Obama and Resume Enhancement
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Michael Ashbury
Michael Ashbury is a freelance writer from Medford, New Jersey. By Michael Ashbury
Published on 07/10/2008
Obama touts his crowning achievement of passing welfare reform, which reduced welfare roles by 80 percent. He ignores the fact that welfare reform was passed by the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress in 1996, while he was a freshman Illinois state senator. And at the time, State Senator Obama opposed welfare reform.
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In the current “Obama for President” promotion, Barack Obama stresses that he is the product of Midwestern roots, that he was raised with little money, that he worked his way through college, and that he returned to Chicago to fight for the poor while passing legislation which reduced welfare by 80 percent.
His maternal grandparents may have come from the Midwest, but Obama was born in Hawaii. The first 10 years of his life were spent in Muslim Indonesia. The balance of his youth was spent in Hawaii, not the Midwest.
He fails to mention that his father was a Harvard graduate, nor that his maternal grandmother was a successful executive of a major bank in Hawaii and his maternal grandfather was a successful businessman.
Obama also fails to mention that his successful grandparents sent him to one of the most prestigious private preparatory schools in Hawaii, which 30 years ago cost more than $15,000 a year.
He stresses how he worked his way through college, though there is no evidence of that. I am sure his successful grandparents gave a lending hand.
Obama touts his crowning achievement of passing welfare reform, which reduced welfare roles by 80 percent. He ignores the fact that welfare reform was passed by the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress in 1996, while he was a freshman Illinois state senator. President Bill Clinton signed it into law to the great chagrin of his fellow Democrats. At the time, State Senator Obama opposed welfare reform.
Are these lies, or just typical political resume enhancements?
His maternal grandparents may have come from the Midwest, but Obama was born in Hawaii. The first 10 years of his life were spent in Muslim Indonesia. The balance of his youth was spent in Hawaii, not the Midwest.
He fails to mention that his father was a Harvard graduate, nor that his maternal grandmother was a successful executive of a major bank in Hawaii and his maternal grandfather was a successful businessman.
Obama also fails to mention that his successful grandparents sent him to one of the most prestigious private preparatory schools in Hawaii, which 30 years ago cost more than $15,000 a year.
He stresses how he worked his way through college, though there is no evidence of that. I am sure his successful grandparents gave a lending hand.
Obama touts his crowning achievement of passing welfare reform, which reduced welfare roles by 80 percent. He ignores the fact that welfare reform was passed by the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress in 1996, while he was a freshman Illinois state senator. President Bill Clinton signed it into law to the great chagrin of his fellow Democrats. At the time, State Senator Obama opposed welfare reform.
Are these lies, or just typical political resume enhancements?