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To: Sam who wrote (188998)	5/11/2012 2:19:38 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542987

If you read his text, he shoved the girl who apparently stayed on her feet and ran away. Have you ever seen a bunch of 7-year-olds where someone wasn't shoving someone else every ten minutes? If Obama had knocked her down, pinned her down and then assaulted her, then maybe. But let's be real, that didn't happen. There is a huge gulf between that and a teenager pinning some one down to cut his hair by force. Grand Canyon-sized, with any reasonable perspective.

To: Sam who wrote (188998)	5/11/2012 6:37:39 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 542987

What's the next paragraph? Why did they leave it out? Could be classic cherry picking. Did he get punished? Did he apologize on his own, or with his grandmother holding him by his ear? Did he track her down 20 years later and give her flowers? Did the teachers find out right then and there and keep him after school? Did her much older brothers beat the snot out of him after school? There is a next paragraph in his book. For that matter, what came B4? "Here's a story that helped teach me tolerance"? "Here's where I first learned about the mysteries of females"? Seems like a scene I've seen in about 100 movies with young'uns.

To: Sam who wrote (188998)	5/12/2012 3:43:49 PM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 542987

Here is the story from Obama's memoir. It certainly doesn't put him in a good light, but it is in no way equivalent to the haircutting story as told in the Post. That story is one I think we can probably all relate to. We do dumb things, sometimes cruel things, as children, in response to peer pressure. The two stories aren't anywhere near being equivalent. For one thing, Obama was much seven years old when it happened. For another, his action wasn't a pre-meditated strike. Unlike Romney, Obama is honest enough to tell us about having done something that he isn't proud of. Unlike Romney, Obama gets my respect for that.