Michael Gaynor
Law profs promoting lecturer Obama
By Michael Gaynor
In fact, Obama has never been a constitutional law professor. (He's been a lecturer and law professors know the difference.)
Unfortunately, big media bias in favor of rookie United States Senator and 2008 Democrat presidential candidate Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. is paralleled by law school faculty preference and Obama's resume padding may not matter to either big media or law school faculty.
Wikipedia: "Obama taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School for twelve years, as a Lecturer for four years (1992–1996), and as a Senior Lecturer for eight years (1996–2004)."
At TaxProf Blog, Paul Caron presents this summary of law professors' contributions to the 2008 presidential campaigns (including primary contenders):
Harvard: 100% ($23,632) to Democrats, 0% to Republicans
Chicago: 100% ($14,158) to Democrats, 0% to Republicans
Michigan: 100% ($11,653) to Democrats, 0% to Republicans
Stanford: 100% ($8,900) to Democrats, 0% to Republicans
Texas: 100% ($6,107) to Democrats, 0% to Republicans
UC-Berkeley: 100% ($4,850) to Democrats, 0% to Republicans
Pennsylvania: 100% ($2,711) to Democrats, 0% to Republicans
Duke: 93.8% ($15,188) to Democrats, 6.2% ($1,000) to Republicans
Columbia: 92.7% ($6,390) to Democrats, 7.3% ($500) to Republicans
Georgetown: 91.9% ($25,990) to Democrats, 8.1% ($2,300) to Republicans
NYU: 91.7% ($5,500) to Democrats, 8.3% ($500) to Republicans
Cornell: 91.5% ($3,250) to Democrats, 8.5% ($300) to Republicans
Yale: 91.2% ($3,630) to Democrats, 8.8% ($350) to Republicans
Virginia: 77.8% ($15,097) to Democrats, 22.2% ($4,300) to Republicans
UCLA: 73.2% ($2,050) to Democrats, 26.8% ($750) to Republicans
Vanderbilt: 56.9% ($1,318) to Democrats, 43.1% ($1,000) to Republicans
Northwestern: 35.3% ($5,050) to Democrats, 64.7% ($9,275) to Republicans
In fact, Obama has never been a constitutional law professor. (He's been a lecturer and law professors know the difference.)
Did Obama passing himself off as what he's not make a difference, or would the difference in political contributions have been even bigger if Obama really had been a constitutional law professor?
© Michael Gaynor
In fact, Obama has never been a constitutional law professor. (He's been a lecturer and law professors know the difference.)
Unfortunately, big media bias in favor of rookie United States Senator and 2008 Democrat presidential candidate Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. is paralleled by law school faculty preference and Obama's resume padding may not matter to either big media or law school faculty.
Wikipedia: "Obama taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School for twelve years, as a Lecturer for four years (1992–1996), and as a Senior Lecturer for eight years (1996–2004)."
At TaxProf Blog, Paul Caron presents this summary of law professors' contributions to the 2008 presidential campaigns (including primary contenders):
Harvard: 100% ($23,632) to Democrats, 0% to Republicans
Chicago: 100% ($14,158) to Democrats, 0% to Republicans
Michigan: 100% ($11,653) to Democrats, 0% to Republicans
Stanford: 100% ($8,900) to Democrats, 0% to Republicans
Texas: 100% ($6,107) to Democrats, 0% to Republicans
UC-Berkeley: 100% ($4,850) to Democrats, 0% to Republicans
Pennsylvania: 100% ($2,711) to Democrats, 0% to Republicans
Duke: 93.8% ($15,188) to Democrats, 6.2% ($1,000) to Republicans
Columbia: 92.7% ($6,390) to Democrats, 7.3% ($500) to Republicans
Georgetown: 91.9% ($25,990) to Democrats, 8.1% ($2,300) to Republicans
NYU: 91.7% ($5,500) to Democrats, 8.3% ($500) to Republicans
Cornell: 91.5% ($3,250) to Democrats, 8.5% ($300) to Republicans
Yale: 91.2% ($3,630) to Democrats, 8.8% ($350) to Republicans
Virginia: 77.8% ($15,097) to Democrats, 22.2% ($4,300) to Republicans
UCLA: 73.2% ($2,050) to Democrats, 26.8% ($750) to Republicans
Vanderbilt: 56.9% ($1,318) to Democrats, 43.1% ($1,000) to Republicans
Northwestern: 35.3% ($5,050) to Democrats, 64.7% ($9,275) to Republicans
In fact, Obama has never been a constitutional law professor. (He's been a lecturer and law professors know the difference.)
Did Obama passing himself off as what he's not make a difference, or would the difference in political contributions have been even bigger if Obama really had been a constitutional law professor?
© Michael Gaynor
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