Those with a past need not apply

“George Bush could never get elected President if he went to Yale now,” according to Google CEO Eric Schmidt. His argument is that he’d be caught on mobile phone cameras every time he got out of control; making a political career impossible.

Schmidt might be right about Bush, he was after all the scion of a famous political—and Yale—dynasty. But I’m not sure that this applies to that many other people. For instance, are people now snapping the Bullingdon when they go out?

I actually don’t think Bush would have been elected president without his hell raising past as it alleviated any concerns that Americans might had about the regal nature of the presidential succession. It is hard to believe that someone who spent most of their undergraduate days the worse for wear was part of some elaborate plan to subvert the Republic. 

Hat Tip: The New York Observer.