Pinging to the "Long Thread". (Thanks, Mojitojoe; good find.)
The vetting - 0bama's War on Catholic Church Began at His First Job
04/04/2012
One of the least explored periods of Barack 0bama’s life is the period between his graduation from Columbia University in 1983 and his arrival at Harvard Law School in 1988.
This was a crucial, formative time for the young 0bama. It was during these years that Barack 0bama, “community organizer,” forged his identity and the relationships that would bring him to the White House.
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Politics, not religion. - That was what 0bama learned from Kellman. - But he learned something more: how to exploit religion to advance his own politics, always toward getting more and more power, which, after all, is what “community organizing” is all about.