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To: fireforeffect
Do I have to do your work for you?

1. when Obama was a second-year state senator, he served on the board of several local education foundations that had supported the councils and chaired the board for the Chicago Annenberg Challenge

2. From the Annenberg website: Annenberg Challenge
....As the largest single gift ever made to public education, the Annenberg Challenge was designed to unite the resources and ideas of those committed to increasing the effectiveness of public schooling. Recognizing that no single gift could improve all schools, the Challenge served as a catalyst to energize and support educational reform efforts across the country....... The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania has developed such initiatives as FactCheck.org, which aims to increase public knowledge and understanding by monitoring the factual accuracy of political dialogue...

61 posted on 08/22/2008 10:37:35 AM PDT by expatpat
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To: expatpat

obama sat on the board of annenberg w/ ayers, right?


71 posted on 08/22/2008 10:43:52 AM PDT by spacejunkie01
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To: expatpat

FactCheck.org was around in the 2004 campaign. Were they allied or run by the Obama campaign then, too? Just because he worked for one of their foundations does not mean they are allied with him, or work for him now.


75 posted on 08/22/2008 10:45:19 AM PDT by Crystal Cove
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To: expatpat

FactCheck.org was around in the 2004 campaign. Were they allied or run by the Obama campaign then, too? Just because he worked for one of their foundations does not mean they are allied with him, or work for him now. Most of the items on FactCheck.org favor John McCain anyway.


77 posted on 08/22/2008 10:46:31 AM PDT by Crystal Cove
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