When I came across this a couple of days ago, I thought, "Oh, this will be interesting."
I expected to read about how Barack Obama really worked at XYZ for "2 years," instead of the "3 and a half years" he said -- you know, garden variety puffery we hear about in our everyday lives.
I was shocked to read the extent of Obama's exaggerations.
If some guy was interviewing me for a job and I found out the extent of his, well, fibs, I would give the guy a "thanks-but-no-thanks."
See, these distortions are bold, outrageous, and unnecessary. That this is what the guy leads with makes him untrustworthy.
If this is the level of distortion he will go to in order to get the job, what standard - or lack thereof - will he hold to keep it?
Here's a snippet from this middle...
"Here’s Barack’s account:
"Eventually a consulting house to multinational corporations agreed to hire me as a research assistant. Like a spy behind enemy lines, I arrived every day at my mid-Manhattan office and sat at my computer terminal, checking the Reuters machine that blinked bright emerald messages from across the globe. As far as I could tell I was the only black man in the company, a source of shame for me but a source of considerable pride for the company’s secretarial pool.
"First, it wasn’t a consulting house; it was a small company that published newsletters on international business. Like most newsletter publishers, it was a bit of a sweatshop. I’m sure we all wished that we were high-priced consultants to multinational corporations. But we also enjoyed coming in at ten, wearing jeans to work, flirting with our co-workers, partying when we stayed late, and bonding over the low salaries and heavy workload."
It's no wonder Obama punted the financial crisis. He's got nothing.
