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Are you smarter than The Obama?

Are you smarter than The Obama?

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its not like the issue of Obama's school records exist within a political vacuum, free of racism.
 
SypherAL said:
This thread is rediculous. I knew someone "very conservative" started this post from the moment I read it. All this threads intentions are directed at another Obama bashing political feud. Obama is obviously smarter than anyone on this forum or else we would all be former United States Presidents.
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Do you need the flaw in this logic pointed out?

If you don't like the question, don't answer it.

But as to question the intelligence of the President of the United States... is pretty childish and deserves little attention from actual adults.
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Really. So, GWB is smarter than you, and all of the people who referred to him as an 'idiot', et al are childish and deserve little attention from actual adults?
 
Redress said:
Of course, it's every one else's fault.
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Read some of your Liberal political kinsmens posts sometime here on DP. It's a hoot how much it's someone elses fault!
 
Since all his records are hidden we may never know for sure.

I know one thing for sure is he's not as brilliant as some claim, and he sure doesn't learn from his mistake.
 
Councilman said:
Since all his records are hidden we may never know for sure.
I know one thing for sure is he's not as brilliant as some claim, and he sure doesn't learn from his mistake.
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I've seen nothing from The Obama that leads me to believe that He has a better grasp of history or law than I do.
Needless to say, those are the important, relevant subject areas; I am sure that He could not have anything resmebling an intelligent duscssion in any number of other areas.
 
OscarB63 said:
can't be helped. If you say you are smarter than the Obama, someone is sure to squeal "racist" and claim you only think you are smarter because he is black :shrug:
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I really don't get the use of the word "the" here. Can you explain it for us?
 
Thunder said:
its clearly being used to dehumanize our President.

he's no longer a person...now just a thing.
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Earlier in this thread, I asked which Obama it was--Barack himself, Michelle, Malia, Sasha, someone else. It's like asking about the tree. Uh, which tree?
 
ask the OP, they are the one who put it in the thread title.
 
Ockham said:
Read some of your Liberal political kinsmens posts sometime here on DP. It's a hoot how much it's someone elses fault!
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And when they are silly about it, I point it out. You know this.
 
Phys251 said:
Earlier in this thread, I asked which Obama it was--Barack himself, Michelle, Malia, Sasha, someone else. It's like asking about the tree. Uh, which tree?
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If you really have to ask that question, then your answer to the question in the OP is "no".
 
Redress said:
Oh look, a thread about Obama devolves into race. How unusual...
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For a man who rode into the White House on the basis of his race, with the help of liberal racists, it's only natural that this issue come up. Secondly, the man's entire career has been built on exploiting race, so it dominates discussion about him, just like Ike's military career was central to his appeal.
 
Thunder said:
its clearly being used to dehumanize our President.

he's no longer a person...now just a thing.
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Dehuamnize the President. Hmm. Whatever could you be talking about? I'm not seeing it.

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RiverDad said:
For a man who rode into the White House on the basis of his race, with the help of liberal racists, it's only natural that this issue come up. Secondly, the man's entire career has been built on exploiting race, so it dominates discussion about him, just like Ike's military career was central to his appeal.
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Are we still trotting out that failed bit of bull****?
 
Phys251 said:
Denial of racism is a form of racism.
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You're just full of vapid slogans, aren't you? Where did you pick this one up, some "professional day" seminar where they brought in a hack to spout slogans to a captive audience? Or did you pick it up from some liberal comment board?
 
Redress said:
Are we still trotting out that failed bit of bull****?
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Don't just assert some vague point, make an actual argument, provide sources. You need someone to take you under their wing and show you how to make a proper argument.
 
I define smart as the ability to grasp a concept previously foreign to you. so based on that definition, I have no idea as I have not had the opportunity to measure his ability
 
RiverDad said:
Don't just assert some vague point, make an actual argument, provide sources. You need someone to take you under their wing and show you how to make a proper argument.
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I don't bother sourcing laughing at foolish claims that are not sourced themselves.
 
ARealConservative said:
I define smart as the ability to grasp a concept previously foreign to you. so based on that definition, I have no idea as I have not had the opportunity to measure his ability
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Well, I define Obama as smart because he initially had these issues early in his Presidency:

Henry Louis Gates
Obama Wades Into a Volatile Racial Issue - News Analysis - NYTimes.com

Shirley Sherrod fired
Ousted ag official unsure about returning - politics - msnbc.com


And learned NOT to get involved in these types of issues again. Most people are not able to handle an honest debate or discussion even, about race. It can only devolve even if one of the many involved can handle it.
 
Phys251 said:
1. Are you suggesting that Blacks are no longer oppressed?
2. Are you suggesting that Whites, Jews, and Asians are more qualified on average?
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Point #1 Blacks are no longer oppressed.

Blacks who earn a Master's degree have almost identical incomes to Whites. Blacks who earn doctorates are earning incomes on par with Whites.

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For every additional year of schooling, blacks earn a higher wage premium than whites.

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When all factors are held equal, wage discrimination based on race disappeared back in the 1970s.

The Myth of Racial Discrimination in Pay in the United States

The analyses of the General Social Survey data from 1974 to 2000 replicate earlier findings from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth that racial disparity in earnings disappears once cognitive ability is controlled for. The results are robust across many alternative specifications, and further show that blacks receive significantly greater returns to their cognitive ability than nonblacks. The trend data show that there was no sign of racial discrimination in the United States as early as 1970s. The analyses call into question the necessity of and justification for preferential treatment of ethnic minorities.​

2.) Yes. The data, otherwise known as the real world, shows this beyond dispute. Why else do you think that we have programs designed to equalize outcomes across race?
 
Most law schools don't release their admissions data. The University of Arizona law school and the University of Nebraska are exceptions. Look at these charts:

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IN all cases the lowest 25% of white applicants scored higher than the highest 25% of black applicants. In 2007, there is NO OVERLAP between black and Asian/white scores. Not a single Asian/white applicant scored as low as the highest scoring black applicant
 
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