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Trump: Obama a "Terrible Student" Not Good Enough for Harvard
NBC New York ^ | April 23, 2011 | Beth Fouhy

Posted on 04/25/2011 3:17:44 PM PDT by RobinMasters

Manhattan real estate mogul Donald Trump suggested in an interview Monday that President Barack Obama had been a poor student who did not deserve to be admitted to the Ivy League universities he attended. Trump, who is mulling a bid for the Republican presidential nomination, offered no proof for his claim but said he would continue to press the matter as he has the legitimacy of the president's birth certificate.

"I heard he was a terrible student, terrible. How does a bad student go to Columbia and then to Harvard?" Trump said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I'm thinking about it, I'm certainly looking into it. Let him show his records."

Obama graduated from Columbia University in New York in 1983 with a degree in political science after transferring from Occidental College in California. He went on to Harvard Law School, where he graduated magna cum laude 1991 and was the first black president of the Harvard Law Review.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnewyork.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: columbia; harvard; obama; trump
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obama has lowered the bar for what it takes to be President.
Mr. Trump knows this and smells blood in the water....


21 posted on 04/25/2011 3:34:29 PM PDT by Maverick68
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To: Logical me

Yes, they would, especially $20 MILLION!


22 posted on 04/25/2011 3:34:52 PM PDT by RowdyFFC
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To: RobinMasters

In the comments on the linked page several people state that he graduated from Harvard Law Magna Cum Laude. Where is any evidence of that?


23 posted on 04/25/2011 3:36:37 PM PDT by AmericanVictory (Should we be more like them or they more like we used to be?)
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To: RobinMasters

How did he get into Harvard? Oh you mean the school that Barney Frank, Jamie Gorelick, Al Gore, and Ted Kennedy went to.


24 posted on 04/25/2011 3:38:55 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Do or do not... there is no try)
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To: AmericanVictory

Have you ever seen the video about Obama with Percey Sutton on youtube?


25 posted on 04/25/2011 3:39:58 PM PDT by GlockThe Vote (F U B O ! ! !)
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To: GlockThe Vote
First Woman President of the Harvard Law Review...Susan Estrich.

Surprise, surprise

26 posted on 04/25/2011 3:43:15 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: RobinMasters

Another article that refers to the “Certification of Live Birth” document as the Certificate of Live Birth. They are not the same thing. The media mix it up on purpose I think to confuse the issue.

There is no Certificate of Live Birth


27 posted on 04/25/2011 3:43:44 PM PDT by Helotes
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To: AmericanVictory

Don’t you know the law? A Democrat doesn’t need any evidence.


28 posted on 04/25/2011 3:44:21 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Do or do not... there is no try)
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To: RobinMasters

From everything we’ve seen of his student and paltry professional writing, Obama could hardly have earned magna cum laude from HLS on his own. I imagine he had someone, whether school supplied or otherwise, editing his papers, at least.


29 posted on 04/25/2011 3:46:12 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: RobinMasters

Given the fact that a good grade school student could answer a question better than the sans-teleprompter Obamaloon, I’d tend to think that Trump was right.

The libs are gonna sooner or later have to accept the terrible, but obvious fact that - even though Bush was a terrible speaker - he was smarter than the loon.


30 posted on 04/25/2011 3:47:59 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Da Coyote

God how I hope he embarrasses the snot out of this progressive tool — and ALL of his followers to boot.

Go Trump Go!!!!


31 posted on 04/25/2011 3:50:52 PM PDT by LibsRJerks
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To: RobinMasters
What? Are you telling me this guy is not smart enough to get into Harvard?


32 posted on 04/25/2011 3:51:38 PM PDT by Azzurri
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To: RobinMasters

With no records made public how the heck does this reporter know he graduated magna cum laude?


33 posted on 04/25/2011 3:52:12 PM PDT by Terry Mross (Only a SECOND party will get my vote.)
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To: Blue Turtle

Donald is my hero.


34 posted on 04/25/2011 3:52:51 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: RobinMasters
"I heard he was a terrible student, terrible. How does a bad student go to Columbia and then to Harvard?"

It's wise to question any statement that begins "I heard..."

35 posted on 04/25/2011 3:56:08 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: RobinMasters

Obama’s SSN filed by his American refugee resettlement organization headquartered in CT. UNITED WAY.


36 posted on 04/25/2011 3:57:45 PM PDT by SvenMagnussen (BHO II naturalized as U.S. Citizen after becoming an Indonesian National)
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To: RobinMasters

Man. Donald jumped from doubting his qualifications to be POTUS, to suggesting he lacks intelligence and is an unqualified empty suit.

Meanwhile, Obama and the media can’t lay a glove on him. ROTFL!!!


37 posted on 04/25/2011 3:59:33 PM PDT by Salvavida (The restoration of the U.S.A. starts with filling the pews at every Bible-believing church.)
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To: OKSooner

It would be smart to let Obama rise to the bait as it is now presented. Let him make his case, then let out the tidbits to refute his assertions.

Gotcha’ is a lot more fun that way.


38 posted on 04/25/2011 3:59:39 PM PDT by burroak
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To: 9YearLurker

Obama couldn’t even pass a GED.


39 posted on 04/25/2011 4:05:16 PM PDT by just me (Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom. (John Adams)
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

In this case one would be wise to question the ‘I heard’ statement as well as the cause of the statement.


40 posted on 04/25/2011 4:07:24 PM PDT by noinfringers2
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