STAR PUPIL? Let’s see those transcripts!
“STAR PUPIL? Let’s see those transcripts!”
Notice Tribe did not say Obama was a star pupil. Those are the reporter’s words. Tribe’s quote was; “He was one of the most amazing research assistants I’ve ever had,”
In other words Obama performed Tribe’s grunt work. Tribe told him to go to the library, or on the internet to look up something, make a copy and bring it back. He didn’t say Obama was a great thinker, a great scholar, or a great student. If he meant to praise Obama’s work as a research assistant, he is merely indicating Obama can follow direction well.
Also, notice the adjective Tribe chose — “amazing” and how he used it in the sentence. Amazing doesn’t necessarily mean good or excellent in this sentence. The dictionary definition of amazing is “causing great surprise or sudden wonder”. Tribe may have actually found Obama to be inept. Using the word “amazing” in this context may sound nice, but really indicate Tribe was extremely surprised at Obama’s incompetence.
Liberals, particularly those from academia, are extremely skillful at selecting words meant to obfuscate what they really mean. If Tribe intended to praise Obama’s intellect, reasoning ability, and academic talent he would likely have phrased his “compliment” differently. After all, we know Obama distinguished himself at Harvard Law School as the editor of the law review who could not be bother to write anything for the publication. Perhaps even Obama, as editor, realized his own writings were not of the caliber to be published.
If he was a “star pupil”(whatever the heck that means. Was he like popular with white girls for example?), where is his magna cum laude and his US Supreme Court briefs/oral arguments at? Ted Cruz says “Hello”.
“Star Pupil” = Fed back liberal talking points well.