Darcy Burner's peculiar defense

October 27, 8:38 AMSeattle Right Side Politics ExaminerEric Earling

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In defense of the accusation that Darcy Burner said she has a degree in economics she doesn't hold, the Burner campaign put out a video that says an old professor likes her but never says she actually has that degree in economics in question:

Moreover, this professor seems a bit of an odd choice to defend oneself on the issue of academic credentials.

He has said Harvard is run "like a daycare for college students" (while voicing support for grade inflation). He also said:

Undergraduate education should not be too advanced or too specialized, nor should it include courses that would be helpful in the world of business .. students are better of being broadly educated generalists...

Tell me again why I'm supposed to think Darcy Burner has a degree in economics? Heck, I feel less positive about her degree from Harvard, period, based on hearing from this professor.

Bonus coverage: Busted.

Burner taped a public access candidate statement for KING 5 prior to the Seattle Times story coming out last week. One of the campaign's defenses at the time was that the explanation of a degree in computer science with a special field in economics ""doesn't exactly flow off the tongue.'"

Well, why couldn't she come up with a more accurate way to say that as part of a long, prepared statement like this?

She could have been more clear. But she wasn't. Now she has been caught inflating her resume, which is already questionable for someone running for Congress anyway.

Just ugly.

Originally posted at Sound Politics.