Is THIS true???????????????????

Question

I heard on CNN a few days ago that Obama has never had a job before. As in he has never worked at a resturant or a store in the mall. I heard he just bounced right into politics and has never punched a time card. Is that true? And if it is, what are your opinions on it.

Answer 1

Obama graduated with a B.A. from Columbia in 1983, then worked for a year at the Business International Corporation and then at the New York Public Interest Research Group.

By the way, Bill Clinton spent a year as a professor at Arkansas before running for the House of Representatives and moving on to other aspects of public life.

True story: In 1960, a West Virginia voter came up to John Kennedy on the campaign. "Is it true you've never worked a day in your life?" asked the man. "I guess it is," Kennedy said. "Well," the man said, "you haven't missed a thing!"

Answer 2

Obama's entire real world work resume. 145 days experience in the Senate with nothing to show for it, only 3 bills passed.  Zero military experience, Quick trip to Middle East, Never physically worked a hard day in his life……Barack Obama barely qualifies to work in a McDonalds. We wont even mention his devotion to extremist, radical and racist religious views for which he was ingrained and worshipped for the past twenty years.Two years as a lawyer and only 14 minor trials. And two years as a "community organizer" with nothing  accomplished.

Answer 3

Don't know what kinds of jobs he had during high school and college, but before Obama became a State Senator, he spent 1 year running a hugely successful voter-registration project, 3 years as a hands-on community organizer, and 4 years as a full-time attorney fighting for voting rights, employment and housing cases.

Go to the link. Research on your own. The above is a FACT.

Answer 4

Yep, it's true.

Answer 5

May be that explains why he is clueless.

Answer 6

Interesting...

But, I wonder how many high-level politicians have had real-world jobs.  I would imagine very few.  

Answer 7

And here is the follow-up question. If he comes from such humble beginnings and has only worked to serve the public interest, where did his fortune come from? His book wasn't that popular.

Answer 8

His job is all his political positions he's had. Do you ever think about anything?

Answer 9

True, dat! When you got it, flaunt it and let the good times roll! Oh yeh, great talent has its rewards.

Sarah who?

Answer 10

He had jobs as a kid.  I don't think he's ever worked in an office though, not that it matters.

I don't believe McCain worked in an office ever either.

Answer 11

true

Answer 12

Obama has never held a real job because Obama has never needed to hold a real job.

Obama has a messiah complex. he believes himself to be above daily concerns. He deserves an exhalted station.

Obama is a beneficiary of the Affirmative Action mentality. Because he is culturally white but has dark skin, guilty whites, who know nothing of real African American persons and culture, embraced Obama, and handed him every privelege and position without him having to work for it, from his grandmother, the white bank vice president, who secured for him a place at Hawaii's most exclusive school, to Columbia to Harvard to his senate seat, which he got while running virtually uncontested.  

Answer 13

I've never heard about Barack Obama's specific "average working Joe" type jobs.  Since college, he has only been in the political arena in one way or another (regardless of the talk that he doesn't have enough political experience).  But I would imagine that he had to have worked in an ice cream parlor or delivered newspapers or some such since he was raised first by a single mother and, after her death, by grandparents on a fixed income.

Answer 14

No it isn't true.  He worked as a community organizer and taught school.   I never worked at a restaurant or store, everyone doesn't do that.

Edited:  Obama is 47 if what you are saying is true and he has been in politics all of his life that would give him more experience than he is getting credit for.

Answer 15

he was a lawyer and a senator for 2 years but he spent 19 months of it campagning so he only really has 143 days in the senate where hes only managed to get one of his bills passed proposed that was about sending aid to kenya and on most issues he just votes present... thats all hes ever done but im sure he had jobs somewhere else at some point

Answer 16

This is sad.

Most of us real people know the joy and the agony of working for a

living.

How can anyone who never experienced the *real life* govern the

greatest country in the world?

16. Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.

I guess we will never know what it would be like to be born with a

silver spoon in our mouth.  Most of my life my wife and I had to

struggle to keep afloat and now we are both retired but the struggle

goes on for the cost of everything is going up faster then our fixed

incomes.

Democrats are all rich and the leadership like Kerry, Kennedy, Gore,

and Obama and Bidden reflect that these people are all rich beyond

our possible dreams.  How can these people relate to the problems

that the average people face?

This is a sad realization.

Answer 17

another lie from the republicans...

Answer 18

So what he childhood wasnt struggle enough, why should someone have to settle for less if he has a great opprotunity. I was always told if you gone do something do it big. Why the h**l should he settle for a McDonalds job getting paid minimum wage when the man went to Harvard and had student loans up the ***.

GOBAMA.

Answer 19

Can't tell you if its true, but I bet he couldn't get any sort of high level security clearance based on his past associations...

Answer 20

I have not heard that, but if it is true it won't play well with voters.

Answer 21

STUPID LIE.

Answer 22

True.

GO MCCAIN!!!

Answer 23

If it's true, then that just means he's a career politician--which doesn't really go along with his "change" banter and his supposed fight against career politicians.  Cite a reliable source that gives some facts on this accusation and I will make my decision on whether or not to believe it.  Just saying you heard on CNN, btw, is not citing a source.

Answer 24

Yes, certainly

Answer 25

It is McCain who has NEVER had a job outside of the military.  That is a FACT!.  Obama worked at various jobs from the time he was legally old enough to do so.  He had to.

Answer 26

LIE. Where did he earn his income.

Answer 27

and what? George Bush was given three different companies to run before he got into politics, He crashed all three of them.

Oh yeah, we aren't supposed to remember Bush's history. Or mention it...