Show Us the Proof! AP- WASHINGTON D.C. - In a move certain to fuel the debate over
Obama’s qualifications for the presidency, the group Americans for
Freedom of Information has Released copies of President Obama’s
College transcripts from Occidental College. Released today, the
Transcript indicates that Obama, under the name Barry Soetoro,
Received financial aid as a foreign student from Indonesia as an
Undergraduate at the school. The transcript was released by
Occidental College in compliance with a court order in a suit
Brought by the group in the Superior Court of California. The
Transcript shows that Obama (Soetoro) applied for financial aid and
Was awarded a fellowship for foreign students from the Fulbright
Foundation Scholarship program. To qualify, for the scholarship, a
Student must claim foreign citizenship. This document would seem to
Provide the smoking gun that many of Obama’s detractors have been
Seeking.
Along with the evidence that he was first born in Kenya and there is
No record of him ever applying for US citizenship, this is looking
Pretty grim. The news has created a firestorm at the White House as
The release casts increasing doubt about Obama’s legitimacy and
Qualification to serve as president. When reached for comment in
London, where he has been in meetings with British Prime Minister
Gordon Brown, Obama smiled but refused comment on the issue.
Britain's Daily Mail has also carried the story in a front-page
Article titled, Obama Eligibility Questioned leading some to
Speculate that the story may overshadow economic issues on Obama’s
First official visit to the U.K.
In a related matter, under growing pressure from several groups,
Justice Antonin Scalia announced that the Supreme Court agreed on
Tuesday to hear arguments concerning Obama’s legal eligibility to
Serve as President in a case brought by Leo Donofrio of New Jersey.
This lawsuit claims Obama's dual citizenship disqualified him from
Serving as president. Donofrio’s case is just one of 18 suits
Brought by citizens demanding proof of Obama’s citizenship or
Qualification to serve as president.
Gary Kreep of the United States Justice Foundation has released the
Results of their investigation of Obama’s campaign spending. This
Study estimates that Obama has spent upwards of $950,000 in campaign
Funds in the past year with eleven law firms in 12 states for legal
Resources to block disclosure of any of his personal records. Mr.
Kreep indicated that the investigation is still ongoing but that the
Final report will be provided to the U.S. Attorney General, Eric
Holder. Mr. Holder has refused to comment on the matter.
What we need to be asking is whether that cut & paste is factual. And the answer is that it is not. It claims to have been written by the AP, but no AP story would include statements such as the "smoking gun" comment, it wouldn't have "AP" before the dateline instead of after, it wouldn't be written in paragraphs that long, and there are a number of other things that indicate it wasn't written by the AP.
I don't put a lot of trust in the Snopes.Com site, but it was pretty obvious that this one was false, so I surfed over there and found it in just a couple of minutes: http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/occidental.asp
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Politics, it seems to me, all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. ~Richard Armour
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