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The Tragic Illusion Of Obama's Fine Mind (Half the public wants to see his transcripts)
Investors Business Daily ^ | June 27, 2012 | The Editors

Posted on 06/27/2012 5:32:12 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The Obama Record: As it becomes clear our "brilliant" president has failed to turn the economy around, a poll shows half of Americans want to know how he did in college.

Forty-nine percent of respondents to an exclusive IBD/TIPP survey say they agree that Obama "should release his academic records" before November. Only 28% strongly disagree. Seven percent answered "not sure."

Voters got a look at the college coursework and grades of President Bush, as well as Democratic challengers Al Gore and John Kerry. Obama, however, refuses to release his transcripts, despite media requests.

It's natural voters would now wonder about his academic performance. Other polls show they're increasingly unhappy with his job performance.

With signs the economy may be slipping back into recession, and the president's economic policies looking woefully ineffective, many voters are waking up to the notion he may not be nearly as smart as he's made out to be.

Obama's storied intellect simply isn't measuring up to the hype created by media sycophants like MSNBC's Chris Matthews, who's called him "very smart," or historians like Michael Beschloss, who said he's "probably the smartest guy ever to become president."

Coming into office on the heels of a tongue-tied predecessor, the well-spoken Obama was supposed to have all the answers. But it turns out he doesn't know any better. His bright ideas, from energy policy to health care and jobs, haven't worked...

(Excerpt) Read more at news.investors.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; naturalborncitizen; obama
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To: CitizenM

BIG TIME! Awww, that was F’n-ay great, CitizenM.


21 posted on 06/27/2012 6:04:10 PM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth again.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m sure he got all “A”s in Raza Studies, Womyn’s Studies, Marxism, Anti-Imperialism etc.


22 posted on 06/27/2012 6:06:00 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He was, is and ever will be an EOP. People endlessly and erroneously confuse facile glibness with IQ. He was not elected by reason of intelligence but by reason of hatred for Bush and Goebbels like propaganda boom.


23 posted on 06/27/2012 6:08:59 PM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

People who have GOOD academic grades have no hesitation about showing them to others.

Therefore ....


24 posted on 06/27/2012 6:12:08 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

25 posted on 06/27/2012 6:23:57 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The guy is a slimy little weasel. Not that I disrespect weasels, they have their place.


26 posted on 06/27/2012 6:25:00 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: Deb
...my favorite Obamaism comes when he reads “OBGYN” on the teleprompter as a word, obi-guy-nee.


27 posted on 06/27/2012 6:28:41 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

There is nothing genuine (from a positive standpoint) about this man. He’s as phony as it gets. Shame on America.


28 posted on 06/27/2012 6:30:29 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (.)
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To: Travis McGee

Don’t forget “GAY STUDIES”.


29 posted on 06/27/2012 6:40:53 PM PDT by surrey
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To: A_Former_Democrat

Rumors about Obama usually turn out true, and known facts turn out to be myths.


30 posted on 06/27/2012 6:42:18 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The First Bystander must be removed!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Somethin’ and stuff and thingamajigs and ‘yall...forget the college transcripts. Find out if he repeated third grade three times.


31 posted on 06/27/2012 6:44:20 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’ve said this from day one:

Given the incredible hubris of Baraq Obama
If he was a 1600 SAT, 4.0 in college, and ripped the LSATs, those would be in gold plated frames on the wall in the WH press briefing room.


32 posted on 06/27/2012 6:45:47 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Obama, however, refuses to release his transcripts, despite media requests.

Oh ya, they really hounded him!
33 posted on 06/27/2012 6:56:16 PM PDT by andyk (Go Juan Pablo!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
...Seven percent answered "not sure"...

Who are these people?

Do you want an asteroid to hit the earth? 80% say no, 13% say yes, 7% say "not sure"...

Well, to be fair, maybe they read the choice as 'don't care'. I could see that. Yes I'm interested in looking st the pResident's academic record for morbid curiosity sake... But in reality, I don't care that much. Whether he got an Affirmative Action A+, or an earned D- ... it does not matter. The man has proved himself an incompetent (and an incompetent with no track record or experience, I may add), and I don't really need to see his academic records...

34 posted on 06/27/2012 7:15:16 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: kevslisababy; Deb

I found it on Youtube! Around 2:30.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ymLdoZaezM


35 posted on 06/27/2012 7:41:38 PM PDT by HoneysuckleTN (Where the woodbine twineth... || FUBO! OMG! ABO!)
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To: HoneysuckleTN

OMG, How pathetic, and no one batted an eye. I’ve got to pass this around....thanks!


36 posted on 06/27/2012 7:46:42 PM PDT by kevslisababy
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The only past you will get from Obama is a fictional one. He is made up.


37 posted on 06/27/2012 7:52:21 PM PDT by pallis
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To: kevslisababy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ymLdoZaezM&feature=player_detailpage#t=138s


38 posted on 06/27/2012 7:53:15 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I doubt he ever set foot in any classroom. I think he used the race card to get through school.


39 posted on 06/27/2012 7:54:44 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Obama, however, refuses to release his transcripts, despite media requests.

He probably has a really good reason. /S

40 posted on 06/27/2012 7:55:46 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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