Posted on 04/26/2011 11:43:18 AM PDT by opentalk
In an interview with AP, Donald Trump raises the issue of Barack Obama's undergraduate grades and his admission to 2 Ivy League schools -- Columbia University and Harvard Law. Trump avers that Obama wasn't merely an OK student, he was "terrible," and wonders how that merited admission to 2 highly competitive schools.
Trump states that he doesn't have access to Obama's well-hidden transcripts, and doesn't specify the source of his knowledge that Obama was a "terrible" student (presumably at Occidental College and the elite Punahou School in Honolulu). However, given Obama's existing biographies, it is no secret that he failed to apply himself to his studies when he was younger.
Trump does not utter the words "affirmative action," but that is clearly the implied answer to the questions he raises. Richard Baehr comments:
Most Americans do not like affirmative action. if Trump has found some transcripts, it would explain why Obama has hidden them, and damage his halo for brilliance (though it may take more time to change David Brooks' mind), and be pretty embarrassing and a distraction for him, raising more questions of what he has hidden.The interesting aspect of all of this is that the sort of families who place greatest emphasis on getting their children into elite colleges also tend to be the urban elites whose support for Obama has been strong. It is not clear to me that the revelation that Obama got a lot of help getting into Columbia and Harvard would sour them on him. But it would, as Rich writes, diminish the reputation for brilliance, which is already suffering in the face of demonstrated lack of understanding of basic economics, foreign affairs, and the effects of taxes.
Studies of ten of the most elite schools admissions files revealed that being black is worth an extra 330 SAT points (back when the maximum was 1600).
Don't forget the passport info, also. He had to have one to go to Pakistan with his friend. What did he claim to be at that time?
... his promiscuous father and loose mother and whatever country they were in when he slid down his mother’s slip and slide.
I am an old guy and I have never before heard that. I think it is great! LOL.
One thing I find fascinating...when you attempt to pin someone down who’s being deceptive, they don’t answer, they simply reply.
Watch the Obama supporters...they don’t address the question, they say he has more pressing issues, etc.
I read a story that claimed the Ayers family paid for at least Harvard.
Supposedly zero was visiting the home of the Ayers family in Chicago and told this person about their help.
Sounds like he’ll end up at MIT or CalTech for grad school. For the AP to help in MIT admissions he needed to have taken it last year.
Maybe I should contact Ayers for some help? lol
Just kidding! I would never want any ties hanging over my head!
Last week Barry said he received “scholarships” for college. First time he’s uttered that. What scholarships? What about the “student loans”? Where’s the proof of either?
Of course when it came to Bush's DUI or his Air National Guard Service, that was all that mattered to them.
Obama supporters usually rely on one of their favorite tactics. They try to ridicule the question as if it is so ridiculous that it doesn’t deserve an answer.
I am especially disappointed in some well-known conservatives like Ann Coulter and others who also think it is a foolish pursuit.
The key part to me is that it is so easy to dispose of why doesn’t Obama dispose of it? It is also very important because it means that every action he has taken from executive orders, appointments top the SC, rules and regulations put in place by his political appointees, to the bills he signed is undone. I would think all Americans would want that cleared up.
That is why I am back on my kick that unless Obama thinks he has his reelection in the bag there will not be another election. The team that put him in could not allow for all that to be undone.
pundita had the story, from work from Stephen Diamond.
http://pundita.blogspot.com/2009/09/barack-obama-and-family-of-william.html
“Trump is employing the Chinese Water Torture drill to perfection.”
Exactly.
It has to be driving David Axelhead crazy.
Donald may be the Axelrod tactic buster. He understands their marketing perceptions and emotions (facts be dam*ed) strategy. Sway the masses.
To me, this birther issue is separating the wheat from the chaff, the true conservatives as versus the elitist East Coast faux conservatives, Main Street vs. Wall Street types, the highly college educated yet no common sense types from the common, salt of the earth Main Streeters. The exception being Donald Trump, who is highly educated but steeped in common sense and logical thinking. Comes from a lifetime of being a businessman in a cutthroat business endeavor. Thank goodness from Trump; as for the other elitist Pubs, fie on them.
Have to tout my Alma Mater.
Assuming he is interested in Engineering, depending on the specialty, Georgia Institute of Technology (GA Tech) is always ranked in the top 5-10.
I have friends that received Masters & PhDs in engineering and they were surprised as some of the graduates from MIT & CalTech for the lack of real world understanding of the labs, etc.
Just wanted to through out a highly ranked engineering school that is often overlooked.
Plus, if he goes to undergrad there and sets up residency, by Grad school, he could get in state tuition.
That’s why he chose WPI as his first choice and wasn’t too disappointed about MIT not accepting him. They do have real world labs around the globe that he will be participating in.
I had to let him know that if he chooses to go to a place like Australia, I will not be able to pay for that. lol
I will keep Georgia Institute of Technology in mind though for Graduate School. He wants to stay close to home for his first years in college, so WPI is perfect. Only 1/2 hour drive if he needs to come home.
Trump is brilliant for raising the affirmative action angle, for several reasons:
1. The charge of affirmative action is true. There is no doubt Obama has been riding the quota wave his whole life, even to the Presidency.
2. It secretly drives Obama to humiliation and rage to even discuss it, and Trump knows it.
3. Obama’s presstitutes in the media are caught between defending Obama of the affirmative action charge, while not raising the shame of it.
Affirmitive Action was the left’s attempt to right the wrongs of discrimination against blacks. First of all, Obama is not black. Secondly, when has he faced discrimination. This guy went to private schools and universities.
Good idea if he wants to stay near home.
Good luck to him.
One last thought. With engineering, there are some specialties that seem to concentrate in certain areas of the country. You don’t always get to live where you want with some majors. He should briefly consider this while choosing a major. If he knows he wants to live in a certain part of the country, and isn’t too picky about degree, it might be worth determining what industry is concentrated there.
For example, I’m a Mechanical Engineer. Atlanta isn’t a hub for manufacturing or equipment design companies. I’ve lived in Rockford Il, & Greenville SC due to following employment opportunities. I eventually moved back to Atlanta and found a good fit, but it was lucky timing. My friends with EE or CE degrees have all types of options in Atlanta.
Well, Trump isn’t a saint himself. He has cut many small middle class business mens’ throat himself. Hires independent contracts one of his projects goes belly up...Trump continues to fly around in his helicopter...while the business man is left holding the bag. He loses everything he has worked for all his adult life including his family. And Trump could care less...
If zero received scholarships then why is he hiding his grades? Maybe because the scholarships are from people who HATE America and planted him as a mole?
Yes, that is the story I had read - the mailman.
“Just some guy in the neighborhood” (who put me through school).
What a giant liar. He has no respect for any of us.
No, renouncing US citizenship isn't as easy as claiming to be a foreigner on a financial aid form. It requires going into a US consulate overseas, convincing a consular official that you understand what you're doing, signing a paper and then swearing an oath of renunciation. You can find the details on the State Dept website.
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