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We Finally Have a Document from Obama’s College Years — Sort Of
The Blaze ^ | May 25, 2012 | Jonathon M. Seidl

Posted on 05/25/2012 1:13:07 PM PDT by QT3.14

There are many who thought this day might never come: we finally have a document from Obama’s college years. Well, sort of. Let me explain before you look.

The website Buzzfeed has unearthed a copy of a syllabus from a class Obama used to teach at, presumably, the University of Chicago. So while it’s not what many have been hoping for (transcripts from when Obama was taking classes), it is technically a document from his college years — the years he was teaching.

The syllabus is for a class called “Voting Rights” from the winter of 2002. And guess what was required reading? The Supreme Court case Bush v. Gore about the 2001 election.

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1 posted on 05/25/2012 1:13:14 PM PDT by QT3.14
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They had to study Gore vs. Bush?

Class title ‘Stolen Elections?’ /sarc


2 posted on 05/25/2012 1:15:19 PM PDT by QT3.14 (Never Argue With A LIBERAL...They Will Drag You Down To Their Level, Then Beat You With Experience!)
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I would expect every law school that has Consitutional Law classes to study this case.

It would not be much of a law school if they did not. But then again, I would also expect them to study Marbury, but apparently Obama missed that section.

3 posted on 05/25/2012 1:25:28 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (When you hear hooves, think horses, not zebras.)
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To: QT3.14

Looking at that class, a smart, fast on his feet conservative would have busted that class wide open.

The class seems to be all about how elections are RACIST, RACIST! Especially the evil court that stole it from Al Gore.


4 posted on 05/25/2012 1:28:05 PM PDT by I still care (I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
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You can tell it’s a genuine Obama document...there’s a lie at the top of the first page of the syllabus, where he lists himself as “Professor” Barack Obama. As I recall, Obama was a lecturer in the law, a part-time employee and definitely not a professor, although the University has tried (in recent years) to depict his position as equal to that of a full-time faculty member.

I’m surprised he didn’t describe himself as an associate dean, or a part-time member of the Supreme Court. As he told Reverend Wright, “your problem is that you have to tell the truth.” Hardly an issue for Barry Obama.


5 posted on 05/25/2012 1:38:21 PM PDT by ExNewsExSpook (uoted)
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To: Michael.SF.

Not many people have actually read Bush v. Gore. The vote on whether Floriduh had committed a violation of the Constitution was 7-2. But you never hear that and nobody in the media seems to know.


6 posted on 05/25/2012 1:41:11 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: QT3.14

Voter Fraud 101?.......................


7 posted on 05/25/2012 1:41:41 PM PDT by Red Badger (Think logically. Act normally.................)
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To: Michael.SF.
But then again, I would also expect them to study Marbury, but apparently Obama missed that section.

Obama was teaching a specialized class in Voting Rights. All of his students would have already taken the 1L class in ConLaw. In ConLaw, they traditionally would have started with Marbury.

8 posted on 05/25/2012 1:43:41 PM PDT by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it)
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To: colorado tanker
nobody in the media seems to know.

Oh you can bet they know, they just do not want the addlepated democratic voters to know.

9 posted on 05/25/2012 1:59:54 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (When you hear hooves, think horses, not zebras.)
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To: QT3.14
What about the rights of the dead or non existent voter? Who speaks for them.
10 posted on 05/25/2012 2:06:39 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: QT3.14

I noticed that his email address was bobama@aol.com. I’d have thought that a teacher affiliated with the university would have had a university email address.


11 posted on 05/25/2012 2:14:46 PM PDT by Marty
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To: ExNewsExSpook

A bit on a tangent here, but do you happen to know if a plain old lawyer, when he becomes a teacher in high school, can ask that he be referred to as Doctor?


12 posted on 05/25/2012 2:23:07 PM PDT by jobim (.)
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To: QT3.14

Noticed he was waving the racist flag high.

He sure is proud of that “professor” title. I thought he was a lecturer rather than a real professor. IIRC, my college profs only put their last name on handouts.


13 posted on 05/25/2012 2:23:18 PM PDT by bgill
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Obama taught classes, so there must be some folks out there that attended his classes.

Would they be so hard to find, and if found I wonder what they would say about his teaching.

Seems to me if a student attended classes taught by the POTUS, they would at least be bragging about it, or maybe he never really taught anyone, anything.


14 posted on 05/25/2012 2:29:25 PM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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Maybe it was like one of those union “no show” jobs. It may be that it was rigged so nobody attended the class. It can be very easy to arrange by playing with schedule and credits.

Michelle’s job at the hospital was a “no show” job.


15 posted on 05/25/2012 2:44:02 PM PDT by battlecry
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To: jobim

Only if he has a doctorate.


16 posted on 05/25/2012 2:47:46 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps ("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
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To: QT3.14

Judging by the syllabus, he has made it all about race.

But reading all about his marijuana “prowess” in high school, can’t say as anyone should take a class from him.

If these two facts were known about him before 2008 we’d all be a lot richer today. Aint nobody better off than 4 years ago, except Michelle.


17 posted on 05/25/2012 2:52:24 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: PoloSec
Obama taught classes, so there must be some folks out there that attended his classes.

Perhaps they were all contacted before he ran for POTUS and "persuaded" to kept their traps shut.

18 posted on 05/25/2012 2:52:30 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001. NEVER FORGET.)
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To: ExNewsExSpook

I don’t think “Professor” is out of line. As I recall, when I was in college in the 80s the faculty were either “Dr. Smith” if they had a doctorate, or “Professor Smith” if they didn’t.

Professor is more of a courtesy title, Doctor indicates an earned Phd. The earned title of Doctor carries more weight in the faculty pecking order.


19 posted on 05/25/2012 2:55:21 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps ("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
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To: Red Badger
== Voter Fraud 101 ==

Dead Person Vote
Advanced Ballot Stuffing
Creative Vote Early - Vote Often
Polling Place Intimidation for Dummies
Introduction to Recounts Until We Win

20 posted on 05/25/2012 3:13:48 PM PDT by QT3.14 (Never Argue With A LIBERAL...They Will Drag You Down To Their Level, Then Beat You With Experience!)
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