[lbo-talk] Yale in the Oval Office

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Feb 18 13:59:56 PST 2004


[from my Yale Class of '75 listserv]


>Monday's "Boston Globe" ran a straightforward article on this
>subject: "Yale Holds Tie To Presidency". As lagniappe, I offer the
>following stats noted in the piece: ".. four of the last six
>presidents have held Yale degrees... For the past three decades, a
>Yale graduate has run as a Democrat or Republican in every
>presidential election as either vice president or president,
>beginning with Sargent Shriver, who ran for vice president on George
>McGovern's ticket in 1972." This year however shapes up to being the
>first all undergrad mano a mano: S&B vs. S&B, JE vs D'port...
>Bring it on ! ;-)



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