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Why Obama is Mum about Harvard
World Net Daily ^ | 9-11-08 | Jack Cashill

Posted on 09/11/2008 4:33:13 AM PDT by AmericaUnite

On the surface, at least, Barack Obama's single most impressive accomplishment has been his 1990 election to the presidency of the Harvard Law Review.

This position also provided Obama his only real executive experience as he supervised the law review's staff of 80 editors.

One has to wonder, then, why neither he nor wife Michelle emphasized this singular honor during the up-by-the-bootstraps biographical sections of their respective speeches in Denver.

In fact, neither of them so much as mentioned Obama's time at Harvard, this despite his vulnerability on the executive experience charge.

Their silence likely derives from one verifiable fact: Obama's record at Harvard was no more authentic than John Kerry's record in Vietnam.

Kerry was justifiably swift-boated because he fraudulently positioned himself as a war hero. Obama seems to have learned from Kerry.

In the age of the Internet, the less said about a dubious credential the better, and Obama's law presidency credential is dubious on any number of levels.

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For starters, Obama did not do nearly well enough at his previous stop, Columbia University, to justify admission to Harvard Law.

According to the New York Sun, university spokesman Brian Connolly confirmed that Obama graduated in 1983 with a major in political science but without honors.

In the age of affirmative action and grade inflation, a minority in a relatively easy major like political science had to under-perform dramatically to avoid minimal honors. Obama apparently did just that.

The specifics we may never know. As the New York Times concedes, Obama "declined repeated requests to talk about his New York years, release his Columbia transcript or identify even a single fellow student, co-worker, roommate or friend from those years."

Would that Bristol Palin could get off so easily!

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: almansour; cashill; harvardlawreview; obama; obamabiden; obamatruthfile; saudiprince
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To: palomonte
I think affirmative action is ridiculous in any case - slave blood or not.

That's a standard bs answer. 
Think--->> Why should the son of a foreign black (Obama) get affirmative action?

Do you know the original intent of affirmative action? I doubt it

61 posted on 09/11/2008 9:58:46 AM PDT by dennisw (Never bet on a false prophet! ::::::|::::: Never bet on Islam!)
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To: ladyjane
Have there been *any* other presidents of the Law Review who published nothing?

I hear that there may have only been one or two others. It is exceptionally rare.

62 posted on 09/11/2008 9:58:50 AM PDT by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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To: Texas_shutterbug

According to Wikipedia (arguably not one of the best sources): A graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he served as president of the Harvard Law Review, Obama worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney before serving in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004.


63 posted on 09/11/2008 10:02:01 AM PDT by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Seventh: The fact that he graduated magna cum laude from HLS most likely means that affirmative action did not play the central role in his admission.


64 posted on 09/11/2008 10:04:11 AM PDT by wideminded
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To: dennisw

There has been some discussion that the “skids were greased” for Obama by a wealthy muslim who had influence at Harvard.

I think that your questioning whether or not I know the original intent of affirmative action and then answering your own question is rather offensive and idiotic.


65 posted on 09/11/2008 10:04:43 AM PDT by palomonte (see the light or feel the heat)
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To: maggief
“Ogletree said the selection was also significant because members of the journal “broke down barriers without being forced to respond to some order of a judge, or some case or statute. They let their conscience and good judgment lead them.””

Conspicuous that he doesn't say Obama was the most qualified but congratulates the members on being so open minded. Wonder if there is anyone around who would talk truthfully about the meeting (lasting until 1 A.M.) at which this selection was made.

66 posted on 09/11/2008 10:24:22 AM PDT by RedEyeJack
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To: dennisw

No way. but you could fake it and get to the front of the line. A guy I know did. Just said he had some black and Indian ancestors and no one checked it out.


67 posted on 09/11/2008 10:51:08 AM PDT by wildbill
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To: maggief
Fox Butterfield and Anthony Flint are blithering idiots.

As Cashill's article notes, the first black president of the Harvard Law Review was not Barack Obama, but Charles Hamilton Houston, a far more solid citizen than Bambi could ever hope to be.


Charles Houston

68 posted on 09/11/2008 11:23:25 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: dennisw
Yeah but how does someone with no slave blood get on the affirmative action gravy train?

I can't recall ever hearing about any verification process for AA beyond a cursory visual / aural examination of the candidate. Given a name like Barack Hussein Obama, they probably didn't even do that!

69 posted on 09/11/2008 11:32:27 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: aruanan

Hey, Reese Witherspoon went to Harvard Law, so anybody can do it. :)-

(Movie: Legally Blond)


70 posted on 09/11/2008 11:38:14 AM PDT by pleikumud
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To: DustyMoment
http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/09/why-do-republic.html

"And keep in mind the timeline here: Obama did this as a young man BEFORE going to law school, becoming a successful lawyer and a law professor."

It's quite clear in the Obama biography on CNN (watched his and McCain's), that he did community organizing AFTER Columbia but before Harvard. He worked for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.

71 posted on 09/11/2008 12:59:23 PM PDT by Texas_shutterbug
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To: Texas_shutterbug

Since neither of the internet sites we each quoted is particularly reliable (IMO), I went to Obama’s site for his bio. In it, he does confirm that he did his “community organizing” between Columbia and Harvard.

It still raises the question about why a Columbia University graduate couldn’t find a better job than that? It’s not as though Columbia is a slouch school, either; it’s one of the prestigious Ivy League schools and the fact that, as a Columbia graduate, he couldn’t find a better job, still raises questions about his ambition and career goals.

A real leader doesn’t flounder as Nobama appears to have after graduating from Columbia. A real leader is very goal-driven and knows what they want. The time he spent as a “community organizer” indicates he still hadn’t decided what he wanted to be when he grew up.


72 posted on 09/11/2008 1:23:59 PM PDT by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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To: cynwoody; palomonte
Yeah but how does someone with no slave blood get on the affirmative action gravy train?

I can't recall ever hearing about any verification process for affirmatyive action beyond a cursory visual / aural examination of the candidate. Given a name like Barack Hussein Obama, they probably didn't even do that!

That's what it has degenerated into but originally and the original intent was only American Blacks and Indians were allowed affirmative action benefits and it was to make up for past slavery, Jim Crowe laws and past injustices

Barack Obama does not qualify because his daddy was a black from Kenya who was just passing through (the United States)

Hispanics should not benefit nor women


73 posted on 09/11/2008 1:25:04 PM PDT by dennisw (Never bet on a false prophet! ::::::|::::: Never bet on Islam!)
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To: AmericaUnite

Has anyone confirmed that he was using the name “Barack Obama” at either Occidental College or Columbia?


74 posted on 09/11/2008 1:27:52 PM PDT by Jim Noble (When He rolls up His sleeves, He ain't just puttin' on the Ritz)
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To: wildbill
No way. but you could fake it and get to the front of the line. A guy I know did. Just said he had some black and Indian ancestors and no one checked it out.

Did he look like he could have some Black and Indian in him?
There is little verification

75 posted on 09/11/2008 2:15:01 PM PDT by dennisw (Never bet on a false prophet! ::::::|::::: Never bet on Islam!)
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To: Master of Orion; pissant; WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

Cashill ping & WPtG’s video PING.


76 posted on 09/11/2008 3:36:30 PM PDT by cgk (I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
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To: AmericaUnite
For starters, Obama did not do nearly well enough at his previous stop, Columbia University, to justify admission to Harvard Law.

And the Liberal Loosers make a big deal out of Governor Palin changing schools five times during college.

77 posted on 09/11/2008 3:59:46 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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To: Dr. Sivana
If the man got in and did the work and graduated, good for him.

Agreed.

But why would he refuse to "release his Columbia transcript or identify even a single fellow student, co-worker, roommate or friend from those years"? In addition, as I recall, he couldn't remember a single address at which he'd taken up residence.

The obvious conclusion: He's hiding something. And it ain't just a "C" report card...

78 posted on 09/11/2008 4:19:58 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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To: itsthejourney
Now, just who is handling the puppet strings.

Well, for one thing, William Ayers has gone from being "a friendly neighbor" to being a long-time associate and an important promoter of Obama's career. Not to mention a parallel relationship between Ayers' wife -- Bernadine Dohrn -- and Michelle Robinson, that began before she married Barack.

So, while you're at it, you might also ask: Who is handling William Ayers' puppet strings?

79 posted on 09/11/2008 4:32:20 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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To: Texas_shutterbug
And he did graduate in the top ten or fifteen percent of his class - at Harvard.

How do we know this? Given that:

Harvard, like a number of other top law schools, no longer ranks its law students for any purpose including a guide to recruiters.

80 posted on 09/11/2008 4:37:27 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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