[jonrick46]

I think you hit the nail on the head.

Frank Marshal Davis may have financed Zer0’s attendance at Occidental. Later, he introduced Zer0 to Khalid al-Mansour. Al-Mansou, close adviser to a Saudi billionaire and royal family helped Obama get into Harvard Law School (and reportedly Columbia before that) and financed his education and advancement.

It was also Bill Ayers’ father, the Communist, who had his hand in the pot. Frank Marshall Davis who introduced Zer0 to Thomas G. Ayers, father of terrorist, Bill Ayers. Thomas G. Ayers has been called the “Godfather of Illinois Politics.” It was Thomas who financed young Barack Obama’s rise to power in Chicago.

[GOPJ]

Later, he introduced Zer0 to Khalid al-Mansour. Al-Mansou, close adviser to a Saudi billionaire and royal family helped Obama get into Harvard Law School (and reportedly Columbia before that) and financed his education and advancement. It was also Bill Ayers’ father, the Communist, who had his hand in the pot.

Agree. There's no way Obama made it in to Columbia without major pull. They don't take "C" students just because they're from foreign countries.

[Plummz]

I’ve not seen any evidence the Saudis paid for Columbia. All indications are he was on some kind of CIA scholarship that involved a full year+ in the Af-Pak region helping Prof Brzezinski and Robert Gates set up Al-Qaeda.