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Columbia alum reveals Obama had 2.6 GPA Columbia donor reveals Obama not Mensa material
Daily Caller ^ | 11/01/12

Posted on 11/02/2012 11:57:02 PM PDT by lulu16

The source for the 2.6 number is a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur and a Columbia alumnus who maintains good ties with the university.

In 2004, after Obama’s successful speech at that year’s Democratic convention, a Columbia University official told him Barack Obama’s GPA, he explained to TheDC.

“This person told me that he [Obama] was a pre-law, poli-sci major, had a lot of incompletes, and as best could be determined after sorting through the incompletes, had a GPA of 2.6,” said the businessman, a former Marine Corps combat veteran.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/02/wealthy-columbia-univ-donor-school-told-me-obama-had-2-6-gpa/#ixzz2BEZxKtdn

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: columbiau; dailycaller; donors; obama; obamarecord; romneygpa
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To: Lancey Howard

I would not trust a black surgeon in a million years
???

Pretty harsh. I’m sorry you feel that way.
Ben Carson is one of my inspirations, and I’ve known & worked with...ohh, about a half-dozen black doctors over my 20-year career. Every one of them was EXCELLENT.


41 posted on 11/03/2012 6:36:23 AM PDT by spankalib (The downside of liberty is the need to tolerate those who despise it.)
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To: MacMattico
Hmmm... 2.6 and then onto Harvard Law. Just how exactly does that work?

It helps if a prominent Saudi prince takes a personal interest in your career.

42 posted on 11/03/2012 6:59:25 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (political correctness is communist thought control, disguised as good manners)
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To: Hetty_Fauxvert
He’s what we call an “overachiever”: Someone who has worked their butt off to reach the top, but in terms of their mental agility and acuity, they just don’t cut it.

I take exception to that, I think he took the Affirmative Action Express Elevator along with the help of some lefty friends. Those incompletes don't show me a butt being worked off.

43 posted on 11/03/2012 7:32:10 AM PDT by Mike Darancette (Obama didn't fix it!)
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To: lulu16

2.6? Yeh thats real Harvard Law Review material.


44 posted on 11/03/2012 7:37:42 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Salgak

Triple Nine Society seems to be libertarian leaning and is OK with military and guns. Obama surely would not qualify.


45 posted on 11/03/2012 7:39:10 AM PDT by Mike Darancette (Obama didn't fix it!)
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To: MacMattico

“If I had had a GPA under 3.4 I don’t think I would have even bothered applying to any Grad schools!”

When I applied for grad school you had to have at least a 3.0 in undergraduate to even apply.


46 posted on 11/03/2012 7:55:03 AM PDT by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: Hetty_Fauxvert
Someone who has worked their butt off to reach the top

I see no evidence that this is the case either.

47 posted on 11/03/2012 7:56:33 AM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: Hetty_Fauxvert

Somehow, that does not fit my definition of “work”. But I guess over the years, that meaning has been sodomized as well.


48 posted on 11/03/2012 8:42:29 AM PDT by SgtHooper (The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
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To: lulu16

Silly headline.

There are a good many Mensa qualifiers who did poorly in school.


49 posted on 11/03/2012 9:26:36 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: Lancey Howard

I guess you’ve never heard about Ben Carson. One of the most famous pediatric neurosurgeons on earth.

You may not ever need to trust him, but there are many people who have travelled very far to trust those most precious to them to his very gifted hands.


50 posted on 11/03/2012 10:27:15 AM PDT by Waryone
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To: Waryone

Thank you for your kind reply.

I’m glad to hear that Ben Carson has overcome the stigma of “affirmative action”. One can only wonder how many other great, though less well known, black doctors and other black professionals have had their competence and qualifications questioned thanks to the insulting disgrace known as “affirmative action”.

FRegards,
LH


51 posted on 11/03/2012 11:55:12 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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