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re: Could you win political office without a college degree?
Posted on 9/8/17 at 12:54 pm to Collegedropout
Posted on 9/8/17 at 12:54 pm to Collegedropout
If you are looking for anything higher than Alderman, yes you will most certainly need a degree.
It's not the fact that you have one, but the experience that most often comes with it. You would be running against lawyers, doctors, and business men...That is unless you're from a rural district and can get away with a working man message.
ETA: in reference to those mentioning Walker and Graves, they both worked almost exclusively in the political realm from very early on. That's a different story.
It's not the fact that you have one, but the experience that most often comes with it. You would be running against lawyers, doctors, and business men...That is unless you're from a rural district and can get away with a working man message.
ETA: in reference to those mentioning Walker and Graves, they both worked almost exclusively in the political realm from very early on. That's a different story.
This post was edited on 9/8/17 at 12:57 pm
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Posted on 9/8/17 at 1:20 pm to Tyga Woods
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All you need is the ability to make people believe in you, whether your message is true or not.
This is the correct answer.
Posted on 9/8/17 at 1:21 pm to Collegedropout
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Could you win political office without a college degree?
Scott Walker, the Wisconsin Governor, won 3 elections without a college degree and is about to win his 4th.
Posted on 9/8/17 at 1:22 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Nobody in college and actually advancing toward a degree does this, you realize?
Leave college to pursue a career? People do it all the time. I have no idea if Scott Walker did or not. I wasn't there.
Posted on 9/8/17 at 1:24 pm to Collegedropout
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Never go full retard
You do with every thread you make
Posted on 9/8/17 at 1:24 pm to Collegedropout
Hell, with the way we're heading, having a degree may very well be a political liability in 20 years. 
Posted on 9/8/17 at 1:25 pm to Jim Rockford
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Obvious exceptions like DA, judge, etc
In 4 states, not having a law degree, but passing the Bar exam will make you an attorney. Interdasting
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Today, only four states — California, Virginia, Vermont, and Washington — allow aspiring lawyers to take the bar exam without going to law school. Instead, they are given the option to apprentice with a practicing attorney or judge. (New York, Maine and Wyoming offer an apprenticeship alternative as well, but also require some law school.)
Posted on 9/8/17 at 1:26 pm to OweO
Can anyone actually confirm that Obama earned a college degree? 
Posted on 9/8/17 at 1:27 pm to idlewatcher
That's how it was for most of history
Posted on 9/8/17 at 1:28 pm to TigerBait2008
At least I have friends
Posted on 9/8/17 at 1:30 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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Leave college to pursue a career? People do it all the time.
A career where any chink in your background is fodder for anyone who wants to make sure you have a different career?
Posted on 9/8/17 at 1:36 pm to Collegedropout
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That's how it was for most of history
Not sure if Lincoln had his undergrad or not.This post was edited on 9/8/17 at 1:38 pm
Posted on 9/8/17 at 1:37 pm to Collegedropout
Hell yeah Kid Rock man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted on 9/8/17 at 1:48 pm to idlewatcher
I'm just talking about not having to go to law school
Posted on 9/8/17 at 1:49 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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A career where any chink in your background is fodder for anyone who wants to make sure you have a different career?
I really don't know what you're trying to prove here man. I wasn't there. That's what I think he said about the situation. Again, I wasn't there, I didn't grade his exams, nor have I ever spoken to the man.
Posted on 9/8/17 at 2:15 pm to Collegedropout
Pretty sure the Wisconsin Governor doesn't have one.
Posted on 9/8/17 at 2:22 pm to Big Chipper
Scott Walker left Marquette University in his fourth year to take a full time job with the Red Cross.
He went in to politics after that job and did not go back to school.
FWIW
He went in to politics after that job and did not go back to school.
FWIW
Posted on 9/8/17 at 2:23 pm to BuyloSellhi
quote:i know someone with that as their license plate. that's all. k byeee.
BuyloSellhi
Posted on 9/8/17 at 2:26 pm to Collegedropout
Congressman Steve King does not have a college degree
Posted on 9/8/17 at 2:27 pm to LSUgirl4
Plagiarism
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