alann Loc: Virginia

Got this in an email. Link to report mentioned in article is:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122108881386721289.html

The last paragraph is so true!

OBAMA’S COLLEGE CLASSMATE: ‘THE OBAMA SCANDAL IS AT COLUMBIA’
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:28am
Wayne Allyn Root is a former Libertarian vice presidential nominee. He now serves as Chairman of the Libertarian National Campaign Committee.
I am President Obama’s classmate at Columbia University, Class of ’83. I am also one of the most accurate Las Vegas oddsmakers and prognosticators. Accurate enough that I was awarded my own star on the Las Vegas Walk of Stars. And I smell something rotten in Denmark. Obama has a big skeleton in his closet. It’s his college records. Call it “gut instinct” but my gut is almost always right. Obama has a secret hidden at Columbia- and it’s a bad one that threatens to bring down his presidency. Gut instinct is how I’ve made my living for 29 years since graduating Columbia.
Obama and his infamous strategist David Axelrod understand how to play political hardball, the best it’s ever been played. Team Obama has decided to distract America’s voters by condemning Mitt Romney for not releasing enough years of his tax returns. It’s the perfect cover. Obama knows the best defense is a bold offense. Just keep attacking Mitt and blaming him for secrecy and evasion, while accusing him of having a scandal that doesn’t exist. Then ask followers like Senator Harry Reid to chase the lead. The U.S. Senate Majority Leader appears to now be making up stories out of thin air, about tax returns he knows nothing about. It’s a cynical, brilliant, and vicious strategy. Make Romney defend, so he can’t attack the real Obama scandal.

This is classic Axelrod. Obama has won several elections in his career by slandering his opponents and leaking sealed documents. Not only do these insinuations and leaks ruin the credibility and reputation of Obama’s opponents, they keep them on the defensive and off Obama’s trail of sealed documents.

By attacking Romney’s tax records, Obama’s socialist cabal creates a problem that doesn’t exist. Is the U.S. Senate Majority Leader making up stories out of thin air? You decide. But the reason for this baseless attack is clear- make Romney defend, so not only is he “off message” but it helps the media ignore the real Obama scandal.

My answer for Romney? Call Obama’s bluff.

Romney should call a press conference and issue a challenge in front of the nation. He should agree to release more of his tax returns, only if Obama unseals his college records. Simple and straight-forward. Mitt should ask “What could possibly be so embarrassing in your college records from 29 years ago that you are afraid to let America’s voters see? If it’s THAT bad, maybe it’s something the voters ought to see.” Suddenly the tables are turned. Now Obama is on the defensive.

My bet is that Obama will never unseal his records because they contain information that could destroy his chances for re-election. Once this challenge is made public, my prediction is you’ll never hear about Mitt’s tax returns ever again.

Why are the college records, of a 51-year-old President of the United States, so important to keep secret? I think I know the answer.

If anyone should have questions about Obama’s record at Columbia University, it’s me. We both graduated (according to Obama) Columbia University, Class of ’83. We were both (according to Obama) Pre-Law and Political Science majors. And I thought I knew most everyone at Columbia. I certainly thought I’d heard of all of my fellow Political Science majors. But not Obama (or as he was known then- Barry Soetoro). I never met him. Never saw him. Never even heard of him. And none of the classmates that I knew at Columbia have ever met him, saw him, or heard of him.

But don’t take my word for it. The Wall Street Journal reported in 2008 that Fox News randomly called 400 of our Columbia classmates and never found one who had ever met Obama.

Now all of this mystery could be easily and instantly dismissed if Obama released his Columbia transcripts to the media. But even after serving as President for 3 1/2 years he refuses to unseal his college records. Shouldn’t the media be as relentless in pursuit of Obama’s records as Romney’s? Shouldn’t they be digging into Obama’s past–beyond what he has written about himself–with the same boundless enthusiasm as Mitt’s?

The first question I’d ask is, if you had great grades, why would you seal your records? So let’s assume Obama got poor grades. Why not release the records? He’s president of the free world, for gosh sakes. He’s commander-in-chief of the U.S. military. Who’d care about some poor grades from three decades ago, right? So then what’s the problem? Doesn’t that make the media suspicious? Something doesn’t add up.

Secondly, if he had poor grades at Occidental, how did he get admitted to an Ivy League university in the first place? And if his grades at Columbia were awful, how’d he ever get into Harvard Law School? So again those grades must have been great, right? So why spend millions to keep them sealed?

Third, how did Obama pay for all these fancy schools without coming from a wealthy background? If he had student loans or scholarships, would he not have to maintain good grades?

I can only think of one answer that would explain this mystery.

Here’s my gut belief: Obama got a leg up by being admitted to both Occidental and Columbia as a foreign exchange student. He was raised as a young boy in Indonesia. But did his mother ever change him back to a U.S. citizen? When he returned to live with his grandparents in Hawaii or as he neared college-age preparing to apply to schools, did he ever change his citizenship back? I’m betting not.

If you could unseal Obama’s Columbia University records I believe you’d find that:

A) He rarely ever attended class.

B) His grades were not those typical of what we understand it takes to get into Harvard Law School.

C) He attended Columbia as a foreign exchange student.

D) He paid little for either undergraduate college or Harvard Law School because of foreign aid and scholarships given to a poor foreign students like this kid Barry Soetoro from Indonesia.

If you think I’m “fishing” then prove me wrong. Open up your records Mr. President. What are you afraid of?

If it’s okay for U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to go on a fishing expedition about Romney’s taxes (even though he knows absolutely nothing about them nor will release his own), then I think I can do the same thing. But as Obama’s Columbia Class of ’83 classmate, at least I have more standing to make educated guesses.

It’s time for Mitt to go on the attack and call Obama’s bluff.

sarge69 Loc: Ft Myers, FL

Ouch - makes good reading.

Personally, if Mitt opens up his financial past ( which I personally don't give a damn about ) I think Obama should open up his school records. Or make them both open up all tax records and all school records.

If his records show a 'foreign student' then the American people have had a world class bluff thrown on them.

Sarge

DJ Mills Loc: Idaho

Like Mitt said to Harry: Put up or shut up.

Remember when John Kerry was billed as the intellectual candidate, but wouldn't release his records? When things finally came out, his GPA was lower than George W. Bush's.

micro Loc: Texas

That only proves that grades don't necessarily reflect intelligence.

richnash46 Loc: Texas

That brings up something I would like to ask everyone, someone recently emailed this to me, do you think it's been photoshopped?

the_imaginist Loc: St. Louis, MO

So Mitt Romney is supposed to offer to reveal more tax returns based on an article written by Wayne Allyn Root? Root's article was written at the request and for Glenn Beck's "The Blaze." Now that's a solid challenge that I'm sure the Romney camp is eager to embrace and align itself with.

Also your link is to an article in the WSJ from September 11, 2008? Seems a little dated to me.... just sayin.

alann Loc: Virginia

Just posting something I found interesting. Take it for what you will.

Joyfullee Loc: South FL

He (Root) was on Hannity tonight and basically was saying the same things as this article.

Here's a link with video:

http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/hannity/index.html#/v/1775767242001/will-the-president-release-his-college-records/?playlist_id=86924

gmcase Loc: Galt's Gulch

I have long thought he was a foreign national that pulled the wool over America's eyes. This was before Arpaio's report and findings n the obviously manipulated birth certificate. Why does a birth certificate need manipulating unless it is a fake? Add that to no record of his mother being admitted at the named hospital of his birth it becomes something to get cleared up.

Joyfullee Loc: South FL

I received an email with that also. My impression was that it's photoshopped.....but I also think it's probably true.

gmcase Loc: Galt's Gulch

This type of stuff popping up is why, in another thread, I am for Obama opening up his records. Not grades but his applications, etc. What possibly could be worth hiding in his college applications unless they prove he is not legitimately eligible to be the president? I believe it ties into the doctored birth certificate and what is being hidden is that he is a foreign national.

Has anyone given a scholarly forensic rebuttal to Arpaio's and other preceding analysis of the birth certificate? The left just dimisses Arpaio as a whacko to keep people from taking a look but I have yet to see a credible and scientific rebuttal to the forensic analysis of the document. Facts are so troublesome.

the_imaginist Loc: St. Louis, MO

Considering that that type of student ID card wasn't put into use until 1996, I'd say fake.

gmcase Loc: Galt's Gulch

I would wager it is a fake also.

Danilo Loc: Las Vegas

I'm not surprised to see Wayne raising these valid questions. There's really nothing new here, but it will put him in the liberal's category box labeled "whacko". I like the idea that for each additional item disclosed by Romney, Obama would reveal something...like a showdown at high noon!
I just heard Donald Trump may be taking up a Harry Reid position as Romney's puppet "accuser", tossing out dubious facts and rhetorical questions about Obama. I sort of hope he doesn't do it, although some sort of offensive is needed.

sixshooter Loc: constitution state

Foreign National,American citizen....Who cares..Crappy president any way you slice it