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Friday, May 29, 2009

I Think I Can Name Two Guys Who Didn't Graduate Summa Cum Laude

Via Te-Nehisi Coates, a peek inside the wingnut echo chamber. Here Fred Barnes and Bill Bennett talk about Sonia Sotomayor's educational background:

BARNES: I think you can make the case that she's one of those who has benefited from affirmative action over the years tremendously.
BENNETT: Yeah, well, maybe so. Did she get into Princeton on affirmative action, one wonders.
BARNES: One wonders.

One could also find out, but oh, never mind.

BENNETT: Summa Cum Laude, I don't think you get on affirmative action. I don't know what her major was, but Summa Cum Laude's a pretty big deal.
BARNES: I guess it is, but you know, there's some schools and maybe Princeton's not one of them, where if you don't get Summa Cum Laude then or some kind of Cum Laude, you then, you're a D+ student.

Again, no way of finding out, so let's just go straight to the snarky implications.

§ Posted by Uncle Mike @ 12:35 PM