His reputation for holding out-of-class discussions with students attracted a number of straight students, Goldyn said. He noted that many of those students who gravitated toward him were older black and Latino students who were interested in his strong views on social issues and racial politics.
Goldyn said Obama stood out, though, by participating in the discussions as a freshman or sophomore.
"He was younger, and coming to a somewhat elite, private college ... I am sure he felt like a fish out of water, and he had every reason to feel insecure about himself in a place like that," Goldyn said.
[As] the New York Times reported in February 2008 that several of Obama's fellow Occidental students saw the young Obama grow increasingly interested in politics, particularly in his sophomore year. [....]
"He wasn't a very serious student yet," Goldyn said about Obama when the student arrived at Occidental. "So I felt good that I contributed to him sort of getting it together and focusing on what he wanted to do.
"It's very hard to put a whole coalition together, and you have to figure out a way to negotiate and navigate where he is clearly supportive of gay rights, but he cannot come out up front and say that he's in favor of marriage, because the country, I don't think, may be ready for that in an election," he said. "And I don't have a problem with that."
Hmmmm... Rev. Wright also said that Obama would have to say deceitful things to be elected.
And Goldyn, like Wright and the rest of the America hating lefties, ends up living in mansion. His is near the coast in Mendocino. DEEP in the heart of elitism.
His first, longtime mentor was Frank Marshall Davis, n bisexual pedophile. Then this clown. Paging Larry Sinclair
How many other “gay mentors” does Obama have? And what did they “mentor” him in?
Gee, another gay mentor for Barry!
I don’t know about you, but this sure makes me want to pull the, er, lever, for Obama!
I read ...somewhere... that Wright is also on the “down low” with men at his church.
I don’t get this. If Obama is or was gay or bi, why haven’t we heard about it more?
If Hillary knows about this — which I have suspected all along, we will hear about it. And she’ll blame the GOP for spreading it.
Lawrence Goldyn was behind Obama all the way...
Since the mid-1960's, Occidental has hardly been a "conservative-leaning school." During late 1960's and early 1970's, when I attended, it was a hotbed of anti-Vietnam War activism. In a poll taken of students just before teh 1972 election, 65 percent supported George McGovern for president. When I entered my dorm on election night that year after a late class, the students were sitting around the television in stunned silence overwhelmed by the magnitude of McGovern's defeat.
Things don't seem to have changed much. For example, although it was founded by Presbyterians in 1887, not long ago, Occidental removed the cross from its chapel as being offensive to non-Christians.