Are you crazy, the world economy is going down the toilet and you come up with this crap. Why aren't I surprised?
mark wrote: > JERUSALEM � "Senator Barack Obama is hiding mediocre grades." > > "He's covering up his acceptance into Harvard Law School utilizing a > boost from an affirmative action program." > > "The presidential candidate is disguising his involvement in radical > black organizations or that he first met Weathermen terrorist Bill > Ayers much earlier than he's publicly admitted." > > These are just a few of the explanations from newspaper editorials, > pundits and bloggers as to why Obama refuses to release his > undergraduate records and has disclosed almost nothing about his days > at Columbia University. > > Obama attended Occidental College in Los Angeles for two years before > transferring to Columbia in 1981. It has been confirmed Obama > graduated Columbia in 1983 with a major in political science and that > he did not receive honors, but further information, including > transcripts, are sealed by the university. > > In his 1995 memoir, "Dreams from My Father," Obama goes into detail > about certain periods of his life, including his early education and > his days at Harvard Law School, from which he graduated magna cum > laude and led the Harvard Law Review. > > But the Illinois senator just barely touches upon his Columbia days. > > Obama wrote he "spent a lot of time in the library. I didn't socialize > that much. I was like a monk.� > > He then immediately moved on to a general philosophical discussion > about race in New York, but didn't return to his Columbia experience > nor mention any associations with friends or professors at the > university. > > It is known Obama lived off-campus with a roommate identified as > "Sadik," who was not a Columbia student. Obama describes Sadik as "a > short, well-built Pakistani" who smoked marijuana and snorted cocaine. > > The AP tracked down "Sadik," whose real name turned out to be Sahole > Saddiqi. Obama first met him when the two attended Occidental and > Obama was living with a group of Pakistani students. > > "We were both very lost," Siddiqi told the AP of his days in New York > with Obama. "We were both alienated, although he might not put it that > way. He arrived disheveled and without a place to stay." > > Obama had earlier traveled to Pakistan with his college friends, > staying there for three weeks in 1981 at a time Pakistan was under > military rule and it was difficult for U.S. citizens to travel to the > country. > > His Columbia days are particularly mysterious because there is almost > no trace of him among students who attended the same year and studied > the same major. > > Fox News contacted some 400 of his classmates and found no one who > remembered him. > > Wayne Allyn Root, the Libertarian Party's vice president, told WND he > graduated from Columbia the same day as Obama with the same major, yet > he never spoke to a single former Columbia student or faculty member > who remembered Obama. > > Root speculates Obama is keeping his Columbia transcript under wraps > so as not to reveal a less-than-stellar record, which would raise > questions as to how he was accepted to Harvard. > > Root said at Columbia he personally achieved a B+ average with a good > score on the Law School Admittance Test, but he says he was told he > would not get accepted to any Ivy League graduate school. > > "Yet, Barack was accepted to Harvard Law School. Was it because of his > grades, test scores and college record? Or, was it because of the > color of his skin?" asked Root. > > http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=76504 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
