The audacity of resume-padding (or, why Obama makes things up) [A MUST READ!]

Jerusalem Post ^ | 8/17/08

[freespirited]

This nails him, IMO. Sending to my email list.

[BenLurkin]

"Obama falsely claimed that he was a constitutional law professor, when in actuality he merely held the position of "Senior Lecturer."[97][98][99]"

[97] http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/03/30/politics/p132303D74.DTL&type=politics
[98]http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4238307
[99] Obama was on the faculty at the University of Chicago from 1992 to 2004.[28]

Source:
http://www.conservapedia.com/Barack_Obama#cite_note-96

[Ancient Drive]

couldn't resist..

[Mercat]

Wow. Can’t send to my brother. I have to be very careful there. I’m pretty sure he’s leaning McCain since he was a freshman at the Naval Academy when McCain was a senior.. and he voted Bush twice. But his son is a paid employee of the Obama campaign. He knows that the resume is thin.

[Signalman]

“An empty suit” is an often-used cliche but in Obama’s case, it really is appropriate. When you compare Obama’s resume with McCain’s it not even a contest. Even Madison Ave. would have a hard time convincing the American people that Obama has the background, experience and wisdom to be POTUS.

[autumnraine]

This is right on the mark. Alot of men would have done alot with even one of the titles he has held. But that saying “Easy come, easy go” applies to Obama. He did not have to earn any of it, so he completely took it for granted.

[FormerACLUmember]

Absolutely awesome analysis! Thanks for posting this!

Will the American people see this? Will these truths get past the massive deceitful media censorship of the utterly corrupt near-monopoly of ABCNBCCBSCNNNYTimesWashingtonPost....?

[Neoliberalnot]

“Obama falsely claimed that he was a constitutional law professor, when in actuality he merely held the position of “Senior Lecturer.”

You beat me to it. I was going to mention that being a lecturer is not equivalent to being a non-tenure track and certainly not a tenure-track position. Lecturing positions are at the lowest level and the lowest paid of any teaching position in higher education. People in these positions are typically not qualified for higher level faculty posts. I am not trying to be a snob, but I have worked in higher ed for about 25 years. Also, even the president of the law review is a volunteer post that is not exactly highly competitive and you often get what you pay for.

[gusopol3]

my favorite was the commercial that claimed he'd moved x number of "Americans from welfare to work"---as an Illinois State Senator?--- when, as he admitted last night, he opposed welfare reform?

[JRios1968]

Would someone with Obama's stellar list of job titles resort to making stuff up? He seems to think he has to. In spite of the many impressive positions he's held, he's done almost nothing with them. If he wants to claim specific, relevant accomplishments, his only resort is to stretching the truth.

Look at his record: he's now completed over half of a Senate term; yet, is there even one signature issue he has taken hold of, other than his own presidential run? Similarly, as the New York Times recently pointed out, Obama spent twelve years on the University of Chicago Law School faculty--singularly famous for its intellectual ferment and incubator of scholarship--and produced not even a single scholarly paper. He was President of Harvard Law Review, but wrote nothing himself. Even as a state legislator for seven years-or community organizer for three years, there is little that shows his imprint. OK, to be fair, he did write two books. About himself.

For all his glowing job titles, Obama has never gotten much done. Is it any wonder that his spokesmen respond with sweeping generalities when asked what Obama has actually accomplished relevant to the presidency?

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No company would hire anyone with Obama's empty track record, pattern of underachievement and padded résumé to be CEO. Is America really ready to hire him as President?

This, my FRiends, is ALL anyone needs to know about the Obamessiah.

[Psycho_Bunny]

The more I read about this bozo, the more he genuinely creeps me out.

[WFTR]

No major party has ever nominated someone who's accomplishments were as limited as Obama's have been. The ironic thing is that Hillary Clinton's and John Edwards's accomplishments are barely any better. The Democrats' top three candidates this year are all weak in terms of actual accomplishments in life.

Bill

[grey_whiskers]

*THIS* is why Obama has touted tire pressure as the answer to our gasoline needs.

Just look at all the mileage he's gotten out of inflating his resumé.

Cheers!

[SE Mom]

An excellent, if partial, list of Barry’s non-accomplishments.

[FrdmLvr]

Thank you for posting this. I just sent it to my son.

[Steely Tom]

Obama falsely claimed that he was a constitutional law professor...

You mean Professor Kingsford? Obama is Professor Kingsford? I'm impressed!

[Red Boots]

Obama spent twelve years on the University of Chicago Law School faculty--singularly famous for its intellectual ferment and incubator of scholarship--and produced not even a single scholarly paper. He was President of Harvard Law Review, but wrote nothing himself.

It would be worth knowing what the average output was for these positions.

[FormerACLUmember]

Yeah, I would have never guessed from these (actual) Obama campaign posters that he was a creepy mega-narcissistic fraud:

You better believe this type of severe character disordered person pads their (non-existent) resume.

[PugetSoundSoldier]

Oh, don't forget 3 years as a DIRECTOR of Developing Communities Project, where he was one of 27 sitting on the board of directors for a non-profit with 9 staff... You read that right - 3 board members for every staff person.

That, my dear fellow FReepers, is executive experience second to none! Why that is a clear sign of leadership...

[FormerACLUmember]

*THIS* is why Obama has touted tire pressure as the answer to our gasoline needs. Just look at all the mileage he's gotten out of inflating his resumé.

LOL! Funniest post of the week!