[TexasFreeper2009]

Your correct, he was the first black president of the Harvard law review, which had historically always gone to the top student, but because no blacks could earn the top spot they instituted an affirmation action program to ensure a black that hadn't earned it got the spot, and Obama just happened to be the first beneficiary of the new system.

[TexasFreeper2009]

I heard recently they are now extending the affirmative action system to women and reserving 20+ spots on the review for women, whether they earned it or not.

In a related story, 80% of New York public school graduates can’t read.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2994602/posts

In its defense, the NYC Department of Education said it has raised high school graduation rates by 40 percent over the last seven years.

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ROFL

It seems a NYC high school diploma is now just as useless as being on the Harvard Law review!

[1010RD]

Obama just happened to be...

I don't believe in coincidence. I'd love to see a donor list in the years around Obama’s attendance.