Reply #32: Reply - Get a grip - No one is perfect but Obama has a lot to be proud of!

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As far as your statement:

Sen. Obama consistently and falsely claims that he was a law professor. The Sun-Times reported that, "Several direct-mail pieces issued for Obama's primary campaign said he was a law professor at the University of Chicago. He is not. He is a senior lecturer (now on leave) at the school. In academia, there is a vast difference between the two titles. Details matter." In academia, there's a significant difference: professors have tenure while lecturers do not. Hotline Blog, 4/9/07; Chicago Sun-Times, 8/8/04

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Well why was he called a "part-time" professor/instructor in this article:

http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/701490,CST-NWS-obamaprof18.article

Law students gave Obama big thumbs-up

'I LOVED TEACHING' | Consistently rated one of top instructors at U. of C.
December 18, 2007

BY ABDON M. PALLASCH Political Reporter

White House hopeful Barack Obama could have given it all up for the gentler life of a law professor.

A Sun-Times review of student evaluations from Obama's 10 years of teaching part-time at the University of Chicago Law School shows that students almost always rated Obama as one of their top instructors -- except for one quarter in 1997.

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As for this - He says he put IL on a "path" to universal coverage - I think he did. Sitting up a health care task force is how it is done on the State level!:

Sen. Obama said 'I passed a law that put Illinois on a path to universal coverage,' but Obama health care legislation merely set up a task force.

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As for the ethics bill it was certainly a good start! You have to give him that!

Feingold, Obama Push for Strongest Ethics and Lobbying Reform Bill Possible
Thursday, June 21, 2007

http://obama.senate.gov/press/070621-feingold_obama/

Architects of Ethics and Lobbying Reform Bill Urge Senate Leaders to Maintain Provisions That Will Lead to Real Change in Way Washington Works

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Barack Obama (D-IL) are pushing for Congress to produce the strongest ethics and lobby reform bill possible. Feingold and Obama are urging several Senate leaders, who will play important roles in the bill’s fate as the Senate prepares to negotiate the final bill with the House of Representatives, to include several key provisions that passed the Senate but were left out of the House version of the bill. Feingold and Obama were two of the main architects of the Senate bill which passed in January with broad bipartisan support. Senate Majority Leader Reid hailed the bill as one of the most significant pieces of legislation dealing with ethics and lobbying reform in our nation’s history. Also signing the letter were all of the freshmen Democratic Senators including Senators Brown (D-OH), Cardin (D-MD), Casey (D-PA), Klobuchar (D-MN), McCaskill (D-MO), Sanders (I-VT), Tester (D-MT), Webb (D-VA), and Whitehouse (D-RI), who made cleaning up Washington crucial parts of their successful campaigns.

“The public voted for change last November in part because people were sick and tired of the way Washington works,” Feingold said. “Without provisions like a strong lobbyist gift ban, and tough restrictions on privately funded travel and corporate jet flights, the bill won’t do enough to change the status quo in Washington.”

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I don't think anything that you mentioned could be interpreted either way by only a few degrees, while Hillary goes way over the top with her "misspeaks". Get a grip!!!!

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