

{"George, for the hundredth time, its pronounced terror, not terra, and there's no such thing as nuke-ya-ler, and watch those S's . . ."}

Patrick

theyeti

I don't know that Bush has ever come out and said specifically that he thinks evolution is baloney, etc. Do you know where he said such a thing? I know he's said that he thinks creationism should be taught alongside evolution, but that's simply a political ploy that makes him popular with the Religious Right, and yet doesn't committ himself to creationism. Perhaps more to the point, people who believe in creationism do so for reasons that have little to do with their lack of biological knowledge. Bush's economic beliefs have almost no resemblance to economic reality, despite the fact that I'm sure he studied economics when getting his MBA.

theyeti

Selsaral

I can't document it, but I saw a clip on TV several months back where Bush said (paraphrasing), 'I don't necessarily believe in evolution....i think the jury is still out on that one'. I sorta suspect it's kinda like what you speculated his motives are over teaching creationism in school....he really doesn't want to piss off his fundy followers. The statement is fairly vague too, he doesn't call it 'bunk', and he doesn't call it 'fact'. His motivations seem to be ruled almost entirely by politics, which makes me think this was more a calculated political statement rather then a statement on his personal beliefs.

butswana

I saw the "jury is still out" clip too. What jury?

theyeti

I guess the one that includes ideology-minded non-scientists.

theyeti

Lobstrosity

Are you seriously implying that GWB could possibly be ignorant of something???

Jinto

Absolute rubbish. GWB is the leader of the free world, and knows absolutely everything worth knowing. We elected him for his brilliant insight into American values and... yes, there IS an NSA agent behind me, why do you ask?

Jabu Khan

View his college transcripts thats a good one. We cant even look at his original driving record. It pissadeared.

asdf

elected? when was he elected?