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-Election 2012
Obama's College Classmate: 'The Obama Scandal is at Columbia'
2012-08-07
Romney should call a press conference and issue a challenge in front of the nation. He should agree to release more of his tax returns, only if Obama unseals his college records. Simple and straight-forward. Mitt should ask "What could possibly be so embarrassing in your college records from 29 years ago that you are afraid to let America's voters see? If it's THAT bad, maybe it's something the voters ought to see." Suddenly the tables are turned. Now Obama is on the defensive.

My bet is that Obama will never unseal his records because they contain information that could destroy his chances for re-election. Once this challenge is made public, my prediction is you'll never hear about Mitt's tax returns ever again.

Why are the college records, of a 51-year-old President of the United States, so important to keep secret? I think I know the answer.

If anyone should have questions about Obama's record at Columbia University, it's me. We both graduated (according to Obama) Columbia University, Class of '83. We were both (according to Obama) Pre-Law and Political Science majors. And I thought I knew most everyone at Columbia. I certainly thought I'd heard of all of my fellow Political Science majors. But not Obama (or as he was known then- Barry Soetoro). I never met him. Never saw him. Never even heard of him. And none of the classmates that I knew at Columbia have ever met him, saw him, or heard of him.

But don't take my word for it. The Wall Street Journal reported in 2008 that Fox News randomly called 400 of our Columbia classmates and never found one who had ever met Obama.

Now all of this mystery could be easily and instantly dismissed if Obama released his Columbia transcripts to the media. But even after serving as President for 3 1/2 years he refuses to unseal his college records. Shouldn't the media be as relentless in pursuit of Obama's records as Romney's? Shouldn't they be digging into Obama's past--beyond what he has written about himself--with the same boundless enthusiasm as Mitt's?

The first question I'd ask is, if you had great grades, why would you seal your records? So let's assume Obama got poor grades. Why not release the records? He's president of the free world, for gosh sakes. He's commander-in-chief of the U.S. military. Who'd care about some poor grades from three decades ago, right? So then what's the problem? Doesn't that make the media suspicious? Something doesn't add up.

Secondly, if he had poor grades at Occidental, how did he get admitted to an Ivy League university in the first place? And if his grades at Columbia were awful, how'd he ever get into Harvard Law School? So again those grades must have been great, right? So why spend millions to keep them sealed?

Third, how did Obama pay for all these fancy schools without coming from a wealthy background? If he had student loans or scholarships, would he not have to maintain good grades?

I can only think of one answer that would explain this mystery.

Here's my gut belief: Obama got a leg up by being admitted to both Occidental and Columbia as a foreign exchange student. He was raised as a young boy in Indonesia. But did his mother ever change him back to a U.S. citizen? When he returned to live with his grandparents in Hawaii or as he neared college-age preparing to apply to schools, did he ever change his citizenship back? I'm betting not.

If you could unseal Obama's Columbia University records I believe you'd find that:
A) He rarely ever attended class.

B) His grades were not those typical of what we understand it takes to get into Harvard Law School.

C) He attended Columbia as a foreign exchange student.

D) He paid little for either undergraduate college or Harvard Law School because of foreign aid and scholarships given to a poor foreign students like this kid Barry Soetoro from Indonesia.

Posted by:Beavis

#8  I said before the election that Obama had everything handed to him. He was never properly vetted. This can of worms will be opened and he will be given a pass. We have a con artist in the White House. I suspect he will go through his personal money fast and will peddle himself off like a carny sideshow act. Yes, I see no hope for his reelection. Sad history for this country.
Posted by: Dale   2012-08-07 20:43  

#7  Some of his Obama's professors have been found and have relatively good things to say about him.

I think one thing he may be ashamed of is that he may have gotten only a 'C' or 'D' from Professor Ed Said in literary theory. That would ruin his cred with his radical buddies.
Posted by: lord garth   2012-08-07 18:17  

#6  I actually think his grades are decent but not great.

In the 80es for somebody who is as good as Obama in using the race card? I think it's a trap.

Face it people, Obama & Co may be idiots performing the POTUS job---or any other job, but they are geniuses in electioneering.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2012-08-07 15:48  

#5  I do agree with the premise of Romney saying I'll show you mine if you show me yours. If nothing else it would end all of this nonsense or put the burdon on Obama.

Personally I think Obama had average grades, grades that would not have looked super-smart next to most other Presidential contenders so he decided to keep them shut knowing the media wouldn't push. Then it leaves that open as a 'gotcha' later (like the birth certificate) when later revealed to be nothing.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2012-08-07 14:34  

#4  I actually think his grades are decent but not great. That's a problem for him: the LightWalker isn't allowed to have a gentleman 'C'.

Remember, he's smarter than the rest of us. A college transcript that shows him to be average won't do.
Posted by: Steve White   2012-08-07 14:19  

#3  I always figured it had mostly to do with who his professors are/were, and what their bodies of work.

As far as grades, I figure he worked hard and got good grades, or was part of the fold and was given good grades.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2012-08-07 13:56  

#2  Makes perfect sense doesn't it? (link)
Posted by: Beldar Thunter3859   2012-08-07 12:06  

#1  "I can only think of one answer that would explain this mystery."

You got it.

Except at that time the CIA was looking for Muslim students (especially listed as foreign exchange students) at Columbia University who could funnel money to the Taliban via Afghanistan and Pakistan in an effort to push out the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Obama's initial roommate was Pakistani. The CIA changed Barry Soetoro's name to Barak Hussein Obama and put him into service. The Taliban won. They are in the process of now inflicting the largest casualties to our troops ever after Barack/Barry announced our scheduled pull out.

Barry/Barack has been in the business of regime change ever since on behalf of Islam (Egypt, Lybia, Syria).

America is not immune to his old clandistine habits. Hillary got her dream of universal health care so she carries the water for him in regards to Egypt, Lybia, Syria in exhcange. Domestically his former Chief of Staff owes him, won mayor of Chicago with Obama's support, so Rahm turned some areas of the crime problem in Chicago over to The Nation of Islam. And when the CIA owes you, records can be cleaned up for you. The softening up of border control and piggy backing on anything contrary to the foundations of America's super power, freedom, constitution, capitalism and Christian traditions is just, IMHO, another mission/power play of a narcistic individual with the highest connections and a shadowy background.
Posted by: Grampaw Dribble5662   2012-08-07 11:37  

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