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Minimus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 10:23 PM
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VP Educations or "One of these things is not like the others" :
Potential Vice Presidents:

Palin
University of Idaho - BA in journalism


Biden
University of Delaware in Newark - double-majored in history and political science.
Syracuse University College of Law - Juris Doctor




Past Vice Presidents:

Cheney
University of Wyoming - BA and MA in political science

Gore
Harvard University - BA in government cum laude

Quayle
DePauw University - BA in political science
Indiana University School of Law Indianapolis - Juris Doctor

Bush
Yale - Bachelor's degree in economics

Mondale
Macalester College in St. Paul and the University of Minnesota - BA in political science
University of Minnesota Law School

Rockefeller
Dartmouth College

Ford
University of Michigan degree in political science and economics
University of Michigan Law School
Yale Law School - Juris Doctor

Agnew
Johns Hopkins University studied chemistry
University of Baltimore School of Law - Juris Doctor

Humphrey
University of Minnesota - bachelor's degree
Louisiana State University - master's degree
University of Minnesota - as an assistant instructor of political science, become active in Minneapolis politics, and never finished his Ph.D.

Johnson
Southwest Texas State Teachers' College (now Texas State University-San Marcos) participated in debate and campus politics, edited the school newspaper, dropped out of school in 1927 and returned one year later, graduating in 1930

Nixon
Whittier College a Quaker school
Duke University School of Law

Barkley
Marvin College
Emory College
University of Virginia Law School

Truman
Truman was the only president/vice president who served after 1897 not to earn a college degree: poor eyesight prevented him from applying to West Point, his childhood dream, and financial constraints prevented him from securing a degree elsewhere. He did study for two years toward a law degree at the Kansas City Law School (now the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law) in the early 1920s


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thevoiceofreason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 10:49 PM
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1. It is just Texas State University, thank you.
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Minimus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 10:51 PM
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2. Sorry - I got it from the internets.
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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 10:57 PM
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3. Palin is a lightweight, comparatively. (nt)
Edited on Fri Aug-29-08 11:01 PM by w4rma
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Minimus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 11:00 PM
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4. this is Bush I - it is about VPs
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