I worked with Obama the community organizer in 1994: Not personable or tolerant by Debbie Revor

RFFM.org ^ | September 15, 2008 | Debbie Revor

[Daniel T. Zanoza]

RFFM.org conducted an online interview with Debbie Revor. In 1994 Revor was employed as a legal secretary with the law firm Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland while Sen. Barack Obama was an associate with the firm. Mrs. Revor's interview sheds light on what Barack Obama was like in private and will help give Americans an impression of the man who is running for the presidency of the United States. The interview with Mrs. Revor was conducted by Daniel Zanoza, RFFM.org's Executive Director, and was not edited in any form.

Q. I understand CBS NEWS approached you to do an interview regarding your history with Obama. Why did you reject that offer and decide to discuss your experiences with the Democratic Party's presidential nominee with RFFM.org?

A. I am a private person and didn't want to be on TV. Since I also don't feel the media is fair right now to anyone but Sen. Obama, I didn't want my experiences to be shown in a different light than the truth. I just wanted the truth to be told about my experience with working in his law firm and I felt that RFFM.org would tell that truth and not change it to fit their preconceived opinions of Sen. Obama.

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Q. I know you are a person who cares deeply about your faith. Previously you told me that you did not feel welcome or comfortable as a Christian in your workplace. Why did you feel that way?

A. My friend and I ...

[Kimmers]

This interview only confirms my impression of him.

[hoe_cake]

I would like to believe Ms. Revor really did seek out a nonpartisan platform to get out her word about Obama’s self-centered and arrogant ways. This Q&A just sounds so canned.

Nonetheless, if she was willing to become more public, she’d really do Conservatives and the McCain supporters a huge favor.

[Vigilanteman]

A rock star with a different personality in private than he projects publically? Tell me it ain’t so, Joe!

[Grampa Dave]

fyi and ping lists.

[radiohead]

This interview only confirms my impression of him law firm associates, especially those from Harvard who think their sh$it doesn't stink.

If she wanted better pay than what she made as a secretary, maybe she should go to law school.

No new associate is going to rock the boat in the firm. It would be like putting a gun to your head and would certainly give the partners a reason not to consider you for partner.

God knows I hate Obama, but life in a law firm is life in a law firm. He could have been nicer, especially letting the staff pray at lunch, but it wasn't his job to change the benefits structure of the firm.

radiohead, lapsed lawyer

[ChurtleDawg]

1st-—this interview reads like it is scripted. The woman makes Obama out to be just like Ebenezer Scrooge or something. Right down to the part about trying to keep his secretary from praying. It is too perfect. I just don’t buy it. The only way it could be anymore perfect was if this woman saw Obama hanging out with swarthy middle eastern men and praying in a mosque.

2nd-—Why would this woman come out on some unknown blog if what she said is verifiable rather than at some McCain or GOP event?

[paterfamilias]

As much as I dislike Obama and this re-enforces my opinion of him, I agree that as an associate in the firm, he had little power (if any) to change things.

I would also be surprised if he were not self-centered, arrogant, and driven - after all, these traits are common among lawyers in large firms who are trying to earn their bona fides.

Also, we don’t really know if she has an agenda (besides being a disrespected “little person” and Christian.)

That having been said, I believe that her account is substantially true.

[antiRepublicrat]

No new associate is going to rock the boat in the firm.

But Obama wasn't just a lawyer, he was The Savior, who would sacrifice of himself for the downtrodden. Eliminate the whole savior masquerade and I agree he couldn't be criticized for anything relating to company policy.

[TomasUSMC]

Biden and his son the AG of Delaware both are aware of the 1999 obama/cocaine/homosexual episode with Larry Sinclair.

Thus in 1994 obambi was a total FREAK.

[shortstop]

Since she was afraid to take the interview to the liberal networks, why wouldn’t she take it to FOX?

[Centurion2000]

A. I didn’t like to go to work after a while. I didn’t hang around with my friend anymore as I was so uncomfortable around Sen. Obama. He would give me these glaring looks and stare at me like I was invisible. It was very creepy.

Sums up Obama perfectly.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"The only way it could be anymore perfect was if this woman saw Obama hanging out with swarthy middle eastern men and praying in a mosque."

That's in part 2 of the interview. Along with how he went to lunch three days a week with Jeremiah Wright and the other two days with Bill Ayers.

[truthandlife]

This part is sickening but not surprising:

Q. I know you are a person who cares deeply about your faith. Previously you told me that you did not feel welcome or comfortable as a Christian in your workplace. Why did you feel that way?

A. My friend and I were Christians. We liked to pray together sometimes at our lunch hour in my office with the door shut. After the attorneys found out what we were doing, they would walk in and interrupt us. After a while, Sen. Obama didn’t let his secretary take lunch at the same time I did as he would keep her working very late so she had to take a late lunch. I felt at the time it was because he didn’t want us to spend time praying. He didn’t like his secretary spending time talking about her faith or spending time with me. He rolled his eyes at her and I heard him and an attorney or two talking about her and/or us behind our backs. She felt very oppressed by him and wasn’t herself after a while. We really didn’t talk about our faith after that unless he was out of the office or we were outside the office. You know at other places of employment you could occasionally talk about matters of faith as people would want to in casual conversation or ask about it or ask me for prayer for something, but that never happened there. The attorneys, especially Sen. Obama, made us feel that wasn’t acceptable at all.

[truthandlife]

This part is sickening but not surprising:

Q. I know you are a person who cares deeply about your faith. Previously you told me that you did not feel welcome or comfortable as a Christian in your workplace. Why did you feel that way?

A. My friend and I were Christians. We liked to pray together sometimes at our lunch hour in my office with the door shut. After the attorneys found out what we were doing, they would walk in and interrupt us. After a while, Sen. Obama didn’t let his secretary take lunch at the same time I did as he would keep her working very late so she had to take a late lunch. I felt at the time it was because he didn’t want us to spend time praying. He didn’t like his secretary spending time talking about her faith or spending time with me. He rolled his eyes at her and I heard him and an attorney or two talking about her and/or us behind our backs. She felt very oppressed by him and wasn’t herself after a while. We really didn’t talk about our faith after that unless he was out of the office or we were outside the office. You know at other places of employment you could occasionally talk about matters of faith as people would want to in casual conversation or ask about it or ask me for prayer for something, but that never happened there. The attorneys, especially Sen. Obama, made us feel that wasn’t acceptable at all.

[wbill]

I read the article. Nothing really surprising there.

As much as I dislike Obama, I find it difficult to hold the man responsible for things that he *didn't* do. He *didn't* work to make the healthcare package better at the firm? My response was "So?".

Now, if he comes out later and says something to the contrary...."I worked tirelessly at my law firm to promote healthcare benefits, blah blah blah"....then, there's an issue. Until that happens, this interview is a non-starter, IMHO.

[driftless2]

This interview somewhat confirms my impression of Obama as an opportunist more than a politician. People on this forum who deny Obama's intelligence to him a disservice in that respect. He's very intelligent...not at making any sense, political or otherwise but in getting ahead. He's the new Clinton. He sees how he can obtain power and prestige through politics. Again he's a narcissist who believes the hype about himself.

I doubt Ole Bill ever believed the swill that was dispensed about him (first Black president), but was just happy to reap the rewards of being idolized. And Bill knew that virtually all Dem/lib measures turn out to be disasters. Obama doesn't seem to know that liberalism leads to disaster. The credit fiasco is the latest example.

[angelsonmyside]

bttt

[ccmay]

these traits are common among lawyers in large firms who are trying to earn their bona fides.

They are common to every lawyer I have met in my life.

[paterfamilias]

I was just trying to be nice...