[EL] Mitt's returns & Obama's records

[Joe La Rue]

In answer to Estelle Rogers, these records have been sought -- repeatedly
-- as far back as during the leadup to the 2008 presidential
election<http://www.nysun.com/new-york/obamas-years-at-columbia-are-a-mystery/85015/>.
Mr. Obama, however, has refused to allow them to be
released<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/30/us/politics/30obama.html>.
The question, of course, is, *why*? One supposes that it is not because his
grades were bad. He was, after all, granted admission first to Columbia and
then Harvard Law, which doesn't normally happen to those with subpar
grades. So, if it's not grades, what is it in the records that Mr. Obama
does not want the public to see?

I don't know; I haven't seen the records. But one suggestion that I think
plausible is that the president enrolled at Columbia as a foreign student
from Indonesia and accepted aid designated for foreign students. If that is
so, that would amount to fraud, wouldn't it (assuming, of course, that he
was a United States citizen)? And, Brian Landsberg, if the future president
claimed to be a foreign national, that might have implications for election
law, wouldn't it? For an interesting explanation of this theory, see
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/obama%e2%80%99s-college-classmate-the-obama-scandal-is-at-columbia/
.

Of course, that whole theory might be rubbish. President Obama might have
listed himself as a U.S. citizen when he attended Columbia, and he may have
completely innocent reasons for not wanting anyone to see his records. Or
perhaps he just thinks it's nobody's business. Regardless, Mr. Obama won't
release the records. And, that is his right: there is no law requiring him
to release these records. My original email was to highlight the hypocrisy
of the president, who refuses to release his own records while demanding
that Mr. Romney release records he, likewise, is not required to release. I
also wanted to highlight the hypocrisy of the media, which is engaged in a
full-court-press vetting of Mr. Romney, but has left many questions about
Mr. Obama unvetted and unanswered.

Finally, Ms. Rogers, the "U. of Columbia" was obviously meant to be
Columbia University. I was typing quickly, on an iPhone, and simply got the
name wrong.

Joe
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On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Brian Landsberg <blandsberg at pacific.edu>wrote:

>  Finally, one might hope, what does this have to do with election law?
>  Nothing, I would venture.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 19, 2012, at 3:41 PM, "Estelle Rogers" <erogers at projectvote.org>
> wrote:
>
>   Not to mention, what is the U. of Columbia?  And if the records from
> said institution, whatever and wherever it is, are so interesting to Mr. La
> Rue, why weren't they sought the first time Obama ran for elective office,
> or the second, or the third?  And why, pray tell, haven't you asked for the
> President's kindergarten transcript?  Who knows what evil is lurking there?
>
> Estelle Rogers
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Aug 19, 2012, at 6:06 PM, "henry weinstein" <<henryelliotweinstein at gmail.com>
> henryelliotweinstein at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   Pardon my curiosity but just what sort of fraud do you have in mind
> regarding Obama's Columbia records? His grades from his time at Occidental
> College (the college he attended before transferring to Columbia)? His
> grades at Columbia?
>
> On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 5:31 AM, Joe La Rue < <joseph.e.larue at gmail.com><joseph.e.larue at gmail.com>
> joseph.e.larue at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Interesting theory the Guardian has about Mitt. Of course, they fail to
>> say that Mitt has no legal obligation to release the tax returns Obama
>> wants. Regardless, I have a proposition: how about Mitt agree to release
>> the returns, right after Obama releases his records from the U of Columbia,
>> including his admissions records. He's been hiding those with nary a word
>> from the media. Some of us think there must be a reason he's hiding them.
>> There are several non-Birther theories to explain why Obama doesn't want us
>> to see those records, each of which, if true, might derail the President's
>> re-election (and at least one of which would implicate the president in
>> fraud). So, let's see media calls for Obama to release his records, too.
>> Then Mitt can release his returns. Sound fair?
>>
>>  “Mitt Romney’s tax returns: the ‘voter fraud’ theory”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38771>
>> Posted on August 17, 2012 9:01 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38771>
>> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>
>> The Guardian <http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/17/mitt-romney-tax-returns-voter-fraud-theory?newsfeed=true>reports
>> with the subhead: “There has been much speculation about why Romney refuses
>> to disclose earlier tax returns. Could it be as simple as an address?”
>>
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