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Obama's Columbia thesis excerpt surfaces

By Denis Keohane
Michael Ledeen at PJM reports on President Obama's Columbia college thesis, of which ten whole pages were made available to Joe Klein. The paper was entitled "Aristocracy Reborn," and Obama wrote this about the Constitution: "... the Constitution allows for many things, but what it does not allow is the most revealing. The so-called Founders did not allow for economic freedom. While political freedom is supposedly a cornerstone of the document, the distribution of wealth is not even mentioned. While many believed that the new Constitution gave them liberty, it instead... (Read Full Article)

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Posted by: Rich  
Oct 23, 11:13 AM

It's about time.

"You can fool some of the people all of the time; and all of the people some of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." A. Lincoln

Posted by: Hans  
Oct 23, 11:15 AM

This is troubling stuff indeed - notice Obama's use of the term "so called" and "hypocrisy" - and his Orwellian use of the word "freedom" - so economic "freedom" is government "control" of income rather than the free market. Scary.

Posted by: SarahW  
Oct 23, 11:22 AM

Is this for real? Ledeen's source, Brian Lancaster at weblog "Jumping in Pools" provides no sourcing beyond the bald assertions in his post.
There is no link to documentation or support of any kind for the assertions made, other that the mention of Joe Klein, who can be individually queried, but who has made nothing public about the thesis that I can discover.

However consistent it might be with Obama's well documented deprecations of the Constitution, where is the proof or documentation to justify adding this to the pile?

Posted by: Reggie  
Oct 23, 11:23 AM

I hope FOX and Rush jump all over this.

Posted by: bookworm  
Oct 23, 11:27 AM

Hypocrisy? Huh? I have read and reread the first BO quote. I thought I was going crazy because the quote made no sense. Then I realized that the word denotations/conotations are all wrong: BO equates "freedom" with equal wealth/equal outcome/wealth redistribution, not equal opportunity. And because there was no equal wealth guarrantee, the citizens were not guaranteed "liberty" but the "shackles of hypocrisy." Again, huh? Not only does BO not uphold and defend the US Constitution, but he has, as a "constitutional scholar," an IQ of less than 70.

Posted by: ked5  
Oct 23, 11:27 AM

he understands soooooo little.

The so-called Founders did not allow for economic freedom


Yeah. The founders DID allow for the freedom to succeed or fail on our own merits. He's a blatant socialist, and socialism does. not. work.

Posted by: JeffW  
Oct 23, 11:30 AM

"So called founders", "supposedly a cornerstone of freedom"? Ok is it just me or does this read like something writen by a smarmy, self important teenager with a overblown sense of his own greatness? You know, the teenager that hasn't done anything of not but thinks he could have done things better that historical greats. Not only is this document telling in his mindset of equality it also offers a glimps into his overblown ego and narcissism. Incredilble!

Posted by: almostacowboy77  
Oct 23, 11:33 AM

"While political freedom is supposedly a cornerstone of the document, the distribution of wealth is not even mentioned." -BHO

That's because, you Marxist moron, wealth is not "distributed". It is "created".

Does anyone see a pattern here?

Posted by: ked5  
Oct 23, 11:33 AM

What on earth does this President have to do to get the media coverage he so richly deserves!


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renounce his communisim and actively and *sincerely* work to overthrow real tyranny in the world.

Posted by: tresdogs  
Oct 23, 11:35 AM

As the Royal Magistrate says near the end of Braveheart, "It does not matter. He is your King."

Posted by: pitchfork peasant  
Oct 23, 11:35 AM

No wonder Obama's educational history and legal billing records is continued to be buried by the media. It's dynamite, and now it's going to blow up in his face.

Obama's anti-American legal tripe that attracted radical supporters pre-2004 is the same stinking stuff that will eventually come to light. And is it ever smelling ripe. Barak Socialist Obama: Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm!

Pitchfork Peasant
Lights on, Eyes wide open....

Posted by: JQAdams  
Oct 23, 11:37 AM

This only confirms our worst fears if this document is true... This man has no idea what the constitution is all about... Also his utter contempt for it. Obama must be removed from office before its to late.

Posted by: Adina Kutnicki, Israel  
Oct 23, 11:38 AM

ANY more proof needed why NONE of his documents have been made public, of which this small snippet is surely the tip of the socialist iceberg?

Posted by: Pam Colo  
Oct 23, 11:41 AM

Don't get too excited until the so-called college thesis is vetted and produced. That lesson should be heeded from the recent alleged racist comments that were "attributed" to Limbaugh, which were proven to be false as no source document was produced.

Posted by: cindy graham  
Oct 23, 11:41 AM

He wants to remake America and change our constitution. Obama, et al should find another country to remake-we're more than fine. Aren't there a number of leaderless countries around the world that could use his leadership?

Posted by: Gail S  
Oct 23, 11:42 AM

Do you want to know what the really sad thing is? If by "economic freedom", he means that a person does not need to worry about earning money because someone else will provide for them and tell them how much they can have...I can't think a better definition of slavery.

Posted by: NaClH2O  
Oct 23, 11:43 AM

Reggie Wrote:
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> I hope FOX and Rush jump all over this.


Rush is. 12:42 EDT

Posted by: JAH666  
Oct 23, 11:45 AM

Yo, AT! Get ready for a surge in responses to this article. ElRushbo is talking about this subject right now!

Posted by: tyler  
Oct 23, 11:49 AM

Now I know obamas plan for a lifetime of power. Rush said it but I've been thinking it, Obama's gonna give our soveirgnty over to the u.n. over the climate deal in Copenhagen and then when he loses his next election he'll wait and become the head of the u.n. It makes perfect sense.

Posted by: Warrior  
Oct 23, 11:50 AM

The real reason WAPO researched Robert McDonnell experience in college compared to the IIC(Idiotic in Charge is you can understand McDonnell. "Is there anyone who can make sense of what IIC says?" If so make sure you indicate the address of the mental institution you now reside in. That is for the purpose of sending the IIC to join you. The man is insane.

Posted by: LAS  
Oct 23, 11:55 AM

I have a feeling this is not a true. I could find no record of Joe Klein reporting on this

Posted by: Reggie  
Oct 23, 11:56 AM

NaclH2O and Jah666 - yep, I'm listening to him now. Our "so called President" seems to "lothe" the US Constitution - to borrow a word from Bill Clinton.

Posted by: pursang  
Oct 23, 11:56 AM

Anyone think this could be a setup?

Let Rush and everyone comment on the partial thesis and then Klien, not the most endearing or believable "journalist", admits he was duped by the right and the document is a fake.

Posted by: DenisK  
Oct 23, 11:59 AM

Even though I wrote the post, SarahW and Pam Colo have a point. I consider Michael Ledeen at PJM a reliable source and so took what he wrote as credible, but, I am having no success now in further verifying the quote and a growing sense of doubt that it is real. There is some evidence that Obama's Columbia thesis was written on the subject of nuclear disarmament.

Posted by: Adam Smith  
Oct 23, 12:05 PM

You can just imagine what Glorious Leader would say & do if he was not restrained by all the moderates around him...

Like our manufacturing Czar for instance...

Posted by: Jack Coupal  
Oct 23, 12:06 PM

Deliberately ignoring the obvious, when the obvious is embarrassing.

What a shock!

Posted by: DL  
Oct 23, 12:07 PM

I'd like to see the actual referenced document and know whether or not it's a setup. It could be legit, or it could be a fake by either a liberal or a conservative.

However, there is a key point everyone's missing. Obama has thus far NOT RELEASED ANY ACTUAL DOCUMENTS! If this is a fake, prove it. Release your actual papers, transcripts, etc. Authorize the state of Hawaii to release your long-form birth certificate. These are easy things to do. If you really have nothing to hide, what aren't you authorizing release of this information? Mr. President, your employers (the American people) deserve to know the truth about their employee.

Posted by: angrytom  
Oct 23, 12:08 PM

Dittos . When ALL the hidden records on this dunce are revealed--its history.And HE knows it.

Posted by: angrytom  
Oct 23, 12:26 PM

I do wonder if anyone knows please respond. Has ANY President in the history of America ever kept these type of records a SECRET GUARDED BY THE FBI ??

Posted by: angrytom  
Oct 23, 12:28 PM

And another thing. Is there any INTELLIGENT life left in the Democrat party? This party is being DEMOLISHED by Obummer!

Posted by: spillover  
Oct 23, 12:28 PM

cindy graham Wrote:
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> He wants to remake America and change our
> constitution. Obama, et al should find another
> country to remake-we're more than fine. Aren't
> there a number of leaderless countries around the
> world that could use his leadership?

Yes but that would'nt satisfy his huge ego and desire
to destroy our way of life.

Posted by: j  
Oct 23, 12:32 PM

Since the obamination is no longer a private citizen ( if he ever was), should his records not be available via the Freedom of Information act?

Posted by: Constitution First  
Oct 23, 12:32 PM

Let me see if I've got this right, in Barry H.O.'s mind:

"Economic freedom is measured, in that degree of wealth, the unproductive members of society, can steal from the productive members of society"?

Have I got that about right?

It is the degree to which this country's Malfeasant Media hid and shielded from the American Republic, that material data that would have alerted responsible voters from voting this malignant POS into office, I hold responsible for the jeopardy of our freedoms.

Other than that, I have no strong feelings in the matter.

Posted by: DaveT  
Oct 23, 12:35 PM

"The so-called Founders"? What a dunce. The left, being of limited mental faculty, elected quite possible the stupidest man on Earth for the president and Gore Vidal says he is to intelligent for the US.


Hahaha, OK Gore, then you take him and let us idiots live in peace.

Posted by: Paul Clare  
Oct 23, 12:38 PM

Writing papers like this shows why BHO would not release his college transcripts. Further proves theory that he did NOT write "Dreams"

I think this means more - the press finally ready to dump Hussein Obama otherwise why would Joe Klein let this out of the bag?

Of course, on the other hand, Klein holding this back during the election run-up just proves the complicity. Or does Klein actually think the same thing?

More going on here to play out in the next few weeks and months

Posted by: shannon76  
Oct 23, 12:38 PM

Hey everybody...the jumpingpools article from August 25, 2009, which is the main source for this Obama "excerpt" has as one of its tags: satire.

Posted by: Constitution First  
Oct 23, 12:43 PM

JQAdams Wrote:
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> This only confirms our worst fears if this
> document is true... This man has no idea what the
> constitution is all about... Also his utter
> contempt for it. Obama must be removed from
> office before its to late.

May I add: "by all expedient LEGAL means necessary"

It would not due to give our enemies the slings and arrows that cause us future grief, individually or collectively.

Posted by: tailgunner  
Oct 23, 12:54 PM

'So-called' Founders??

What an arrogant, snot-nosed little punk!

Who in the %^@& does this stuckup little prick think he IS? How old was he...20?

And he thinks he can dismiss the accumulated wisdom of thinkers from the authors of the Magna Carta to the drafters of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights?

And the most liberal Supreme Court in the last fifty years, the Warren Court, was WRONG in Obama's eyes because they didn't forcibly 'redistribute wealth'?

Obama learned this garbage from his Communist 'sea-daddy' long before he arrived at Harvard. And the Marxist thugs he palled around with, and the treasonous bombing murderer Bill Ayers, reinforced his rabid anti-American hatred during his tenure.

He hates this country, Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, and most of US. And he will act out this hatred unless he is STOPPED.

Posted by: scythe  
Oct 23, 12:56 PM

Maybe one day our President will (just for fun, of course) participate in a series of psychotherapeutic and analytical sessions. And maybe the results would be leaked just as this "thesis" has been. What aspect of his personality might we discover that would lead a so-called educated man to make such a moronic observation about the most liberating and magnificent document ever written in the history of mankind? It's not so complicated to figure out. He, like so many others on the left, are pseudo intellectuals and posers. Their pretense at great thought, their convoluted language and abstruse expressions meant to signal to the dopes they look down upon they are smarter and shine brighter than their lessers and are more worthy to breathe the purified air than the rest of us are just some of the many irritations we have had to listen to and get used to for it seems like an eternity. You see, the little man in the White House and the rest of the members of his left wing cells in this country can't stand this one simple fact: the Founding Fathers cannot be trumped in what they thought, what they wrote, the world they created and what they stood for. They on the other hand are intellectual pygmies and deep down they know it. They never seem to stop trying to astonish the world with their brilliance and the results, many times have been treacherous or just plain risible. As is this latest piece of evidence. It all comes to to ego and conceit. Vanity, vanity, all is vanity. He! Obama! He could have done a better job with the Constitution! Are you weeping with laughter right now? So the Constitution did not address the "redistribution of wealth"? Oh yea, Moron? Did you read the Fifth Amendment to the Bill of Rights: ..."nor shall private property be taken for PUBLIC USE without just compensation". Wealth is PRIVATE PROPERTY. The fact of the Founding Fathers and what ... (350 word limit)

Posted by: jonnyc  
Oct 23, 12:56 PM

I'm afraid that Rush jumped the gun on this - I can find absolutely no sourcing. What's the deal?

Posted by: Help  
Oct 23, 12:57 PM

The subject of this paper, which totaled 44 pages, was American government. Entitled Aristocracy Reborn, this paper chronicled the long struggle of the working class against, as Obama put it, "plutocratic thugs with one hand on the money and the other on the government."

In the paper, in which only the first ten pages were given to the general media, Obama decries the plight of the poor: "I see poverty in every place I walk. In Los Angeles and New York, the poor reach to me with bleary eyes and all I can do is sigh."

In part, the future President blames this on the current economic system: "There are many who will defend the 'free market.' But who will defend the single mother of four working three jobs. When a system is allowed to be free at the expense of its citizens, then it is tyranny."

However, the President also singled out the American Constitution: "... the Constitution allows for many things, but what it does not allow is the most revealing. The so-called Founders did not allow for economic freedom. While political freedom is supposedly a cornerstone of the document, the distribution of wealth is not even mentioned. While many believed that the new Constitution gave them liberty, it instead fitted them with the shackles of hypocrisy."

Posted by: amerigal1  
Oct 23, 01:01 PM

IMO There is something much more interesting than whether or not this document is from Obama's writings. We know intuitively from all that we have seen and read about obama, that he easily could have written that very paper, using those same derogatory traitorous words to describe our Constitution. That is why the apparent obama quotation in the article rings true for so many of us here at AT.

The fulminating elephant in the room is the massive amount of obama's hidden documents. And a very expensive pachyderm it is!! Those documents that obama has kept from our eyes are hidden for very good reasons. Knowing that he pays over one million dollars to hide his records, does make him a monumental, insidious and dangerous tyrant. That he and his minions deem themselves worthy enough to "fundamentally transform" anything in this nation is a shameful disgrace.

Is there not even one USA judge who has the courage and patriotism to support the American Grand Jury, to rule for discovery and to make him release his records????

Posted by: Constitution First  
Oct 23, 01:05 PM

It was my understanding, as with Hillary, all academic records were sanitized as to shed as little light as possible on the "Anointed One" Marxist predilections.

If this is so, then the release of such "scurrilous" evidence would imply a patriot lurks somewhere in the hollowed halls of Columbia.

We have to ask the question: How likely is that?

I am quite certain BHO's Records aren't in some alphabetized file cabinet, in an office labeled "student records" just waiting for some enterprising burglar to slip in one night and lift the evidence?

We must treat the source as suspicious until reliable confirmation backs up the claim.

From what little writing Barry has allowed public; he is a horrible scribe. This traitorous rant (as much as we would like it to be true) sounds too smooth for a 22-year-old-stoned Barry.

Posted by: Freedom isn't free  
Oct 23, 01:08 PM

I believe I have heard Obama in his own voice say something very familiar it may have been from one of his books, something about, "The supremecourt never ventured into .... issues redistribution of wealth... " Anyone have that actual quote?

p.s. Have you enlightened a fellow American today? Make it your goal and tell others. We can get the truth out. Hurry though it looks like the powers that be have their greedy eyes on the internet and our freedom to use it.

Stay Vigilant

Posted by: SOOTHSAYER ONE  
Oct 23, 01:11 PM

********************* FOOTNOTES *****************

Thesis is a mixture or study, research, and conclusions. The exerpt published is attitude only without substantive support which can be construed to be an example of pedantic posturing for grade effect alone. Thesis ("The is!") is designed to be be an adult statement and guideline to be followed into life responsibilities and adhered to in principle until challenged by real life circumstances requiring adaptation and moderation.

The entire theoretical product needs to be made public, it will indicate how a prospective legal scholar qualifies admittance into Harvard University School of Law.

Posted by: Freedom isn't free  
Oct 23, 01:12 PM

Nevermind Rush just played it from a radio interview when Obama was a state senator . That guy has timing!

Posted by: Jim Paul  
Oct 23, 01:15 PM

obama will release all the documents, after he has solidified his power and it won't matter any more.

Posted by: Caroline  
Oct 23, 01:15 PM

Rush just said that it has not been fully sourced, and that was a good thing. This might be a "You're one,too." If he had gone for it without reservation, the NFL racists would have skewered him.

Posted by: wodiej  
Oct 23, 01:19 PM

there needs to be verification of this but he is still hiding something. He won't release anything personal, not medical, school, job or birth records. I smell a SKUNK.

Posted by: James in LA  
Oct 23, 01:21 PM

Ya'll are acting like you believe Obama actually wrote his own thesis. You should know better by now.

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