I no longer takes Snopes as a sure source of info. They are connected to liberal entities. I am sorry, but I do not have the source I got this from handy. I will try to find it...
Debbi
I generally don’t trust Snopes either. But it’s not the website I an trusting but common sense. Snopes has had this very story with the exact wording up on its website since 2009. I know this to be true because I remember reading it. The story in this thread is dated today. Given that this story was written years ago and posted as if it were news today tells me all I need to know.
I can’t believe that anyone is falling for this obvious hoax.
The story about Obama going to Occidental is an April Fool’s Joke which was posted on April 1, 2009.
No group called “Americans for Freedom of Information” ever filed a lawsuit about Obama’s eligibility, in California or anywhere else. There is now a website called www.americansforfreedomofinformation.com, but the owner denies any connection with the supposed “AP” story: “Please note that I had nothing to due with the AP email that went out, claiming to be from an organization by this name.”
Fulbright Scholarships are reserved for graduate students. Look it up. Obama was an 18-year-old undergraduate when he enrolled at Occidental, so he couldn’t possibly have had a Fulbright Scholarship.
Leo Donofrio’s lawsuit was rejected by the Supreme court on December 8, 2008. Justice Scalia never agreed to hear arguments in that case. He couldn’t have - the case was referred to Justices Souter and Thomas, not Scalia. You can look that up, too. It’s on the Supreme Court’s website.
All attempts to subpoena Obama’s Occidental records have been quashed by the courts. His student records are protected by Federal law, just like the records of every other college student in the United States.