Mr. Intellect Scores Lower Than Bush at Yale

John Kerry, who served in Vietnam and ran guns to Cambodia, finally allowed the release of his transcripts from Yale. All during the campaign we had to listen to the "Bush is dumb" nonsense from the Democrats, and yet their hero, Mr. Kerry, the paragon of virtue, bravery and intelligence, actually did worse at Yale than did President Bush:

During last year's presidential campaign, John F. Kerry was the candidate often portrayed as intellectual and complex, while George W. Bush was the populist who mangled his sentences.

But newly released records show that Bush and Kerry had a virtually identical grade average at Yale University four decades ago.

In 1999, The New Yorker published a transcript indicating that Bush had received a cumulative score of 77 for his first three years at Yale and a roughly similar average under a non-numerical rating system during his senior year.

Kerry, who graduated two years before Bush, got a cumulative 76 for his four years, according to a transcript that Kerry sent to the Navy when he was applying for officer training school. He received four D's in his freshman year out of 10 courses, but improved his average in later years.

Personally, I don't think it matters at all what someone did in college as it relates to jobs they want in their 50's and 60's. The only reason I point this out is that had this come out during the campaign, it would have taken much of the wind out of the whole "Bush is dumb" argument promoted by many on the left.

However, Kerry did not allow the release of his transcripts during the campaign, and in fact just recently signed the document allowing their release. I guess he's trying to get that out of the way now so it doesn't become a bigger obstacle in 2008 (not that he has a chance of getting the nomination again).