I'm sure he did attend UT and maybe even received his degree there, but if so, all of it would have in . . . The Twilight Zone. This guy couldn't get accepted to the College of Engineering if his last name was Min Kao, Tickle, Haslam, or Manning. His recent nonsense is characteristic of this man's other foray into politics in 2008 when he ran, unfortunately, as a Democrat. Seemed like he was in the Twilight Zone back then as well. It appears he simply thought no one would bother to check. Given his pitifully run campaign and horrible tv appearances, I'm surprised anyone did bother. But this little trick should stick a fork in him for maybe another 8 years, or at least until he runs again. Probably run as a Green Party candidate then. Hey, maybe he can take 4 of those 8 years and actually get accepted at UT and earn an engineering degree. . . .

He must be really smart.

Oh, okay. Thanks, Brian.

So he can't discuss his own education because some law prevents it?

I never knew my doctor and dentist had been violating the law for so many years with diplomas on their wall and their websites saying where they went to school. (/sarcasm)

Graybeal claims that his receipt for ordering a transcript from UT is evidence that he must have attended. Why would they let me even place the order if there is no transcript, he wonders aloud.

UT transcript orders are handled by an outside company (outsourcing, anyone?). I just went through the online ordering process up to the last step asking for a credit card. All the info entered was bogus. The only verification in this process is going to be for the credit card. They don't even start looking for your transcript until you've paid the bill. I'm not going to waste ten bucks to prove a point, but my guess is that Graybeal's intent is to string this along until after the March 1 primary, which decides this seat, because there is no Democratic candidate. If he loses, no one will bother to follow up to ask if he ever got the transcript. If he were to win, well, who ever got kicked out of office for lying during the campaign?

There is no transcript. UT has already said they never offered the degree he claims to have earned, and wouldn't have accepted transfer credits from ITT as he has claimed. While running in previous elections, he only claims the ITT degree. Who forgets to mention that they earned a college degree? According to the guy's own timeline claimed now, he would have had to have graduated from UT at 19.

There's something pathological going on here. This particular yarn wasn't even necessary in the first place. The degree's not necessary for the job, and not having it would never have been an issue had it not been falsely claimed.

Woof.

Heh. No kidding.

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Possibly a good idea. However, twenty years later he might only have memories. Hate to admit, but twenty years after college I didn't remember the names of any professors.

I do remember some of my grade school and high school teachers, Mrs. Peters probably because she chased a kid (good friend) out of the school in the 7th grade. He had yelled Stokley Carmichael for president. Mrs. Phillips in the 6th grade, she yanked another friend up by the hair. How about Mrs. Davis in the 5th grade, she taught how to knit. Mrs. Burke in high school. She assigned Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones to read. Mr. D'Andrea, our band director. He divorced his wife and married a student, after she graduated. I could go on.

College, nada. I do remember a few, but no names. I was a non-traditional student, night school and after 30. Didn't hang around campus.

Explain further?

Looks like he forgot to put UT on his resume and only recently remembered attending.