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Did Obama really graduate magna cum laude from Harvard?

Posted on 12/15/2010 9:56:11 AM PST by big black dog

I see this claim made in numerous articles and blogs, yet I have never seen any concrete proof of this whatsoever or anybody vouching for knowing this first hand who would be in a position to know.

It would seem if proof was available, it could easily be offered. Yet when I ask the leftards to simply show me the proof, all I ever get is "nobody would be saying it if it weren't true." (??????)

Does anybody know of any proof of this?


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1 posted on 12/15/2010 9:56:14 AM PST by big black dog
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To: big black dog

I believe Obama Sr. did, not 0bozo Jr.


2 posted on 12/15/2010 9:58:06 AM PST by smokingfrog (But what do I know?)
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Way back when this was a hot topic, someone found that NO ONE AT HARVARD ever remembers seeing the guy - ANYWHERE.

We called it 480 degrees of separation, or something.

3 posted on 12/15/2010 9:58:27 AM PST by Huebolt (It's not over until there is not ONE DEMOCRAT HOLDING OFFICE ANYWHERE. Not even a dog catcher!)
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To: big black dog

No and no.


4 posted on 12/15/2010 9:59:01 AM PST by curth (SarahPac: More than 2.5 million Facebook members! Are you in for $20.12?)
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To: big black dog

None of his school records from Occidental College to Columbia and then Harvard have never been made public so the claim cannot be validated. His school records, his medical records his birth records and eveything else that describes this guy which would include Pasport record have either been sealed or not made public.


5 posted on 12/15/2010 9:59:06 AM PST by Old Retired Army Guy (tHE)
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To: big black dog

Magna cum Laude?

More like “Thank the Laude!”


6 posted on 12/15/2010 10:00:11 AM PST by struggle ((The struggle continues))
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

Wouldn’t there have been a commencement program to show whether he graduated from Columbia or Harvard with honors regardless of whether he walked or not?


7 posted on 12/15/2010 10:01:09 AM PST by Comparative Advantage
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To: Old Retired Army Guy
None of his school records from Occidental College to Columbia and then Harvard have never been made public so the claim cannot be validated. His school records, his medical records his birth records and eveything else that describes this guy which would include Pasport record have either been sealed or not made public.

Yet this is supposedly the most "transparent" administration in history.

Poor Orwell, he was so right, just a bit early on guessing the date (1984).
8 posted on 12/15/2010 10:01:29 AM PST by chrisser (Starve the Monkeys!)
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Nobody will be vetting Zero at this point, not even during the 2012 election.
Something like "there are more important issues at hand" MSM talking head point.

Just like being a coke/pot head isn't an issue. Frustrating.

9 posted on 12/15/2010 10:02:07 AM PST by MaxMax (Conservatism isn't a party)
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He was at Harvard Law School, and did make the law review, which roughly correlates to top 10%, same as magna, so it appears that yes, he did. For whatever that’s worth.


10 posted on 12/15/2010 10:03:10 AM PST by babble-on
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Someone is confusing him with Romney.


11 posted on 12/15/2010 10:03:12 AM PST by Ripliancum ("If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest." Prov.29:9)
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There is NOT ONE DOCUMENT or Piece of EVIDENCE of any kind that Obama Ever went to ANY SCHOOL in The United States. All we have is “their Word” Sorry , not good enough for me.


12 posted on 12/15/2010 10:04:12 AM PST by eyeamok
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The next time you see it published on a blog you should note the URL of the blog. Then we can get busy making an issue of who made the statement, ask them to prove it and question where they got transcript information when the media can’t.


13 posted on 12/15/2010 10:04:27 AM PST by Baynative (Truth is treason in an empire of lies)
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Obama has never released records from Occidental, Columbia, or Harvard (or even from his High School, for that matter). He was Editor of Harvard Law Review, which is very a prestigious position, but no articles, reviews or comments in the Law Review attributed directly to him have ever been found or released. There was one article on abortion in HLR which is believed to have been written by him.


14 posted on 12/15/2010 10:04:55 AM PST by PGR88
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I question did he ever graduate?


15 posted on 12/15/2010 10:05:22 AM PST by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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Probably. 90% of Harvard grads graduate with some honors. Boston Globe did a story on it around 2001.


16 posted on 12/15/2010 10:05:45 AM PST by 1L
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To: babble-on

He was voted president of Law review, a honorary title, not Editor, which is predicated on brains and ability.


17 posted on 12/15/2010 10:05:45 AM PST by Chickensoup (I am no longer Republican or Democrat, I am Conservative.)
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To: big black dog

Obama was a ‘D’ student who received his degree via Affirmative Action.

I tell this to all my democrat friends. When they react I just say, ‘Prove me wrong.’

There’s their trouble.


18 posted on 12/15/2010 10:05:45 AM PST by t-dude (Sarah causes banal and vituperous evil snarks to shriek in horror!)
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To: babble-on
He was at Harvard Law School, and did make the law review

And never published an article, never clerked, and did not reveived any prestigious job offers upon graduation. So it would seem there were other factors at work that accounted for his appointment to law review.

19 posted on 12/15/2010 10:08:20 AM PST by big black dog
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No and no.

Never.

It comes from people assuming - the editor of law review USED TO BE #1 student.

Then they changed it to an elected position, and changed the requirements for editor - to get more “diversity”.

He wasn’t even close to magna cum laude at any school.


20 posted on 12/15/2010 10:08:38 AM PST by Eldon Tyrell
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