Mobilize the Mommy Bloggers: Tennessee Governor Disparages the Aptitude of 35- to 40-Year-Old Moms

Governor Bredesen via VV:

I can tell you that those thirty-five to forty year old moms, if they have not been in college or in academic work for ten or fifteen years, are gonna have a lot of, I mean, they have some struggle to go with as well. There aren’t too many of them that will walk in to college and make a 3.5 or a 4.0 in college

The context was talk radio host Steve Gill's question about whether Hope Scholarships ought to go to some nontraditional students. I can't believe that Phil Bredesen is often mentioned as possible Vice President material. His shoot-from-the-hip style often leads to foot-in-mouth consequences.