[kabumpo]

Then you have a poor memory for a lawyer. I remember people from grade school, high school and college.

[manc]

my thoughts too, who the hell doesn't remember the only or a couple of black guys in their class who then becomes President.

I remember some people from aged 9 who I went to school with, still remember their names but no one remembers obama, no photo's no records, strange and then we have someone telling us it isn;t strange, mmmmmmm.

No wonder his records are sealed, the only President where the media have not done a documentary about a sitting President and his past.

[henkster]

Snarky personal comment aside, I do remember a lot of people from grade school, high school, college, law school, and my professional life. But I had to have a connection of some enduring sort with them. If 0bama did not make personal connections, then nobody will remember him.

And as for now discovering that he is president, sure, people are going to wonder if they knew him in college back then. But if he wasn’t notable then, they won’t remember him now.

I think he was a cypher; an empty suit that at the time people would have recognized, but don’t remember today. That is telling that he made so little impact on his colleagues. I also believe the official records at Columbia show a lot more than he wants to know, but the average student at Columbia at the time would have been completely unaware of the contents of those records. And it’s those records we should concentrate on. The fact that he wasn’t memorable to his classmates should not lead us to read into it more than what’s there, and isn’t what’s really the issue.