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Home Front: Politix
Sweet: Obama did NOT "hold the title" of a University of Chicago law school professor.
2008-11-10
The article is dated March 28th. I don't know why this is being posted now. AoS.
The University of Chicago released a statement on Thursday saying Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) "served as a professor" in the law school--but that is a title Obama, who taught courses there part-time, never held, a spokesman for the school confirmed on Friday.

"He did not hold the title of professor of law," said Marsha Ferziger Nagorsky, an Assistant Dean for Communications and Lecturer in Law at the school, on East 60th St. in Chicago

The U of C statement was posted on the school's website two days after the Clinton campaign issued a memo headlined "Just Embellished Words: Senator Obama's Record of Exaggerations & Misstatements." The memo was generated by the Clinton campaign as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) was put on the defensive for claiming incorrectly that she dodged sniper fire while First Lady when her plane landed in Bosnia.
Posted by:anonymous5089

#9  The only difference sometimes between "liar" and "lawyer" is in the spelling.
Posted by: Titus Jetch7346   2008-11-10 22:37  

#8  We don't know yet who "the Guy behind the Guy" is, but every sucessful Chicago politician has one, or more. They will get to feed at the trough first, and at a private seating.
It's the Chicago Way, and I will try my best not to say "I told you so" to my non Chicago based friends.
Posted by: Capsu 78   2008-11-10 18:11  

#7  He might have been an undergraduate status professor. He did teach at UC. Tenured status takes over 5 years.
Posted by: Injun Slomotch9332   2008-11-10 14:54  

#6  I think its pretty clear Obama has been groomed for some time by a wealthy benefactor, who will dictate the payback. He has had quite an expensive education at elite schools, given opportunities few dare dream of. Same was said of Bill Clinton, a Rhodes scholar, and unlikely star as a son of a single mother from Arkansas. Rumors of a Rockefeller connection then also make sense now, considering the extensive family connections to Columbia, University of Chicago, etc.
Posted by: Thealing Borgia 122   2008-11-10 13:00  

#5  University of Chicago upgrades Obama's pseudo Professor status
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC   2008-11-10 11:20  

#4  NPD Alert:

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) describes narcissism as a personality disorder that “revolve around a pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and sense of entitlement. Often individuals feel overly important and will exaggerate achievements and will accept, and often demand, praise and admiration despite worthy achievements.”
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC   2008-11-10 10:56  

#3  Who cares? Spend your time and energy convincing Americans to vote Republican.
Posted by: Zebulon Spase1139   2008-11-10 10:13  

#2   his appointment was not part of an academic search process
Posted by: lotp   2008-11-10 08:25  

#1  No he did not officially hold the title of professor, and many within the University of Chicago system were not at all happy about his appointment, privilege, and status as a "guest lecturer." The question that should be asked is, precisely how did he get there?
Posted by: Besoeker   2008-11-10 07:43  

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