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Darcy Burner lied about college degree

October 22, 2008 @ 5:01 pm (Updated: 12:46 pm - 4/6/11 )

Dori writes...

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Darcy Burner has been on the campaign trail talking about how her degree in economics from Harvard will help her deal with the financial turmoil in our country. There's just one problem with that...

 

She's been lying.

 

According to the Seattle Times, in her Oct 10th debate with Dave Reichert, Burner said in her opening statement, "I loved economics so much that I got a degree in it from Harvard".

 

But as the Times discovered, Burner doesn't have an econ degree from Harvard. She took five economics courses at Harvard, but does not have a degree in that field. Her degree is in computer science.

 

And it wasn't just a slip at one debate. She made the claim at two debates and, according to the Times: Her campaign Web site biography says: "she buckled down and studied twice as hard at school, while working two or three jobs at time, to get accepted and then put herself through Harvard, where she earned a degree in computer science and economics."

 

Burner now says she got the computer science degree with a special emphasis in economics. Harvard's registrar's office says her records don't list the emphasis in econ.

 

In a hilarious bit of spin: Burner's spokesman, Sandeep Kaushik, said she claimed to have a degree in economics at the debates because saying she had an emphasis within her computer science degree "doesn't exactly flow off the tongue."

 

This is similar to Burner's 2006 controversy when she claimed to be a "former Microsoft executive" when that also was not true.

Burner campaign spokesman Sandeep Kaushik reponded to the controversy Thursday afternoon.

Dori interviews Burner's spokesman
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  • ohyea53 wrote...
    I don't understand Why anyone
    October 22, 2008 4:22 pm
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  • ohyea53 wrote...
    I don't understand Why anyone
    October 22, 2008 4:26 pm
    would even think about or even consider voting this women. She lies all the time. She has done NOTHING and stands for NOTHING!!!
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  • Kiro Listener wrote...
    Haiku
    October 22, 2008 4:26 pm
    Darcys got my vote Harvard grad, econ degree? Who cares, she's a Dem
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  • Jemby wrote...
    Its all good...
    October 22, 2008 4:34 pm
    If I remember correctly the state suupreme court ruled it was OK for politicians to be misleading.
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  • bobmac wrote...
    darcy burner
    October 22, 2008 4:51 pm
    The libs don't care about the truth. They just want to control you.
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  • PJJ wrote...
    Liars
    October 22, 2008 4:56 pm
    I cannot stand people lying - once they lie I believe they will lie again. I think Dave Reichert has does a fabulous job for our State as our Sheriff and now as our Representative and I plan on voting for him again and I hope we keep him in Washington DC. Darcy has done nothing but she sure has a lot of money...for what???
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  • CMG23 wrote...
    Making it sooo easy...
    October 22, 2008 5:00 pm
    Who cares about her experience, views, or character? That sounds good for all of us. I wonder why we (Republicans) don't get your way of thinking.
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  • CMG23 wrote...
    Insert
    October 22, 2008 5:03 pm
    My last post should have started Re: Kiro Listener.
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  • gbrown5 wrote...
    This is nothing but hilarious...
    October 22, 2008 5:13 pm
    HAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA..... Maybe, just maybe, this will finally push her away for good and out of the public eye. Go away you liar...
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  • bling07 wrote...
    Why do you care about lying now Dori?
    October 22, 2008 5:30 pm
    You voted for Bush "twice" and he lied about pretty much everything and let me see you would call this probably "chilling"............stuff or maybe scary...........so why don't cha tell us exactly what Reichart has done?
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