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A look back on Obama's law years -
In his books, speeches and campaign commercials, Sen. Barack Obama has harked back to his days as a civil-rights attorney. It is fundamental to his autobiography and was displayed on his campaign Web site and woven into his appeals for votes. In one of his television ads leading up to the South ...
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obsidianwings.blogs.com — by hilzoy From the AP : "Barack Obama's incoming administration is unlikely to bring criminal charges against... government officials who authorized or engaged in harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists during the George W. Bush presidency. ... (more) The Rule Of Law
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LA Times Only Just Notices Obama Has Thin Resume?
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... Interestingly, Dan Morain of the L.A. Times has just discovered that Barack Obama has a pretty thin legal resume prior to being elevated to the presidency. Between 1993 and '96, Obama, the much-ballyhooed "Constitutional scholar," has but a low 3,723 billable hours of legal work accrued over a four-year stint with his law firm employer Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Gallard. Further, he seems to have worked on few cases and made little impact commensurate with his reputation. The question I have, of course, is why is the L.A. Times only NOW wondering why Obama was "involved ...

Now They Tell Us
Stones Cry Out — ... In what’s sure to be a common theme in the mainstream media in the coming months, the LA Times is just now really investigating Barack Obama’s background.  In this article, it notices that his resume is quite thin. ...

Media Only Just Notices Obama Has Thin Resume?
Stop The ACLU — -By Warner Todd Huston [image] Interestingly, Dan Morain of the L.A. Times had discovered back in April that Barack Obama has a pretty thin resume prior to being elevated to the presidency. Between 1993 and ‘96, Obama, the much-ballyhooed “Constitutional scholar,” had only an unusually low 3,723 billable hours of legal work accrued over a four-year stint with his law firm employer Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Gallard. Further, he seems to have worked on but few cases and made little impact commensurate with his reputation. Yet, just this month the Orlando Sentinel decides to ...

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