Is Obama a warning against Affirmative Action?

Let's look at Obama's career:

1) Went to college. Mysteriously got into Harvard, despite no indication of grades or any other substantiation to support his admission. Gets out of law school. Barely practices law, then becomes a community organizer (for which you need the same credentials as McDonalds)

2) Got into the Illinois legislature by dirty tricks; had his opponents removed from the ballot. Authors no legislation of substance. Gets no bills passed. Hardly ever there. Absent all the time.

3) Gets into Senate by running against the most unlikeable politician: Alan Keyes. Obama authors no legislation whatsoever in Senate. Has one of the highest rates of absenteeism in Senate history.

4) Gets elected as President with absolutely no qualifications.

Is this an indictment against Affirmative Action in all its societal forms? Do we have to go back to promoting people who actually have a track record of accomplishment?

2012-04-04T12:24:05Z

Nice you mentioned Professor of Constitutional law for 12 years. Now that the Supreme Court is opposing his idiotic 2700 page health care fiasco, Obama has the nerve not only to whine, but to question the authority of the Supreme Court to vote against something supposedly passed with overwhelming Congressional approval. It is clear that Obama had about as much right to teach Constitutional law as Larry Flint would about abstinence.

2012-04-04T12:28:00Z

Wow, you people are gluttons for punishment!

Keith, did you know that Harvard had to "pay off" two men who resigned from the Harvard Law Review because Obama reportedly made sexual advances towards them? This is not some scandal sheet nonsense, it is verified by Harvard. The terms of the settlements is not open for public review, but it is undeniable that Harvard found itself forced to pay off these two men, due to Obama. And didn't Obama serve just six months at this position? Don't you find his record just a bit odd? He gets into positions for which he has no track record whatsoever. It is clear he wasn't even a marginally good lawyer.

2012-04-04T12:31:49Z

Keith.... once more.... those "accomplishments" are just embarrassing. Review every one. For example, you cannot credit Obama with the killing of Osama Bin Laden. The only contribution Obama made to that situation was not to rescind the plan that Bush had already put into place. The plan finally paid off, but Obama did not create it; Bush did.

Seriously, look at Obama's "accomplishments". None are really accomplishments at all. The bailout, as history is fast showing us, was largely a fraud. The banks desperately wanted to return the money just a few months after the initial crisis, but the Obama administration made it darn tough for them to even do that!

viablerenewables2012-04-04T13:02:42Z

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Thanks for doing the research. For me, my nick name for him is the "Great Regurgitater". To get a high GPA in a Left leaning school one has to simply eloquently regurgitate what ever the Professor says. No longer does one have to make further conclusions taking the information supplied to show that you can think.

The ability to think past the information given doesn't appear to be part of being educated.

If Obama wished to help minorities, in the long term, he would set an end date to Affirmative Action there by giving their dignity back. One can't end an entitlement over night. Individuals that have designed their life to take advantage of a law need time to adjust to the change.

John2012-04-04T12:23:31Z

You left out a few things.
http://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/06/us/first-black-elected-to-head-harvard-s-law-review.html
Do you have proof of those dirty tricks you accuse Obama using? Also provide Obama's rates of absenteeism you accuse him of.
Will this track record of accomplishments help?
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/march_april_2012/features/obamas_top_50_accomplishments035755.php

scialpi2016-12-02T07:39:15Z

there is not something incorrect with him working for president. there is not any center classification basically ( prosperous AND undesirable) . The taxes are for the prosperous.basically a narrow minded individual might think of that any way Obama did not get us in this occasion the REPUBLICANS did so we could have (4 ) greater YEARS OF THEM why do not we sounds stable to me ok. to the REPUBLICANS so we could have (4 )greater years of them ok.

Ms. Einstein2012-04-04T12:20:43Z

You forgot how he was professor of Constitutional law for TWELVE years.

But things are so much simpler when you cherry-pick facts to match your premise.

?2012-04-04T12:19:52Z

I don't think there's a big danger of you going to college by either means.

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