In the general category of shopping for sources I offer this quote from McClatchy–
“The fact that we’re seeing Democrats bailing, in an election year, suggests maybe it’s a tide that’s turning,” said Gary Rose , a professor of politics at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn. “People are starting to feel promises were not fulfilled. Expectations were high, but what have we really seen?”
Now I happen to know Sacred Heart, and it’s not Harvard or even Fairfield. In fact it isn’t even in Fairfield, it’s in Bridgeport despite their 90210 address shopping aspirations.
It’s a dinky little Division II school that until recently didn’t have a dormitory and was entirely commuter with a smaller student body than my High School and a considerably less stringent program of study. One step up from Housatonic Community College (who? you?).
Even today it’s not as big as Bridgeport University and the only improvement is it’s owned by the Catholic Church rather than Moonies.
Not everyone is the expert they appear in print, some have much more modest resumes.
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It’s mostly a sad interruption of the front nine Red at Fairchild-Wheeler, a credible course.
Did Shakespeare go to a Level I school? Did Freud? Did Tolstoy? More importantly, did Marx? Did they even go to “dinky” little Level II schools?
Very elitist indeed. Now, we all know this guy’s name – why even focus on it. Many of us feel the same way.
Did the posters here go to elitist schools? Isn’t the point of newspapers and blogs to broadcast news and views from all sources.
He was identified as a professor of polysci at a small college – not a nobel prize winner. And speaking of Nobel Prize winners….
The lawyers I worked with who had the best reps generally were just rainmakers and often hacks – toiling in the back library rooms and basically writing the briefs were “dinky” little associates (though I admit some of them were from Level I schools).
Moreover, are you stating that he sought out McC to drop his “special wisdom.” We don’t know that. Did he make a claim there that he was a “genius”?