# Obama's harvard Transcript? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 17, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-harvard-transcript/532776 "2010-03-17T17:46:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-harvard-transcript/532776/61 "2010-03-22T03:01:53Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Handwritten equivalent. Same difference. An unintentional misplacement of a letter. Obviously it’s not a spelling mistake. Well, obviously it is. A spelling mistake is when you don’t spell a word correctly. That doesn’t mean Obama doesn’t know how to spell “Syracuse,” he just blew it that one time. What’s so awful about admitting someone made a spelling mistake? Everyone does it. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-harvard-transcript/532776/62 "2010-03-22T03:34:13Z")
Nothing is wrong with it, but it wasn’t a spelling mistake, it was a handwriting mistake. Anyone who’s ever written anything hurredly by hand has made similar mistales. You accidentally transpose letters, or write an ‘l’ instead of a ‘t.’ It’s a different kind of mistake than actually being mistaken about the spelling. Clearly, Obama did not think that “Syracuse” was actually spelled that way. Quayle actually was wrong about the spelling. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-harvard-transcript/532776/63 "2010-03-22T04:04:03Z")
Screw the Harvard Law degree. This new information proves the man’s an idiot. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-harvard-transcript/532776/64 "2010-03-22T14:16:10Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Nothing is wrong with it, but it wasn’t a spelling mistake, it was a handwriting mistake. Uh huh. If it makes you happy to say that, I’m glad you’re happy. ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-harvard-transcript/532776/65 "2010-03-22T14:38:00Z")
This is the dumbest argument I have ever participated in, but Quayle’s situation (handily linked at the Hot Air blog) is totally different. The kid spelled it right and Quayle corrected him (incorrectly). It is the presence of the poor kid who has to change the thing he was right about that makes that situation so irresistable to media attention. If Obama had seen the spelling “Syracuse” and said, no, that is spelled “Sycacuse”- then we would have an equivalent situation. And a very odd one, because nobody thinks that Syracuse is spelled “Sycacuse”. Idiotic. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-harvard-transcript/532776/66 "2010-03-22T15:07:26Z")
Admit it: this was just an excuse for the board’s various lawyers to mention that _they_ made law review, wasn’t it? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-harvard-transcript/532776/67 "2010-03-22T15:08:28Z")
You mean you didn’t, **RNATB**? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-harvard-transcript/532776/68 "2010-03-22T15:48:16Z")
> [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](#): > > Even if he had straight A+'s, that would only mean he’s a dangerous intellectual elitist. You know, someone who reads a paper. But you’re certainly right that there’s just no upside for him to release the info. Perhaps Obama reads Dan O’Brien and [is concerned about this happening.](http://www.cracked.com/blog/history-texbook-from-the-future-holy-shit/) -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-harvard-transcript/532776/69 "2010-03-22T16:18:30Z")
> [@villa](#): > > You mean you didn’t, **RNATB**? 😃 I don’t start school until August. I’ll let you know. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-harvard-transcript/532776/70 "2010-03-22T16:26:51Z")
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