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Ever Wonder How Obama Became President of the Harvard Law Review?
NYT ^ | February 6, 1990 | FOX BUTTERFIELD

Posted on 10/01/2010 10:04:29 PM PDT by aquila48

The Harvard Law Review, generally considered the most prestigious in the country, elected the first black president in its 104-year history today. The job is considered the highest student position at Harvard Law School. The new president of the Review is Barack Obama, a 28-year-old graduate of Columbia University who spent four years heading a community development program for poor blacks on Chicago's South Side before enrolling in law school. His late father, Barack Obama, was a finance minister in Kenya and his mother, Ann Dunham, is an American anthropologist now doing fieldwork in Indonesia. Mr. Obama was born in Hawaii. ''The fact that I've been elected shows a lot of progress,'' Mr. Obama said today in an interview. ''It's encouraging.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: harvard; harvardlaw; obama
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To: melancholy

Bless you, and good luck!


141 posted on 10/02/2010 4:20:34 PM PDT by seekthetruth (Allen West - US House FL 22 --- Marco Rubio - US Senate ---Scott/Carroll - Gov/Lt.Gov.)
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To: Kimberly GG

“His mom was lily white.”

Yeah but she was red through and through.


142 posted on 10/02/2010 7:05:35 PM PDT by Bluebeard16
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To: justiceseeker93
" Mr. Obama was born in Hawaii." Curious fact to include in either a "first black" article or an article about an incoming Harvard Law Review president.

ML/NJ (still in Jerusalem)

143 posted on 10/02/2010 11:51:36 PM PDT by ml/nj
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To: ml/nj; LucyT; butterdezillion; MissTickly; All
"Mr. Obama was born in Hawaii."

It's obvious that the interview with Obama that resulted in the posted New York "Slimes" article was choreographed by Obama and/or friends of his.

It isn't unusual for a personal profile type of piece to include the subject's place of birth (or, in this case, his own alleged place of birth). The "Who's Who" reference books, for example, almost always include a listee's place of birth as provided by the listee or his (her) operatives, among other pieces of biographical data supplied by him (her). Of course, the data in "Who's Who" is not necessarily accurate, as some have a tendency to falsify at least some of the information asked for.

In Obama's case, in view of subsequent events, I can understand why you consider the inclusion of his alleged Hawaii birthplace in the article as "curious."

144 posted on 10/03/2010 4:55:06 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: justiceseeker93; AdmSmith; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; blueyon; ...

Thanks justiceseeker93.


145 posted on 10/03/2010 7:18:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
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To: justiceseeker93
It isn't unusual

Maybe someone with access to Lexus/Nexus could do a search.

ML/NJ (in Jerusalem)

146 posted on 10/03/2010 11:44:53 PM PDT by ml/nj
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To: Verginius Rufus

http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/the-fox-butterfield-effect-and-the-laffer-curve/

Hmm, interesting that the author of this article is known for being unable to put 2 + 2 together.


147 posted on 10/04/2010 8:26:07 AM PDT by MissTickly
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To: aquila48

obumpa


148 posted on 10/05/2010 10:32:36 PM PDT by Dajjal (Justice Robert Jackson was wrong -- the Constitution IS a suicide pact.)
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