tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post3853508636509608356..comments2024-01-10T17:36:15.040-07:00Comments on The Lippard Blog: Obama resume-paddingLippardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16826768452963498005noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-69427350292918219652008-08-22T19:53:00.000-07:002008-08-22T19:53:00.000-07:00Jim,Fair enough (and you will note that I did not ...Jim,<BR/><BR/>Fair enough (and you will note that I did not make any comment on their charges regarding his legislative record). Any way, while you were replying, I was posting <A HREF="http://scienceblogs.com/strangerfruit/2008/08/obama_and_law_school.php" REL="nofollow">this</A> over at my blog. Feel free to comment.John Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17845103991929911157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-64433395036069867242008-08-22T19:41:00.000-07:002008-08-22T19:41:00.000-07:00John:Another commenter on the SKEPTIC list where I...John:<BR/><BR/>Another commenter on the SKEPTIC list where I came across this made the point that anyone who cites Michael Medved (as these authors did) is clearly full of shit, which is an argument I have sympathy with.<BR/><BR/>Your response is fair enough regarding those two positions, but I do think the fact remains that Obama's political record is exceedingly thin and (as the JP article points out) that he has made false claims about himself--unless you have refutations for those?<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, I think Obama has chosen well by putting Jason Furman of the Brookings Institution as head of his campaign's top economic advisor.<BR/><BR/>I favor Obama over McCain for many reasons, but he shouldn't be exempted from criticism where it's deserved.Lippardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16826768452963498005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-48958065415062684352008-08-22T19:38:00.000-07:002008-08-22T19:38:00.000-07:00And while I'm at it ...Katsman has worked on sever...And while I'm at it ...<BR/><BR/>Katsman has worked on several political campaigns, including Rudy Giuliani's successful run for mayor and Bush's 2004 re-election. He is involved with Republicans Abroad Israel (for which Bardash in co-Chairman). They have written a whole series of anti-Obama pieces.John Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17845103991929911157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453937.post-2810446736104595882008-08-22T19:33:00.000-07:002008-08-22T19:33:00.000-07:00What every about Obama's legislative record, the a...What every about Obama's legislative record, the authors of this piece show that they know nothing about Law schools.<BR/><BR/><I>Obama spent twelve years on the University of Chicago Law School faculty--singularly famous for its intellectual ferment and incubator of scholarship--and produced not even a single scholarly paper. He was President of Harvard Law Review, but wrote nothing himself.</I><BR/><BR/>As anyone who has spent time in academia knows, lecturers (particularly <I>part-time</I> ones in Law Schools) are not expected to publish any academic papers. See the current Chicago lecturers for example; most are practicing lawyers (tenure-track faculty are not and they are expected to publish). The same goes for the HLR President; the journal is a student-lead one (like all law reviews) and the president (who is usually a 2L student) is not expected (afaik) to publish in it. Neither of the positions would result in "a serious impact" as Katsman & Bardash claim. <BR/><BR/>The JP post is really just a hatchet job and you're doing yourself a disservice by posting it.John Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17845103991929911157noreply@blogger.com