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Michele Bachmann Is Not a Doctor

Deuce said:
Not to mention oversized text. It's strange to me that conservatives so often want to emphasize President Obama's middle name. It means handsome. Freud might have something to say about that, emphasizing the word handsome and making it appear in large letters...
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Actually didn't he technically emphasize his entire given name ?
 
liblady said:
no need to attack bachmann.....perry has made her irrelevant.
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True. Arguing about Bachmann's presidental qualities is useless as arguing about when Palin will announce her candidacy.
 
This DR thing is just libs being libs, don’t engage in honest debate with your opponent, don’t compare and contrast ideas and philosophies, just attack and destroy, scorched earth policy. Having said that I am not a Bachman fan, if reps run her I will vote for her because anyone’s better than Obama.
 
It's not just liberals who do this. I think we notice more the "scorched-earthers" whose views oppose our own.
 
Aunt Spiker said:
Yes - I find this middle-name thing to be obnoxious beyond belief.

My Middle name is Anne . . . Anne is a common name when it comes to murderesses - apparently - we've laid a history of anne spired slayings left and right . . . oddly - no one freaks out over this.
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Your sig and avatar seem much more sinister now, somehow...
 
The right wing that made such a fuss about Obama calling himself a professor instead of a lecturer is now making screaming foul at a lawyer calling themselves 'doctor'. The wheels on the bus go round and round....
 
Hatuey said:
The right wing that made such a fuss about Obama calling himself a professor instead of a lecturer is now making screaming foul at a lawyer calling themselves 'doctor'. The wheels on the bus go round and round....
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Obama a Constitutional Law Professor? | FactCheck.org
UC Law School statement: The Law School has received many media requests about Barack Obama, especially about his status as "Senior Lecturer." From 1992 until his election to the U.S. Senate in 2004, Barack Obama served as a professor in the Law School. He was a Lecturer from 1992 to 1996. He was a Senior Lecturer from 1996 to 2004, during which time he taught three courses per year. Senior Lecturers are considered to be members of the Law School faculty and are regarded as professors, although not full-time or tenure-track. The title of Senior Lecturer is distinct from the title of Lecturer, which signifies adjunct status. Like Obama, each of the Law School’s Senior Lecturers have high-demand careers in politics or public service, which prevent full-time teaching. Several times during his 12 years as a professor in the Law School, Obama was invited to join the faculty in a full-time tenure-track position, but he declined.
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Looks like you guys finally have her where you want her with this one.

It's over.
 
PeteEU said:
Michele Bachmann Is Not a Doctor | Mother Jones

Tsk tsk Mrs Bachmann... padding your CV with falsehoods ... tsk tsk.
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You are the one spreading falsehoods along with Mother Jones. While I am no fan of bachman (she gives me the creeps, actually), she really DOES have a doctoral degree. J.D. stands for Juris Doctor, and while the use of the title in this case is not customary, it is not dishonest either and it is certainly not lying, as Mother Jones has done here and you have reposted their lie.
 
Top Cat said:
Ok fine. But of course she wasn't teaching. Are you incapable of calling a turd a turd?
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You asked a question and I answered it...and you dont like the answer...I dont know what to tell ya :)
 
ludahai said:
You are the one spreading falsehoods along with Mother Jones. While I am no fan of bachman (she gives me the creeps, actually), she really DOES have a doctoral degree. J.D. stands for Juris Doctor, and while the use of the title in this case is not customary, it is not dishonest either and it is certainly not lying, as Mother Jones has done here and you have reposted their lie.
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No, you are being dishonest. Referring to oneself as a "Doctor" means they have a PhD or a MD. People with a JD are referred to as "JDs" (most commonly) or "Juris Doctors" (rarely). She was dishonest and she did it to misportray herself as being more educated than she really is. It was dishonest to the core.
 
sangha said:
No, you are being dishonest. Referring to oneself as a "Doctor" means they have a PhD or a MD. People with a JD are referred to as "JDs" (most commonly) or "Juris Doctors" (rarely). She was dishonest and she did it to misportray herself as being more educated than she really is. It was dishonest to the core.
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There are other degrees with the designation of Doctor as well, such as Ed. D. As I said, it was not customary, but not wrong.
 
ludahai said:
There are other degrees with the designation of Doctor as well, such as Ed. D. As I said, it was not customary, but not wrong.
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No, it is wrong and a lie. Usage is what defines the meaning of words. People with JD's are not referred to as doctors as far as I know, and no one has shown that someone with a JD can be referred to as a doctor.
 
Personally, I can't swing a dead cat without hitting someone with a doctorate degree. Many of those friends are lawyers, and I've never heard a single one of them refer to themselves as a "doctor". Now, they have said, "JD", which is an equivalent to a "Dr." title. However, there is nothing illegal or anything about this. Technically I don't consider this a lie, but I do consider it a stretch of the truth.
 
Your Star said:
And this means what exactly? Obama never lied about being a doctor, and that certainly doesn't mean she is smarter than Obama.
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It means everything to the left, cause educational qualification trump leadership skills.
 
Top Cat said:
Wow all caps and Hussien to boot? I'm betting you're also stomping your feet as well. How so very middle schoolish.
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That's so blind people like you can read better. :lol:
 
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