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[violachic]

Sincerest apologies to those of my friends who attended St. Olaf College and really loved it. Or at least tolerated it. But I gotta say this.

Out of sheer curiosity, I went to the hope page to peruse. And on it, I found this:

"An average of six St. Olaf students win Fullbright Scholarships each year. Since 1995 we have produced three Rhodes Scholars, and 23 Barry M. Goldwater scholarships."

Okay, sounds impressive.


Wait, rewind.

Barry Goldwater? Barry M. Goldwater? This is something to be proud of?



To be honest, I now couldn't be happier I left the place. I knew it. I just knew it.



Heh. Sometimes I'm such a liberal snob.

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[geezerlee.livejournal.com]

Actually, Goldwater makes the current generation of Republicans look good. He at least was consistent in his libertarianism, and more than once in his later years decried the takeover of his party by the Religious Right.

I still would not have voted for him in 1964, but hey.