carolyn wrote:
Did President Obama actually teach the United States Constitution, or is he confusing the rules people have to go by in Socialist Countries with our Constitution? Because I find it hard to believe that he is going by the same Constitution that I keep a copy of by my computer. Is there possibly secret words hidden within it that some of us are missing, because I do not get the same meaning from my copy that he evidently gets from his.
Barack Obama was a "senior lecturer" at the University of Chicago, and never actually a professor.
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Sen. Obama, who has taught courses in constitutional law at the University of Chicago, has regularly referred to himself as "a constitutional law professor," most famously at a March 30, 2007, fundraiser when he said,
"I was a constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president I actually respect the Constitution."
A spokesman for the Republican National Committee immediately took exception to Obamas remarks, pointing out that Obamas title at the University of Chicago was "senior lecturer" and not "professor."
Recently, Hillary Clintons campaign has picked up on this charge. In a March 27 conference call with reporters, Clinton spokesman Phil Singer claimed:
Singer (March 27): Sen. Obama has often referred to himself as a constitutional law professor out on the campaign trail. He never held any such title. And I think anyone, if you ask anyone in academia the distinction between a professor who has tenure and an instructor that does not, youll find that there is
youll get quite an emotional response.
The campaign also sent out an e-mail quoting an Aug. 8, 2004, column in the Chicago Sun-Times that criticized Obama for calling himself a professor when, in fact, the University of Chicago faculty page listed him as a senior lecturer (now on leave)." The Sun-Times said, "In academia, there is a vast difference between the two titles. Details matter."
Sen. Obama, who has taught courses in constitution... (
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Would you believe his p**********l campaign P.R. misrepresented, i.e., lied about that?