{"id":7207,"date":"2011-08-09T07:36:23","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T15:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/?p=7207"},"modified":"2011-09-12T15:14:07","modified_gmt":"2011-09-12T23:14:07","slug":"praying-to-become-literate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/?p=7207","title":{"rendered":"Praying to Become Literate."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7208\" title=\"rickperry-AM-2011-08-03-2011_crop\" src=\"http:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/rickperry-AM-2011-08-03-2011_crop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"293\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hard to imagine that there is a Republican presidential candidate from Texas who is dumber than George W. Bush?<\/p>\n<p>Current Texas governor and Presidential candidate, Rick Perry, didn\u2019t exactly distinguish himself at Texas A&amp;M University (not exactly Harvard on the Brazos River).\u00a0According to transcripts, Perry received a D in Veterinary Anatomy, an F in Organic Chemistry and a C in\u00a0U.S. History \u00a0(surprising?), a D in Shakespeare, a D in Principles of Economics (again, surprised?), even a C in gym &#8211; how can anybody get a C in gym &#8211; and a C in something called \u00a0&#8220;Animal Breeding&#8221; (this one actually IS surprising). He did ace World Military Systems and something called \u201cImprov\u201d.\u00a0He was said to be &#8220;something of a joke&#8221; around campus by his fellow classmates, was constantly on academic probation and graduated with a 1.9 GPA or D average.\u00a0<!--more-->To provide context, if you compare Perry\u2019s grades with fellow idiot, former President George W. Bush (also Governor of that bastion state of intellectualism), Perry is an even bigger idiot than Bush. While at Yale, Bush had an average grade of 77 or C.<\/p>\n<p>We are going to miss the days when America was being run by a &#8211; on paper anyway &#8211; &#8220;Ivy Leaguer&#8221;, and a C student.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7210\" title=\"perry\" src=\"http:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/perry.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"368\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7211\" title=\"perry2\" src=\"http:\/\/teensleuth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/perry2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"471\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hard to imagine that there is a Republican presidential candidate from Texas who is dumber than George W. 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