Scott Walker is governor of Wisconsin and a dark horse possibility for president in 2016. Scott Walker also does not have a college degree. He attended college for three years before he dropped out to get a job. The responsibilities of having a wife and family kept him from returning to finish the requirements for his degree. Now, as 2016 is getting close, there is all sorts of media attention as to whether or not Walker's lack of a college degree would disqualify him from being president. It is an incredibly stupid question.
Let me put it this way: For all you Democrats out there, George W. Bush had a degree from Yale. Did you think he did a great job? For all you Republicans out there, Barack Obama has a degree from Columbia. How do you think that worked out? If you want to go farther back, how about Democrat Woodrow Wilson. Wilson was a college professor in an age when few people even had college degrees. In office, Wilson led the country into World War I, ordered the imposition of segregation in the military (and elsewhere), and could not even convince the country to join the League of Nations even though it was his mostly his idea. We have had a lot of well educated presidents who did not do so well. On the other hand, Harry Truman is recognized as having been an excellent president; he never even went to college.
The truth is that the important question for a president is whether or not he or she can be a leader who understands what is important for the country. No one ought to care what (or if) someone studied in college. The entire inquiry about Walker is a true waste of time.
Let me put it this way: For all you Democrats out there, George W. Bush had a degree from Yale. Did you think he did a great job? For all you Republicans out there, Barack Obama has a degree from Columbia. How do you think that worked out? If you want to go farther back, how about Democrat Woodrow Wilson. Wilson was a college professor in an age when few people even had college degrees. In office, Wilson led the country into World War I, ordered the imposition of segregation in the military (and elsewhere), and could not even convince the country to join the League of Nations even though it was his mostly his idea. We have had a lot of well educated presidents who did not do so well. On the other hand, Harry Truman is recognized as having been an excellent president; he never even went to college.
The truth is that the important question for a president is whether or not he or she can be a leader who understands what is important for the country. No one ought to care what (or if) someone studied in college. The entire inquiry about Walker is a true waste of time.
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