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Obama ducks calls to release his collegiate transcripts
Romney’s academic records also a mystery
By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times - Monday, May 28, 2012
When President Obama gave the commencement address last week at the Air Force Academy, he congratulated the cadets for excelling at one of the most demanding schools in the country.
But decades after Mr. Obama completed his own college course work, his academic performance is still a mystery. Before and after his election as president, Mr. Obama has refused to release his college transcripts from his days as an undergraduate and a law school student.
Most presidents’ academic records are made public by the time they reach the highest office in the land, either with their consent or by someone else digging them up.
“There’s no reason why people shouldn’t know,” said Stephen Hess, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who focuses on the presidency. “At this point, it’s pretty moot — perhaps amusing if it turned out that he didn’t do very well.”
But whenever Team Obama is asked about the president’s college performance, officials dodge the question, obviously with Mr. Obama’s blessing.
The White House press office refers such questions to campaign officials, who in turn refuse to provide any information. The Obama campaign didn’t respond to questions for this article.
Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney also hasn’t released the transcripts of his college years at Brigham Young University, or his four years at Harvard University where he earned a combined law degree and an MBA.
A Romney campaign spokeswoman didn’t respond to a request on whether Mr. Romney intends to release his college records.
But it is known that Mr. Romney graduated cum laude from the law school in 1975, and was named a Baker Scholar for graduating in the top 5 percent of his business school class. (Unlike Mr. Obama, the former Massachusetts governor also has not released his 2011 tax returns but said he will do so before the November election.)
Another stonewaller in recent presidential politics was Sen. John F. Kerry of Massachusetts, the Democratic nominee in 2004, who refused to release his college transcripts during the campaign against President George W. Bush.
The Democrat finally relented in 2005, six months after he lost the election, revealing that he had received four D’s in his freshman year, including a political science course. It also turned out that his grade-point average at Yale University in the 1960s was nearly identical to Mr. Bush’s, despite the media’s portrayal during the campaign of Mr. Kerry as the more intellectual candidate and the common image of Mr. Bush as dumb.
The years-long secrecy about Mr. Obama’s college records has led to accusations that he is trying to hide something — for example, grades that might have justified neither his transfer to Columbia University in 1981 from Occidental College, a small school in Los Angeles where he was on a scholarship, nor his acceptance into Harvard Law School in 1988. Mr. Obama graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1991.
Donald Trump opined without proof four years ago that Mr. Obama benefited from affirmative action, prompting accusations of racism against Mr. Trump.
A story even circulated that Mr. Obama came to the U.S. from Indonesia to study on a Fulbright scholarship under the name “Barry Soetoro” — the last name of his stepfather — although Politifact and FactCheck.org have both debunked that claim.
The same story falsely claimed that Occidental released Mr. Obama’s college transcripts as a result of litigation. There was litigation, but courts have never ordered the college to turn over Mr. Obama’s records.
A conservative Web site, thetrenches.us, last week raised its “reward” to $20,000 for anyone who can provide Mr. Obama’s college transcripts.
College transcripts can be a source of embarrassment for candidates. When a news organization got hold of Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s college transcripts last year, it showed that the then-Republican presidential candidate compiled poor grades at Texas A&M University, including D’s in trigonometry, chemistry, Shakespeare and an animal-science course called “feeds and feeding.”
In 1999, the New Yorker magazine uncovered George W. Bush’s college records as he was running for the GOP presidential nomination. It confirmed what Mr. Bush had been saying all along — that he was a “C” student at Yale University.
Mr. Hess said there is no correlation between college grades and performance as president.
“It turns out to be not much of a predictor,” the Brookings scholar said. “Franklin Roosevelt wasn’t a super academic. Harry Truman never even went to college. We know the problems of George W. Bush. Ronald Reagan I don’t think ever made Phi Beta Kappa.”
Richard M. Nixon, he said, earned good grades in college but his presidency ended in ignominy. Mr. Hess remembers a conversation he had with Mr. Nixon in 1961 after the Republican had failed to win the presidency on his first attempt in 1960.
At the time, Mr. Hess was being interviewed by Mr. Nixon about partnering on a writing project.
“The first time I ever sat down with Richard Nixon … he said, ‘Were you Phi Beta Kappa?’ ” Mr. Hess recalled. “I was stunned. It was the first time in Washington anybody had ever asked me that. Fortunately, I could say I was. So he cared about that sort of thing.”
Obama ducks calls to release his collegiate transcripts
Romney’s academic records also a mystery
By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times - Monday, May 28, 2012
When President Obama gave the commencement address last week at the Air Force Academy, he congratulated the cadets for excelling at one of the most demanding schools in the country.
But decades after Mr. Obama completed his own college course work, his academic performance is still a mystery. Before and after his election as president, Mr. Obama has refused to release his college transcripts from his days as an undergraduate and a law school student.
Most presidents’ academic records are made public by the time they reach the highest office in the land, either with their consent or by someone else digging them up.
“There’s no reason why people shouldn’t know,” said Stephen Hess, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who focuses on the presidency. “At this point, it’s pretty moot — perhaps amusing if it turned out that he didn’t do very well.”
But whenever Team Obama is asked about the president’s college performance, officials dodge the question, obviously with Mr. Obama’s blessing.
The White House press office refers such questions to campaign officials, who in turn refuse to provide any information. The Obama campaign didn’t respond to questions for this article.
Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney also hasn’t released the transcripts of his college years at Brigham Young University, or his four years at Harvard University where he earned a combined law degree and an MBA.
A Romney campaign spokeswoman didn’t respond to a request on whether Mr. Romney intends to release his college records.
But it is known that Mr. Romney graduated cum laude from the law school in 1975, and was named a Baker Scholar for graduating in the top 5 percent of his business school class. (Unlike Mr. Obama, the former Massachusetts governor also has not released his 2011 tax returns but said he will do so before the November election.)
Another stonewaller in recent presidential politics was Sen. John F. Kerry of Massachusetts, the Democratic nominee in 2004, who refused to release his college transcripts during the campaign against President George W. Bush.
The Democrat finally relented in 2005, six months after he lost the election, revealing that he had received four D’s in his freshman year, including a political science course. It also turned out that his grade-point average at Yale University in the 1960s was nearly identical to Mr. Bush’s, despite the media’s portrayal during the campaign of Mr. Kerry as the more intellectual candidate and the common image of Mr. Bush as dumb.
The years-long secrecy about Mr. Obama’s college records has led to accusations that he is trying to hide something — for example, grades that might have justified neither his transfer to Columbia University in 1981 from Occidental College, a small school in Los Angeles where he was on a scholarship, nor his acceptance into Harvard Law School in 1988. Mr. Obama graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1991.
Donald Trump opined without proof four years ago that Mr. Obama benefited from affirmative action, prompting accusations of racism against Mr. Trump.
A story even circulated that Mr. Obama came to the U.S. from Indonesia to study on a Fulbright scholarship under the name “Barry Soetoro” — the last name of his stepfather — although Politifact and FactCheck.org have both debunked that claim.
The same story falsely claimed that Occidental released Mr. Obama’s college transcripts as a result of litigation. There was litigation, but courts have never ordered the college to turn over Mr. Obama’s records.
A conservative Web site, thetrenches.us, last week raised its “reward” to $20,000 for anyone who can provide Mr. Obama’s college transcripts.
College transcripts can be a source of embarrassment for candidates. When a news organization got hold of Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s college transcripts last year, it showed that the then-Republican presidential candidate compiled poor grades at Texas A&M University, including D’s in trigonometry, chemistry, Shakespeare and an animal-science course called “feeds and feeding.”
In 1999, the New Yorker magazine uncovered George W. Bush’s college records as he was running for the GOP presidential nomination. It confirmed what Mr. Bush had been saying all along — that he was a “C” student at Yale University.
Mr. Hess said there is no correlation between college grades and performance as president.
“It turns out to be not much of a predictor,” the Brookings scholar said. “Franklin Roosevelt wasn’t a super academic. Harry Truman never even went to college. We know the problems of George W. Bush. Ronald Reagan I don’t think ever made Phi Beta Kappa.”
Richard M. Nixon, he said, earned good grades in college but his presidency ended in ignominy. Mr. Hess remembers a conversation he had with Mr. Nixon in 1961 after the Republican had failed to win the presidency on his first attempt in 1960.
At the time, Mr. Hess was being interviewed by Mr. Nixon about partnering on a writing project.
“The first time I ever sat down with Richard Nixon … he said, ‘Were you Phi Beta Kappa?’ ” Mr. Hess recalled. “I was stunned. It was the first time in Washington anybody had ever asked me that. Fortunately, I could say I was. So he cared about that sort of thing.”
He didn't release them, you hypocritical, lying vile shit-stained sewer rat, traitor-to-your-people, maggot bitch.
When President Obama gave the commencement address last week at the Air Force Academy, he congratulated the cadets for excelling at one of the most demanding schools in the country.
But decades after Mr. Obama completed his own college course work, his academic performance is still a mystery. Before and after his election as president, Mr. Obama has refused to release his college transcripts from his days as an undergraduate and a law school student.
Most presidents’ academic records are made public by the time they reach the highest office in the land, either with their consent or by someone else digging them up.
“There’s no reason why people shouldn’t know,” said Stephen Hess, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who focuses on the presidency. “At this point, it’s pretty moot — perhaps amusing if it turned out that he didn’t do very well.”
But whenever Team Obama is asked about the president’s college performance, officials dodge the question, obviously with Mr. Obama’s blessing.
The White House press office refers such questions to campaign officials, who in turn refuse to provide any information. The Obama campaign didn’t respond to questions for this article.
It would be really embarrassing for Obama's academic records to be released that's obvious.
Obama was certainly no better than an average student but the real thing he's hiding IMO
is that his records either show he was born in a foreign land or that Islam was his religious
affiliation.
Genius is not required or necessary as a prior condition to become president few were.
Probably Micheal Dukakis the 1988 Democratic nominee had the best academic credentials
of all recent presidential candidates and he just wasn't the type of leader needed.
Obama was certainly no better than an average student but the real thing he's hiding IMO
is that his records either show he was born in a foreign land or that Islam was his religious
affiliation.
Genius is not required or necessary as a prior condition to become president few were.
Probably Micheal Dukakis the 1988 Democratic nominee had the best academic credentials
of all recent presidential candidates and he just wasn't the type of leader needed.
Trevor Noah Calls Ben Carson’s Bluff, Proves Obama More Heavily Scrutinized Candidate
The Daily Show host digs up some footage that proves the media were just as tough, if not tougher, on President Obama than they are being on Ben Carson.
Now that Ben Carson has taken the top spot in national Republican primary polls away from Donald Trump, he has faced an expected amount of extra scrutiny from reporters, who have recently called into question his story about stabbing a childhood friend, his theory about the Egyptian pyramids, and more. But is the press really vetting Carson any harder than they did a little-known Illinois senator by the name of Barack Obama eight years ago?
On Monday night, The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah set out to disprove Carson’s recent suggestion that as a Republican he was receiving unfair treatment.
“Maybe it’s me or where I’m from, but this is weird for me,” Noah said. “So, the media is saying, those rumors about you having a clean record and you being an upstanding member of society, those things are true, and Ben Carson is, like, ‘Bullshit! I'm dangerous and I try to kill people. I should be president!’”
Later, Noah played a clip from a recent combative press conference in which Carson remarked, “I do not remember this level of scrutiny for one President Barack Obama when he was running. In fact, I remember just the opposite.” The candidate added, “If you could show me where it’s happened with someone else, I would take that statement back.”
“Hmm… so if we can show you where that’s happened with someone else, you will take that statement back?” Noah asked with a knowing twinkle in his eye. “Challenge accepted.”
What followed was an impressively comprehensive supercut of some of the most damning media reports on candidate Barack Obama leading up to the 2008 election.
“Yeah, so they vetted Obama to the point where they questioned that he was a legitimate, natural-born American citizen, but at least no one never accused Obama of not stabbing a guy,” Noah concluded. “He got off easy.”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...bluff-proves-obama-got-way-more-scrutiny.html
The Daily Show host digs up some footage that proves the media were just as tough, if not tougher, on President Obama than they are being on Ben Carson.
Now that Ben Carson has taken the top spot in national Republican primary polls away from Donald Trump, he has faced an expected amount of extra scrutiny from reporters, who have recently called into question his story about stabbing a childhood friend, his theory about the Egyptian pyramids, and more. But is the press really vetting Carson any harder than they did a little-known Illinois senator by the name of Barack Obama eight years ago?
On Monday night, The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah set out to disprove Carson’s recent suggestion that as a Republican he was receiving unfair treatment.
“Maybe it’s me or where I’m from, but this is weird for me,” Noah said. “So, the media is saying, those rumors about you having a clean record and you being an upstanding member of society, those things are true, and Ben Carson is, like, ‘Bullshit! I'm dangerous and I try to kill people. I should be president!’”
Later, Noah played a clip from a recent combative press conference in which Carson remarked, “I do not remember this level of scrutiny for one President Barack Obama when he was running. In fact, I remember just the opposite.” The candidate added, “If you could show me where it’s happened with someone else, I would take that statement back.”
“Hmm… so if we can show you where that’s happened with someone else, you will take that statement back?” Noah asked with a knowing twinkle in his eye. “Challenge accepted.”
What followed was an impressively comprehensive supercut of some of the most damning media reports on candidate Barack Obama leading up to the 2008 election.
“Yeah, so they vetted Obama to the point where they questioned that he was a legitimate, natural-born American citizen, but at least no one never accused Obama of not stabbing a guy,” Noah concluded. “He got off easy.”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...bluff-proves-obama-got-way-more-scrutiny.html
I think the Republican candidates represent the only real change, while Clinton represents everything that's broken in DC
If that anti-establishment momentum grows, she's in trouble
Will the inner-city vote once again reach historic numbers, especially when compared to sub-urban and rural turnout?
AND, will they vote 93-5 for a white women?
there's not a lot of wiggle room in battleground states
If that anti-establishment momentum grows, she's in trouble
Will the inner-city vote once again reach historic numbers, especially when compared to sub-urban and rural turnout?
AND, will they vote 93-5 for a white women?
there's not a lot of wiggle room in battleground states
