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Topic: Barack Obama: The Ghost of Columbia University
_The_Sugar_Fire_ Joined Fri 04/09/10 Posts: 487	Sun 08/18/13 07:43 AM
I can bet you wouldn't find ANYONE remembering me at my college thirty years later either,, I graduated high school early, went to class with my head in the books nd went back home,, didn't socialize much at all ,,but that isn't actually the case with OBama, as the statement that no one remembers him is untrue http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/columbia.asp "the statement that no one remembers him is untrue" Really? Do you have some legitimate links that we can find the truth? Surely,he would have stood out. why would he have stood out ? One link is bad, the other two links do nothing to prove that he was a Columbia student. Who remembers him? why would he have stood out? Why wouldn't he as a non white? Every time I see a black person, I remember it for 30 years...

alleoops Joined Sat 08/06/11 Posts: 10832	Sun 08/18/13 08:58 AM
well, I'm just saying. I'm sure the majority of students were white and here's this 6foot tall black guy in class. At some point he would have been noticed and remembered. Someone would have spoke to him.

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Sun 08/18/13 09:56 AM
someone would have spoken to him,, 400 people didn't have to,,,,,,

alleoops Joined Sat 08/06/11 Posts: 10832	Sun 08/18/13 10:55 AM Edited by alleoops on Sun 08/18/13 10:58 AM


alleoops Joined Sat 08/06/11 Posts: 10832	Sun 08/18/13 11:06 AM
someone would have spoken to him,, 400 people didn't have to,,,,,, And apparently didn't. "An editorial titled “Obama’s Lost Years,” published in the Wall Street Journal Sept. 11, 2008, noted Fox News contacted some 400 students who were at Columbia from 1981 to 1983 and found no one who remembered him".

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Sun 08/18/13 11:15 AM
someone would have spoken to him,, 400 people didn't have to,,,,,, And apparently didn't. "An editorial titled “Obama’s Lost Years,” published in the Wall Street Journal Sept. 11, 2008, noted Fox News contacted some 400 students who were at Columbia from 1981 to 1983 and found no one who remembered him". that was my point,, if the few he spoke to weren't in the 400. that's nothing unusual

alleoops Joined Sat 08/06/11 Posts: 10832	Sun 08/18/13 11:30 AM
someone would have spoken to him,, 400 people didn't have to,,,,,, And apparently didn't. "An editorial titled “Obama’s Lost Years,” published in the Wall Street Journal Sept. 11, 2008, noted Fox News contacted some 400 students who were at Columbia from 1981 to 1983 and found no one who remembered him". that was my point,, if the few he spoke to weren't in the 400. that's nothing unusual The problem is that they can't find even a few who remember him? that's unusual.

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Sun 08/18/13 11:33 AM
someone would have spoken to him,, 400 people didn't have to,,,,,, And apparently didn't. "An editorial titled “Obama’s Lost Years,” published in the Wall Street Journal Sept. 11, 2008, noted Fox News contacted some 400 students who were at Columbia from 1981 to 1983 and found no one who remembered him". that was my point,, if the few he spoke to weren't in the 400. that's nothing unusual The problem is that they can't find even a few who remember him? that's unusual. that's not true either,, there have been a few who do remember him (that have come forward anyway,, doesn't include others who may hust not have been interested in stepping into a spotlight) for instance, a roommate, a teacher, a classmate, and even a well known black actor,,,,, namely , a roommate, and a teacher,, to name a couple,,,

alleoops Joined Sat 08/06/11 Posts: 10832	Sun 08/18/13 11:38 AM
someone would have spoken to him,, 400 people didn't have to,,,,,, And apparently didn't. "An editorial titled “Obama’s Lost Years,” published in the Wall Street Journal Sept. 11, 2008, noted Fox News contacted some 400 students who were at Columbia from 1981 to 1983 and found no one who remembered him". that was my point,, if the few he spoke to weren't in the 400. that's nothing unusual The problem is that they can't find even a few who remember him? that's unusual. that's not true either,, there have been a few who do remember him (that have come forward anyway,, doesn't include others who may hust not have been interested in stepping into a spotlight) for instance, a roommate, a teacher, a classmate, and even a well known black actor,,,,, namely , a roommate, and a teacher,, to name a couple,,, Ok, assuming a few have a better memory than say 400 people. Why are his records sealed and have not been released? Not a common thing.

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Sun 08/18/13 11:43 AM
someone would have spoken to him,, 400 people didn't have to,,,,,, And apparently didn't. "An editorial titled “Obama’s Lost Years,” published in the Wall Street Journal Sept. 11, 2008, noted Fox News contacted some 400 students who were at Columbia from 1981 to 1983 and found no one who remembered him". that was my point,, if the few he spoke to weren't in the 400. that's nothing unusual The problem is that they can't find even a few who remember him? that's unusual. that's not true either,, there have been a few who do remember him (that have come forward anyway,, doesn't include others who may hust not have been interested in stepping into a spotlight) for instance, a roommate, a teacher, a classmate, and even a well known black actor,,,,, namely , a roommate, and a teacher,, to name a couple,,, Ok, assuming a few have a better memory than say 400 people. Why are his records sealed and have not been released? Not a common thing. not common? so amongst 44 presidents , how many released their college records to the public? or the media?

alleoops Joined Sat 08/06/11 Posts: 10832	Sun 08/18/13 11:53 AM
someone would have spoken to him,, 400 people didn't have to,,,,,, And apparently didn't. "An editorial titled “Obama’s Lost Years,” published in the Wall Street Journal Sept. 11, 2008, noted Fox News contacted some 400 students who were at Columbia from 1981 to 1983 and found no one who remembered him". that was my point,, if the few he spoke to weren't in the 400. that's nothing unusual The problem is that they can't find even a few who remember him? that's unusual. that's not true either,, there have been a few who do remember him (that have come forward anyway,, doesn't include others who may hust not have been interested in stepping into a spotlight) for instance, a roommate, a teacher, a classmate, and even a well known black actor,,,,, namely , a roommate, and a teacher,, to name a couple,,, Ok, assuming a few have a better memory than say 400 people. Why are his records sealed and have not been released? Not a common thing. not common? so amongst 44 presidents , how many released their college records to the public? or the media? Don't know. I'm sure most would have done so if asked. How many were asked but would not do so?

Winx Joined Fri 08/31/07 Posts: 39051	Sun 08/18/13 11:55 AM Edited by Winx on Sun 08/18/13 11:56 AM
Obama's college records are sealed like mine are sealed. Fact Check: "Obama’s college records are not “sealed” by a court order. It would be illegal under federal law (the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974) for Occidental, Columbia or Harvard Law School to give any former student’s records to reporters or members of the public without that person’s specific, written permission. Obama hasn’t released them, but neither have other presidential candidates released their college records. George W. Bush’s grades at Yale eventually became public, but only because somebody leaked them to the New Yorker magazine. Bush himself refused to release them, according to a 1999 profile in the Washington Post."

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Sun 08/18/13 12:04 PM
someone would have spoken to him,, 400 people didn't have to,,,,,, And apparently didn't. "An editorial titled “Obama’s Lost Years,” published in the Wall Street Journal Sept. 11, 2008, noted Fox News contacted some 400 students who were at Columbia from 1981 to 1983 and found no one who remembered him". that was my point,, if the few he spoke to weren't in the 400. that's nothing unusual The problem is that they can't find even a few who remember him? that's unusual. that's not true either,, there have been a few who do remember him (that have come forward anyway,, doesn't include others who may hust not have been interested in stepping into a spotlight) for instance, a roommate, a teacher, a classmate, and even a well known black actor,,,,, namely , a roommate, and a teacher,, to name a couple,,, Ok, assuming a few have a better memory than say 400 people. Why are his records sealed and have not been released? Not a common thing. not common? so amongst 44 presidents , how many released their college records to the public? or the media? Don't know. I'm sure most would have done so if asked. How many were asked but would not do so? Bush, for one,,,,

singmesweet Joined Mon 07/28/08 Posts: 26661	Sun 08/18/13 12:10 PM
Snopes. Run by a liberal and a hoser. Believable? NOT!!! Typical conservative response.

alleoops Joined Sat 08/06/11 Posts: 10832	Sun 08/18/13 12:11 PM
So what if there's pictures and eyewitness statements?? I want proof damn it?!?! You guys are funny. I can understand not agreeing with his policies, but good Lord this is just childish... Then why are you here ?

singmesweet Joined Mon 07/28/08 Posts: 26661	Sun 08/18/13 12:15 PM Edited by singmesweet on Sun 08/18/13 12:16 PM
Don't know. I'm sure most would have done so if asked. How many were asked but would not do so? You think it's uncommon for a President to keep their records sealed, but you don't know how many have kept their records sealed? Why not find out and let us know? Saying that you're sure most would have done so if asked means nothing.

alleoops Joined Sat 08/06/11 Posts: 10832	Sun 08/18/13 12:25 PM
Back to the OP. A foreign student? He was supposedly there 2 years. Why does no one at CU remember him? Professors or students?

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Sun 08/18/13 12:28 PM
Obama's college records are sealed like mine are sealed. Fact Check: "Obama’s college records are not “sealed” by a court order. It would be illegal under federal law (the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974) for Occidental, Columbia or Harvard Law School to give any former student’s records to reporters or members of the public without that person’s specific, written permission. Obama hasn’t released them, but neither have other presidential candidates released their college records. George W. Bush’s grades at Yale eventually became public, but only because somebody leaked them to the New Yorker magazine. Bush himself refused to release them, according to a 1999 profile in the Washington Post." the first thing barry did was an EO sealing his college years... what is he hiding?

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Sun 08/18/13 12:30 PM
he's hiding the fact that occidental and columbia were both paid for by a foreign student visa... our president, the cheat and liar...

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Sun 08/18/13 12:33 PM
Obama's college records are sealed like mine are sealed. Fact Check: "Obama’s college records are not “sealed” by a court order. It would be illegal under federal law (the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974) for Occidental, Columbia or Harvard Law School to give any former student’s records to reporters or members of the public without that person’s specific, written permission. Obama hasn’t released them, but neither have other presidential candidates released their college records. George W. Bush’s grades at Yale eventually became public, but only because somebody leaked them to the New Yorker magazine. Bush himself refused to release them, according to a 1999 profile in the Washington Post." the first thing barry did was an EO sealing his college years... what is he hiding? what EO was this,,,,? please verify,,,,