# The Obama Hype **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 22, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-obama-hype/438667 "2008-02-22T02:40:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 98
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-obama-hype/438667/98 "2008-02-24T06:48:35Z")
[QUOTE=Richard Parker] It’s not hype when you have reasons. My main reason is that I’m a law student, so I know a thing or two about the pressures to go work for a big corporate firm. Those pressures are even higher for the first black Harvard Law Review President. But Obama chose not to do that. He chose to work as a civil rights lawyer. What is the cynical explanation for that? Even if you think he wanted to be a politician all along, corporate law work hardly hurts that. Hillary worked for a corporate firm for more than a decade after law school. The best explanation is that he really believed in civil rights more than he believed in money and power. His work as a community organizer, the way he has run his campaign, his family life, and the stories in his books all also speak to his being a “good human being.” Your calling this “crap” and “hype” is pure cynicism, not skepticism. [/QUOTE] He’s made a ton of money off of his book, and lives in a 1.6 million dollar home. Perhaps he could have done better as a lawyer, but he is doing pretty damn good. It’s difficult to see how someone who actually gives a shit about the poor/disadvantaged can drop that sort of cash on a home. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-obama-hype/438667)._