Rushing to a degree

If the Journal is to be believed, link, the Republican Candidate for State Land Commissioner Matt Rush has told folks he has an Associates Degree.

The stink of it is; though he is only one course away from his Bachelors Degree, he doesn't actually have his Associates Degree.

Lubbock Christian University Registrar Janice Stone said, "Most likely he has all of the qualifications for the Associates Degree ..." but never asked for it.

Rush maintains that he was certain that he did have the degree.

We should take his word for it.

Unless we have a reason to believe that he intended to deliberately deceive voters (by making a claim that was so easy to disprove, an astoundingly stupid act,) we should take his word for it.

Which begs another question; how many "honest mistakes"
can a person make, before his credibility suffers?

One is probably OK, though that will be up to individual voters.

Many more than one, and his credibility becomes "fair game"
for anyone who cares to take a shot.